And, so it goes.

The New Yorker picks 12 standout portraits published in the magazine in 2012.

Questlove by Kehinde Wiley, Photo credit: The New Yorker

Stefano Maderno – The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia (1610)

Kehinde Wiley – The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia (2008)

A+ parenting.

Y'all.

Jon Stewart gives Larry Wilmore the send-off he truly deserves

Book of the day: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

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49 people I will never forget.

This just broke my heart - my mom has never been anything but accepting of me, and now she’s frightened for my safety. This further hurts because of what it means for LGBT youths - accepting parents will be scared for their children and unaccepting ones will be able to hide behind the homophobia of others to stop their children from expressing themselves fully. Safe spaces for the LGBT community have been possibly irrevocably damaged.

“THAT’S MR FAGGOT TO YOU,” Heritage of Pride Parade, New York City, June 23, 1990. Photo by Robert (“themachinestops”). #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory #orlandopride #mood (at Fifth Avenue)

this is probably the best quote from anything ever

Basically

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  (via wordsnquotes)