August 2011
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Hit Snooze. Save the World.
standardhotels:
Snooze is a beautiful invention… an endless reminder of our procrastination. A new iOS app is turning those fumbling morning minutes into the chance to donate to charity. Snooze is an alarm clock app for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad that pledges $0.25 of your own money to charity every time you hit the snooze button. The app was built by LetGive, a company that combines...
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New Banksy in London
standardhotels:
Todays graphic is the new Banksy piece in London. We find it quite unusual for 3 reasons…
(1) The new Banksy piece is referencing serial ‘tagger’ Tox, so it’s sort of a second generation reference to another graffiti writer.
(2) They added a CCTV to watch over the new Banksy piece.
(3) The piece was entirely plexi-glassed for preservation.
We’re still waiting for the...
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Literazzi: Call for Submissions: The Literazzi... →
literazzi:
logo by Melissa Ott Design
Literazzi is very pleased to announce their first anthology. This volume will be edited by Kristin Ross. Work on any theme (and most mediums) will be considered.
The submission period is now open. We are accepting short fiction, poetry, essays and multimedia art…
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russmarshalek:
With much gusto “buzz-cane” Irene made its debut east-coast tour. Garnering raves from the likes of the NY Times (“devastating…”) and CNN (“potentially deadly”), Irene’s pre-debut raves drew an 8.9 from HypeMachine and was dubbed “best new natural disaster” in a week that also included A MOTHER FUCKING EARTHQUAKE.
Now here we are, left to ponder Irene’s shitty almost no-show New...
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Rape victim forced to apologize to rapist
shortformblog:
One nightmare after another: In 2008, a seventh grade special-ed student in Missouri told school administrators that she’d been raped by one of her classmates. Rather than fulfilling its legal obligation to report the incident to authorities, the school accused the girl of lying, made her write and hand-deliver an apology to her accused rapist, expelled her for the rest of the...
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Five Things You Need for Fall →
And where to buy them, according to The New York Times
1. TURTLENECK, Jil Sander $345
2. THEYSKENS’ THEORY CORDS $295
3. THE GIVENCHY GOLD-BAND PUMP not yet available, $495 seems right
4. BURBERRY’S MOD COAT $2495
5. A MIU MIU DRESS (not yet available online) $2800
(according to the article: priced at around $1,900 for the long-sleeved gray wool dress, with $900 for the cummerbund hip...
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It finally happened.
I sent an email and regretted not including an emoticon. They’re part of the language.
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Watchpopculturebrain:
TV Trailer: LOCKE & KEY | Collider
Don’t get too excited, it’s for a show that will never be. Incredibly depressing, as this trailer is awesome and could have really been some original television.
The pilot aired at Comic Con and eye witness reports back up this assertion but the concern was that the story wasn’t sustainable over a long term series.
Eee this trailer is...
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"Geek girls" and the problem of... →
bookavore:
This is an interesting link making the rounds.
Not much in it about the book world, but it did cause me to flash back to a moment at a book conference earlier in the year at which there was a panel called “Making Nonfiction Sexy.” Also, the confusion and then, anger, I felt as a result. Because why on earth does nonfiction need to be sexy? Why should we want that? By what definition...
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video: Florence + The Machine - What The Water...
disconaivete:
Kickstarter - design.plot →
I just backed this project to turn an empty lot in greenpoint into a garden! The project needs to be funded by tomorrow at noon and they only have $3K left to raise—if you’re in favor of gardens and green space over another half-empty high-rise, please donate! I’m unemployed and I gave; it’s a worth cause and I would much rather look at a garden than hear jackhammers and...
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Using TaskRabbit to get shit done, son! →
Just posted my first task to TaskRabbit… all part of project: Grownup Apartment. Also known as, stuff I’m getting around to now because I’m (f)unemployed and have the time for it. Also also known as, Project Clean Out the Apartment for Realsies This Time.
(lolz I’ve used the tag “grownup shit” before. truth)
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Fresh Air has a job opening
nprfreshair:
Associate Producer, Fresh Air
A part time position for an individual with three or more years of digital editing, interview logging, and other radio production experience to join the staff of the very popular, Philadelphia-based Fresh Air. Strong research and writing skills are necessary, as well as an awareness of a wide-range of issues, including arts, popular culture and...
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Anti-Female Masturbation Crusade: That's What the...
bookladysblog:
*rant* (Inspired by this article about a “ministry” devoted to stopping female masturbation)
Raised in Kansas, I’m no stranger to anti-sex religious groups. It usually goes like this: the girls are told that because the boys can’t help themselves, they, as females, are responsible for being the gatekeepers, for not being “stumbling blocks” that bring boys into sin. You know,...
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“Amy Winehouse spokesman says toxicology tests show no illegal drugs in her body...”
– @BreakingNews (via brooklynmutt)
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“Ke$ha’s brand of partying stands apart from that of so many other...”
– Maura Johnston, who apparently likes Ke$ha a lot more than we do, personally, on the pop star’s Jones Beach show this weekend (via villagevoice)
can anyone actually vouch for Ke$$$ha’s partying? I think the girl’s completely full of $hit. Unclear whether she’s in on the joke or...
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amypop:
feeling the sad.
wish i could push past it and get to the productivity, as i know that would help shake out the sad. back to being super blocked when it comes to writing even though i have ideas. all sorts of ideas!
i miss having people to bat ideas around with.
you can always hit me up for idea-batting if you like! I’m trying to fight the stuck-inside...
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The Rumpus Interview with Jon-Jon Goulian →
Frankly, more interesting, honest, and enlightening than the Man in the Grey Flannel Skirt. Read both.
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Sad article, but important for the lgbt community... →
Ms. Quispe, an Ecuadorean immigrant who came to New York at age 9, was determined to get the curves that would make her look more feminine. But she lacked health insurance or the money to pay for surgical procedures that would provide them; they can cost as much as $70,000. So she tried something else: she went to a so-called pumper, a person who illegally injects silicone to modify the...
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