There will now be a decade or more of criminal trials, and perhaps a quarter-century or more of civil actions, as a result of what went on at Penn State. These things cannot be prayed away. Let us hear nothing about “closure” or about “moving on.” And God help us, let us not hear a single mumbling word about how football can help the university “heal.” (Lord, let the Alamo Bowl be an instrument of your peace.) This wound should be left open and gaping and raw until the very last of the children that Jerry Sandusky is accused of raping somehow gets whatever modicum of peace and retribution can possibly be granted to him. This wound should be left open and gaping and raw in the bright sunlight where everybody can see it, for years and years and years, until the raped children themselves decide that justice has been done. When they’re done healing — if they’re ever done healing — then they and their families can give Penn State permission to start.
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Arsel and Thompson, argue that hipster is a cultural mythology, crystallization of a mass mediated stereotype generated to understand, categorize and marketize the indie consumer culture rather than an objectified group of people.[
“Why don’t you turn on any one of those channels and tell me what you see now? “Dog the Bounty Hunter”. Some kind of bullshit called “Storage Wars” (Really???) And don’t even get me started on the The Learning Channel, oops I mean TLC: The Bridezilla-Vagina Is A Clown Car-Screaming Toddler at Beauty Pageant Channel. Oh and let’s not forget all the shows about angry cake bakers and slutty tattoo artists yelling at everyone. That’s educational. If you’re interested in learning more about Hepatitis C. And cakes.”
“As GaGa says, some people are just “Born This Way.” I am a gay guy who is usually the “butch” one in the relationship. Despite the cult of hypermasculinity in both straight and gay culture, I do tend to like guys who are more “femme” or even, dare I say, “nelly.” (And we all have our moments.) It takes a lot of courage for these guys to just be themselves in a both gay and straight culture that looks down on them.
Sometimes you just have to celebrate those things which people taunt and hate and bully you over. Got a slight lisp, or a little swish in the tush? Own that and take it and work it. Throw it back in their faces.
I’ve also found that people who are critical of other gay men for their flamboyancy or fabulousness often need to work through some issues of internalized homophobia about what it means to be a “man.” I’m not saying that’s you, but I do have an acquittance who uses the term “mannerisms” to mean “too gay acting.”
“Tolerance is for someone who doesn’t know better, like my dog who likes to jump on people. Tolerance is for someone whose views negatively impact your life, like people who want to stop me from loving the man I love, with all my heart. I do not want your tolerance. I do not deserve your tolerance. I will not accept your tolerance, any longer. What I will do is my best to ensure that we are all given equality and the legal right to love and marry the person who loves us back. From now on I will tolerate nothing less.”
“Most of the world’s top hedge funds prefer seasoned traders, engineers and mathematicians, people with insight and programming skills, to MBAs brandishing spreadsheets, the latest two-by-twos and the guilt induced by some watery ethics course.”
“Is animism a mere “opiate,” as the atheists argue? Well, yes, but don’t underestimate opiates.”
“…Most people work in groups. We do this because groups are much more efficient at solving problems than individuals (swimmers are often motivated to have their best times as part of relay teams, not in individual events). Moreover, the performance of a group does not correlate well with the average I.Q. of the group or even with the I.Q.’s of the smartest members. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon have found that groups have a high collective intelligence when members of a group are good at reading each others’ emotions — when they take turns speaking, when the inputs from each member are managed fluidly, when they detect each others’ inclinations and strengths. Participating in a well-functioning group is really hard. It requires the ability to trust people outside your kinship circle, read intonations and moods, understand how the psychological pieces each person brings to the room can and cannot fit together. This skill set is not taught formally, but it is imparted through arduous experiences….”
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“Oh, yeah. We don’t think that. We think that when we die, we die forever. We don’t think our dead loved ones are with God. We think that they’re fucking dead.”
“Maggie Koerth-Baker • #32 • 9:22 AM Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 • Reply I’m not a parent, but as an Aunt, I can’t believe “Zombies” didn’t make list number one. Seriously? Am I the only one who has Zombie Attack Contingency Plans, both for protecting a toddler from zombies and for protecting myself from toddler zombies?”
“This explains the origin of the proverb, “Feed a ‘mo, starve a breeder.”
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