February 2012
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Mohandas Gandhi: Amnesty International | Iran: New... →
standwithfreeiran:
zikrayat:
Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression has dramatically escalated in the run up to this week’s parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today. The 71-page “We are ordered to crush you”: Expanding Repression of Dissent in Iran details how, in the wake of protests called by opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi in February 2011,...
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By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the...
– Henry David Thoreau (via thatkindofwoman)
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Frieze Magazine | Archive | The Way They Looked at... →
ninaperlman:
What else is the recollection of a year but an exercise in returning? In 2011, I was fascinated by the endless possibilities this offers. I have increasingly noticed that recollection is perceived as something that negates both the present and the future, and hence has nostalgic overtones. My reservations about this have made me ask a fundamental question: when you go back, where...
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everyone is gay: "My girlfriend is a blanket,... →
everyoneisgay:
-Question submitted by Anonymous
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Dannielle Says:
1. Wake her up everytime she steals something and tell her she’s stealing.
2. Put your cold feet on her warm back when she’s asleep.
3. Write her a really long a dramatic letter about how it’s not going to work between you two because she’s so selfish and possessive and you want to be able to sleep with other people, and...
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peanut butter
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le sigh
Specials February 18: Buckwheat Pancakes with Blood Orange Syrup … Blueberry & Mascarpone Crepes … Asparagus, Crimini Mushroom & Mozzarella Omelette … Olive Tapenade & Goat Cheese Scrambled … Wild Organic Arugula, Tomato & Gruyere Croque Monsieur … Niman Ranch Pork Chile Verde Huevos
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes...
– Henry Rollins (via thechocolatebrigade)
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Dear Oakland,
I miss you.
Like woah.
With love always and forever,
Julia
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and then sometimes
you get an email from your friend’s mom
and everything instantly sharpens, like you just cleaned the glasses you didn’t even know you were wearing, and now, with the dust smudges wiped away, everything comes into perspective
and you remember
that even though there’s a lot of ugly
there’s also a lot of beautiful
and sometimes all you need is a little rain
or
some...
Oh Rain
tylerknott:
Oh rain will you fall on my shoulders and soak into my tired skin? Will you soothe me now? Will you wash away the dirt and soil and ash and mud and baptize me in your grace? Will you hold me and fill me with the scent of calm and the perfect smell of hope, will you fall? Will you, oh rain? -Tyler Knott Gregson-
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holy fuck
i just can’t even…
ok, i get that i’m way over here, and in med school, and so i’m a little out of the US news loop…but holy fucking fuck?!?!
um…could somebody please explain to me when it became ok to even propose legislation, let alone consider passing it, that would essentially mandate that doctors rape women before they’re eligible for an...
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