January 2011
Gaslighting →
bestofwikipedia:
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory and perception. It may simply be the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred, or it could be the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim. (via Caroline)
Gaslighting →
bestofwikipedia:
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory and perception. It may simply be the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred, or it could be the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim. (via Caroline)
December 2010
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Missing white woman syndrome →
bestofwikipedia:
Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a vernacular term for the alleged disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young, attractive, white, middle-class (or above) woman, compared with cases concerning a missing male, or...
Missing white woman syndrome →
bestofwikipedia:
Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a vernacular term for the alleged disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young, attractive, white, middle-class (or above) woman, compared with cases concerning a missing male, or...
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Watchbiankyrr:
A video for women.
This lady is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook
Watchbiankyrr:
A video for women.
This lady is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook
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“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in...”
– Virginia Woolf - Excerpt from Street Haunting, A London Adventure, 1927
So true, Ms. Woolf… there really is something special about secondhand books.
(via deadwriters)
Don't lose your head...
catalogliving:
The kids have been eating a lot fewer cookies ever since Gary started making decapitated reindeer noises every time they open the jar.
Dear Unborn Baby, →
dearmeat:
Dear Unborn Baby,
You put me through hell.
You cause nausea first thing in the morning. You crave harmful things I cannot eat. You make me take 50 trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night. But although you choose to go through every pregnancy symptom there is known to man, no other child could make an…
Dear Vital Organs, →
dearmeat:
Dear Vital Organs,
I apologize for not taking care of you in the fashion that i should, but seriously you’ve just been ridiculous lately.
Spinal column, I have done nothing to you. Absolutely nothing and yet you’re treating me like one should an old lady. I should not be in discomfort like this at my current age….
Dear Xbox 360,
dearmeat:
Dear Xbox 360,
You are not allowed to die when a Sony lover is in my house. It’s hard to talk crap about the PS3 when you keep giving me the Red Ring of Death. Please do not repeat this behavior, or I may be forced to have a PS3 set up in your place.
Sincerely, Micro-softie
