February 2012
22 posts
Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing happened to...
gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a helpful discussion in terms of women and comedy.
Last night, I was...
writing
There are a million different reasons why writers write…why they take the time to put down words. Some are so outspoken in character that they can’t seem to say enough. They want to immortalize their thoughts on paper, on screens, on the minds of anyone who will care to read them. They want to continue the conversation always; to put pen to paper in hopes of eliciting a response, comment, or...
Quitting
punctuatethis:
That is the fundamental problem with writing: If you want your words to have any life whatsoever they cannot be held onto. Writing is a private thing, and it is hard, but there comes a time when you must stop shielding your words from all of the terrible things the world will say about them and let them out into the air to breathe.
“He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where...”
– Leo Tolstoy (via tractablethoughts)
“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.”
– Charles Baudelaire (via light-essence)
January 2012
15 posts
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known...”
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via thatkindofwoman)
December 2011
15 posts
“I’m an apology addict. Most women I know are similarly afflicted. We think our...”
– From Jezebel’s “I Am So Not Sorry About My Vagina, And Other Apologies We Should Retract” (via viewfrom22)
“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is...”
– Unknown (via therainyresistance)
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...”
– Oscar Wilde (via elige)
