February 2012
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Motivations
I make the right decision not because I want to be good, but because I am afraid of the risks. Or rather, I don’t believe in risks. This is not about cynicism, but about the ability to know with “certainty” the way things will happen in the end. This is about results. This is about life as narrative. There is the beginning, the middle, and the end. Or if you are like me, this is...
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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On Uniforms:
I. I was described as the girl that looks like a disco ball. I was described as the girl that dresses like it’s New Year’s Eve everyday. II. She said, “I didn’t know you liked going out or anything … because of how you dressed.” She wore jeans and t-shirts. I wear dresses and skirts and pants and blouses and shorts and weird strange things that don’t...
Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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A Reaction:
What is that feeling of seeing yourself make bad decisions, and doing them anyway? Of knowing the consequences, and still feeling like this is the right thing for right now? To be young is to see the choices and consequences, and choose what feels right over what is right. I am not someone that normally does that, but the older I get, the more I see myself falling into the pattern. It takes a lot...
Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Stream 'Tramp' by Sharon Van Etten →
What is it, that thing about Sharon Van Etten’s voice? I’ve been trying to figure it out for the past months and I can’t quite articulate why she is so compelling. There’s this apparent detachment, but further listening suggests a vulnerability in her lyrics and little moments of catharsis in her intonation. None of her words are reckless, but she invokes this sort of...
Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Racialicious: Some Notes on Rape Culture →
She commented on my hair, how it was no longer straight, but acquiring that kinky, natural texture that we either love ferociously or feel annoyed with constantly as black women. I said I thought it was fine. But also, that I was tired with people, with anyone commenting on my looks. One comment makes me believe there are other comments and things said that I am only unaware of because I am not...
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Anonymous asked: What was it like growing two inches in college? That sounds so cool.
Jan 28th
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Jan 26th
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Listen“Forget” by Liana La Havas (Shlohmo...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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ListenAnother consistently good mix from the Indie...
Jan 23rd
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Listen“Lafaye” by School of Seven Bells ...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Light to Dark
Mostly, I’ve realized a lot of people are unhappy or dissatisfied, that it is not just an internal frustration, but also a universal, generational worry. But I’ve also realized that people have many goals and aspirations, and the older they get, the more hesitant they are to admit them. Goals begin to feel like things that young people do and accomplish, and now my goals should be...
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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The Commute
You have two choices in your walk home in the cold: be like everyone else and keep your head down, or turn the next 10 minutes into a moment for a Naomi Campbell Walk. Glide over those patches of ice like the graceful swan you are. This block right here is your runway. A moment of rest is never in order. To rest is to stop moving. To stop moving is to feel the cold. Remember, the prize is heat,...
Jan 20th
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Listen“ICBYS” by Zambri A stark, but...
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Listen“Watching You Without Me” by Kate...
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Listen“Lights” by Dave.I.D. Another missed...
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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acoldwar asked: Hey Britt, I think you're awesome (and we share the name name! and we're both writers!) Since I turn to you for all things indie and avant-garde-y, I was wondering: Do you tend to find indie/alt covers of hip-hop and r&b songs to be fun exercises in genre exploration, exasperating displays of irony, or something else? I just came across Sondre Lerche's cover of Beyonce's...
Jan 12th
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