I woke up to images and videos on social media about the huge explosion in Tianjin this morning. The videos are especially intense and harrowing - I'm so glad that I don't have friends or family (that I know of D:) there ( Read more... )

What is the difference between "love" and "in love ( Read more... )

I don't think many people understand why I'm so interested in Project Chanology. descants and I discussed, the other night, about my view that revolutions aren't really possible/likely any more, because governments these days have an incredible amount of military power over their subjects, not to mention data about their private lives (to varying degrees ( Read more... )

Oh, man. So I finally get that shit that's been going down on my bandslash filter. I go away for a week and this happens, wow ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about relationships lately ( Read more... )

I read a chapter entitled "The Female World of Love and Ritual: Relations Between Women in Nineteenth-Century America" from the book Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America today. And it made me sad, I suppose, about friendship in today's society.

It was enlightening, perhaps, to read about just how intimate women were each ( Read more... )

What does everyone think about romantic friendship? I had read about this a while ago but had actually forgotten about it until now. And reading about it again has made me question a lot of other stuff I had been reading ( Read more... )

Are you sick of seeing all the little colored bars on your friends list? I know I am.

Marriage is Overrated.