Ancient Grains Archive
A Mini-Post About The Trans* Series
Ancient Grains, LGBT
Jan 17, 2014
Hi gang! As you know, we've had the first installment of The Trans* Series, a fantastic piece by Parker Molloy, and I just wanted to touch base about a little concern of mine, and to let you know about another option for writers.
As I've mentioned in the comments here
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Femslash Friday: Kim/Lindsay on Freaks and Geeks and “Lesbian Jawline”
Ancient Grains, LGBT
Jan 17, 2014
Almost every gay(ish) woman has a Kim Kelly in her past. You met in adolescence; probably in middle or high school, possibly in college but certainly no later. Your lives were deeply and intimately intertwined -- although you may or may not have had an overtly romantic relationship, everyone who knew the
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A Guide to the SCP Foundation
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Jan 17, 2014
The SCP Foundation is a wiki of purposefully disturbing stories and images. Click any (NSFW) links in this piece at your own risk!
I’ve never understood why creepiness was regulated to Halloween. January, to my mind, is an infinitely more disturbing season. The sun all but disappears, and on my ever-darker walk home
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Link Roundup!
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Jan 17, 2014
I literally just asked if such a thing existed on Twitter, and here it is!
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Block away, darling. Block away. It makes you feel alive, like smoking Marlboro Reds in the rain.*
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On Loss: Four Moments in Time
Ancient Grains, Writing
Jan 16, 2014
1. 2005
I didn’t know it was the last time I was talking to him so I didn’t know to pay attention to everything: the view out the window, the chill in the air, the way that particular moment would come to just smell like finals week of college, the exact ...Read More
Before Bambi
Ancient Grains, Animals
Jan 16, 2014
Previously: Before Peter Pan.
Things had gotten weird almost immediately. "Spring is a really busy time for me," he told her -- seemingly out of nowhere, as if it were self-explanatory -- a few minutes after she broke the news.
"Okay," she said slowly. "What does that mean, exactly?"
"I just can't say if
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Let Me Tell You About My Startup
Ancient Grains, Humor
Jan 16, 2014
You’re a UX Designer? No way. The startup I work for is looking for a UX Designer. Or, I should say, a “UX Grenadier.” Someone who can “drop crazy bombs down the hatch of traditional user analytics.” That’s actually a quote from our job ad. Pretty wacky, huh? Well, that’s only the
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A Guide To K-pop Girl Groups
Ancient Grains, Music
Jan 16, 2014
So now you’ve had a year to get “Gangnam Style” out of your head, and meanwhile Korean pop music has moved on. Have no fear: here’s a guide to finding the music you didn’t know you wanted, assuming you are not already a K-pop expert.
There are plenty of interesting male groups working,
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