Related question: Why has Salon become the unofficial headquarters for middle-aged men who hate Taylor Swift? (I mean, I used to work there and I have some guesses, but…)
ETA: It is not often that I find a large block quote from Robert Christgau refreshing, and yet in this case, it is a godsend.
Judy is everything.
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Jane Hu, Alice Bolin, and I wrote about Pretty Little Liars for The Bygone Bureau. That great quote above is Jane’s. (via judyxberman)
Judy is the only cultural critic who is not embarrassing.
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Part of the reason why we won’t post the alleged Lil Reese assault video (via chicago-reader)
Really important. The answer isn’t to go easier on rappers who commit violence against women, though — it’s to work against the racism that makes them the only group whose reputation is tied to this behavior. If we’re going to bring up Rihanna every time we mention Chris Brown, let’s keep reminding people about John Paul Pitts (here’s the Pitchfork story, which quotes a pretty terrifying police report) every time we cover Surfer Blood. (That being said, the real reason not to post the video is out of respect for the victim, who has a right to privacy — and whose suffering should never be our entertainment.)
YES
And can I just say, instead of sitting around at EMP debating whether Gaga is a feminist this is the shit everyone should be talking about.
(via judyxberman)
“Fleming’s letter isn’t just embarrassing for him; it reflects poorly on the entire Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Department and casts Apple’s accusations in a new light. If that’s the attitude the department is willing to take in a public statement, why would we doubt her claims about the way certain individuals treated her behind closed doors? Before we judge the tone of her ‘ramblings,’ let’s consider that she might still have been processing real trauma.”
A few days ago, The New York Times published an article called “The Launching Pad,” about four new college graduates finding their first apartment in New York City. Each had a budget of $1000-2000, and “by coincidence, all four wound up in Manhattan, despite the fact that Brooklyn, and increasingly parts of Queens, attract great numbers of renters.” Although it’s clear that the methods used were hardly scientific, this is the kind of article that could give you the idea that you can’t move to New York if you’re not rich or don’t have a lucrative job lined up.
This is not the truth. I can’t speak to whether it’s a great idea to come here straight out of college, without prospects or savings. In fact, I can’t even say that it was the right choice for me, because, seven years later (and despite relative job security), my future still feels uncertain. That isn’t the point, though. The point is, you don’t need to have $1000 a month in rent money to live in New York as a 22-year-old, and it matters that young people realize this, or our already considerable “entitled asshole” population is going to take over the city. Very few people I know have arrived here with that kind of income. I don’t pay that much in rent now.
Here’s how I got to New York City: I graduated from college in Baltimore, where I lived in a house with five other people and paid less than $300 a month in rent. A few days later, half-exuberant but also half-paralyzed by the idea that our lives were very much on the record from now on, four of us packed everything we owned (pared down considerably in anticipation of how little space we’d have) into a Uhaul. It took forever to pack that truck, because we were trying to fit everyone’s bed, desk, dresser, etc. into a vehicle that was only supposed to fit the contents of a one-bedroom apartment. We left in the dark — me, my boyfriend, two other guys — waving to our friends who were still in town. A group of them sat on our stoop watching as we got ready to go. Hopefully my memory isn’t embellishing this, but I think I remember there were some tears. It wasn’t just about us leaving, it was about everyone’s lives changing at the exact same time.
important
(via heidicomestolife)
—bell hooks on Beasts of the Southern Wild
Thanks Judy for sending me this link—I’ve been struggling with that movie.
Rachael took a perfect photo of the flowers I made for solstice—we had an abundance of herbs and blooms, and wine and friends and love. We burnt our fears and ate almond cake (for Robin and J’s one year wedding anniversary!), joined hands in honor of midsummer, and talked about medieval art, fish songs, hearing, sentient genitals, our health, our goals, our art, Guns N Roses, zines, activism, and everything that matters. For those who couldn’t make it, you were part of the circle, always will be.
#birthdaysuit
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As arm party as it gets.
tw: bitching about reproductive/urinary tract health (bracketing the massive privilege and luck i have to have access to this kind of care at all)
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