June 2012
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Polite and Well-Mannered, J. Thomas's Project :... →
I voiced a character (a sassy 12-year-old girl) for my friend’s Amazon Studios project.
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NYTimes TV writer Alessandra Stanley provides... →
The only surprising thing about this is how many times the NY Times has let Alessandra Stanley’s inaccuracies slide by.
I mean, seriously, I can’t read anything she writes.
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Hey, Ladies! Check out the Crucial Benefits of...
newsweek:
Yesterday’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act was a “supreme win for women,” as our story by Jessica Arons, the director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress, helpfully explains.
Here’s the deal:
As of 2014, “gender rating”—where insurers can charge women higher premiums than men—becomes illegal in all new individual and small group plans.
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“Literary characters are physically vague—they have only a few features, and...”
– Picturing Books – beautiful essay by Peter Mendelsund exploring the layer of imagination we each bring to stories. (via explore-blog)
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SWAT team throws flashbangs, raids wrong home due... →
Is your home WiFi network password-protected? If not, maybe you should fix that. No, seriously, fix it!
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Two Little Girls Explain The Worst Haircut Ever →
onthemedia:
The cutest interview of the month. Year?
definitely.
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“Despite writing a whole movie about the most famous internet company in history,...”
– Internet Girls, Mad Men, and Why the ‘Greatest’ Generation Wasn’t (via aminatou)
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The Affordable Care Act - Timeline - Blue Cross... →
I didn’t even realize my insurance carrier had this nifty timeline until today. However, it doesn’t say if they’re one of the companies that will have to rebate money to customers in August. Hmm.
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Why Is There So Much Britten In 'Moonrise... →
My friend J posted this to my FB wall because she knows I wondered this, exactly.
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“I would say, ‘Tell me about what happens at the end of the world,’ and she would...”
– ‘Beasts’ Finds Its Heart In A 6-Year-Old Heroine (via npr)
I am so eager to see this movie, you don’t even know.
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Oh man, American Apparel ad on the Tumblr dash...
It’s only nail polish, so no underdressed ladies in submissive poses.
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As I watch "Julie & Julia" again
…the more I wish it was just Julia and not Julie. As much as I like Amy Adams, her character just grates on my nerves.
I listened to the director’s commentary this evening in honor of Nora Ephron, but her commentary is actually pretty light. I wish she had said more, really.
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“There were no mail boys at Newsweek, only mail girls. If you were a college...”
– Nora Ephron, I Remember Nothing (via newsweek)
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“It’s a little early to pronounce what Ephron’s legacy will be, but that...”
– Nora Ephron’s genius early days - Nora Ephron - Salon.com
At Salon again today…
(via michelledean)
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I feel like the only thing that will improve this...
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Nora Ephron: The Funniest Feminist - Entertainment... →
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“I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the...”
– Nora Ephron on the joy of being awake to the word, and other timeless words from the beloved filmmaker, novelist, journalist, playwright, essayist, and blogger (via explore-blog)
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What Nora Ephron Taught Me About Love In The... →
npr:
“Ephron wrote fairy tales that spun things that really happen – reconciliation over time, mysterious chemistry, complex and loaded friendships, love after grief and loss – into things that don’t happen, or don’t happen very much. But I always recognized in those stories pieces of people I knew and conversations I had had; they were like choral compositions where everything else is just...
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A sign of things to come today?
As I stood waiting for the barista at a local bakery to make my chai latte, I overheard three old white men talking about politics, Obama and the Supreme Court. One of these old men used to preach at the Southern Baptist church where I attended elementary and middle school.
One of them today said, “Don’t they know what abortion is?” And I wanted to walk closer to them and yell...
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“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something,...”
– Nora Ephron, I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter, and Director, Dies at 71 (NY Times)
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“Don’t underestimate how much antagonism there is toward women and how many...”
– Nora Ephron’s commencement speech at Wellesley College in 1996 (via rachelfershleiser)
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“Ephron was a Nora Ephron character — a charming and charmed reporter, falling in...”
– Nora Ephron, 1941-2012 — Daily Intel.
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Kristin Chenoweth To Appear on The Good Wife :... →
Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth has been cast in a recurring role, and will make her debut in September’s season premiere.
omgomgomgomgomgomg this news just made my day.
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“We’re outraged about Penn State, and rightly so, but there’s plenty more to be...”
– Sick culture cheers Sandusky verdict - Salon.com
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Later, I couldn’t bear to be around groups of... →
