September 2010
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Myself
As I woke up in the morning
All I saw of myself was nothing.
I looked in the mirror
And I realized that I was ugly.
The face in the mirror was not myself.
I was fat, short and ugly.
I tried hard to smile,
But my smile faded away.
Me, myself and I -
I looked horrible.
I told myself that I was not pretty.
I felt pity.
Something was wrong,
But I have to be strong.
I wanted...
August 2010
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Orphan Debates →
Good and pretty accurate piece - Sarah Chhin, quoted in it, is a remarkable woman. I’ve met her a couple of times and her work is super helpful.
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July 2010
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For Jessica « Finding Your Voice →
Goddamn, this just broke my heart and made me laugh and - yes.
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“For The White Person Who Wants To Know How To Be My Friend”
Pat...
– greatpoets: For The White Person…
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Adopted children face anguish as birth parents... →
This cracks me up because I’m a cynical beastie, but hello, if you haven’t made your kids’ first family part of their lives in conversations and run through what-ifs and whys, then you’re living in a bubble. Open adoption - harder, tougher but practical.
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Essential Twitter Apps - oneforty →
so useful! a curated list of twitter tools
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Disney Princess Recovery: Judging a Book by It's... →
Love this! With my kids when they were learning english, they had a lot of crappy books reworked the same way.
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selenak | Stand By Me Rewatched →
Clear-eyed and fond review of one of my favourite films
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In the Bookstore // Julia Vinograd
I went down to the bookstore this evening and found myself in the poetry section. But for every thin book of poems there was a thick biography of the poet and an even thicker book by someone who’s supposed to know explaining what the poet is supposed to’ve said and why he didn’t. So you don’t have to waste your time on the best the writer could do, the words he fought the darkness and...
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You Fit Into Me
— Margaret Atwood
You fit into me
Like a hook into an...
– I want things that make you grunt | Ask MetaFilter
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Orthodox Christian responses to menstruation →
Impurity, different comments and cultural understandings through the ages and truth.
May 2010
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By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through...