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my name is brooke. i am a graphic designer and occasional freelance writer. BEHOLD THINGS THAT MAKE MY DOOKIE TWINKLE. |
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this pantone pepper grinder was on clearance at the tj maxx in buckhead for $8. too bad pepper is a bastard spice.
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notes"Gangs are real, but they are also conceptual. The word gang is frequently used to avoid using the word black in a way that might be offensive."the same article. it’s a great read, especially for those of us who live in “transitional neighborhoods” and have to hear our parents worry about our safety when “people who [are] murdered tended to be murdered by other people like them. Most of the killers were men and boys (a disturbing 93 percent—a number that, if we weren’t so accustomed to thinking of men as “naturally” violent, might strike us as the symptom of an alarming mass pathology), and most killed other men and boys. The majority of children were killed by a parent, and in more than half of all the cases, the victim and the killer knew each other. In over three fourths of the killings, the killer and the victim were of the same race, and less than 13 percent of the victims were white or Asian.”
i’m not trying to suggest a “perception of crime” scenario, but these are nice statistics to give to those who are scared of black people.
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"But when I return to Little House on the Prairie now as an adult, I find that it is not the book I thought it was. It is not the gauzy frontier fantasy I made of it as a child. It is not a naïve celebration of the American pioneer. It is the document of a woman interrogating her legacy. It is, as the scholar Ann Romines has called it, “one of our most disturbing and ambitious narratives about failures and experiments of acculturation in the American West."
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got a little wastey-face, bought a sparkly hat. drag-queen bonnie! the part of clyde will be played by bodey, who i am dogsitting this week.
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for brandon, on his birthday: wu tang album covers redesigned as blue note album covers.
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"Helen Mirren didn’t end up [being in Precious], because she got a real offer that paid her money instead of chicken wings."
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my sister got me these socks for $0.99 at the piggly wiggly in eufaula, ala. they are bright pink with tigers, hot chicks and piles of money on them. they are 90% nylon, 10% spandex and 100% responsible for giving me toe cancer, probably.
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How an American soldier is made
This is fascinating.
The Denver Post followed high school graduate Ian Fischer as he enlisted in the Army, went through training, left for Iraq, and returned home; the photos tell quite a story.
the level of access here is amazing.
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We are on cake this is insane.
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How do we know this is a true southern funeral? 7 gallons of sweet tea in the kitchen, and counting.
