November 2011
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“So this morning I see that professional fat-hater Jamie Oliver has posted a...”
– Melissa McEwan at Shakesville: On Fat Hatred and Eliminationism
This is what I (Raphael) have to say about this: I think there are two different issues here that are being conflated.
If the issue is about body image, then yes, no one should ever be made to feel bad about the way he or she looks....
Watcholdeenglish:
Olde English sketch pilot.
In 2008, Olde English decided we were ready to have a TV show, and we started pitching ideas to cable channels. Most of our ideas were for themed sketch shows — my (Raphael’s) favorite was for basically a comedy version of TRL, full of original music videos, interviews with real and made-up celebrities, and youth-skewing commercials (we were about ten...
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More Short Stories
11. It occurred to him that he loved the idea of being in a relationship more than he loved any person he’d actually been in a relationship with.
12. Her sister told her, “You don’t even know all the things that are wrong with you,” and she said, “No, trust me, I am all too aware,” but privately she wondered if there weren’t even more things.
13....
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“We’re told all the time through the media and through society that something...”
– Love Your Body Day at Brandeis: challenging media’s narrow beauty ideals
When I was in college, a good chunk of my time and energy was devoted to aggressively rolling my eyes at anything as nakedly earnest as a “Love Your Body Day,” and I couldn’t be prouder of my younger...
“If the notion on this is we’re going to elect somebody to the United States...”
– Elizabeth Warren, in this great New York Magazine feature
I love her. Ever since this video went viral a couple months ago, I’ve daydreamed about 2016 when I can vote for this woman for president and then inevitably be disappointed when she turns out to be not perfect and not have all the...
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“I was out of town last week when the police rioted against the Oakland...”
– Notes From the Patriarchy: Whose Streets
Dispatch from Oakland.
Sound Advice:
If you ever wake up and you discover that you’re underwater and you don’t know how you got there and it’s dark and it’s wet and you’re scared and you don’t even know which way is up, what you need to do is exhale a little bit, breathe a little breath, and the air bubble will float upward and that’s how you’ll know which way to swim in order to get...
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