“Disdain for “political correctness” is often positioned as a concern that some important truth is not being spoken for fear of offending someone. But that concern is nothing but smoke and mirrors. To invoke “political correctness” is really to be concerned about loss of power and privilege. It is about disappointment that some “ism” that was ingrained in our society, so much that citizens of privilege could express the bias through word and deed without fear of reprisal, has been shaken loose. Charging “political correctness” generally means this: “I am comfortable with my privilege. I don’t want to have to question it. I don’t want to have to think before I speak or act. I certainly don’t wish to inconvenience myself for the comfort of lesser people (whoever those people may be—women, people of color, people with disabilities, etc.)”
—by Tami at whattamisaid.com (via femfreq)
December 2011
As we roll into 2012, let’s try to remember that women existed before Bridesmaids and that calling 2011 the year of the funny woman is like me calling the act of finally watching My So Called Life on Netflix Instant its series premiere.
bridesmaids was a fun movie but it was also basically more of the same shit we always see in movies, and especially “women’s movies” (weddings. weddings. weddings. fat jokes. weddings. the Nice Guy. weddings.) i don’t think we need to pat ourselves on the back just because we had a movie where hot girls shit themselves. that’s hilarious, obviously, but bridesmaids was not an amazing movie, and we don’t have to pretend it was amazing just because the main characters were women.
“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?”
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Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
Eh this is completely wrong. He was actually quite fond of the Reagans. It was at a White House dinner however. Here is what actually happened. From his autobiography.
Miles writes: “She looked at me and turned all red and shit, then she said, ‘Well, what have you done that’s so important in your life? Why are you here?’
“Now, I just hate shit like this coming from someone who is ignorant, but who wants to be hip and has forced you into a situation where you’re talking to them in this manner. She brought this on herself. So then I said, ‘Well, I’ve changed music five or six times, so I guess that’s what I’ve done and I guess I don’t believe in playing just white compositions.’
“I looked at her real cold and said, ‘Now, tell me what have you done of any importance other than be white, and that ain’t important to me, so tell me what your claim to fame is?’”
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Oh hey, look at that. The original quote was a scathing critique of race and unearned ambition but the popularized version simultaneously glorified sexism while confining Davis to the caricature of the angry black man.
Go fucking figure.
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Atlantic City
Brian Fallon
Brian Fallon - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen cover) (Court Tavern, NJ)
i’ve got debts that no honest man can pay.
Call Your Girlfriend
Robyn
Call Your Girlfriend | Robyn
since you sent me this song on spotify it has been my #1 jam
joshishollyfalalalalalalalala:
“See how I leave with every piece of you” Adele sang to a rich triple layer black forest cake
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Kanye West - Through The Wire (Original Verses)
This is the original recording of “Through The Wire” where Kanye really raps with his jaw wired shut. On the version that made it to the album, he re-recorded his verses and layered them over top of the old ones to make it sound cleaner.
“you know what golf is don’t you? it’s basketball for people who can’t jump and chess for people who can’t think.”
