Caveat Lector

Gender and empathy: Men shouldn’t need to “imagine if it were your wife/daughter/mother”

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:02:07 -0600

Gender and empathy: Men shouldn’t need to “imagine if it were your wife/daughter/mother”:

This blog post is important, because it addresses one of THE crucial flaws in the way boys are raised and socialised: homosocial bonding practices are contingent upon men and boys actively denying empathy.

The White House says this is not the right time to talk about gun control. Every time this happens,...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:18:36 -0600

The White House says this is not the right time to talk about gun control. Every time this happens, and it is happening with more frequency and more deadly consequences, it is “not the right time” to talk about gun control. Bullshit. Every time this happens is one time too many, and it is precisely the time Americans NEED to talk about gun control. Because llet’s face it, this is a uniquely American problem. And every time gun advocates come out ito stand and talk about their rights the rest of us should be asking, “at what cost?” And every time the government brushes it aside for fear of looking as though they’re politicising a tragedy, we should recognize that to a large extent all of this death and all of this carnage and all of this prideful, hateful “guns don’t kill people” rhetoric is problematically wrapped up in the need for Americans to cling to a misunderstood and disingenously-trumpeted constitutional amendment. If this isn’t the time to talk about gun control, then all of these deaths aren’t tragic at all, they’re just collateral damage.

bookshelfporn: This Vintage-Looking Vending Machine Dispenses...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:17:22 -0600

bookshelfporn:

This Vintage-Looking Vending Machine Dispenses Rare Books For Just $2

A Toronto bookstore has come up with a creative way to add value to old, discount books that otherwise may clutter its storage: an antique-seeming “book dispenser” that randomly spits out old books for $2 a pop.

The Biblio-Mat combines the charm of a gumball machine with the surprise element of a raffle. The machine jumps to life once money’s inserted. With a bit of overt drama—cranking and whirring and ringing that invoke old machinery—the dispenser then releases a used title from its stock, dropping it into a slot for a happy reader to walk away with.

(via Fast Company + infoneer-pulse)

Yes please!

Oh snap!

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:20:13 -0600

Oh snap!

"Since you asked the question, “Am I nuts to think there’s a war on Christmas?”..."

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:30:33 -0600

“Since you asked the question, “Am I nuts to think there’s a war on Christmas?” it’s only polite for me to offer you a resounding, “Yes, you’re f*cking nuts.” Because, for whatever annoying local ticky-tac Christmas-abolishing story you and your merry band of persecution-seeking researchers can scour the wires to turn up, the rest of us can’t swing a dead elf without knocking over an inflatable snow globe or a giant blinking candy cane. For god’s sakes! Fox News itself is located in Midtown Manhattan, the epicenter of all that is godless, secular, gay, Jewy, and hellbound. And yet, even here, all around your studio, it looks like Santa’s balls exploded. In the olden days, before the “war on Christmas” the celebration of the birth of Jesus lasted a day, like birthdays do. … There’s a war on Christmas? Has anyone told Thanksgiving? ‘Cause this year, Black Friday, AKA Christmas’ opening bell, got pushed back a day to “Black Thursday.” Or as we used to call it: Thanksgiving. Christmas is so big now it’s eating other holidays.”

- -Jon Stewart

(Dec 3, 2012)

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Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:03:39 -0600

#511

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:01:52 -0600

thisiswhiteprivilege:

White privilege is a world where people complain loudly about a Black Guinevere, but tacitly accept Tom Cruise as The Last Samurai.

Sigh. Tom Cruise ain’t “The Last Samurai.” He’s the dude who tells their story because they all get killed.

My Top 50 Albums of 2011

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:09:53 -0600

My Top 50 Albums of 2011

"I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love..."

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:48:46 -0600

“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready”

- Maurice Sendak, 2011

Fringe Renewed for Fifth and Final Season on Fox

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:11:43 -0600

Fringe Renewed for Fifth and Final Season on Fox:

Best. News. Ever.

Take a load off, Levon. Rest in peace.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:27:37 -0600

Take a load off, Levon. Rest in peace.

This pleases me.

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:01:37 -0600

This pleases me.

Here is a picture of eight sheep. Your argument is invalid.

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:53:45 -0600

Here is a picture of eight sheep. Your argument is invalid.

paulscheer: Rian Johnson is the best thatisawesome: ‘Looper’...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:30:45 -0600

paulscheer:

Rian Johnson is the best

thatisawesome:

‘Looper’ Trailer - The new film from Rian Johnson

In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented - but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” - a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels. Ram Bergman and James D. Stern produce.

RIan Johnson just won the internet today…and 30 years from now.

I may be the only person alive who wasn’t a fan of Johnson’s debut, Brick, but this admittedly looks awesome.

How insanely good is this guy?

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:02:41 -0600

How insanely good is this guy?

"I think failed Presidential candidates should be forced to carry their campaigns to full term."

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:45:48 -0600

“I think failed Presidential candidates should be forced to carry their campaigns to full term.”

- Jeremy Bingham (@captain_tenille) April 10, 2012

"That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not..."

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:32:06 -0600

“That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and women. It is subtle, insidious, and never more dangerous than when women passionately deny that they themselves are engaging in it.”

- Ashley Judd

collegehumor: Sexual Orientation Survey Includes “Chinese”...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:23:59 -0600

collegehumor:

Sexual Orientation Survey Includes “Chinese” Option

And yet no politician is talking about Chinese marriage.

I’m all for being inclusive, but there is a point at which it becomes ridiculous.

Happy Easter, everyone.

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:18:24 -0600

Happy Easter, everyone.

New Cronenberg? Don’t mind if I do.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:20:42 -0600

New Cronenberg? Don’t mind if I do.