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But sitting here in my pajamas with my own drinks and snacks and watching them on my own TV is (a) cheaper and (b) comfier.
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What some of us want—those who aren’t blinded by a lot of bullshit persiflage thrown up to mask the idea that rich folks want to keep their damn money—is for you to acknowledge that you couldn’t have made it in America without America. That you were fortunate enough to be born in a country where upward mobility is possible (a subject upon which Barack Obama can speak with the authority of experience), but where the channels making such upward mobility possible are being increasingly clogged. That it’s not fair to ask the middle class to assume a disproportionate amount of the tax burden. Not fair? It’s un-f—king-American, is what it is. I don’t want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share. That our civics classes never taught us that being American means that—sorry, kiddies—you’re on your own. That those who have received much must be obligated to pay—not to give, not to “cut a check and shut up,” in Gov. Christie’s words, but to pay—in the same proportion.
— Stephen King scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. (via cheatsheet)(Source: thedailybeast.com, via newsweek)
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My best friend’s going back to his new home on the other side of the country; my whole family is on vacation. I have five days of alone time ahead of me. Shall I spend it:
- wearing my pajamas, watching tv, and learning how to develop a Wordpress site
- wearing my pajamas, watching tv, and starting on another quilt
- wearing my pajamas, watching tv, and putting together jigsaw puzzles
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ok im really super mad about hp and i have to finish a calc bc problem set and shower and get dressed in the next 20 minutes i cant do all of those things so lemme just get this out there
- jkr is not a feminist writer
- jkr is not a feminist writer
- jkr is not a feminist writer
- jkr slut-shames and shames girls for being interested in “girly” things (lavender)
- jkr presents a dichotomy between “good women” and “bad women” (hermione’s bookishness and respectable prudery vs. lavender’s girly-girl sexuality, mrs weasley’s motherliness vs. bellatrix’s lack of offspring and sexual attraction to voldemort)
- which is an INHERENTLY ANTIFEMINIST ACT
- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU FRAME IT IN TERMS OF FEMALE SEXUALITY? WOW
- jkr blames girls for their eating disorders (this was on her website at one point so it’s not textual but i feel we should note it)
- jkr then says that she is fat-positive while every overweight character in her books is mean, nasty, and shrewish (with the exception of mrs. weasley who is described as “plump and motherly”)
- jkr writes outing narratives (remus lupin - bookish shy teacher with a secret that’s revealed to the school and then causes him to lose his job) but maintains the textual straightness of even her only queer character - dumbledore’s queerness is not stated in-text and is thus not actually canonical)
- jkr has one textually disabled girl character and her entire purpose is to get abused and raped and be written as “dangerous and out of control” b/c of her brain problems to motivate dumbledore… (thanks for this one cat!)
- also i feel like i should address jkr’s positioning of luna as “crazy” and “that weird girl” when luna has suffered abuse from her housemates for her entire school career and showed up at school traumatized and proceeded to be ostracised wow how is that an ok thing to do
- jkr has never acknowledged the possibility of queer female characters
- EDIT: jkr “punished” umbridge for her actions in book five by sending her off to be gang-raped by centaurs
- jkr is the fucking worst
- seriously
- if you idolize hp i do not want to know you
(via demarches)
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I don’t know why there’s a website dedicated to the freak show that is Wal-Mart clientele when there isn’t one for Waffle House.
— I Love Being Southern: The Rich History and Pride of Southern Food in Corporate America TEXT
Olivia: Do you want me to talk you into it, or out of it?
Stephen: Into it. Out of it. No… Into it.
Olivia: Normal lives. That’s the dream. You love her, she loves you, and normal people get married.
Stephen: You won’t even date.
Olivia: I’m not normal.
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Stories you read when you’re the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you’ll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.
— Neil Gaiman (via kstewarts)(via harmons)
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An observation. (applicable to much of the internet of course—but a borderline epidemic here)
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