February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
6 posts
“If we come to believe — either because of intuition or a philosopher’s reasoning...”
– David Orr, “The Rediscovery of Luis de Góngora” (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
November 2011
7 posts
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An unexpected encounter.
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WatchHeroines with Baggage (How Final Fantasy Shaped My Unrealistic Demands for Love and Tragedy)
October 2011
12 posts
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“[T]he insistence on Victoriana in steampunk is akin to insisting on castles and...”
– Towards a Steampunk Without Steam | Tor.com
“[I]f you look at how a lot of things are being shaped now, the criteria have...”
– A conversation between Rob Walker and co-founder of Area/Code, Kevin Slavin : Observatory: Design Observer
“I’m more a vintage scoot girl, but helmets are essential. … Too many...”
– Dang, I do not want commenter minijen’s life. Also I would be afraid to be her friend.
(The Best Time I Got Hit by a Car | The Hairpin)
“A library’s function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way...”
– Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) American Librarian and Educator
(via nerdylikearockstar)
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“Dad: Look, she’s a librarian! Do you know what librarians do?
Kid: No,...”
– Love the Liberry: What Librarians Do
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“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like....”
– Steve Jobs, Quoted in the NYT Magazine, November 30, 2003
September 2011
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August 2011
2 posts
July 2011
5 posts
“Detroit’s spaces of ruination appear to tell a history, or at least evoke a...”
– Guernica / Detroitism
June 2011
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May 2011
4 posts
“It is safe to say that no cross-dresser ever wore ‘women’s...”
– Riki Wilchins, GenderQueer
“Even those writers who try to change the balance of power between the sexes end...”
– The Smart Set: The Female Body - April 28, 2011
Human magnetic poetry? →
Chapman University’s cool project from the LA Times Festival of Books
Embassytown by China Miéville – review | Books |... →
Ursula K. LeGuin reviews the new China Mieville
April 2011
6 posts
Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock
Written by David Ciminelli, editor of the now-defunct sex mag Unzipped, and freelance journalist Ken Knox, Homocore is clearly a fans’ homage. The prologue drops us into L.A. club the Viper Room in 1996, where the band Extra Fancy—fronted by the queer, outspoken and physically imposing Brian Grillo—is playing their usual hard-rock set. When the band is heckled by an audience...
“In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I...”
– Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973), U.S. biographer (via librarianista)
Julio the Sewer Diver →
Good afternoon, my name is Julio and I’m a diver in the sewage here in Mexico City. What I do is a bit weird. Most people, when I tell them that I’m a diver, they think, “Oh wow, that’s beautiful—the ocean and the beach.” But no, we are divers of the sewage.