awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:
Anthony Bourdain and the Black Keys
How to Get Your Book Banned in Arizona
Step 1: Write about people who aren’t white.
Step 2: THERE IS NO STEP TWO.
You will very rarely see me curse, tumblypoos, but…but…I mean, what the fuck? How is this even possible? This reads like an Onion article.
To be clear, it is now ILLEGAL to teach de la Pena’s novel (which I’ve read and which is excellent) in schools, not because the book contains violence or drug use or massively unerotic blow jobs, but because it contains Mexican American characters. (The protagonist of the novel is only half Mexican, but apparently that is too Mexican for Arizona.)
That’s it. That’s the whole reason it can’t be taught in schools.
Unbelievable.
From the article:
To get an independent assessment of the program, the state hired a consultant, for $110,000, to conduct an audit.
The audit found that while some aspects of the program needed changing, it was doing a good job. It noted that students who took Mexican-American studies were more likely to attend college, and that the program helped close the achievement gap.
The state ignored the audit, calling it flawed.
Arizona lol.
This is Kelly. If you met her a year ago you might of described her (in the nicest way possible) as “uptight.” But through a series of unorganized events we found ourselves at the top of a cliff in Obed, Tennessee over a huge body of water. And we jumped 20 feet into the freezing January water.
Kelly hasn’t been the same since. Every day she talks about taking advantage of life and decided to shave her head as a sign of that freedom- and because it’s been on her bucket list for years. This a preview for her video, which should be up this weekend or next.
Come back.
“It’s 2:34 in the morning, the party’s cleared out. Spent the bulk of the evening being yelled at by Kelly, for how wrong I was about everything that I’ve done. She’s probably right. But I didn’t really wanna spend the night getting yelled at.”
“Both people who have come through seem to think I suffer a broken heart, which…I don’t exactly know what I’m supposed to do with that, but, you know…maybe spend some time trying to work that out. Whatever that means.”
“So that’s the record. I’m very happy with it. I dunno. I feel like I learned a lot about myself as I did this, but I feel like I learned a lot about myself that makes me…scared of myself. I’ve obviously written this record for someone, and…and maybe she’ll hear it. One day. And hate me even more for it. Jack’s Mannequin, Everything in Transit. Enjoy it.”
I know the leukemia changed his voice, but I always forget it changed his hair.
He doesn’t seem to mind.
So apparently the fact that this shirt exists went viral today, the same day that I’m wearing it, and I can’t stop laughing cause I’ve had it for a few months now.
That’s mine. Give it.
awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:
Jay-Z, Rashida Jones, Kanye West, Kid Aziz Ansari, Justin Bieber, Kid Cudi and Tyler the Creator
“She separated the book from the middle, and slowly forced each side towards the table, letting the glue in the spine stretch and crackle, until it lay flat and still. ‘Look,’ she whispered, ‘there are words.’ Each step I took as I approached her gave a dull echo, rising from the faded hardwood floors into the arched ceiling, then back again. I squinted over her shoulder. ‘What does it say?’ She paused, letting my words dissipate to silence before deciding, ‘I don’t know,’ then raised the camera to her face. As her finger descended, the shutter snapped loudly once, and I watched as she wandered aimlessly away, satisfied.”
