Speak, Poet.

"Let me tell you a story. The day after Columbine, I was interviewed for the Tom Brokaw news program...."

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:39:31 -0500

“Let me tell you a story. The day after Columbine, I was interviewed for the Tom Brokaw news program. The reporter had been assigned a theory and was seeking sound bites to support it. “Wouldn’t you say,” she asked, “that killings like this are influenced by violent movies?” No, I said, I wouldn’t say that. “But what about Basketball Diaries?” she asked. “Doesn’t that have a scene of a boy walking into a school with a machine gun?” The obscure 1995 Leonardo Di Caprio movie did indeed have a brief fantasy scene of that nature, I said, but the movie failed at the box office (it grossed only $2.5 million), and it’s unlikely the Columbine killers saw it. The reporter looked disappointed, so I offered her my theory. “Events like this,” I said, “if they are influenced by anything, are influenced by news programs like your own. When an unbalanced kid walks into a school and starts shooting, it becomes a major media event. Cable news drops ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. The story is assigned a logo and a theme song; these two kids were packaged as the Trench Coat Mafia. The message is clear to other disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be famous. The TV will talk about nothing else but me. Experts will try to figure out what I was thinking. The kids and teachers at school will see they shouldn’t have messed with me. I’ll go out in a blaze of glory.”
In short, I said, events like Columbine are influenced far less by violent movies than by CNN, the NBC Nightly News and all the other news media, who glorify the killers in the guise of “explaining” them. I commended the policy at the Sun-Times, where our editor said the paper would no longer feature school killings on Page 1. The reporter thanked me and turned off the camera. Of course the interview was never used. They found plenty of talking heads to condemn violent movies, and everybody was happy.”

- Roger Ebert (via marchingtheme)

I love Roger Ebert.

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annawhat: emilychris: littleballerina: bugsyrafael:(via...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:45:26 -0500

annawhat:

emilychris:

littleballerina:

bugsyrafael:(via tamburina)

uuuugh so true. my modern art text book and i will cuddling all day long.

'Your gay Wasilla homeboys' - Bent Alaska

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:22:45 -0500

tiredofbeingignored:

Levi, honey, we love the photos and interviews, but what’s all this talk of never seeing any gays in Wasilla? We’re here, we’re queer, and we live on the Last Frontier, even in Wasilla.

Perhaps you don’t think you’ve seen us because you don’t know what we look like: We look like Alaskans. Really.

Did you expect us to shop at the Wasilla Fred Meyer looking like Adam Lambert at the AMA’s? Did you expect us to kiss in line at Home Depot? We have strong survival instincts and know better than to look, act, or talk queeny in a town like this. You might not know we’re gay, but I’m sure you’ve seen us.

We live here and shop here and work here. We even have a Mat-Su LGBT Community Center in Palmer and hosted Wasilla’s first drag show fundraiser at the Best Western on Lake Lucille. We have all kinds of jobs, including work you probably don’t think of as gay. We raise children and run dogs, gather round the bonfire, barbeque in the summer and shoot off fireworks in the winter. Some of us go to church, but not the anti-gay churches. We keep a low profile because of people like this Wasilla pastor who says we’re the anti-christ… and the people who like Sarah.

We do appreciate the way you keep reminding everyone that she’s a liar. She tried to use you, to control you, but you stood up for yourself and forged a different path. Good for you. Hopefully, the rest of the country will see through her lies and choose a different path as well.

If you ever want to meet the local gays, come join us for drag queening down at the … well, we’d better meet in Anchorage at Mad Myrna’s, we don’t want any trouble from the local yahoos. You’re not a gay icon in Alaska, but you’re sure to get a warm welcome at Myrna’s.

Kisses,

Your gay Wasilla homeboys

(Bent Alaska)

sexartandpolitics: fuckingdelicious: I just want a little...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:45:00 -0500

sexartandpolitics:

fuckingdelicious:

I just want a little lick.

I don’t want to nibble your delicious, tender fingers down to fucking stumps, or anything.

(via iltat)

Baby hedgies are too cute for words.

Apparently I am on an adorable-reblog kick. Just sayin’

tiredofbeingignored: poisonoushoneysuckles: (via...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:41:44 -0500

tiredofbeingignored:

poisonoushoneysuckles:

(via fuckyeahslightlyamusing)

"We the American working population hate the fact that eight hours a day is wasted on chasing the..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:22:00 -0500

“

We the American working population hate the fact that eight hours a day is wasted on chasing the dream of someone that isn’t us. And we may not hate our job, but we hate jobs in general that don’t have to do with fighting our own causes.

We the American working population hate the nine-to-five day-in, day-out, while we’d rather be supporting ourselves by being paid to perfect the pastimes that we have harboured based solely on the fact that it makes us smile if it sounds dope.

”

- Aesop Rock, on “9-5ers Anthem”

We found it! Toffee for your Coffee exists!!

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:13:27 -0500

We found it! Toffee for your Coffee exists!!

"What the fuck is that pirate doing in Jane Eyre?!"

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:49:08 -0500

“What the fuck is that pirate doing in Jane Eyre?!”

- Shappy Seasholtz

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. "

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:39:35 -0500

““Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. “”

- Charles Bukowski (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via fuckyeahbukowski)

Journalistic integrity is the shit.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:43:57 -0500

“A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120201455.html

cassandrathegreat: omgharrypotter: DEATHLY HALLOWS Teaser...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:12:47 -0500

cassandrathegreat:

omgharrypotter:

DEATHLY HALLOWS Teaser Trailer. High-Resolution.

(WATCH BEFORE IT GETS TAKEN DOWN.. AGAIN!)

"Shots of vodka are concentrated sad-face."

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:27:19 -0500

“Shots of vodka are concentrated sad-face.”

- Jared Singer

"This poem is so fucking money-sauce."

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:55:58 -0500

“This poem is so fucking money-sauce.”

- Jared Singer, in reference to a poem by Amaya.

Belly laugh.

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:50:50 -0500

Belly laugh.

"That’s what we’ve done to marriage in America, where young women are socialized from the time..."

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

“That’s what we’ve done to marriage in America, where young women are socialized from the time they’re five years old to think of being nothing but a bride. They plan every day, what they’ll wear, how they’ll look, their invitations, the whole bit. They don’t spend five minutes thinking about what it means to be a wife.”

- Diane Savino, NY State Senator from the 23rd District (Staten Island, Brooklyn), during her address on the marriage equality bill that was voted down this past week.

"We in government don’t determine the quality or the validity of people’s relationships. If we did,..."

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:28:00 -0500

“We in government don’t determine the quality or the validity of people’s relationships. If we did, we would not issue three quarters of the marriage licenses we do.”

- Diane Savino, NY State Senator from the 23rd District (Staten Island, Brooklyn), during her address on the marriage equality bill that was voted down this past week.

raptorinside: New York State senator Diane Savino speaks on the...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:18:00 -0500

raptorinside:

New York State senator Diane Savino speaks on the floor before the vote, explaining why she is voting to support gay marriage. Pretty impressive.

This is wonderful. She is well-reasoned and passionate without blasting the opponents of the basic civil right of two people in love.

While I personally would let each and every “Nay” voter know that I think they are disgusting excuses for human beings if I should ever meet any of them in person, I know that WHEN this fight is won, it will be through the overwhelming outpouring of love and compassion.

sexisnottheenemy: ireensarrows: sweetlust: via...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:54:43 -0500

sexisnottheenemy:

ireensarrows: sweetlust: via www.caebuttons.com

Word.

"Nothing rhymes with book."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:36:20 -0500

“Nothing rhymes with book.”

- Big Al, random guy freestlying at the slam tonight, fucking up.

tiredofbeingignored: sexismandthecity: Anyone told sarah...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:29:27 -0500

tiredofbeingignored:

sexismandthecity:

Anyone told sarah Palin that ‘Going Rogue” is a British slang term for unprotected anal sex ?

teenagekatgirl:

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:-D