March 2012
60 posts
“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
—Picasso
Slow Club - Giving Up On Love
Giving Up on Love - Slow Club
@finallytrent sent this to me because I gave up on love
“Everyone winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.”
—Andy Warhol (via nevver)
three thirty six: "From slut-shaming to weight-shaming." →
threethirtysix.tumblr.com
“…Not that this wave of woman-focused hate speak is anything new, of course. But from Lagerfeld’s totally uncalled for comments about Adele’s body to Limbaugh’s deplorable declaration that Georgetown student Sandra Fluke is nothing but a birth-control-toting hussy, weight-shaming and slut-shaming…
“I love writing but I hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says. ” You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I’m not your agent and I’m not your mommy, I’m a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?” and I really, really don’t. I don’t want any trouble.”
—Aaron Sorkin (via nedhepburn)
Story seminar
I’m so excited! I registered for Robert McKee’s Story seminar!! Upon registering, I was sent this email - this is the kind of homework I like to do:
We are looking forward to meeting you.
1. BELOW IS A LIST OF FILMS THAT ROBERT MCKEE REFERS TO DURING THE STORY SEMINAR:
Please watch as many as you can:
Listed in order of importance:
- Casablanca
- Chinatown
- Kramer V. Kramer
- The Reader
- Carnal Knowledge
- Diabolique
- Ordinary People
- Terminator, The
- Verdict, The
- A Beautiful Mind
- About Schmidt
- Die Hard
- American Beauty
- Mrs. Soffel
- Terms Of Endearment
- Star Wars
- Up
- Up In The Air
- Artificial Intelligence
- Accidental Tourist, The
- Adaptation
- And Justice For All
- Amadeus
- After Hours
- As Good As It Gets
- Alien
- Babel
- Black Swan
- Brokeback Mountain
- Being John Malkovich
- Big Chill, The
- Crying Game, The
- Deer Hunter, The
- Departed, The
- Empire Strikes Back, The
- English Patient, The
- Farewell My Concubine
- Fighter, The
- Fight Club
- Fish Called Wanda, A
- Godfather I & II
- In The Realm Of The Senses
- Jaws
- Ju Dou
- Kiss Of The Spider Woman
- Life Is Beautiful
- Last King of Scotland, The
- Law & Order
- Leaving Las Vegas
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Million Dollar Baby
- Mystic River
- Piano, The
- Parenthood
- Pulp Fiction
- Queen, The
- River, The
- Reservoir Dogs
- Sex and the City
- Sideways
- Six Feet Under
- Streetcar Named Desire, A
- Talented Mr. Ripley, The
- Tender Mercies
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Trading Places
- Town
- Unmarried Woman, The
- Wall Street
An Interview With Rita Ora
Bursting on the scene with DJ Fresh, Rita’s already got a No 1 under her belt this year. Causing a buzz on both sides of the Atlantic, Rita can already call Jay-Z and Tinie Tempah her mates. With new single R.I.P coming on, we ask Rita for all the dirt on the new album, supporting Coldplay and babysitting for Beyonce…
“The homeless have more to contribute than simply being a part of the gadgetry. Many have been to the edge of the abyss, and looked over. They may need our encouragement and support, but more than anything they need our respect.”
—John Bird on Comment is free on the SXSW “experiment” which involved turning homeless people into Wi-Fi hotspots
(via guardian)
“Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep, feel it all – look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.”
—Zooey Deschanel (via sugar-and-heartbreak)
Plan B vs David Cameron
Here’s the brand new Plan B video, an intense, London riots-inspired, sensory overload in which he makes his distaste for David Cameron abundantly clear. CS
What It's Like to Get Attacked by Rush Limbaugh →
theatlantic.com
Tracie McMillan responds to Limbaugh’s criticism of her new book, The American Way of Eating:
“What is it with all of these young single white women, overeducated — doesn’t mean intelligent,” he says, going on to list my professional bona fides with derision. “Who is the authorette? It doesn’t matter.”
I have to be honest: “overeducated” is one of the nicer names I’ve been called in my life. And I had been prepared in a general way to argue about the central political point of my book: That both private enterprise and government have failed Americans when it comes to providing us with good, healthy food. But what befuddled me was the implicit idea that my status as a single woman, and as someone who worked my way through college to get a B.A., might be considered sufficient to discredit my work.
Upon reflection, all of Limbaugh’s observations about me — my marital status, my race, my education — are code for “elite,” which in turn carries the connotation of being far removed from the realities of daily life. That’s ironic, given the nature of my book: an undercover, first-person attempt to live and work in America’s food system. It doesn’t get much grittier in America than a Central Valley peach orchard hitting 105 degrees in July, coupled with a wave of projectile vomiting brought about by heat sickness. I can tell you that because I’ve experienced it. If Rush did more than push paper around a desk all day, I’d invite him to try shedding his elite status and get his hands dirty.
12 Great Articles that Inspired Films →
tetw.tumblr.com
tetw:
A Tetw reading list
****One we forgot****
Four Good Legs Between Us by Laura Hillenbrand - SeabiscuitThe Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner - The Insider
Death of an Innocent by Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild
The Muse of Coyote Ugly Saloon by Elizabeth Gilbert - Coyote Ugly
Racer X by Kenneth Li Rafael - The Fast and the Furious
The Return of Superfly by Mark Jacobson - American Gangster
Life’s Swell by Susan Orlean - Blue Crush
A Farewell to Arms by John Carlin - Live Free or Die Hard
Something’s Got to Give by Darcy Frey - Pushing Tin
Tribal Rites of Saturday Night by Nik Cohn - Saturday Night Fever
Adventures in Ransom by William Prochnau - Proof of Life
Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden - Blackhawk Down
And of course…
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThis is fabulous.
DAZED DIGITAL TUMBLR OF THE WEEK
The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Everyday
Let us introduce you to The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Everyday which will introduce you to the same picture of Dave Coulier everyday. It’s the blog version of Groundhog Day where every post looks the same. Because it is. All we want to know is, why Dave Coulier? Answers on a digital postcard please.
