February 2010
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“The withering away of the state was not the withering away of the bourgeois...”
– iCite.. The blog of Jodi Dean (W(h)ither the state post) (via oblast) (via jhnbrssndn)
Record 70 journalist deaths in 2009 →
Seventy journalists were killed in 2009, making it the worst year since records began 30 years ago, the Committee to Protect Journalists says. A massacre of 31 journalists in the Philippines broke the old record of 67 deaths, set only in 2007.
Some 150 journalists are currently in jail, including 60 in Iran where the CJP says the authorities have in effect criminalised journalism. The group said...
“We wanted to tell a true story, but we didn’t know any suitable true stories, so...”
– Coen Brothers (via claytoncubitt)
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Come away with me, he said, we will live on a...
— Margaret Atwood
via letthemeatkhake : Laughing Like a Seagull
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After dropping out of college and getting a full-time job, I splurged and bought an Alexander McQueen coat. On sale, but it still seemed like a small fortune. Must’ve been in 1999 or 2000. Dark grey wool, with strong shoulders, a narrow waist and a skirt that split wide open from the waist to a full hem. A tailored, almost equestrian cut. To make up for that distinguished grey, the lining...
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Alexander McQueen 1969-2010
ilovehotdogs:
When I first saw this image in 1997 I remember photocopying it a million times. I couldn’t believe or fully understand what was in front of me, but I knew that it was incredibly beautiful and to this day it is one of the most striking images I have ever seen. It kind of changed my life and introduced me to Alexander McQueen: one of the first designers that inspired me to follow my...
“The salient fact is that, their protests to the contrary, the wealth of those at...”
– naked capitalism (via azspot) (via jhnbrssndn) 