April 2012
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I hate to be the one to tell Grossman this, but even if he buys you flowers and...
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth
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Review of George Saunders’ CivilWarLand in Bad Decline This certainly wasn’t one of my best or most articulate vlogs, but I attempt to express what I liked about George Saunders’ CivilWarLand in Bad Decline without giving away the endings to all of the stories contained therein. I also try to encourage watchers and readers alike to go out and pick up a copy of the book....
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Who are you both? And what do you lust after? How can such a thing as lust even...
– Saltillo, “Forced Vision”
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The purity that the virginity movement is working so hard for is more of an...
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth
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Words I Didn't Know
Lassitude - noun
1) A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
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For women…virginity has become the easy answer –- the morality quick fix....
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth
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Scintillation - noun
1) A flash or sparkle of light. 2) The process or state of emitting flashes of light.
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Shaming young women for being sexual is nothing new, but it’s curious to...
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth
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Slim Cunning Hands by Walter de la Mare
Slim cunning hands at rest, and cozening eyes – Under this stone one loved too wildly lies; How false she was, no granite could declare; Nor all the earth’s flowers, how fair.
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Impinge - verb
1) Have an effect or impact, esp. a negative one 2) Advance over an area belonging to someone or something else; encroach
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Once after I’d suddenly gone up to a pushcart and bought a giant hot dog...
– Alison Lurie, “Fat People” from Women and Ghosts
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An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind...
– Albert Camus
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