February 2012
59 posts
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”
– (via kier-cs)
“But HOW. Can ANY WOMAN. NOT UNDERSTAND. HOW THAT IS A COMMENTARY ON THE FACT!...”
– Emily Gould, being great.
“The Whitney is proud to be able to redistribute resources from major corporate...”
– The Whitney (on their split with Sotheby’s and Deutche Bank) Actually it’s a PRANK.
“Few experiences are more surreal than sitting one row behind Dick and Lynne...”
– My Brother
“It is the constitution of witness that makes the marriage; the silence of...”
– Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick & Andrew Parker, Performativity and Performance
Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young... →
Fascinating.
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Research in Malawi finds girls who receive regular payments are able to resist attentions of older men and avoid infection
WatchReliable lunacy for a sad day.
“Tom Cruise’s son Connor, whose homophobic text to a former publicist was...”
– Towleroad (Wow, thanks Connor.)
WatchHappy Galentine’s Day
Watch“Being gay these days is so easy, but being gay and weird? - it’s downright hard.”
- SHARON NEEDLES
Lana Turner has collapsed! I was trotting along and suddenly it started raining and snowing and you said it was hailing but hailing hits you on the head hard so it was really snowing and raining and I was in such a hurry to meet you but the traffic was acting exactly like the sky and suddenly I see a headline LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED! there is no snow in Hollywood there is no rain in...
“I almost didn’t make it to the forum. I hesitated at the door and even as I...”
– Eliza Sprague, on the “NOT OVER: You, Me, Us & AIDS” series that I helped curate at the New School for Quorum Forum 2012. (Full piece HERE.)
“I just want to hear the true voices of women self-expressing–smart ones, stupid...”
– Liz Phair talking about Lana Del Rey (but it could easily be me talking about Madonna)
“After dying at the end of her fantastic Live To Tell performance on the...”
– The caption from the YouTube clip of said performance.
There are two different Madonna songs called “Forbidden Love.” #gayrights
