The Trials of Lulu

Angelina Jolie’s Surgery

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:49:28 -0500

Jolie’s medical decision says again what shouldn’t need re-saying: that a woman’s body is hers, that breasts are for something other than ogling, and that hard choices are made for strong reasons. Her decision to make her choice public is bold and brave and admirable. It is what celebrity is for.

—Rebecca Mead on Angelina Jolie’s decision to make her mastectomy public:

http://nyr.kr/16xgKDW

Soo Joo Park by Ezra Petronio

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:06:39 -0500

Soo Joo Park by Ezra Petronio

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Mon, 13 May 2013 15:17:27 -0500

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Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:53 -0500

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Sun, 12 May 2013 20:49:00 -0500

Right by my house!

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:47:42 -0500

Right by my house!

How long will it before before things change?

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:42:00 -0500

12 Hurt at New Orleans Parade Shooting
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Updated: 4:43 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say that a dozen people have been shot during a Mother’s Day second-line parade.

kellyandhepburn: Happy Mother’s Day! It would be very sad if...

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:55:50 -0500

kellyandhepburn:

Happy Mother’s Day!

It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and attention of their mother — Grace Kelly

wandrlust: NTLEMEN, Cowley, Oxford, 1973 — Tom Wood

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:53:05 -0500

wandrlust:

NTLEMEN, Cowley, Oxford, 1973 — Tom Wood

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Fri, 10 May 2013 19:27:45 -0500

jpkitty: In college, we don’t say “I love you”, we say “I have 5 essays, two finals, and 3 group...

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:27:46 -0500

jpkitty:

In college, we don’t say “I love you”, we say “I have 5 essays, two finals, and 3 group projects due in the next 8 days” which translates to “I would like to be crushed by a train” and I think that’s pretty cool.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 09:26:33 -0500

"1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:32:04 -0500

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1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other terrorists are called, like, “terrorists.”

2. White terrorists are “troubled loners.” Other terrorists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners.

3. Doing a study on the danger of white terrorists at the Department of Homeland Security will get you sidelined by angry white Congressmen. Doing studies on other kinds of terrorists is a guaranteed promotion.

4. The family of a white terrorist is interviewed, weeping as they wonder where he went wrong. The families of other terrorists are almost never interviewed.

5. White terrorists are part of a “fringe.” Other terrorists are apparently mainstream.

6. White terrorists are random events, like tornadoes. Other terrorists are long-running conspiracies.

7. White terrorists are never called “white.” But other terrorists are given ethnic affiliations.

8. Nobody thinks white terrorists are typical of white people. But other terrorists are considered paragons of their societies.

9. White terrorists are alcoholics, addicts or mentally ill. Other terrorists are apparently clean-living and perfectly sane.

10. There is nothing you can do about white terrorists. Gun control won’t stop them. No policy you could make, no government program, could possibly have an impact on them. But hundreds of billions of dollars must be spent on police and on the Department of Defense, and on TSA, which must virtually strip search 60 million people a year, to deal with other terrorists.

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- Juan Cole, 08/09/2012 (via thepeacefulterrorist)

Juan Cole actually wrote this 4 days after a white terrorist, yes, terrorist, murdered 6 and injured 4 people at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin. The terrorist who committed said crime spoke of an impending “racial holy war” beforehand and was a member of white supremacist/neo-Nazi hate groups.

(via mohandasgandhi)