Josephine is: an internet nerd, a writer of words, and a drinker of fine box wine.

She is also: a constant list-maker, a reader of books, and addicted to lip balm.

conditioned to run.

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Are we special or just weird?: My takeaway from The Office...

confusedtree:

I guess what I’m getting at (and by my argument/interpretation, the show itself is getting at as well) is that we shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves with this idea of “running in place”, that personal definitions of success are allowed to be fluid and maybe even move in a sine wave pattern, and that the people we love and the people we see every single day factor very much into whether or not our situation can be seen as ideal

Josh sums up my feelings about The Office finale quite eloquently.

 

Monday, May 20, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Depression Part Two › Hyperbole and a Half

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

I have a photoblog thing

sometimes I travel,  sometimes I take photos

sometimes you can put your eyes on these photos, if you want.

Friday, April 26, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
"

Julia Gillard was presented with the perfect opportunity to set herself apart from the rest of the pack – to set herself apart, indeed, from the relentless shadow of Kevin Rudd, a social conservative himself – and to state that yes, as an unmarried atheist she too could see that there was no longer such thing as ‘traditional’ partnership, and that speaking as the country’s first female Prime Minister with the first openly lesbian member of an Australian cabinet she could recognise that it was time to set the standard and take us into an inevitable future.

But she didn’t, and it’s too late now, and if she even dared attempt to change her mind 149 days out from the election she would be once again pounced on as a ditherer, a fibber, a leader who no longer understands their core beliefs, if of course they possessed them in the first place.

So this is how it will be.

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Marieke Hardy - “This is how it will be
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
"Because, in case there was any confusion about it, if you deem what is happening in her life as funny or cute, you are being a terrible person. Even if she is just another rich, troubled celebrity — even if this is a publicity stunt — you are telling every young woman in your reach that mental illness, erratic behavior, and eating disorders are something that are not to be taken seriously. You are telling them that it will get them a charmed, amused kind of attention that gets more engaged the more quickly the woman begins unraveling. You are at once dismissing and reinforcing these horribles symptoms of a problem that we as a society created in the first place. It is our fault when young women hate their bodies and are desperate for approval, and making fun of them for of it makes us only more implicit in the crime."
Friday, April 5, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013

and what if this is happiness? what if happiness is the practice of a slow calligraphy of these small gestures? what if it’s always been that way? what if I’m behind on my list of small, happy things?

what would be on your list?

Friday, March 15, 2013
"In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010). Most minorities, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite differently. Colorblindness creates a society that denies their negative racial experiences, rejects their cultural heritage, and invalidates their unique perspectives."
Monica Williams, Ph.D for Psychology Today, “Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism” (via confusedtree)
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

F*** Everything - Gunnarolla

sometimes man, it’s just one of those days.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
"You don’t have to be tormented to be a writer. You just need to write."
Monday, February 25, 2013
 
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