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Regram from Nigel because my parents are the cutest people of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:54:48 -0400

Regram from Nigel because my parents are the cutest people of all time and just deal with it.

Brand New Announce US Show

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:18 -0400

Brand New will be playing a US show in New York this September. Check out details below after the jump.

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THREE HOURS FROM BOSTON THOUGH

THAT’S DOABLE

HEY NIGE

Please Consider Joining the March and Rally Against Hate Violence

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:38 -0400

Please Consider Joining the March and Rally Against Hate Violence:

tylercoates:

Dear Center Community,

I know you share my sadness and outrage at the recent string of anti-gay violence gripping our city, including the horrific murder of 32-year old Mark Carson on Friday night, just blocks from the Center. I want you to know that the Center is committed to standing with community partners and leaders, and doing everything in our power to respond and denounce this wave of violence against our community.

On Monday evening we will gather on the steps of the Center, along with the Anti-Violence Project, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, community members, other elected officials, and LGBT community leaders and allies, and march to the site of Friday’s shooting to demand an end to hate crimes against our community. At the end of the march, we will rally to denounce hate violence, call for justice and to mourn the death of Mark Carson. Please join us, and help spread the word.

New York is our city, and we aren’t going backward. Join us on Monday evening to honor Mark and help ensure everyone hears our message.

In solidarity,
Glennda Testone
Executive Director

MARCH AND RALLY IN RESPONSE TO LGBT HATE CRIMES – Monday, May 20th at 5:30 p.m. beginning at the Center, 208 W 13th Street, and proceeding to West 8th Street and 6th Avenue.

I was incredibly moved by Saturday night’s vigil in memory of Mark Carson, who was randomly and brutally murdered on a busy street corner in the West Village in the early hours of Saturday morning. I was simultaneously disappointed that more people didn’t show up. When something like this happens, it’s disheartening to look at the lack of response from the straight community, who tend to lend their support for the LGBT community when it comes down to the populist causes and when the Pride Parade rolls down Christopher Street. (I get it: weddings and dance parties are fun, murder and disease and addiction are not.)

I’m trying my best to keep my anger at a minimum, because rage never really inspires much of anything positive, at least from me. But this is happening IN OUR CITY, in a neighborhood that is populated by straight and gay people alike, and when a young gay man of color is gunned down in the street by a stranger simply because he was gay, THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

It’s hard to believe that this has happened, that it’s the fourth hate crime directed toward gay men this month in Manhattan, the second to take place in the West Village (and those are the attacks that are reported). It leaves me flabbergasted. I have been lucky and have never found myself uncomfortable or afraid that I couldn’t walk down the street either with my friends or with my boyfriend. I regularly hold Andrew’s hand in New York City, as I should be allowed to do without being afraid that someone will take offense that I’m able to do anything that would be seen as normal if we were a man and a woman.

Perhaps I am being naive, but it’s an increasing shame that more people aren’t FUMING about this. I encourage my gay friends to say that to their straight friends, to make sure this isn’t seen as a problem that affects a small percentage of the community. We are your family members, your loved ones, your friends, and the straight community’s near-silence is incredibly disappointing.

I know the news that Tumblr was bought by Yahoo is surely inciting some crazy reaction .gifs this morning, but perhaps you’d consider sharing this news instead?

ATTN: New York friends.

MONDAYS Y’ALL

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:40:59 -0400

MONDAYS Y’ALL

fireworksovertheinterstate: NEED IT ALSO AVAILABLE IN A TANK...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:30:00 -0400

fireworksovertheinterstate:

NEED IT

ALSO AVAILABLE IN A TANK TOP AND MY BIRTHDAY IS IN THREE MONTHS

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:15:00 -0400

"Mrs. Dalloway" at 88

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:12:00 -0400

"Mrs. Dalloway" at 88:

For Woolf, suicide was a decision and could be a rational one.

Crying about this article (and enjoying some fun trivia!).

NOT REALLY NO

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:13:04 -0400

NOT REALLY NO

suicideblonde: Anne Hathaway out in NYC, May 17th HEY AMERICA...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:04:54 -0400

suicideblonde:

Anne Hathaway out in NYC, May 17th

HEY AMERICA YOU’RE WRONG BECAUSE ANNE HATHAWAY IS STILL MY DREAM GIRL

I only ever think of myself at this exact angle. Shoulders,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:00 -0400

I only ever think of myself at this exact angle. Shoulders, chin, bottom of glasses. If you write me into a cartoon, don’t draw the top of my head.

I usually never reblog stock photos without a source because...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:00 -0400

I usually never reblog stock photos without a source because what is the point but G O D D D D D D I need this

ME ME ME ME ME

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:14:21 -0400

ME ME ME ME ME

Help I just started re-re-re-re-reading the Letters to the Editors of Women’s Magazines that...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:20:07 -0400

Help I just started re-re-re-re-reading the Letters to the Editors of Women’s Magazines that Edith Zimmerman wrote for the Awl a million years ago, and Kelly and his friend are watching the Che Guevara movie they’ve seen a million times and feel so serious about, and I can’t stop laughing and they don’t think it’s funny.

grodus: i like this one

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:42:54 -0400

grodus:

i like this one

I passed out in the shower today! I am giving up on existing in...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:10:00 -0400

I passed out in the shower today! I am giving up on existing in the world!

theswinginsixties: College girls on their first day of school....

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:15:52 -0400

theswinginsixties:

College girls on their first day of school. Kansas, 1969.

This app tracks my menstrual cycle and it’s actually super...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:49:05 -0400

This app tracks my menstrual cycle and it’s actually super helpful, but nowhere in the options for mood does it say “so overwhelmingly sad that it’s hard to function in the world,” which is what I always need around this time, so what even is the point.

shloobykitten: About me: winter thighs in a summer dress. I’ve never heard a sentence that...

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:41:45 -0400

shloobykitten:

About me: winter thighs in a summer dress.

I’ve never heard a sentence that describes my aesthetic so perfectly!

GRACE CODDINGTON FOREVER, YOU GUYS

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:09:27 -0400

GRACE CODDINGTON FOREVER, YOU GUYS

Yesterday I bought a Fest ticket and booked the hotel, which means I’m owed money by three boys who...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:04:00 -0400

Yesterday I bought a Fest ticket and booked the hotel, which means I’m owed money by three boys who are not really known for being responsible, one of whom just lost his job. Still, it’s a promise: something to look forward to, something to plan for, and something that suggests to the universe that I know I’ll be okay by then. I will save enough money and I will work hard enough to take two weeks off. My friends will still like me. There’s not an expiration date.

I’m almost done with this and some parts stick out so strongly, but especially a quotation from a man Plath dated while in New York with the Mademoiselle internship: “She was ashamed of herself really. She was ashamed because she had met indomitable things that she could not conquer, things that were conquering her. She felt she should be better than that.”

I’m trying to accept and respect that some things are stronger than me because they are strong in ways I cannot be, but they can still be conquered. It doesn’t mean don’t try.