February 2012
6 posts
“Love is a verb.”
– Jason F. Wright, from The Seventeen Second Miracle (thanks, wesmokethatkushh)
Plays and Presidents
Tim: Did you pick a play?
Me: Yes! I picked one yesterday but I was so tired I forgot to tell you.
Tim: Good!
Me: Yea. It was the least awful one of the ones I read.
Tim: Hm. That’s pretty much how I pick my presidents.
Serbians Respond to In the Land of Blood and Honey →
genderacrossborders:
Though the film is arguably an extension of her global advocacy work, she is not interested in using it to make personal political statements. Rather, the film is the statement. Like all good political art, it is able to stand on its own as a representation of a larger truth — in this case, the realities of wartime sexual violence and abuse — and cause audiences to think...
“These days man knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.”
– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via bookmania)
I’m going to use this on the people who keep telling us to but a house. I KNOW property values are low right now! That doesn’t mean we HAVE to buy!
January 2012
35 posts
“Here’s the truth: friendships between women are often the deepest and most...”
– Every single day I’m grateful for the wonderful, amazing women in my life.
Transformation And Transcendence: The Power Of Female Friendship - The Rumpus.net (via feministjillian)
This.
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
– Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (via bookmania)
How To Get Kids To Read? Give Them Banned Books.... →
emilyheroy:
Anything to get kids to read. I say, “Yes!”
I’ve been doing this for years.
Grey matter
Me: (blowing my nose constantly) I think I’m blowing out brain matter at this point. I don’t know where all this is coming from.
Tim: So keep blowing. Maybe you’ll get stupider and be a lot happier.
Me: Stupider?
Tim: Hey. I’m happy. Point proven.
“A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond...”
– President Obama, SOTU (via girlwithalessonplan)
“Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s...”
– Obama (via kateoplis)
Sooo…. what is Pinterest, and how is it different from Tumblr? And do I even have time for this?
GAB Book Club: Voting for a February Book →
Come read with us!
Social Media Internship at a Global Feminist... →
emilyheroy:
Work with me and tell your friends!
Who Needs Feminism? Everyone →
genderacrossborders:
The only way to ensure that women enjoy the freedoms and privileges they want for themselves is to have them be the ones that propel it, and that is precisely what feminism is, label or not.
-Nadia Smiecinska
“We found that differences between marriage and cohabitation tend to be small and...”
– Does Marriage Really Make People Happier? Study Finds Few Well-Being Advantages to Marriage Over Cohabitation
Interesting, and not surprising at all, actually. (via feministjillian)
Join a global feminist book club! Vote for the... →
genderacrossborders:
GAB Book Club: Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan... →
genderacrossborders:
The book is a new way to teach the lessons of genocide. Through the use of graphic art, the book is a good method for reaching youth, who otherwise may not read about genocide or current state of the Sudan.
-Maria MacMullin
(if you liked the interview with the authors of Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan, check out the discussion questions for the book club here)
“I think for me Twitter is the equivalent of working in an office and having...”
– Susan Orlean on her constant Twittering. [This is what I use Tumblr for.] (via nprfreshair)
This is what I use both Twitter and Tumblr for. (via me3dia)
“Reader,
I have cleared this space for you, for you, for you.”
– Olena Kalytiak Davis, from “sweet reader, flanneled and tulled” (via the-final-sentence)
I met her! She is totally awesome. :)
December 2011
53 posts
“Such is a silence
of a woman who
speaks against silence, knowing
silence is...”
– Ilya Kaminsky, from “Deaf Republic: 10” (via weissewiese)
Post-Holiday Hello →
We’re just wrapping up some post-Christmas R&R time and are headed home today. I’d love to analyze our need to get away and do something for ourselves and wax philosophical about the benefits of…
Ms. Magazine Blog: Women – And Men – Aren’t “Born”... →
Today, I’m on the Ms. Magazine blog with my piece about teachers as trained professionals! Here’s a taste: My husband also chose a career in teaching. When people ask us what we do, I answer that I…
It's Global Feminist Friday! What are you... →
genderacrossborders:
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