February 2012
2 posts
Books and long readings I read in 2011
I read such a good mix of books last year— classics, fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, etc.
1. Sex, Sin, and Zen by Brad Warner
2. four chapters of Short Introductions: Gender by Raewyn Connell
3. In Search of Jefferson’s Moose by David G. Post
5. The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel
6. Life Online by Annette N. Markham
7. Hopeful Girls, Troubled Boys: Race and Gender...
January 2012
3 posts
November 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
The Measure [sa] (1)
RVIVR (1)
Dear Landlord (1)
The Weakerthans (1)
Defiance, Ohio (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
October 2011
7 posts
How Useful is the Concept of Sexual Orientation? →
“A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.”
Francis Bacon, “On Atheism”
“When Bacon penned the sage epigram…he forgot to add that the God to whom depth in philosophy brings back men’s minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them.”
George Santayana, Reason in Religion
September 2011
5 posts
போய்டு வரென்
I was at an event for work Wednesday night where I learned the Tamil phrase in the title: “Poeytu Veren.” It means, “You go and then you come back.” You go out into the world and then you return to the relationships that matter that you. I like thinking of it as the “glass half full” version of “Always Leaving” by Spoonboy. Instead of thinking,...
6 tags
The Romance of Birthright Israel (The Nation) →
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
Really amazing article about the birthright trips: how they are funded, and how they get under your skin.
My friend linked this to me after feeling really uncomfortable post-birthright. Read it.
i’m the uncomfortable friend, haha. read if you want to understand some of the weirdness going on in my life and mind for the past few weeks
August 2011
5 posts
“Perhaps most people in the world aren’t trying to be free, Kafka. They...”
– Oshima in Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
The Wild (11)
Shannon Murray (3)
Kimya Dawson (2)
The Eyeliners (2)
Two Hand Fools (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
please email to stop lobster trap game
Dear Omaha Jack’s Owners: I am writing to ask that you immediately remove the Lobster Trap “game” device from Omaha Jack’s. This device, which torments lobsters held captive in a tank for the amusement of patrons, is both cruel and unlawful. Lobsters are intelligent animals capable of experiencing fear and pain. In the European Union, lobsters are treated as in the same class as dogs...
July 2011
12 posts
“Revamp Eating and Exercise Habits to be Healthfully Moderate:
So, in addition...”
– from ” Can a Feminist Diet” by Lisa Wade, http://thesocietypages.org/socimages
Watch(via They Might Be Giants covers Chumbawamba | Video | A.V. Undercover 2011 | The A.V. Club
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this is awesome, but the whole time i was thinking how glad i was to not be one of the people standing around them. i always feel awkward singing along to bands at shows if someone looks at me. i can’t imagine being right there and knowing there’s a camera directly on you the whole time....
June 2011
7 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-26) →
Defiance, Ohio (20)
Dear Landlord (10)
Theo Hilton, Toby Foster, & Ryan Woods (9)
Andrew Jackson Jihad (7)
Shannon Murray (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Love isn’t brains, children. It’s blood. Blood screaming inside you...”
– Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 3, episode 8
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-29) →
Dear Landlord (1)
Shannon Murray (1)
The Weakerthans (1)
Toby Foster (1)
Defiance, Ohio (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 2011
3 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-1) →
Dear Landlord (16)
Theo Hilton, Toby Foster, & Ryan Woods (5)
Two Hand Fools (4)
The Pogues (2)
The Weakerthans (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Broadway Calls, “Be All That You Can’t...
April 2011
12 posts
“Here’s the thing about the 1970s British and American punk scenes: they were...”
– “Poly Styrene, Multiracial Feminist Punk Icon, Dead at 53” by Channing Kennedy (via Colorlines)
“I think most people practice religion in quotation marks— the ritual itself...”
– ilovesongsaboutjesusforsomereaso.tumblr.com
