“Contemporary productions of “fallen woman” operas have two key elements: burgers, like the burger wallpaper in Ana Nicole that can’t be taken seriously, and bulldozers, like the bulldozers in the first act of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk that make you think, wow, they are really going for it. Anna Nicole is 80% burgers to 20% bulldozers. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is 40% burgers to 60% bulldozers.”

“When I went outside he was still there. He was laying on the hood of a car just waiting for me to come fuck him. But an officer grabbed me and threw me back inside, because it’s a jail, and even though they didn’t have enough handcuffs for all of us we were still supposed to stay inside it.”

“If you’re wealthy, white, and male, you’re a non-marginalized member of society regardless of your sexuality. The Marriage Equality Act doesn’t help a homeless transgender person of color find a place to sleep at night. It does a lot of good for a lot of people, but it’s not a panacea for the gay community. The fight for marriage equality was a battle fought by rich white men, for rich white men.”

““Instagram released its advertising API to third parties last month and is already posting some positive numbers. Instagram’s clickthrough rate for August thus far is 1.5%, almost double that of Facebook, its parent company. At 42 cents, its average cost-per-click is two cents higher than Facebook’s.””