December 2010
Happy New Year
I likely won’t be on tumblr for the rest of the day. C & I are going to a hotel, then dinner & comedy show & back to the hotel.  I’m digging Bitch’s NYE Extended Mix while charging/syncing both my ipod & my kindle.  For anyone else with an ereader, you should know about this free ebook blog & also this free software for converting files to be compatible with...
Dec 31st
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Found the Playlist I Made for a Friend's Pregnancy
Actually, I think it was some kind of birthing CD to help with the delivery, because this friend is kind of a hippie and asked me to make it.  It’s a pretty chill, happy mix: On One Beautiful Day - Flook Perfect Day - Lou Reed Something Beautiful - Great Big Sea My Degree (Smilin’) - Chuck’s Junk Farewell to Erin/High Reel - Jimmy Power The Luckiest - Ben Folds In My Life...
Dec 31st
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sarahgraham7: Think women have achieved equality? Think again. We Can’t Be Equal While: Gender Roles Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser). Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “pussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man. When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to “have balls”, or conversely she is a “man-eater”, “ball-buster”, or a...
Dec 31st
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So one of my bands was on a live radio show last...
It was pretty decent. And I have a link to the show. BUT the host (who was pretty awesome) announced everyone’s full names and I don’t just want that all over my tumblr.  BUT there are plenty of you I trust and don’t care, so if you’re interested, message me (on tumblr or kungfucarrie (at) gmail (dot) com) and I’ll link you.  The host described our sound as...
Dec 31st
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Cannot Concentrate Today
Not AT ALL. It’s amazing I got anything accomplished at work today. After 2 hours I could tell it was going to be one of those days. I can’t concentrate on anything and get motivated to do something, only to get bored with it a few minutes later. I am trying to write some Harry Potter & Feminism posts, but those aren’t happening. Also watching Fringe DVDs and window...
Dec 29th
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Harry Potter & Feminism: Book 4 - So Many Things...
[This is a post in my Harry Potter & Feminism Series. If you haven’t already, I suggest reading the Intro Post first. As always, SPOILERS for the series.] Much of the first portion of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is dedicated to the Quidditch World Cup. Quidditch is frequently described as the “most popular” sport in the wizarding word, and it’s the only sport...
Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Poverty is more than just income; It's about...
fuckyeahfeminists: Ted Turner gives away a lot of money to charity. That’s fine. He says he wants to die with just enough to cover his funeral expenses. That’s also fine. Recently, he described himself as “almost to the edge of poverty. ” Uh, no. He’s a millionaire instead of a billionaire. Oh, I know he was just kidding. But this is just one example of how people who’ve never been truly poor...
Dec 28th
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Harry Potter and the Ultimate Reread: Diagon Alley →
hpreread: Today’s chapter: Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter Five - “Diagon Alley.” It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave… Reblogging this for the comments - amazing how much stuff like this in the early...
Dec 28th
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(e)Book Recommendations?
Ok folks, loving the kindle. (I don’t love that the Harry Potter series is not available, but you can believe I found some sources dealt with it). So it’s book recommendation time! One of the best things is any books on amazon I can get decent samples of to decide if I really want to buy it. I’ve already queued up quite the wish list for it, and have been asking my facebook...
Dec 28th
Searching LJ for ebooks - 1st to results are for...
That’s just all kinds of awesome
Dec 27th
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my kindle needs a name...suggestions?
Because “Carrie’s Kindle” is just not happening.  It’s kind of like magic, so I was thinking some Merlin and/or Harry Potter related.  My ipod is named MONSTER (after the adorable monster case he lives in) & my laptop is named Rex Ripper (Rex after the Speed Racer character Racer X, who was really Speed’s long-lost brother Rex, and Ripper after Giles’...
Dec 27th
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Shut Up Barbie: The New Feminism of the Far Left →
thefeministhub: Great piece from Politicusa about the #Mooreandme protest. -Sarah Fitz
Dec 27th
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autumndae: People are so fucking stupid. Today my mom related the following to me, as told to her via a coworker, about his kids: Daughter, age 3 (to little Brother): You’re so stupid! Dad: We don’t call people stupid Daugher: I hate to tell you this, Dad, but yes we do.
Dec 27th
Sooooo if I had a consciousness-raising group for...
clitoritastic: kittencoaster: thisworldishell: Or am I just wasting my time as always? I would join this so fast. Hi, I’m very interested. Raising consciousness in general, or would it have a specific focus? I’m not anywhere near Boston, but reblogging for those of you who are
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Harry Potter & Feminism & Forthcoming Lack of...
I finished Goblet of Fire last night (and am nearly 100 pages into Order of the Phoenix already). I’ve got 2 or 4 posts I want to do on Goblet for my Harry Potter & Feminism series. Plus all my regular tumblin’ I’m behind on. BUT my parents don’t have WiFi, and I am not about to be just chillin’ on tumblr in their family room, because my mom is an internet...
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Anonymous asked: It's not Daria, it's hermione, harry and ron as daria characters.
Dec 24th
Anonymous asked: It's not Daria, it's hermione, harry and ron as daria characters.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Which is more oppressive: wearing the veil or...
sarahgraham7: As most of you know, I’m spending my third university year working in Paris before finishing my degree next year. While on my year abroad I have to complete a number of pieces of unassessed language work. This is the question I’ve formulated for the first of my three essays, which can be based on any element of French culture and society. It’s not a topic I know very much about,...
Dec 23rd
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cuntofdoom: http://www.republicansforrape.org/ neutresex: sheshalf:   Below is the list of thirty legislators who were brave enough to stand up in defense of rape and vote against Senator Al Franken’s anti-rape amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill.  We applaud these courageous men!  Roll over the portraits with your mouse to see the Senator’s phone number, or click on a...
Dec 23rd
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"Happy Holidays" includes Christmas. No, really....
Thought this was an interesting read one of my facebook friends posted on the whole “take back CHRISTmas” thing: http://thechristianontheleft.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/merry-christmas-vs-happy-holidays/
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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kunstlerroman asked: with regard to the natalie portman thing:
http://freshfeminism.tumblr.com/post/2420470065/on-the-natalie-portman-thing-im-fairly-certain-she#notes
Dec 22nd
kunstlerroman asked: with regard to the natalie portman thing:
http://freshfeminism.tumblr.com/post/2420470065/on-the-natalie-portman-thing-im-fairly-certain-she#notes
Dec 22nd
“There has been a lot of celebration on Twitter about the fact that a prominent...”
– On #mooreandme, Rachel Maddow, and the curse of “Being Grateful” « Women’s Glib (via janedoe225)
Dec 22nd
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ugh, what is it, asshole day?
Apparently. I have been excessively mansplained to today at work, anyways.
Dec 22nd
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“.And, yanno? Allow me to quote one of the many many many many protesters: “If...”
– Sady Doyle: Of Course   (via robot-heart-politics)
Dec 22nd
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“I’m not black, but I know what it feels like.”
– Natalie Portman in Allure Magazine, August 2004 (via leganddairy) Now ask me motherfucking again why I don’t like her. (via toclafane) Oh. (via teallikethecolor) What. (via foundorfollowed) The fuck? (via genderbitch) Huh.. (via freshfeminism) dammit people I like, quit being asshats. ...
Dec 22nd
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“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I...”
– Susan B. Anthony (via fuckyeahexoticism)
Dec 22nd
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“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I...”
– Susan B. Anthony (via fuckyeahexoticism)
Dec 22nd
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Wait till my father, the inventor of Toaster...
mia-wallace:   See what I mean? SO MANY Harry Potter/Mean Girls references. And they are all so funny. 
Dec 22nd
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Wait till my father, the inventor of Toaster...
mia-wallace:   See what I mean? SO MANY Harry Potter/Mean Girls references. And they are all so funny. 
Dec 22nd