"To me, it’s too much work. I’m a different generation. The women stay home and take care of family and the man. Heck no. If a man asked me for a cup of coffee, I’d say, ‘Well, there’s the kitchen.’"

The most gangster 80-year-old woman in the world, on why she doesn’t date, as featured in Arianne Cohen’s new book, The Sex Diaries Project. See: What 1,500 Bedroom Diaries Can Teach Us About Sex (The Daily Beast)

"She did the Secretary of State job, she was a G, she held it down, she didn’t cry."

Ice-T, on why Hillary Clinton will be the first female president

"It seems the department still considers the potato a second-class vegetable."

A spokesman for the National Potato Council, irked that — despite a failed USDA attempt to limit potato use in new school lunch guidelines — potatoes are still passed over in favor of greener, leafier vegetables. (via bencrair)

(Source: newsweek)

good:

Is Sweden’s Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?

Sweden’s Vittra Telefonplan says goodbye to the “conventional classroom” and focuses on creative design. This means in place of desks, there are “sitting islands,” and students can collaborate with peers in “the village”—a tiny house for group work.

Check it out on GOOD→ 

The Swedes. Amazing.

neighborhoodr-eastvillage:

darrenmartinphotography:

Hank, owner of the now deceased Mars Bar in the East Village, New York City.

Previously on Mars Bar

Gotta admit it did cross my mind…

(Source: thenewhotness)

From SINGULAR BEAUTY, a haunting look inside cosmetic surgery offices, by Newsweek photo editor Cara Phillips. She’s funding her first solo photography book via public donations on Kickstarter, and is $2,500 shy of her goal with three days to go.

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Center, devoted to nonviolent social change, released on its website today some 200,000 never-before-seen documents from King’s life, including his transcript from Harvard, correspondence with President Kennedy, scribbled notes, telegrams, photographs, letters from his wife, and so on.

It’s laid out beautifully and is pretty amazing to see.

suicideblonde:

At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women by Sally Mann, 1983-1985

(Source: moderngirlblitz)

bohemea:

TLC - Red Light Special

I like ‘em attentive
And I like ‘em in control

theswingingsixties:

Nicole de la Marge for Paris Vogue, 1966. Photo by Guy Bourdin.

(Source: hollyhocksandtulips)

"When I was managing the Tumblr of Newsweek magazine, I had two goals,” told Mark Coatney, who has since been hired by Tumblr and became their “media evangelist.” “The first was to provide Newsweek, whose readers have an average of 57 years, to an audience who do not read."

In which something is lost, but much is gained, through Google Translate. (via markcoatney)

fuckyeah1990s:

do we even need an election in 2012 after seeing this photo? GIVE HIM ALL THE PRESIDENTS

East Village, NYC