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  • Disgusted, digested, disingenous?

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    body_impolitic compares & contrasts the body disgust of anorexics with the body disgust of ‘new virgins’ today. (And by ‘new virgins’, I don’t mean virgins that are somehow born again, whatever that would mean, I mean virgins who proudly & obsessively control their virginity. Virginities? Vir– anyway.) (And they obsessively control it.) (…) (… whatever…

  • Words from Sponsors

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    “The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” — Horace Walpole

  • Poetry Nerd Joke — the rest of you may skip this post

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    Via metaquotes: Poetic License phoebesmum: “Now I’ve tried the bread machine and had a certain level of success I can buy yeast – not ‘Yeats’, as I just typed – and strong flour and have a shot at doing things properly”. itzcoatl: “Yeah, I’ve tried using Yeats in place of yeast, but it makes lousy…

  • OK, now THIS is a shirt I want

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    Courtesy of robinpen: http://www.venganza.org/ (Catching up on my reading.)

  • You said it, sista

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    From moviequotes: The American Film Institute lists its top 100 movie quotes. You’ll find the first 25 in the article over here. Before you click, tell me this: which movie line just popped into your head first?

  • From Quoteworld’s Quote of the Day

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    “Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” — Stella Adler (1902-1992), American actress

  • May you live in interesting times

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    I am loving pepysdiary. Who knew a life that apparently dull could be so entertaining. Note to self: prepare an autobiography. Meanwhile, “Up by five o’clock, and while my man Will was getting himself ready to come up to me I took and played upon my lute a little. So to dress myself,” because *that’s*…

  • Also, I’ll have mega-strength and really great hair

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    From overheardnyc: Professor: In 10 years, I want to have just been released from jail. I lived in a 5×5 cell, but I’m really fit ’cause I learned Pilates. I’m also an expert in the tango. I practiced in jail by myself, of course, but once I find a girl to dance with I’ll be…

  • Ashbery to Ashbery

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    You are John Ashbery. People love your work buthave no idea why, really. You are respected byall kinds of scholars and poets. Even artistslike you. Which Famous Modern American Poet Are You Quizilla, etc. Ashbery’s works are characterized by a free-flowing, often disjunctive syntax, extensive linguistic play, often infused with considerable humor, and a prosaic,…

  • Aw, crap

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    Atwood’s back in the gang. Literature is an uttering, or outering, of the human imagination. It lets the shadowy forms of thought and feeling – heaven, hell, monsters, angels and all – out into the light, where we can take a good look at them and perhaps come to a better understanding of who we…