Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was doing. You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them, and you will be nothing but A Sadness in their lives, and you must not become a mere sadness, so you will not cry, and you say... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
apethink:
On this day in 1973…
one of the best things ever to occur in the course of simian history happened on the Tonight Show.
Here’s Paul Williams singing “Here’s That Rainy Day” dressed as his “Battle for the Planet of the Apes” character, Professor Virgil. - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
ellephanta: Ordinary people. The courage to say no. The photo was taken in Hamburg in 1936, during the celebrations for the launch of a ship. In the crowd, one person refuses to raise his arm to give the Nazi salute. The man was August Landmesser. He had already been in trouble with the authorities, having been sentenced to two years hard labor... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
RT @davidmfoley: There is a huge difference between people who grok TDD enough to reason about its value, and those who do not understand but criticize away.
motherjones: coolchicksfromhistory: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, 1961. Joan, a 19 year old Freedom Rider, was sentenced to two months in prison for her involvement in the integration of a Jackson, Mississippi bound train. She served more than the required two months because each addition day reduced her $200 fine by $3. In the Fall of 1961, Joan... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
The image of the blissful unification of society through consumption suspends disbelief with regard to the reality of division only until the next disillusionment occurs in the sphere of actual consumption. Each and every new product is supposed to offer a dramatic shortcut to the long awaited promised land of total consumption. As such it is... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
Such dangers are inherent in using social media to promote your brand. Sometimes it’s an isolated gaffe, as when the marketing professional running the Chrysler Twitter feed inadvertently tweeted his distaste for Detroit drivers. But trying to enlist the masses on Twitter or Facebook for brand promotion carries its own set of risks. When Wendy’s... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
I fly my flag of self-esteem for all those who have been told they were ugly and fat and hurt and shamed and violated and abused for the way they look and told time and time again that they were “different” and therefore unlovable. Come to me and I will tell you and show you how beautiful and loved you are and you will see it and feel it and know... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...
In short, if you’re still disappointed in Barack Obama, it’s only because you never understood whose job it was to produce change in the first place. But don’t take out your own failings in this regard on the rest of us, by giving ideological cover and assorted journalistic love taps to a guy who believes the poor should rely on the charitable... - http://madsimian.tumblr.com/post...