May 2012
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“You won’t allow me to go to school. I won’t become a doctor. Remember this:...”
– Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl  This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their...
May 1st
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April 2012
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“I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too...”
– Ferdinand von Schrubentaufft   (via 33113)
Apr 30th
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ListenI just…
Apr 30th
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you thought you might be a ghost/you thought you...
Apr 30th
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He said something like, “I believe you could be a very good academic. …No, really, a very good one. Not just scraping by.”
Apr 30th
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“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same,...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via acciobojan)
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Random Fact:
I love mythology.
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Back at my alma mater.
Weird.
Apr 25th
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“That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.”
– John Green (via keepingquietishard)
Apr 24th
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Reblog if no one has a crush on you.
Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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WOOOOOHOOOOO
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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“Pontius is a great player; he did what he had to do.”
– Thierry Henry (via whenyouwalkthroughthestorm)
Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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“There’s a loneliness that only exists in one’s mind. The loneliest moment in...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby  (via soulhunting)
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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“Most people don’t care about politics. They’re not running around with these...”
– Lynn Vavreck, a political scientist at UCLA, in an interview with Ezra Klein about ” the tornado of idiocy that is American politics.” (via theatlantic)
Apr 20th
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“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via decaying-organic-matter)
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Restoration Calls: "I'm willing to take on the... →
theatlantic: restorationcalls: My name’s Jennifer. I’m twenty-three, and I live in rural Pennsylvania. I graduated from college in May 2011, but I have yet to find a full-time job. When I have applied to entry-level jobs where I meet the qualifications, I’m faced with rejection e-mails that tell me that I “lack work experience.” I moved back home with my single mom (who raised my sister and me...
Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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lost my voice at the dc united game
let me know if you find it
Apr 19th
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