January 2012
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Anonymous asked: I'm also a female fan of punk and the bass as an instrument. I've been interested in learning the bass and dream of being in a band one day but have major lack of motivation due to depression/self confidence issues. Any adivice? Thanks for that awesome article :)
Anonymous asked: Hi. I found your great article via a search for articles on the female bassist stereotype. I am writing one and examining the topic myself I would like to link to your article for further reading at the end if you don't mind), including quotes from female bassists that I am interviewing. If you would like to answer some questions, please let me know. The article is going to be for a new...
bird calls: Bird Calls in the U S of A →
birdcallsultras:
We’re off to claim parts of US soil in the name of Ken Shipley. Would you like to hang out?
Small Bones from New Orleans are coming too. There will also be a show or two with Football etc. We shall be going north as far as DC and as far south as Florida, but mainly zooming around the South. This…
small bones are the best of folks! i wish y’all could make it up as...
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I reviewed this wack book called White Riot for... →
modraucous:
uh golnar rules
this review is SO GOOD, read it! sounds like this book missed the mark so incredibly hard. it’s a bummer how often that happens in academia on DIY culture (as he mentions).
Of course, this reveals Duncombe and Tremblay’s assumption that their “own experience” of punk—English speaking, suburban, US-based, middle-class, and white—is the norm from which others...
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feverish
i caught the flu pretty bad and my last few days have been hellishly gross, painful and delirious. ive had to cancel a lot of things, including attending the 24 hour zine challenge at quimby’s tonight which i was SO STOKED about. i haven’t even gotten to go out and walk around in the first real snow of the year. WOE IS TWIGG.
i did end up watching a movie with ryan gosling in it and...
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Watchtheambulars:
Here is a video of Joe tracking a new song.
with a cameo by my left buttcheek
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A brief guide to trigger warnings →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
Reblogging because I just updated this with a section on what to do if you are triggered. Suggestions/ideas would be great also.
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materiaobscura:
So I just came back from...
GRACE AMBROSE: RIP ESME BARRERA →
rebelrebelbatcat:
Grace wrote this beautiful entry about Esme Barrera, who I did not know but who many people I know adored. I heard nothing but glowing things about her from everyone.
Should you want to donate to help her family pay for services and expenses surrounding her untimely and tragic death, here is the link to do so.
g-m-a:
Esme and Herbie
Many of you have undoubtedly seen this...
December 2011
66 posts
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i need you for: tarot reading - a - day
yoursecretary:
i have been considering doing a tarot card reading a day for fun a day.
i mostly use the tarot to process through situations and view it as a framework for talking about problems, fears, and issues. regardless of whether you use the tarot the same way i do or as a fortune telling device or meditation tool i would like to do a reading for you. if you are in chicago (and a friend...
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i hadn't taken a myers briggs test in a while →
i took it and i thought it would just be some dumb teen magazine quiz thing but it is seriously NUTS (edit: but still a dumb teen mag quiz thing pretty much, true! still FUN). i am a ENFP (extraverted intuitive feeling perceiving) and the descriptions are so ridic, as if someone literally wrote about my life/feelings and then took my name out. it doesn’t hurt that the descriptions for this...
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What Punk Rock Taught Me About Masculinity →
lionza:
“At the same time, the scene told me a lot about what was considered appropriate male behavior. We were supposed to slam dance, to run wildly into people (all people) without consideration, it was OK to be aggressive in the pit (not doing so was “weak” and or meant I just “couldn’t take it”). Occasional fights were to be expected and nobody saw anything really wrong with it. We (men)...
Week 21
octopussinboots:
yearonecomics:
Click on the pages for a larger version!
Corresponding photo blog from that week: Week 21 (quiet fall, getting to know my new roommates, and a visit from Mikey).
If you’re a new follower, you can also start at the beginning of Year One, and consider following http://yearonecomics.tumblr.com!
Starring me
OH MY GOD, that second to last panel NAILS...
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Watchshira’s meowing cat keyboard
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yoursecretary:
Quimby’s 24 hour zine challenge Jan 14 - 15, 2012
“Perhaps you were not able to participate in the 2011 Revenge of Print Challenge by getting your zine or comic out. Or perhaps you need some encouragement. Do you work well under deadlines? Perhaps you’re addicted to the adrenal rush of zine crafting?
Well, you’re in luck.
The 24-Hour Zine Challenge is for you....
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One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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mosshunt:
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“you don’t have to apologize for having emotions! we’re humans, not robots.”
- one way to ensure that i will approve of you dating one of my best friends is to say this pretty much immediately upon meeting me when i apologize for feeling bummed because i have temporarily forgotten this very thing
HOW DID WE SELL OUT REGISTRATION IN 24 HOURS?! →
i mean, seriously you guys. AMAZING. i am speechless. i also have no arms left after retyping over 120 registrations into our detailed spreadsheet all the live long day. I LOVE YOU.
(if you haven’t registered yet though, still go sign up for the waiting list — we got so many more people in to table last year after the initial reg wave!)