Story of my life.
Raymond Peynet Illustration
Poster for The Galeries Lafayette, a French store. From Graphis Annual,1954/55.
This is amazing! What a beautiful way to live.
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Marilyn
How charming!
(Source: bulrich, via matchbookmag)
Utah bill would allow gay and unmarried couples to adopt
Sen. Ross Romero introduced a bill in Utah that would allow any unmarried couple living together to adopt a child.
Any two people living together, married or unmarried, could become the legal parents of a child, Romero explained. Perhaps his most controversial example includes “sisters who move in together” as people who could become a child’s two legal parents.
Balkan says the bill would have substantial impact on the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community by allowing them to adopt. But Romero says the bill is more than just about LGBT rights, but about parental rights, gay or straight.
“What this bill says is ‘I know what is best for my child and it will be judged on what’s in the best interest of the child,’” Romero explains.
Romero says the parent could be able to designate a co-parent to raise the child, whether that person is a sister, brother, or significant other.
It’s very unlikely this will pass, but certainly still worth talking about. What do you all think?
Working through some life issues…
It’s that time of the semester again…mid-terms. You know, those awful weeks where you question your life choices, you become a master at cooking or cleaning in the art of procrastination and most of all you think that all is coming to a dark end where happiness is but a figment of your imagination. Oh yes, I’m feeling it.
Stock photos of “happy” students studying. What lies!
Last night after eating a wonderful curry (S made it, of course) I sat in our cluttered living room (moving boxes) and stared abysmally at my laptop screen. More precisely, my international law notes. I felt awful. Reminiscent of the depression I was hit with last fall; I am and was scared by thought that it could come back.
Then this morning as I talked to a friend and I realized that it’s just mid-terms! Thank the lord it’s not depression again.
Back to the living room scene - S said something that made me think: I’m always depressed when I’m studying. Then logically, if I’m not studying I am happier. There is some truth to that. But, what struck me the hardest is that I always identified as an academic person. I’ve had some academic success. A better-than-average average, but it’s not spectacular. I’ve concentrated on school in order to have more opportunities later. Like getting into a good M.A. or something. (Interesting that I can’t imagine what the benefits are to having a good average besides getting into more school.) But, now that I’m questioning that plan and I’m going through “student’s block” and now the realization hits me square in the face that perhaps studying isn’t my favourite thing to do! As in, maybe this isn’t what I should concentrate or value so greatly in my life.
I love to learn and read, but I like it casually on my own or with people, socially. I hate exams. I can write essays though. Exams just don’t go very well for me.
I think what this means is that I need a break from school. I should not jump into a Masters right away.
Now how will I explain this to my university-loving, risk-averse, loving but protective parents… :S
The perfect place to write a journal entry.
(via fromdeath)
Fashion photography by Nina Leen, New York City, 1953.
So incredibly fabulous. Makes me think of all the 60’s themed TV shows out nowadays. The nostalgia for better days, simplicity, opportunity and discovery sure is strong. I love the way these shows portray that time as glamorous with the costumes, light and decor. But, was it really this swell? I think these shows remove us far from reality of the time. Segregation, the Civil Rights movement, institutionalized sexism, the Cold War, colonization and the upheavals of de-colonization to just name a few… Some things are better today. Maybe not perfect like this model’s outfit and alabaster skin. I don’t think we should forget that as we grow ever more nostalgic.
(Source: vintage-glam-2.livejournal.com)
Denmark will hopefully legalize marriage equality
The Copenhagen Post recently reported that legislation will be introduced in Denmark early next year to legalize same-sex marriages.
Same-sex couples are currently recognized as being entered into partnerships, but the new legislation would allow them to be married under the law and have weddings in the Church of Denmark.
Almost 70% of Denmark supports marriage equality. Civil unions have been legal there since 1989.
“The first same-sex weddings will hopefully become reality in Spring 2012. I look forward to the moment the first homosexual couple steps out of the church. I’ll be standing out there throwing rice,” said church minister Manu Sareen to the local Jyllands-Posten newspaper, according to the Post.
This would be fantastic. Fingers crossed!
