Mishka en Leuven |
Studying for an MSc in Soc. & Cultural Anthropology at KULeuven. |
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“When The Chips Are Down”
Emmanuel O’Brien
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Notes"We have to quit defining ourselves solely in relation to dudes. Like, ‘I am not me—I am some imaginary man’s imaginary perfect 10, plus 50 extra pounds, minus a 20-inch waist, plus a threatening commitment to feminism, minus any desire to pretend to care about bike polo! That’s me!’ No, that’s not you. That is a weird monster you made up to torture yourself. I try to remember (and it is hard sometimes—real talk) that I’m an actual human being, not some math equation that can be solved by triangulating all of the nearest boners."Lindy West on boner triangulations (from Jezebel)
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Notes"Here’s why the [War on Drugs] can’t be won: The U.S. is the largest capitalist economy in the world (at least for another decade or so), and drugs are the purest form of free-market capitalism in the world. Illicit drugs respect no laws, no borders, and no treaties. Drugs respond only to the first, immutable, and supreme law of capitalism—supply and demand."Mansfield Frazer (via letterstomycountry)
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Notes anthropology all the time.: HELP A FUTURE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST FOLLOW A DREAM!This summer, I have plans to travel to Cochabamba, Bolivia, for an anthropological field school through my university, Rutgers.
This has the potential to be a life-changing experience for me. I’ll be earning undergraduate credits for my degree in Cultural Anthropology. I’ll be…
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Notes"This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals—sounds that say listen to this, it is important."Gary Provost (via danceabletragedy)
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Notes"I guess I never caught that bug where you’re only supposed to care about your own country or your own local area. To me, 49 decapitated Mexicans is just as bad as 49 decapitated Americans and I know if there were 49 decapitated Americans in the street anywhere in the country, it would be like 9/11 all over again. It would be the largest news story for years - if it just happened once - but it happens time and time again in Mexico… and I guess as long as Americans aren’t getting decapitated, apparently the rest of the country, and especially our media, couldn’t give a damn and that’s part of what’s sick and wrong with this country’s media. And so, we march on as if nothing is wrong, as if everything is hunky dory, as if the war on drugs makes sense and hasn’t created these grotesque gangs that grow larger and more grotesque by the day - and it’s not because of the drugs. It’s because the drugs are illegal."Cenk Uygur commenting on the 49 bodies that were recently found decapitated in Mexico and on the continued War on Drugs, which has claimed over 62,000 lives since just 2006 (via mohandasgandhi)
A powerful, and regrettably true point. Human empathy shouldn’t have borders.
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Notes"For too long, gay rights in America (and around the world) have taken a back seat for the sake of political expediency. It has never been ‘the right time’ to fully endorse gay marriage, or further the rights of gay couples. It has never really been treated as a civil rights issue in the same way that women’s rights and black rights have been, even though homosexuality is as natural to human society as skin color or gender. We know that homosexuality is not a choice or a lifestyle, so denying same-sex couples basic civil rights is just as bad as denying a woman the right to vote or an African American the right to go to university. Until society accepts this truth, the gay community will continue to struggle for the rights the rest of us enjoy without thought." -
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I miss my mountains :(
Monterrey / 2011 / Tomada por: Tijuana la Texana
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Notes“The Gentlemen of Bacongo” is a book Released in 2009, by Photographer Daniele Tamagni. The book features a subculture in the Congo where men express their creativity through their clothing. They are part of a cultural movement called Le Sape “a clique of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo. Despite years war and abject poverty, these men dress in tailored suits, silk ties, and immaculate footwear
This is Africa, our Africa
dapper as fuck
fucking style
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I always find myself making excuses for things that people have done to me. Trying to convince myself and others that they mean well. When they...
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There is never forgiveness. Never the status quo of before. Your world has changed, and there is never a way to go back; not in your mind, not in...
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“What irritated me most in that entire situation was the fact that I wasn’t feeling humiliated, or annoyed, or even fooled. Betrayal was what I felt,...”
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“When The Chips Are Down”
Emmanuel O’Brien
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“We have to quit defining ourselves solely in relation to dudes. Like, ‘I am not me—I am some imaginary man’s imaginary perfect 10, plus 50 extra...”
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JC Penney’s new ad for Father’s Day
The text reads:
“First Pals: What makes Dad so cool? He’s the...
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Mah Jong<3
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“Los estábamos esperando, qué bueno que ya llegaron.
Atentamente, La Patria”.
Esa fue una de las consignas más...
