December 2010
98 posts
Illusion of Truth →
azspot:
This is what psychologists call the illusion of truth effect and it arises at least partly because familiarity breeds liking. As we are exposed to a message again and again, it becomes more familiar. Because of the way our minds work, what is familiar is also true. Familiar things require less effort to process and that feeling of ease unconsciously signals truth (this is...
“I want to drink poisons, to lose myself
in mists, in dreams!”
– Diana, in The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Gustave Flaubert (via billyjane)
INTERSECTIONALITY THEORY →
malefeminist:
tabularasae:
Intersectionality theory is something that really interests me, seeing as a lot of what I write about are issues pertaining to race, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Intersectionality theory is the concept that cultural identifiers such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class, work in tandem with one another, contributing to the ostracism of...
“I want to grow up before I grow old.”
– John Wimber (via azspot)
“The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor...”
– Cioran (via billyjane)
