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The New Yorker: Peter Manseau on America’s history of “melancholy accidents,” or, the...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:26:36 -0700

The New Yorker: Peter Manseau on America’s history of “melancholy accidents,” or, the...:...

thelbdofficial: Look what just hit DFTBA. Designed by Karen...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:23:18 -0700

thelbdofficial:

Look what just hit DFTBA.

Designed by Karen Kavett

Five Reasons To Watch “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” | The Awl

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:42:34 -0700

Five Reasons To Watch “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” | The Awl: Yes!

roomforkids: (via Magali ARBIB et ses créations:...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:06:33 -0700

roomforkids:

(via Magali ARBIB et ses créations: Produits)

Love the bright colors.

The New Yorker: From the Desk of Bob Mankoff...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:47:34 -0800

The New Yorker: From the Desk of Bob Mankoff...: newyorker: John Stuart Mill’s famous dictum that...

nerdymarauder: alright so this video is absolutely perfect! ANY...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:42:14 -0800

nerdymarauder:

alright so this video is absolutely perfect! ANY FAN OF THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES SHOULD WATCH THIS! its a fan made video summary of the series! flawless!

nprfreshair: Sandra Day O’Connor wants YOU to listen to the...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:11:56 -0800

nprfreshair:

Sandra Day O’Connor wants YOU to listen to the show tomorrow.

(because she’s on it.)

Yay! I don’t always agree with her, but I always think she’s awesome.

theclotheshorse: Pauline of Polienne

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:32:42 -0800

theclotheshorse:

Pauline of Polienne

newshour: The first baby has been cured of HIV, researchers...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:25:38 -0800

newshour:

The first baby has been cured of HIV, researchers announced Sunday. The case was publicly unveiled at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.

The infant, who is now two and a half years old, was born to a “high-risk” mother in Mississippi. The mother was not diagnosed with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) until delivery, and therefore did not receive the typical prenatal treatment for the disease that could have prevented transmission to the baby.

Confirmation of the baby’s HIV status came from Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University. Go here for the conversation with Dr. Luzuriaga about her team’s research.

So amazing. Hope this outcome can be reproduced!

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Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:54:26 -0800

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Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:53:16 -0800

It’s funny because its true.

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:58:23 -0800

It’s funny because its true.

"Equality,” “prejudice,” “race” itself — how can you have mid-nineteenth-century characters use words..."

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:51:52 -0800

““Equality,” “prejudice,” “race” itself — how can you have mid-nineteenth-century characters...

In Defense of the Happy Girl

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:05:45 -0800

newyorker: Sasha Weiss considers why people find Anne Hathaway, Hollywood’s “happy girl,” to be so...

nprfreshair: Over at the London Review of Books is a piece by...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:12:25 -0800

nprfreshair:

Over at the London Review of Books is a piece by Hilary Mantel about “Royal Bodies” — from Anne Boleyn and Marie Antoinette to Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana and Dutchess Kate. It is a great read:

But with the reign of King Bluebeard, you don’t have to pretend. Women, their bodies, their reproductive capacities, their animal nature, are central to the story. The history of the reign is so graphically gynaecological that in the past it enabled lady novelists to write about sex when they were only supposed to write about love; and readers could take an avid interest in what went on in royal bedrooms by dignifying it as history, therefore instructive, edifying. Popular fiction about the Tudors has also been a form of moral teaching about women’s lives, though what is taught varies with moral fashion. It used to be that Anne Boleyn was a man-stealer who got paid out. Often, now, the lesson is that if Katherine of Aragon had been a bit more foxy, she could have hung on to her husband. Anne as opportunist and sexual predator finds herself recruited to the cause of feminism. Always, the writers point to the fact that a man who marries his mistress creates a job vacancy. ‘Women beware women’ is a teaching that never falls out of fashion.

Here is a Fresh Air interview with Mantel about her latest book, Bring Up the Bodies.

Good read.

Knitting x2. Zeke wanted me to knit him a circle scarf, then I...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:13:43 -0800

Knitting x2. Zeke wanted me to knit him a circle scarf, then I decided I should finish the orange hat for him, so I’ve been switching when I get tired of the other one.

newyorker: Our celebration in honor of the 200th anniversary of...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:23:02 -0800

newyorker:

Our celebration in honor of the 200th anniversary of “Pride and Prejudice” continues with a piece by Joshua Rothman on Charlotte Lucas’s curious marriage: http://nyr.kr/UGWSd7

artsyrup: The Upside Of Being An Introvert by Noelle...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:34:08 -0800

artsyrup:

The Upside Of Being An Introvert by Noelle Stevenson

This is so me.

myidealhome: neat kitchen (via Design*Sponge) Dream kitchen.

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:53:47 -0800

myidealhome:

neat kitchen (via Design*Sponge)

Dream kitchen.

modcloth: Loving all the texture in this almost all-black look...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:06:41 -0800

modcloth:

Loving all the texture in this almost all-black look from Hel-Looks.

Ponchos are coming back…