A Phalanx of Philtrums

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Nina Katchadourian

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Bureaucratics, Photos of Civil Servants from Around the World

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Laurie Simmons, The Instant Decorator series, 2001

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Is Taylor Swift a feminist?

Is Hillary Clinton a feminist?

Is Bill Clinton a feminist?

Is Carrie Bradshaw a feminist?

Is Beyonce a feminist?

Is Doris Lessing a feminist?

Is Dr. Phil a feminist?

Is Obama a feminist?

Is God a feminist?

Is Siri a feminist?

Is Sarah Palin a feminist?

Is Tina Fey a feminist?

Was Helen Gurley Brown a feminist?

Is Blair Waldorf a feminist?

Is James Joyce a feminist?

Is Margaret Atwood a feminist?

Is Margaret Thatcher a feminist?

Is Lady Gaga a feminist?

Is Quentin Tarantino a feminist?

Is Kathryn Bigelow a feminist pioneer?

Is Marge Simpson a feminist?

Is Oprah a feminist?

Is Plato a feminist?

Ryan Gosling, feminist?

Junot Diaz, feminist?

Ke$ha… a feminist?

Princess Leia, feminist icon?

Is Beyonce a feminist icon?

Is Nicki Minaj a feminist icon?

Is Dolly Parton a feminist icon?

Is Wonder Woman a feminist icon?

Was Cathy a feminist heroine?

Is Lisbeth Salander a feminist heroine?

Is Bella Swan a feminist heroine?

Is Heidi [Montag] a feminist hero?

Is Jenny Sanford a feminist hero?

Was Mrs. Claus an early feminist icon?

Margaret Thatcher: a feminist icon?

Is Mildred Pierce a feminist?

Michelle Bachmann, evangelical feminist?

Is Katie Holmes a feminist now?

Is Lupe Fiasco a feminist?

Beyonce: feminist or fauxminist?

Is Barbie a feminist icon, or would it be better for women if she was wiped off the face of the earth?

Is Hillary Clinton even a feminist?

Was Marilyn Monroe a feminist?

Was George Eliot a feminist?

Is Joss Whedon a feminist?

Is Joss Whedon really a feminist?

Was Ayn Rand a feminist despite herself?

Is YouTube star a revolutionized feminist?

Michelle Bachmann is not a feminist… for now

Is Taylor Swift a feminist’s nightmare?

-Sarah Nicole Prickett, “Is Taylor Swift a Feminist? A Poem in Links”

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“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have...

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love letters.

by Bethan Huws

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John Coplans, Back Torso From Below, 1985

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Shit

Just saw an "ad" in the subway quoting the Quran with an image of fire and something about terror and unbelievers. Got the florist in the station to give me tape so I could put an am new york on top of it. So disappointed in us. Someone was literally pushed onto the tracks - not even for being muslim, but looking muslim. So. Disappointed.

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Unexpectedly and very young. Someone who I met in college and, truthfully, was not nice enough to. A person who I could’ve made more of an effort to be there for—but didn’t. A person who never had anything unkind to say to me, who bought me drinks when I was broke. Who bought me drinks when she...

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I will be more:

“Fuck concepts. Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.” ― George Saunders

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This is the first piece of art I ever saw that made me cry that wasn't also a film

Edgar Degas

Etude de ciel

(via Musée d'Orsay)