Just Plain Sarah

And that was what she often felt the need of - to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself. When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless.

Virginia Woolf (via eudaimonist)

The attempt to analyze the hipster provokes such universal anxiety because it calls everyone’s bluff. And hipsters aren’t the only ones unnerved. Many of us try to justify our privileges by pretending that our superb tastes and intellect prove we deserve them, reflecting our inner superiority. Those below us economically, the reasoning goes, don’t appreciate what we do; similarly, they couldn’t fill our jobs, handle our wealth or survive our difficulties. Of course this is a terrible lie.

The Sociology of the Hipster - Essay - NYTimes.com (NYTimes is behind a subscription wall, so, if you do not have a login and prefer not to register, there is always BugMeNot for disposable logins and passwords).

The article analyzes the hipster phenomenon from the perspective of class theory in the works of French sociologist Pierre Bordieu. Another quote I found interesting:

Taste is not stable and peaceful, but a means of strategy and competition. Those superior in wealth use it to pretend they are superior in spirit. Groups closer in social class who yet draw their status from different sources use taste and its attainments to disdain one another and get a leg up. These conflicts for social dominance through culture are exactly what drive the dynamics within communities whose members are regarded as hipsters.

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so good

(ps: if anyone wants to read “distinction” I can upload it)

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This is the kind of ninja social analysis that makes me want to be a sociologist.

The guy from the HP Alliance said they want to support LGBT organizations.

spillyourheart:

mypatronusisyou:

Why?

“Because if Harry Potter taught us anything, it’s that nobody deserves to live in a closet.”

(Source: dossierphotographique)

So I decided to become a midwife… I wanted to deliver a thousand babies. And as each one arrives, especially the little girls, I’ll be there first to whisper into her tender little ear: REBEL! REBEL!

Emma Goldman (via fuckyeahanarchism)

For Jessica!

allisonweiss:

Fuck the world!

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I’m trying to do this now, in hopes it’ll recharge me enough to be a better friend/sister/scholar/teacher next week.

queerfatfemme:

“The truth is that everyone’s gonna hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for.”—Bob Marley

(And thanks Bridget for being so awesome.)

bridgetzsweet:

loveyourchaos:

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Word

We need a widespread rebellion of women who are tired of worrying about their weight, who understand that weight is not a matter of health or discipline but a weapon our culture uses against us to keep us in our place and feeling small. We need to quietly say no to ridiculous weight standards, reassuring ourselves that we’re good and worthwhile human beings even if we aren’t a size 6, and further, to protest those standards more demonstrably, on behalf of others as well. Both decisions require a change in attitude which, while not necessarily impolite, is rather less tolerant of the everyday demeaning comments about body size that women now accept as their due. In other words, we need to begin to throw our weight around.

Laura Fraser, Losing It: America’s Obsession with Weight and the Industry that Feeds on It (via crustyriotgrrl) (via loveandzombies) (via novazembla) (via feminaction)

yes yes yes

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