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Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:22:00 -0400

theatlantic: Why Do Mad Men Fans Hate Betty and Love Don? Few...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:10:53 -0400

Why Do Mad Men Fans Hate Betty and Love Don?

Few television characters have the ability to inspire such universal disdain as Mad Men’s Betty Francis. From her questionable approach to parenting to her vindictive, childish attitude, it’s no surprise Betty is the character fans most love to hate.

When it comes to her ex-husband, however, it seems fans just can’t get enough.

Despite his chronic womanizing, rampant alcohol abuse, and social prejudices, viewers have no problem sweeping Don’s imperfections under the rug. Of course he cheats on his wife. Everybody was cheating on his wife. Drinking to the point of oblivion on noon on a Monday? Sounds like a typical day at the office in 1960s America. And how about overt sexism, anti-Semitism and a general selfishness? Well, that’s just how things were back then. It was a different era.

Why doesn’t this excuse also apply to Betty? Like Don, she also embodies a postwar archetype—the quintessential white, upper-middle-class suburban housewife, who is polite and poised on the surface but carries looming anxiety and frustration underneath. Shouldn’t viewers cut her some slack, too?

Let’s say we do just that—evaluate Betty through the same historical lens as we do Don. How do the two stack up?

Read more. [Image: AMC]

That is so true. He’s such a douche but we love it. She can’t get away with anything.

pitchfork: Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen offers a stunning,...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:09:41 -0400

pitchfork:

Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen offers a stunning, church-based take on his solo song “Saint Nothing” as part of the latest edition of “Pitchfork Weekly”.

frankocean: suspicious black.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:08:25 -0400

frankocean:

suspicious black.

barackobama: President Obama to Betty White: Where’s your birth...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:54:33 -0500

barackobama:

President Obama to Betty White: Where’s your birth certificate?

barackobama: Just call it the Obama Bop. (h/t Brad in our...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:52:44 -0500

barackobama:

Just call it the Obama Bop. (h/t Brad in our inbox)

"Although I may try to describe Love, when I experience it, I am speechless."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:15:47 -0500

“Although I may try to describe Love,
when I experience it, I am speechless.”

- Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)

I want to start a Bon Iver cover band.

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:56:55 -0500

I want to start a Bon Iver cover band.

uzowuru: duh brizzle killed it one time for the 99 to the 2000,...

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:36:47 -0500

uzowuru:

duh brizzle killed it one time for the 99 to the 2000, yuh heard? waaaaaaaaaah! *new orleans accent

golfwang: Lego Took This.

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:42:49 -0500

golfwang:

Lego Took This.

Dexter…please don’t disappoint me.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:16:51 -0500

Dexter…please don’t disappoint me.

Linguine with pancetta, arugula, and thyme. (Taken with...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:35:39 -0500

Linguine with pancetta, arugula, and thyme. (Taken with instagram)

Taken with instagram

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:05:12 -0500

Taken with instagram

"But with that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve’s capacity for..."

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:10:40 -0400

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But with that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve’s capacity for wonderment, the artist’s belief in the ideal, the still more beautiful later.

Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.

Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.

Steve’s final words were:

OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.

”

- Mona Simpson’s eulogy to her brother Steve Jobs.

#occupywallstreet (Taken with Instagram at #OCCUPYWALLSTREET)

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:06:37 -0400

#occupywallstreet (Taken with Instagram at #OCCUPYWALLSTREET)

Steve (Taken with Instagram at Apple Store)

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:07:07 -0400

Steve (Taken with Instagram at Apple Store)

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet..."

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:06:00 -0400

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

- Steve Jobs

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Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:09:23 -0400

Watch This: The Steve Jobs' Think Different Tribute Video(via @Gizmodo)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:07:25 -0400

Watch This: The Steve Jobs' Think Different Tribute Video(via @Gizmodo):

Rather than writing his obituary , I thought it would be better to pay tribute to Steve Jobs by stealing one of his ideas. That’s why I made this last Think Different video, in memoriam.

The Classy Mayor

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:01:50 -0400

The Classy Mayor