March 2012
Interviewer: What piece of advice would you give to Stephen Fry, aged 10.
Stephen Fry: You're not alone. Everything you feel is fine. Only feel guilty about things you have done that are mean and cheap and unkind. Don't feel guilty about what you feel, no matter what the world might think. Everyone is scared inside, not just you. That's why reading is so good. Keep doing it. Writers are people brave enough to make you feel better about being human because they're not afraid to reveal their own frailties, weaknesses, desires, failures, and appetites.
“The racist smear campaign against Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen shot to...”
– White Supremacist Hacks Trayvon Martin’s Email Account, Leaks Messages Online
This makes me absolutely fucking SICK. I can’t vocalize properlly how fucking sick this makes me.
and it proves to me more than ever that this entire fucking thing is steeped in *white supremacy* and not “white...
tangledupinlace:
white people who love the didgeridoo are a special breed aren’t they
One time on the L this guy just busted out his didgeridoo and started playing it and you could tell he was hoping people would give him a bad time about it so he could be outraged but it was rush hour and everyone was just like, I want to go home now this low buzzing noise could be worse we will all ignore...
The United States of America on college education
Student: I'm not going to go to college because I don't want to go into debt.
USA: YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT. YOU'RE GOING TO AMOUNT TO NOTHING YOU FUCKING SCUMBAG. YOU'RE THE REASON WHY MY TAXES ARE SO HIGH.
Student: I'm just going to attend a small community college instead.
USA: HAHAHA YOU WERE TOO STUPID TO GET INTO A GOOD UNIVERSITY. ENJOY YOUR MCDONALD'S DIPLOMA.
Student: I attended a four year university and received a diploma in a field I am interested in. Now I am $50,000+ in debt.
USA: YOU DUMBASS. WHY THE FUCK DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE WHEN YOU KNOW YOU COULDN'T AFFORD IT? YOU DIDN'T EVEN CHOOSE A USEFUL MAJOR EITHER. GOD PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK.
“I was stopped and questioned seven times by University police on my way into the...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, on racism at the University of Texas, Austin (via sheikhmaat)
See also Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
The case involved a black man, Heman Marion Sweatt, who was refused admission to the School of Law of the University of Texas, whose president was Theophilus Painter, on the grounds...
“The Portuguese call it saudade: a longing for something so indefinite as to be...”
– Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love (via mirroir)
What if ee cummings just didn't know how to work...
je sus fu c k i ng chris t how do e s thi s t ype w r i t er w o r k
-e.e. cummings
oh my god Barack Obama swears like a sailor. THIS... →
shaelephant:
anedumacation:
YES THIS IS MY FAVORITE FUN FACT ABOUT OBAMA. WELL ONE OF THEM.
i have every one of those sound clips saved on my computer and i have used “sure you can have my number, baby” for a ringtone for appx. 2 years.
remember that time our president called out kanye west on being a lovable douche by being like, “he’s a jackass.”
remember when he pissed off peta (one...
“Trayvon’s blackness wasn’t something he could hide, so it wouldn’t have mattered...”
– Angela Marie Davis (via zorascreation)
Screenwriting Tip #891
screenwritingtips:
One of the best ways to find logic problems is to go through your script and ask, “Why now?”. (An ancient evil awakens! Fine, but why now? The mentor betrays the protagonist to his enemies! Okay, but why now?)
