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Amazon Unveils a [Horrifying] Fanfic Publishing Platform

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:34:46 -0700

Today, Amazon announced the imminent launch of its newest endeavor, Kindle Worlds, a publishing platform for fanfiction. When I read the announcement, I was horrified, then angry, then sad. I want to take a moment to explain why this is such a tragedy.

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"What I see in drug use is a series of reactions to a spiritual disease, the way quail fly in all..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:05:39 -0700

“What I see in drug use is a series of reactions to a spiritual disease, the way quail fly in all directions if you toss a stone at them. And this disease is the result of living too long in a world ruled by desire, Seeing no opportunity for political dissent, a certain percentage of the population is seeking change through dissent of consciousness. America’s three hundred thousand drug inmates are prisoners of consciousness. Whatever solution is found to “the drug problem” must offer reconciliation and reintegration to these dissenters. Diversities, including diversity of consciousness, are valuable only if the diverse parties are eventually to be included in the same community. Otherwise the celebration of differences becomes a new segregation.”

- David Lenson, On Drugs 1995

Robert Rauschenberg - Cy Twombly + relics, Rome 1952 via...

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:25:27 -0700

Robert Rauschenberg - Cy Twombly + relics, Rome 1952

via Shattenbereich

“I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk, but I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:24:06 -0700

“I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk, but I don’t know if I’d be a very convincing Hulk.”

"Since gender is an effect of culturally coded markers of behavior and style that are only presumed..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:22:33 -0700

“Since gender is an effect of culturally coded markers of behavior and style that are only presumed to be the natural attributes of one sex rather than the other, then passing as feminine pertains to males and females equally, as does passing as masculine. To put this differently, a cross-dressed male is to a feminine female not as copy is to original, but rather as copy is to copy. And, ultimately, the original is revealed to be “nothing than a parody of the idea of the natural and the original” (Butler 1990:31). In this connection … “original gender” is a matter of a stock character, such as the Good Wife, Wise Mother, or the trademark style of a particular actor: composite forms or pastiches, which can only ever be approximated.”

- Jennifer Robertson, Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan

Taking a break..

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:08 -0700

from spring break.

travelingcolors: Sacred Blue Cenote, Chichen Itza | Mexico (by...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:36:42 -0700

travelingcolors:

Sacred Blue Cenote, Chichen Itza | Mexico (by afterw0rdz)

Drugs class notes

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:31:57 -0700

War on Drugs

A form of moral panic framing drugs as the cause of a bad phenomenon
Nixon declared the War on Drugs in a desperate attempt to hold onto power; arose out of the tumult of domestic unrest of the 60’s, era of hyper-conformity via capitalism and consumerism
Drugs became the scapegoat for all social unrest

Etymological connection between word for drug and scapegoat

Pharmakos (scapegoat) vs. pharmakon (drug)
In literary theory, the presence of a scapegoat presupposes the presence of a tyranny (or tyrannical impulse)
i.e. Nazi Germany: Hitler (tyrant) and Jewish people (scapegoat)

Photo

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:41:21 -0700

"A growing number of economists have become convinced that a comprehensive child care system is not..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:40:36 -0700

“

A growing number of economists have become convinced that a comprehensive child care system is not only a worthwhile investment, but also an essential one. James Heckman, the Nobel-winning economist, has calculated that, in the best early childhood programs, every dollar that society invests yields between $7 and $12 in benefits. When children grow up to become productive members of the workforce, they feed more money into the economy and pay more taxes. They also cost the state less—for trips to the E.R., special education, incarceration, unemployment benefits, and other expenses that have been linked to inadequate nurturing in the earliest years of life.

…

The lack of quality, affordable day care is arguably the most significant barrier to full equality for women in the workplace. It makes it more likely that children born in poverty will remain there. That’s why other developed countries made child care a collective responsibility long ago.

”

- Jonathan Cohn, “The Hell of American Day Care” / New Republic (via hconover)

"Last-minute cinco de mayo!"

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:02:56 -0700

“Last-minute cinco de mayo!”

- A, on tonight’s festivities

fat-feminist: crowcrow: my future mine too

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:02:16 -0700

fat-feminist:

crowcrow:

my future

mine too

thisheuristiclife: I’ll take that scroll thanks

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:00:48 -0700

thisheuristiclife:

I’ll take that scroll thanks

oof

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:27:02 -0700

oof

"I look like a camel."

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:46:09 -0700

“I look like a camel.”

- A, upon applying mascara for the first time

ch3rrybl0ssom: ☁ Skyscape and Waterscape ☁

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:03:56 -0700

ch3rrybl0ssom:

☁ Skyscape and Waterscape ☁

"For cross-dressing to truly frustrate binary thinking, the element of serious parody (as opposed to..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:43:47 -0700

“For cross-dressing to truly frustrate binary thinking, the element of serious parody (as opposed to comedy) must also be mobilized, whereby the appearance of conformity becomes a challenge to conformity: in performing credibly as a woman, a male implicitly reveals gender itself as a type of artifice and performance and not a natural, uniform, original fact of female or male bodies.”

- Jennifer Robertson, Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan

Rolling Stone: Did you know Frank Ocean was gay before he came...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:40:23 -0700

Rolling Stone: Did you know Frank Ocean was gay before he came out last year?

Tyler, the Creator: Yeah, I was one of the first people he told. I kinda knew, because he likes Pop Tarts without frosting on them, so I knew something was weird. But that’s my nigga.

so preetty

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:39:00 -0700

so preetty

amischiefofmice: Donald Glover talking about the comments he...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:49:18 -0700

amischiefofmice:

Donald Glover talking about the comments he received during his campaign to be the next Spider-Man (x)

“I was talking about it with Dan Eckman, who directed my Bonfire video. Can you imagine that trailer? That would be dope. Like it makes sense… a poor black kid in Queens. Like it just fits.”

wow this just broke my heart a little bit