June 2012
May 2012
“We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives.”
—Will Smith in Parade Magazine on Willow’s hair (via fuckyeahfeminists)
“The culture is intense, an Amalgamated higher-up acknowledges at the beginning of our training. He’s speaking to us from a video, one of several videos—about company policies, sexual harassment, etc.—that we watch while we try to keep our eyes open. We don’t want to be so intense, the higher-up says. But our customers demand it. We are surrounded by signs that state our productivity goals. Other signs proclaim that a good customer experience, to which our goal-meeting is essential, is the key to growth, and growth is the key to lower prices, which leads to a better customer experience. There is no room for inefficiencies. The gal conducting our training reminds us again that we cannot miss any days our first week. There are NO exceptions to this policy. She says to take Brian, for example, who’s here with us in training today. Brian already went through this training, but then during his first week his lady had a baby, so he missed a day and he had to be fired. Having to start the application process over could cost a brand-new dad like Brian a couple of weeks’ worth of work and pay. Okay? Everybody turn around and look at Brian. Welcome back, Brian. Don’t end up like Brian.”
—From “I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave” by Mac McClelland (Mother Jones, March/April 2012)
“and killing things is not so hard
it’s hurting that’s the hardest part
and when the wizard gets to me
i’m asking for a smaller heart” —Amanda Fucking Palmer, Trout Heart Replica (via venividivincent)
it’s hurting that’s the hardest part
and when the wizard gets to me
i’m asking for a smaller heart” —Amanda Fucking Palmer, Trout Heart Replica (via venividivincent)
Reblog if you eat your homework with a fork and do your fruitloops in the dark
“It’s a reaction to all of my scary, eerily long years in the business. I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve had so many agonizing frustrations. Everything I’ve done, every movie’s been delayed, every TV show’s been put off till midseason or delayed or shut down. I’ve never had a process that went smoothly, with the exception of “Dr. Horrible,” which was five months from the time I pitched it to the writers to the time we streamed it, because we were in charge. We made our own rules. And we made our own product. We didn’t have anybody saying, “Well you can’t have that.”
—Joss Whedon to forbes.com.
(via mariolosasso)
(via mariolosasso)
“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
—Susan Cain, Quiet (via revelationsong)
“The really evil ones always need a special sword.”
—Charlie Bradbury, Supernatural (via c-silvers)
Obama Spends At Lowest Rate in Decades →
npr.org
Hilarious since everyone is always going on and on about how much he spends. Ridiculous.
“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
—Lois Lowry
