February 2012
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The "sex sells" myth
“I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more time. Sex does not sell. If sex sold, we would see penises where we see boobs. Naked men would be on everything that naked women are on. Sex isn’t what they’re selling you. They’re selling you an impossible, pornographically fueled misogynistic idea of the perfect woman.”
I found this quote floating around on Tumblr....
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I CAN’T DEAL WITH BOXY, DARK, INSANELY THICK DRAWN-ON EYEBROWS! AAAGHH! Why? No one’s eyebrows naturally look like that.
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anti-valentine's playlist
I’m not one of those people who SAYS they hate Valentine’s Day, but secretly wishes their other half dead when they don’t get them a big-ass card and chocolates and roses and take them out for a surprise candlelit dinner followed by a romantic stroll in the park followed by a hotel suite with a heart-shaped bed and more chocolate and some Barry White music.
No. I really...
“I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more...”
– (via littlelightx)
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January 2012
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lana del slay?
Before I begin, let’s get three things out of the way:
1 Jay Z is the stage name/persona of Shawn Carter. Lady Gaga is the stage name/persona of Stefani Germanotta. Lana del Rey is the stage name/persona of Lizzy Grant. All I’m saying here is that it has long been the norm in the music industry for an artist to assume a new name and persona to make themselves more interesting to the great...
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rangerkimmy:
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unfunnywhitegirl:
here is a list of words you can use without offending someone on the internet:
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my brother was murdered by three black dots.
what do you mean by “black” huh
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help! my parents are on facebook
For more shizz like this, check out umyeahok! I really love my parents. I love spending time with my parents. They gave me life, which was great; they make me food, which helps a lot; they’re freaking hilarious most of the time.
But I’m a 20-year-old woman now (Girl? Woman? Hamster? I don’t know), out trying to make it on her own in the big city, getting into hilarious scrapes and generally...
kaleidoscope-view asked: Definitely try to plow through the Wallace novel. It's amazing in every way. The way he captures the different voices of character--the way he saw how America would become what it is, how he illustrates the different ways in which humans become addicted to stimuli, how people get through emotional crises. David Foster Wallace is amazing.