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    "This honest irreverence has led me to certain conclusions about myself: that I cannot and will not ever be able to accept infinite punishment for finite sin as justice. Nor can I accept that only those who have made some sort of cognitive assent to a particular narrative as the exclusive recipients of redemption and restoration. It seems to me there is an underlying theme to religion that life is just a game of Russian roulette – hoping to beat the odds, hoping you were born into the right religion or right culture, hoping that you hold the right theology"

    - If I Told You
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    "It is easy to be judgmental when you grow up with wealth. The children of privilege aren’t allowed to fail."

    - Fairly Legal
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    “Women’s rights ARE human rights,” Hillary Clinton —- so proud to have her as an alum

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    12
    Mar

    lizdexia:

    “The archetype of the perfect girl for guys I see all around me is, I think, best understood by taking a look at the character of Pam from NBC’s The Office. Pam started out on that show as a wry receptionist with a conspiritorial half-smile and wavy hair the color of milk chocolate that looks like it was wet when she left her place and air-dried on her way to work. She’s portrayed by the gorgeous and funny actress Jenna Fischer, who puts herself in the hands of makeup and wardrobe people who are responsible for making her look like less of a knockout than she is. And indeed, Pam is not supposed to be the kind of beauty that turns heads in a room. As a romantic pursuit, she’s a slow burn: the kind of girl who will only sleep with you after months or even years of wearing down with flirty jokes and one-of-the-boys style teasing. The men in her office — most of them — pretend she’s sexually invisible. Her boss puts her down as a frump, an underdog. Pam’s equivalent from the British version of The Office, Dawn, was a different kind of girl entirely. Both could land a joke. Both could melt the camera with al small smile. But Pam is bland, unassuming; faded wallpaper. And Dawn was a coquette in corporate casual. If Dawn was Ginger, Pam is Mary-Ann’s cousin — the one who can’t even get her hair into pigtails, so she just lets it hang. I’ve met a lot of guys my age who have crushes on Pam that are so intense, it says more about what they want than who this character is supposed to be. They don’t just like her; they relate to her. They’re underdogs too. And what they want is who they are. Pam is not intimidating, like one of those women who wears makeup and tailored clothes and has a good job that she enjoys and confidence and an adult woman’s sexuality. There is nothing scary about Pam, because there’s no mysery: she’s just like the boys who like her; mousy and shy. The ultimate emo-boy fantasy is to meet a nerdy, cute girl just like him, and nobody else will realize she’s pretty. And she’ll melt when she sees his record collection because it’s just like hers, and she’ll swoon when he plays her the song he wrote on his guitar, and she’ll never want to go out to a party for which he’ll be forced to comb his hair, or buy grown-up shoes or tie a tie, or demonstrate a hearty handshake, or to basically act like a man.”

    —

    Julie Klausner, I Don’t Care About Your Band

    This is one of my favorite passages from any book I’ve read in the past year. Just think about it for a while.

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    25 Lives

    ventiii:

    Came across this little story on Livejournal when I was looking for inspiration for my creative writing class. Thanks to Toni’s blog, I remembered how much I loved this.

    25 LIVES by tongari

    I just had a moment <3 I thought this art looked familiar but since it said tongari was the artist/author, I thought, it couldn’t be, but then I went to tongari’s livejournal and there it was, hwei’s name. I will recognize her art anywhere.

    (via definiste)

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