‘Just as the beauty myth did not really care what women looked like as long as women felt ugly, we must see that it does not matter in the least what women look like as long as we feel beautiful.’
– Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
With great power comes great responsibility…
Read more "Spider-Man: Fuck, Marry, Kill…"‘Every Polaroid snap seemed like an event in itself.’
– Peter Buse
‘I don’t like you, I love you. You’re a portent for me, a sign. I’ve always lived by signs.’
– Iris Murdoch, Henry and Cato
‘Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?’
– Neil Gaiman, Stardust
‘Nothing is set in stone. A bird can be refolded into a boat, a fish, a kimono, or any other extravagant vision. At other times it aches to return to its original folds.’
– Tor Udall, A Thousand Paper Birds
‘Touch has a memory’
– John Keats
“Where do you want it, A-J? Bread sauce on your chestnuts, Santa’s YumNut in your mouth, or brandy cream on your plum pudding?”
Read more "EuphOff Guest Post: Holiday In…"“It’s like one day I just decided that it was all bullshit. Who are they to tell me I’m not amazing exactly as I am?”
– Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are
‘They call me Back Door Santa
I make my runs about the break of day (oh, ho, ho)
I make all the little girls happy
While the boys are out to play’
– Clarence Carter, Back Door Santa