December 2011
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Chicky Chicky Fry Fry
[Tom Haverfoods]
So I’m attempting to make fried chicken for the third time. The first was slightly disastrous due to an utter lack of research on my part. The second time went better using a buttermilk overnight coating but the seasoning and crispiness wasn’t quite right (nothing beats the Colonel’s secret MSG seasoning). I’m looking at some online recipes and many seem...
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Contagion
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Gwyneth Paltrow kills 13 million people.
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, the 2012...
Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
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Arizona schools' ethnic studies program ruled...
[My rant is in response to this piece of news.]
I live in a coastal area in the United States. Part of my graduation requirement in high school was to learn about American Indians (or, as my school/world puts it, “Native Americans”). We learned about American Indians because the land that we stood on was once theirs and there is rich, relevant history here. You cannot truly learn U.S....
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2011: The Year in Review
I love seeing all the great “Year in Review” type stuff that comes up this time of year.
2011 was, in a word, crazy. It seems like every year the tragedies, disasters, and deaths become more palpable and the cultural icons and movements become even more grand. We saw that with Japan, tornados, #WINNING, the Occupy movement, and of course, the Arab Spring.
I’m not quite sure...
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Christmas, Jumper and What Comes Up For Me
It’s two days until Christmas and I’m cooped up in the house reading Jumper. The title may sound familiar to you because the novel was made into a film in 2008 starring super-good-looking-couple Hayden Christiansen (what a stud!) and Rachel Bilson (purdy!). I’m about halfway through the book and already I can tell you a few things: even though I loved the movie, the book is...
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Things that make me happy: #1
[I shamelessly stole this from ticktockdeathclock. That is, the idea to post one thing that makes you happy each day. I don’t know if I can follow the rules to the letter (I might do 10 in one day, for example) but sometimes I can get down in the dumps so I will give this a shot.]
So. Things that make me happy: #1 - Jalapeno chips. Specifically, Tim’s Cascade brand.
Goes great...
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Watchchasingdevon:
super-eklectic1:
you get the side eye when it comes to ryan gosling
cuz he’s my baby
Hahaha, gah, I love this.
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10 unsolicited suggestions for men who want to do...
You are a man (or, you have a male friend) and you want to do more to end men’s violence against women, to break down patriarchy and generally just flip the bone to sexism. But you’re not sure what to do. You’re also afraid you don’t know enough (no one ever knows “enough”) and don’t want to offend anyone so you want to learn more while also doing...
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Watch The Purity Myth for $2!
jessicavalenti:
Hey y’all, for a limited time, The Purity Myth documentary is going to be available to watch online for pretty low prices. For the next 29 hours, you can watch it for 2$ (then the price goes up to $4).
The Purity Myth Trailer from Media Education Foundation on Vimeo.
Media Education Foundation FTW!
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History of every Video Game System I've ever owned
[This is a PS3 cooking pork. If I turned mine into a grill, it might see more use.]
NES: One of my earliest christmas memories. Mostly, I watched my brother and dad play Contra.
Turbo Grafx 16: I chalk this one up to my brother throwing an absolute monster tantrum at our mom to buy him a video game system. I think he really wanted the SNES, but this was cheaper and despite my mom promising...
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Reflection on The Sasha Grey post
It’s been a little over two weeks since I posted a commentary on Sasha Grey’s appearance on The View. I was hoping it might get a few views/notes/reblogs but the overall response was, to put it mildly, surprising.
As someone relatively new to Tumblr and this general form of…conversation (I went to college when Xanga was popular, what can I say?), it was interesting to follow...
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Burglar Makes Sure to Crack Glass on Family... →
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K-12 Memories
In high school, I took an accounting class. The teacher was reading a newspaper because we were all doing our work and it was a pretty relaxed classroom.
The teacher was sort of talking to a bunch of us who are sitting close by and he says, “Wow, can you believe this? [points to newspaper]. They’re saying China’s population is rising by the billions! Can you just imagine if...
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Mes chères études, sex work and what does it all...
I just finished watching the french film Student Services (the original title is Mes chères études, which roughly translates to “My expensive studies”) on Netflix’s Instant Streaming. If films about sex work interest you, I would encourage you to watch this film. If you’re not interested, you can continue reading but, of course, there are tons of spoilers.
I think...
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Horrors of Craigslist personal ads
My partner introduced me a while ago to the horrors of Craigslist personal ads. Specifically, the “casual encounters” section is a place where literally the thoughts one might think quietly in the mind (and obviously shouldn’t be shared, at least until some editing is done) become transformed into the best the internet has to offer.
After perusing some of these ads for a while,...
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I am a sucker for pop music
I am an absolute sucker for pop music. Especially music that is both popular and simultaneously hated. I live in a city/state where the music snobbiness is so high that you can cut it with an Ace Of Base cassette tape.
But I shake it off like a wild person. I love catchy, over-produced and mainstream pop music. I also like (sometimes even more) COVERS to said pop music. With that in mind, I...