The Samsanator

"Dear Taylor Swift, When your entire self-cultivated, public identity is that of a naive, boy-crazy,..."

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:56:20 -0600

“

Dear Taylor Swift,

When your entire self-cultivated, public identity is that of a naive, boy-crazy, over-grown adolescent in constant search of validation and self-worth from the boys you date and pine for, and when every song you write and every interview you give only functions to reenforce this identity, and when YOU as a young, conventionally attractive, wealthy, white woman, are a part of the demographic of women who have most benefited from the Women’s Movement, generations before you, and when YOU, as a privileged, white woman who has also found professional success, have been afforded a platform that allows you to help shape the hearts and minds of millions of young women who look up to you, and YOU choose to cultivate and reenforce the aforementioned identity and image—then heffer, YOU calling Tina Fey sexist for jokingly advising you to take a break from boy-chasing and childish pining and whining, and ‘find yourself’, is preposterous. And you are an insult to the women who have come before you. And your entire self-created image is sexist.

And your stupidity angers me enough to write a letter. You should consider a career in politics.

Bam.

K-Thanks.

Best,

Fatma

”

- My Open Letter to Taylor Swift (via raceclassandgender)
Preach!

I think this hairstyle is going to make it into my regular...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:53:32 -0600

I think this hairstyle is going to make it into my regular rotation.

"We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s."

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:07:05 -0600

“We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s.”

- Kifah Shah (via chubby-bunnies)

Essie “Ballet Slippers” - just bought this and...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:30:42 -0600

Essie “Ballet Slippers” - just bought this and I’m digging it

Penny wanted to help make the snow angel.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:08:18 -0600

Penny wanted to help make the snow angel.

A backyard snow angel for @jilliancoleen18

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:06:54 -0600

A backyard snow angel for @jilliancoleen18

I kind of want to get married again just so I can wear a dress...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:16:27 -0600

I kind of want to get married again just so I can wear a dress that looks like this.

RedEye-Chicago: Please read

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:12:08 -0600

RedEye-Chicago: Please read:

redeyechicago:

This image of an article from Monday’s (March 4) edition of RedEye has been passed around by many on social media. It highlights a condensed article about overnight violence in Chicago, including a shooting in West Rogers Park and shootings in the Back of the Yards, Englewood, Gage Park and…

Wow. Just… wow.

What a difference a few hours makes.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:30:35 -0600

What a difference a few hours makes.

Love!

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:57:38 -0600

Love!

"The initial, heedless reactions to Ms. Sandberg’s book spoke to a larger problem, namely the..."

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:56:02 -0600

“The initial, heedless reactions to Ms. Sandberg’s book spoke to a larger problem, namely the pressures that the twenty-four/seven hamster-wheel pace of the contemporary media puts on writers: to speed up rather than to slow down, to shoot first and ask questions later, to create drama, and, sometimes, to operate from a place of bad faith and fixed biases.”

- Anna Holmes weighs in on the backlash to Sheryl Sandberg and her book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead”: http://nyr.kr/12p6dcR (via newyorker)

Apparently, this is what a snow day looks like. No school, so...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:45:10 -0600

Apparently, this is what a snow day looks like. No school, so I’m not complaining. Maybe I can make a snow angel later for @jilliancoleen18 :)

Purple library, resting pups, a comfy chair, and the aroma of...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:42:22 -0600

Purple library, resting pups, a comfy chair, and the aroma of soup in the slow cooker. I could not love my life anymore than I do right now. Except maybe if Tim were home.

Pop Culture Disillusionment

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:35:08 -0600

(Watching President & Abbey Bartlett argue with each other on The West Wing.)

Me: I love the way they talk to each other. I wish we talked like that - used big words and impeccable grammar.

Tim: And had 6 people writing the lines for us and rehearsing them 200 times and then filming 50 takes?

Me: (opening my phone)

Tim: Stop tweeting my genius.

The online world might be scary, but it can be a place where we empower one another

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:41:56 -0600

The online world might be scary, but it can be a place where we empower one another

Why Can't Women Think They're Pretty?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:41:02 -0600

Why Can't Women Think They're Pretty?

The ‘magic’ of photoshop and airbrushing

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:30:35 -0600

The ‘magic’ of photoshop and airbrushing

The GOP warms to marriage equality

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:53:22 -0600

The GOP warms to marriage equality

Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival 9th Edition: Submissions Open!

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:49:21 -0600

Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival 9th Edition: Submissions Open!

So, I guess I’m back on Tumblr?

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:31:00 -0600

So, I guess I’m back on Tumblr?