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DryKu
Day one of the spell
willpower tensed out tightly
dirty laundry hangs
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home. Pass it on.
(via amy-everhart)
Atlanta in a nutshell
Evening Dress
1930s
1stdibs.com
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN CAN WEAR DRESSES DAY!!!!
Ever wondered by it’s okay for women to wear pants but men can’t wear dresses? It’s because dresses are feminine and men who wear them are degrading themselves with femininity, whereas women who wear pants are improving themselves with masculinity. What a bunch of bullshit! If there are any men out there who truly value women as equals, they will be unafraid to show that MEN CAN PROUDLY WEAR DRESSES.
So today I’m putting out the call to my surprisingly large number of male followers to go out, don a dress, take a picture, and submit it! It’s open to anyone who’s male-assigned or male-identified, so don’t be shy!
Le Gaulois
Elizabeth Hawes, 1938
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
omg pug-corgi
Book Challenge Day 1
Favorite Book:
Poetry
I am a poet, more specifically at this stage I am a slam poet. I write a particular style of poems called “persona poems” or poems in which I adopt a persona not my own to better tell a story. All that being said, the undisputed master of persona work is Patricia Smith. Smith approaches her subjects with every ounce of craft and empathy and her poems shiver with it. In Blood Dazzler, Smith turns this talent to New Orleans, before, during, and after Katrina. Smith adopts multiple personas, from murderers to relief workers to rapists to a family dog to even the storm herself. Each of these story hum and vibrate with Smith’s desire to feel, to feel for her subjects, to feel for the people affected, and to force us to feel it, too.
Book Challenge Day 1
Favorite Book:
In order for this to be any kind of fair, I’m separating this into prose and poetry.
Prose:
Lev Grossman’s The Magician King. This book, the sequel to Lev Grossman’s The Magicians pulled my heartstrings so successfully they were in knots by the time I closed the back cover. I wept, twice. The story continues with Quentin Coldwater, a Brooklyn born super genius turned magician. For spoiler sake, I won’t reveal anything about the plot, which is all well and good, because the plot is not where this book shines. Lev Grossman’s prose makes this book transcend the fantasy genre and into a solid examination of life for the “special,” for the “privileged.” I adore this book, i’ve listened to the audiobook (read expertly by Mark Bramhall) enough times to almost speak it in unison. If you liked Harry Potter, but LOVE good writing (J.K. was a better storyteller than she ever was a writer) read this series.
I think that the ability to repair our messes in life is where competency lives.
Wendy Patterson
Tomorrow…
I’m gonna be showcasing a scene from my compiled play:
all credit goes to Doug Stanhope
When our pens, papers, witty comebacks and metaphors are taken away, we become so perfectly and poignantly human.
Anonymous
(via sixofun)
