Yvonne Gonzalez

I got a JOB!!! Also completely baffled why Facebook brought...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:16:19 -0700

I got a JOB!!!

Also completely baffled why Facebook brought back the MySpace classic of posting emotions, while it continues to ignore the glory of the gif.

Annie Edison dancing (requested by anon) Shockingly similar to...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:44:22 -0700

Annie Edison dancing (requested by anon)

Shockingly similar to my I’m-graduating-from-college dance.

(via Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:22:00 -0700

(via Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen Interview in Same Parking Lot - Dashiell Bennett and Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire)

pbsthisdayinhistory: May 2, 1963: The Birmingham Campaign’s...

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:23:43 -0700

pbsthisdayinhistory:

May 2, 1963: The Birmingham Campaign’s Children’s Crusade Begins

On this day in 1963, the Children’s Crusade began as hundreds of students walked out of their classrooms to peacefully protest segregation laws in Birmingham, Alabama. They were met by police officers who were ready to escort them to jail, and later by high pressure fire hoses and police dogs.

It would become a major catalyst for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and usher a new era of freedom and equality in the United States.

Revisit this moment in civil rights history with PBS Black Culture Connection’s Birmingham Campaign collection.

Photo: African American children are attacked by dogs and water cannons during a protest against segregation organized by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in May 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images).

Also, it’s my birthday.

True Story.

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:16:28 -0700

True Story.

My friend Kasey was stalking the draft in New England. So jelly.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:29:14 -0700

My friend Kasey was stalking the draft in New England. So jelly.

"Every writer has changed these stories, and I have changed them, and I’m sure someone else in I..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:08:21 -0700

“Every writer has changed these stories, and I have changed them, and I’m sure someone else in I don’t know how many years will change them. These stories refuse to die—they are always expanding and shrinking, they have an organic life of their own. Usually, Arab women writers look down on Shahrazad, saying “Oh, she became a prisoner of the Shah, the bloodthirsty king.” No, in my opinion, she was stronger, he became her prisoner. He needed her stories; he depended on her to humanize him. She wasn’t doing it to save her life, but to educate him. That was what she set out to do, to humanize him.”

- Author Q&A: Hanan al-Shaykh’s New Shahrazad | Library Journal

Hanan al-Shaykh’s new retelling of One Thousand and One Nights (with an intro by Mary Gaitskill!) comes out next month.

(via mollitudo)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:50:41 -0700

Reminder courtesy of the 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Animal...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:16:50 -0700

Reminder courtesy of the 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Animal Clinic.

Temperatures are climbing. As we enter the triple digits, we would like to remind you that on a 100-degree day, the temperature in your car can reach 140 degrees in just 15 minutes. Please keep your pets safe at home with plenty of cool water and don’t forget to stay hydrated yourself :)

"But whereas being a female reporter was once synonymous with tenacity, superior intellect, and wit,..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:00:22 -0700

“But whereas being a female reporter was once synonymous with tenacity, superior intellect, and wit, today’s fictional female reporter serves as shorthand for new media reporter/blogger: young, naïve, and morally bankrupt.”

- Hollywood’s utter failure to accurately portray female journalists - The Week (via npr)

Do I owe you back dues for coffee now?

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:14:00 -0700

On my first day of work, my boss took me on a tour of the floor we work on. One major element of the tour was on where all the coffee pots are. I’ve been taking free coffee ever since. Today, I notice a brand-spanking-new sign above the coffee machine that tersely states, “This coffee is not complimentary. People who wish to drink this coffee pay $5 monthly dues. Please call blablabla at 555-blablabla to sign up.”

How the hell is someone supposed to intuitively know that?

My last day at work is next Tuesday. Thanks for the free coffee, bitches.

Documentarians are supposed to be objective, to avoid having...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:58:53 -0700

Documentarians are supposed to be objective, to avoid having any affect on the story. And yet we have more affect than anyone, because we decide to tell it. And we decide how it ends.

I’ve posted my own version of this before, but it’s one of my favorite Abed moments. All of the reblogs.

buzzfeed: Freshman year vs. senior year of college. A lot...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:54:01 -0700

buzzfeed:

Freshman year vs. senior year of college. A lot changes in four years.

YES.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:02:42 -0700

YES.

The Problem With The Big Bang Theory...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:51:43 -0700

butmyopinionisright:

I’ve been meaning to post something about The Big Bang Theory for a while now but it’s taken me ‘till now to really understand what it is about the show that makes me uncomfortable. I’m not exactly a believer in the whole “only write about the things you like, don’t trash the things you don’t” trend which seems to be plaguing comments sections in negative articles lately, but I wanted to be able to really examine why I don’t like TBBT rather than just slagging it off. My main questions being - Why don’t I like this anymore? Why do I feel uncomfortable watching it? And why do I get so annoyed when I see people sing its praises online? The thing which really sparked this post was seeing a raft of comments on Facebook, below the last round of voting in Television Without Pity’s Tubey Awards, claiming The Big Bang Theory to be “the best comedy on TV”. This made me angry so instead of posting an impulsive comment calling out their bad taste which I’d probably regret later, I decided to really analyse why seeing comments like that made me so mad when previously, although I didn’t really love the show, I’d never considered myself as disliking The Big Bang Theory.

Hell, I even have season one on dvd, it’s sitting right between Battlestar Galactica and Bored To Death in my alphabetised collection.

And here, I think, is where my problem with The Big Bang Theory lies…

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theeafter-party: April is Sexual Assault Awareness...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:45:53 -0700

theeafter-party:

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month!!!

Thus far, my sorors and I have been working hard to spread the word, from our “Teal Tuesdays” (teal is the official color for the commemorative month), to sharing statistics and facts with the student body, to our whiteboard campaign. It was great to see my peers willingly join in and express themselves, as we worked to raise awareness about SAAM. :)

This is just a few of the MANY photos we have taken, posted, and shared…and from what I’ve been informed, our movement has been picked up by the Deltas and our sorors at Bethune-Cookman University, as well.

Service…gotta love it!

When a teacher says there won't be a curve

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:35:58 -0700

keepingitsarcastic:

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:24:55 -0700

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:17:12 -0700

The new Sparky’s… WANT TO MURDER YOU!

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:06:00 -0700

The new Sparky’s…

WANT TO MURDER YOU!