December 2011
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“Now that 2011 is coming to a close, it’s worth looking back at an intellectual...”
– via http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/gladwell-vs-shirky/all/1
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Dec 28th
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Metro Fats: Surviving the Holidays in a... →
metrofats: Last weekend, MetroFats held a very successful skills share around body-shaming during holiday visits with family. We discussed the following questions: What about holiday gatherings is hard for you? Is it just about body size, or is there other stuff too? What kinds of thoughts and…
Dec 21st
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“I’d love for us as an industry to be more tolerant, to encourage others and get...”
– via swissmiss, from Sarah Parmenter’s post Do Unto Others Quote by Eric Hoffer
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Dec 18th
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Rae Stimson on Her Incredible Felt Hats
My main objectives are reviving the everyday wear of exquisite hats and elevating their artistic merit. I make sculptural yet wearable needle-felted hats which appear both as abstract forms and figurative creatures. The animal forms contribute to the sculptural quality of the hats and transform them from accessories into art pieces that evoke feelings of timelessness, whimsy and the bizarre....
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 14th
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (via gotbagels)
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Activist Cultures in The Times Saturday Review!  →
Dec 14th
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mediascape: counter craft →
mediascape: Hey strangers! I just wanted to make you all aware of my other Tumblr/project, ‘counter craft’ ‘counter craft’ is an ongoing research project by that critically explores how art, craft, history and activism intertwine. As a website, ‘counter craft’ will serve to collect and comment on the…
Dec 14th
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Dec 10th
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“Some nights stay up till dawn, as the moon sometimes does for the sun. Be a full...”
– Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi (via seabois)
Dec 10th
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The Future of Intelligent Ads: Reading Your Weight... →
If the camera senses an overweight population, the location might be ideal for advertising healthful foods or exercise-related products.
Dec 10th
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The Dawn of Indie Capitalism →
“Indie capitalism is local, not global, and cares about the community and jobs and says so right upfront. Good things come from and are made locally by people you can see and know. The local focus makes indie capitalism intrinsically sustainable—energy is saved as a result of a way of life, not in an effort to reach a distinct and difficult goal. Indie capitalism is socially, not...
Dec 6th
The Wild Rose
“The Wild Rose” — by Wendell Berry Sometimes hidden from me in daily custom and in trust, so that I live by you unaware as by the beating of my heart, suddenly you flare in my sight, a wild rose blooming at the edge of thicket, grace and light where yesterday was only shade, and once more I am blessed, choosing again what I chose before.
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