February 2012
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Are you interested in teaching art to indigenous...
I’m organizing a trip for June 9-17. Trip cost is $885 + airfare, it’s very affordable! We will be working with Mayan communities around Xela, Guatemala. I previously went on this trip my sophomore year and found it to be both rewarding and transformational. Let me know soon if you want more information!
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The lingering scent. I’m driving myself insane.
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When I want someone I can’t have, I smoke two cigarettes.
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the only trouble with venturing to do work is now I have to construct an outfit that says, “tormented artist with sarcastic flair and hidden vulnerability who drinks bourbon”
I don’t think I have the pants for that look
Due to my inability to focus at home, I must venture forth to the coffee house and attempt to be productive there. We shall see.
Terry Gilliam School of Film: 10 Lessons for...
nevver:
Growing up is for losers.
Film school is for fools.
Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Put your ideas in a drawer. Take them out as needed.
All you’ve really got in life is story.
Command the audience with your lens.
Nothing can defeat a director who is one with his actors.
Surround yourself with improvisers.
Directing is not for the faint-of-heart. Or the sane.
Be an...
dear society (if that’s even your real name),
I’m awesome, stop trying to convince me I’m not!
begrudgingly, me
future me is going to be so pissed at current me for being such a lazy bastard this evening.
I love being a woman because boobs.
Ways Gender-Privileged Men Can Challenge Sexism
meeca:
(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).
Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “ho”, “slut.”
Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion more than a woman’s, or when you ask a man for information or advice rather than a woman.
Recognize times when...
alright it’s been too long, I need the sexing
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my Shakespeare class requires a weekly discussion board post and each time I am tempted to post, “Who gives a shit, Shakespeare is terrible”
ps my director is so cool
someone asked me today about stage fright and I will share my answer for my own memory and because I feel it applies to many things:
“try and find the joy in it, because it is hard to be afraid when you feel joyous.”
The sadness is pervasive and unrelenting. February is my least favorite month.
The spider that tried to kill me in the shower was ON MY BEDROOM CEILING.
whatever, he’s dead now
“Male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is...”
– If Men Could Menstruate by Gloria Steinem
(via newwavefeminism)
I don’t know how to say this but
I found a rock in my pizza
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Coping with PTSD and school. →
initialresponse:
CRITICAL MASS TONIGHT. 7pm@ VCU Compass. This is in support of local activist Jeremy Hawthorne. His sentencing for a crime he DIDNT COMMIT was today. LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED A BIKE, WE GOT YOU. Everyone is needed. Bring sings and noise makers. This one matters. Reblog, share, LET PEOPLE KNOW. We need you now.
The warm weather has brought all the cute guys to the coffee shop. Boys, you may ravish my mind.
black history life
my hair is rumpled and I don’t want to get out of bed. someone should bring me coffee and/or affection.
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