MAGGIE IN AMERICA

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:42 -0400

I feel like this has been me all week, for some reason. I...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:52:49 -0400

I feel like this has been me all week, for some reason. I don’t know why performing socially acceptable behavior is currently requiring so much effort. I do love Allie Brosh’s cartoons, though!

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Sat, 11 May 2013 13:39:08 -0400

Excerpt From Old Transcript Of Scotch-Fueled Debate I Had With My Dad After Seeing Paul Simon's Documentary About The Making Of "Graceland."

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:53:08 -0400

Bob: I mean, it was really brave what he did.

Maggie: But was it? What was brave about it?

Bob: Okay, maybe "brave" isn't the right word.

Maggie: He didn't actually risk anything.

Bob: But here's the real question: do you think he shouldn't have gone?

Maggie: Well...no. I think he should have.

Bob: So, then you agree: he was right to have gone.

Maggie: Well, I don't know - I don't like the way he went about it. You have the oppressed people of a country working every day to destroy apartheid and this cultural arts ban was part of that struggle.

Bob: But who are these "people" you are talking about? The ANC doesn't represent every person in South Africa. The musicians were also activists. Don't they represent South African interests?

Maggie: Maybe the ANC doesn't represent every person, but they still represent a large movement and it's disrespectful to ignore what they're working so hard to do. I mean, maybe Martin Luther King Jr didn't represent every person in the civil rights movement, but it still means something when he initiates a boycott.

Bob: But Martin Luther King Jr. isn't God. What if he makes a stupid policy?

Maggie: But who gets to decide that it's stupid? Why does Paul Simon get to decide that?

Bob: Fair enough. But this isn't like the Berlin Philharmonic going over there and giving a concert. This is a musician coming to collaborate with South African artists. Paul Simon wasn't trying to break a boycott - he just got swept up into what was later acknowledged to be a bad, overreaching policy.

Maggie: You keep calling it a "policy" and I think that you're diminishing what they were trying to do.

Bob: Why? I don't have any negative connotation with the word "policy."

Maggie: Yes, you do! You love that Seinfeld bit about how "even I am not above the policy"!

[Laughter]

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Sat, 04 May 2013 00:32:25 -0400

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Fri, 03 May 2013 08:53:26 -0400

Carrie Mae Weems, self-portrait, Kitchen Table Series, 1990

Käthe Kollwitz, Self Portrait Drawing, 1933

Judy Baca, self portrait, 2009

Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Monkeys, 1943

I need to take a page from the Alia Shawkat look book, since...

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:49:33 -0400

I need to take a page from the Alia Shawkat look book, since she’s the only famous person I even remotely resemble. I just don’t have the energy/will to look nice or put-together on the daily.

A really nice weekend in Providence,...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:24:39 -0400

A really nice weekend in Providence, featuring:

grass
sun
college students
newspapers
a magical library
an awesome exhibition on lists
a perfect home-away-from home thanks to Meredith
long walks up and down hills
different thoughts due to being in different places
drawings done from the right side of my brain
lunch with art educator extraordinaire Ada
an unusual and moving painting
a mirror that makes you look really skinny
bus rides
a sudden interest in and love for Fresh Air interviews
fresh air

Dad: Do you worry about me becoming an alcoholic?

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:28:41 -0400

Dad: Do you worry about me becoming an alcoholic?
Mom: No, you like bagels too much.

If you see Riz Ahmed act, and then later take off his shirt,...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:39:22 -0400

If you see Riz Ahmed act, and then later take off his shirt, you’ll feel some feelings.

Upsetting but essential viewing.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:23:49 -0400

Upsetting but essential viewing.

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:47:08 -0400

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”

- James Baldwin

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:40:16 -0400

spudcity: The East coast spud has started a new tumblr featuring unedited selections from her...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:33:40 -0400

spudcity:

The East coast spud has started a new tumblr featuring unedited selections from her beloved town’s Police Log. Check it out!

stowpolicelog:

Saturday April 6, 2013
6:45pm ANIMAL

A caller on Hiley Brook Road reported that a German Shepard was walking around the area. The Police responded. The dog was located lying down on a front lawn. He was not in the road. All was OK.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS.

I forget where I came across this a while back (maybe Tumblr?)...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:40:13 -0400

I forget where I came across this a while back (maybe Tumblr?) but I found myself unexpectedly moved by this designer’s work.

Her name is Shelly Ni and she was inspired by her interactions with senior citizens in San Francisco - specifically Asian-American seniors.

I noticed seniors eating in unexpected ways. One woman ate her meals exclusively out of a thermos. I asked other seniors about their eating habits. One woman answered: “Sometimes my hand goes numb while I hold the bowl of rice, because it’s weakened by stroke. I’ve dropped food on the floor, but I still like to eat out of a bowl anyway.”

Ni created a bowl can be easily held by those with severely weakened grips or reduced hand dexterity.

This design preserves the strong Asian cultural norm of holding the bowl up to eat, presenting a physically and culturally more comfortable solution for users who struggle with the previously simple daily task of feeding themselves.

Such smart, elegant, compassionate design.

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:53:35 -0400

YES.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:18:59 -0400

YES.

thenearsightedmonkey: How do stories start to take shape? A...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:49:06 -0400

thenearsightedmonkey:

How do stories start to take shape? A story started taking shape in your mind the moment you found yourself looking at this picture. What happens in that story?

Chills.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:14:38 -0400

Chills.

This is what I want my “look” to be, but I just...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:47:03 -0400

This is what I want my “look” to be, but I just can’t seem to muster the energy to really make it happen.