today i read

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{sara corbett for the new york times}

* the weird, scary and ingenious brain of maria bamford

if you didn't already know of maria bamford, well... shame on you and also now you do. i also strongly recommend listening to basically any podcast she ever guests on.

ff

"Was it really that difficult for you to imagine what Erin's point was, did you not even try, or did you actively not want to understand her?"

just wanted to start things off today with that there quote from a much longer post by an internet-friend of mine, taking to task a jackass who was all concern-troll-y .this internet-friend has proven to be insanely patient and pointed with concern-trolls or full-on-trolls et al. thank you, internet-friend, for being able to have these conversations over and over. i had just looked at the string of absurdities and assholeries and tapped right on out - i am too tired. i have zero desire to try to teach someone something they are actively being ignorant about. cheers to those who keep on keepin' on. lord knows it ain't easy. you make the world better. you make me a little less tired. a little more hopeful.

now! onwards to readings. lots of good stuff for you this week. check it:

{a true (illustrated) story by ariel schrag}

* the ping-pong theory of tech sexism

 

**trigger warning on these next two**

 

 

 

 

{anonymous for the nib} 

 

* trigger warning: breakfast

 

 

{from 'prey' written by kathleen hale for hazlitt}

 

* prey

 

on that last one there... it is a stunningly beautiful piece of writing, i think. it isn't a fun read, of course, it isn't an easy read. but, oh, it is something profoundly moving. it is a well-crafter work. if we must read these stories - and as long as the statistics are what they are i feel that we must - let them all be this honest, let them all cut this deeply.

 

happy friday, all of us playing dead on our backs.



ff

lazy blog week. means. feminist friday JOKES!!! be cheery, my ladies, my allies. cause, secretshare, ladies be hilarious.

{borrowed from here}

and while we're at it... click here, check this out...

{in fact, go read everything at hark a vagrant, it'll make you happy}

happy friday, nasty boys.

wendy

emma sent me a comic-thing (more on that one later) which reminded me about wendy. wendy is a mess, yo. she just can't get it together.

(wendy is a great cartoon character created by walter scott. wendy is one of those awful art-scene types with the partying and insecurities and the drugs and the drinking and oh man, what a disaster, wendy! wendy is brilliant. i have thought about making a cartoon-zine-project a few times... i'm still thinking on it. but oooof, it would have to be good. i need to decide what exactly i want to do and say in such a thing. and also get un-scared of raw-awful-things. i'd hate to make something lacking in any edge. anyways. thinking. on it. wendy, wendy.)

ff

 {how amazing is storm's hair?!}

 
totally badass. something to be very happy and excited about. pow pow!! nerd power, yo! whizz pop!

* all female x-men book with a writer who seems to have a solid handle on being awesome.

happy friday, my mutants.