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“Elegance is acceptance, often when all has ended in disappointment. There is...”
– On Elegance
One of the best articles I’ve read in awhile. Click through, it’s worth your time.
“I think it’s great for two people to be together. That is a good number. I...”
– Henry Rollins (via actioncityzoolife)
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has systematically held diamond prices at levels far greater than...
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Although I have much work left to do these last two of school, my Tumblr crush was resurrected after a group project (on Tumblr, yes. My school is pretty rad. It was specifically for my Social Psychology of Consumer Behaviour class) Check it out here if you care to have a peek, the more in depth stuff is a few pages in.
+ School projects are going really well; my critiques this week went better...
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“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
– Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (via nedhepburn)
A Brief History of African Stereotypes, Part 1:... →
kateoplis:
Everything you know about Africa is wrong.
No, no, not you in particular. I’m thinking about a more general “you” — the American “you,” the Western “you,” and even the 18- to 22-year-old “you” who enrolls in my introductory African history classes.
When I allow myself to think about it, it seems as though I spend as much time un-teaching African history as teaching it.
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