April 2010
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Belle & Sebastian - “Sukie in the...
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Please Do Yourself a Taste Favor and Do Not Drink... →
As evidenced by Jezebel, vodka has no taste and yes I totally judge you if you drink vodka, but especially the flavored kind, but especially if you say “Stoli Ras.”
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48 Hour Magazine →
mariadiaz:
emptyage:
For the past couple of months, I’ve been plotting a new project, which I’m proud to finally announce. On May 7, Alexis Madrigal, Sarah Rich, Derek Powazek, Dylan Fareed, Heather Champ, and I are going to put together a magazine—start to finish—in 48 hours. It’s going to be completely insane, and even better, it just might work.
But we can only do it with your help.
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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman Boycotts Publicly... →
because he is pretty amazing.
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ourtropes:putthison:
Rep. Richard Martin (R-OH)...
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Tess Lynch and the Masculinity-Crippling Gimlet →
It has been a long while since I have linked to Tess Lynch, but I still give her my unequivocal support. She is a blogging powerhouse and a wise woman of the west. She can turn a takedown of a silly men’s magazine “rules” piece and turn it into something that touches my life, right now, at this moment. What talent! What insight!
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“If I were a woman, I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me,...”
– The last lines of As You Like It, spoken by Rosalind, the lady who dresses like a boy. These lines have probably been etched into my cerebrum since I was a tween only to haunt my romantic habits as a young adult: Yes, beards and complexions and good breath! And how!
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An Articulation of Our Fascination with the Amanda... →
But nothing bad really ever happened to young pretty girls who were basically good girls, did it? For us, that door always eventually opened and that roommate always returned, a little hung over or weary or in love. But just as we shaped the story we might have to tell the police or her unaware mother, she came home. As you grow older, you realize that not every girl is so lucky. And I...
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“While the momentum for the first Earth Day came from the grass roots, many...”
– Why am I even posting this? You know I know you know this. But how do you think it feels to write that sentence?
Let’s take this one apart:
“Came from the grass roots”: The definite article is throwing me off because I’m used to seeing “grass roots” as an...
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Design a Tshirt for Julie Ruin and Win a Mix CD by... →
You also could win $100. But also a “super special mix cd made by me [Kathleen Hanna].” Art friends, please start working on this. In the meantime, I’ll be writing “Julie Ruin” over and over, trying to get the bubble letters even.
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“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt...”
– Iranian Cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi. Hilarious until you think about how someone is really telling this to other people, who may believe him.
Via Broadsheet.
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Neko Case - “Vengeance Is Sleeping”
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“When Mindy shows up in a plaid kilt, knee-highs and a white shirt sure to bleed...”
– From Manohla Dargis’s review of Kick-ass. It’s hilarious that the Hit Girl trailer got red-banded because an eleven-year-old said the C word. (And also there’s a bit of violence in there, but we all know that’s not the real reason.) It’s also off-putting: Chloë Grace...
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Wednesday Morning Dance Party: Gene Vincent -...
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Words MPR bleeps out of "Drunk Girls"
“pedophiles”
“Drunk girls wait an hour to pee!”
Don’t get me wrong: I love living in a city wherein I can get in my car from an amazing dinner with my girlfriends and immediately hear “Drunk Girls” on the radio, but what’s wrong about waiting to pee?
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As it was represented in songs and scenes and...
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The Minnesota Women's Press Is Turning 25 →
Visit the MWP here, or pick up a free copy in your neighborhood.
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Belle & Sebastian - “Dear Catastrophe...
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Wednesday Morning Dance Party: Wayne Fontana and...
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Who wishes that the AP provided links to academic... →
I know it would derail the academic publishing industry to have some kind of open source accessibility for a study like this, but these findings seem a bit dubious, particularly when coming from this guy. What does “networking fatigue” even mean?
And AND what do lines to buy iPads have to do with the ambiguous findings of this study?
Yes, I know I posted that one-sourced “Women...
“I’ve been in a lot of towns, but this town has so many open mics and has so many...”
– The always-unpredictable comic genius, Mary Mack, loves Minneapolis.
(via metromag)
Mary Mack is probably my most favoritest person in the Twin Cities, and you should read this interview and spend your morning watching clips of her. I’d be doing the same thing, except I have to shop for a... 