bits and pieces

In short:

Sady Doyle is right:

We don’t accept the apologies; we don’t acknowledge that people learn and change with time; we don’t do anything, ANYTHING, but act like bullies and decide that we’re going to be mean little shits to Target X on the Internet, forever and ever and ever, because he or she had a day where he or she just wasn’t feminist enough for us. It is only, only EVER, a form of hollow self-glorification; we only do it, only EVER do it, to give the message that we are Perfect Feminists and Target X is not. Just to prove that we’re better than someone else, we forbid everyone we know to mention a given name, unless an insult is attached to it.

This doesn't mean anger is unwarranted when something happens, but we demand absolute perfection of each other sometimes, and perfection isn't fair. People fuck up. I've fucked up. And yes, sometimes things do get to a point where someone doesn't seem to care about who they're hurting or it happens too many times, and fine, yes, I've distanced myself from people in those instances. But there has to be levels to this.

Brendon Urie is adorable (and right):

It’s really hard to say, “get out of the house, go be social, don’t be some weirdo. You know, get out there and just meet people”. It’s one of the hardest things to do, actually, is meeting people and going out in the world and seeing everything and experiencing it all.

Sometimes the fashion industry is great (and righteous):

Fast-fashion chain Uniqlo has donated $25.6 million to the Japanese Red Cross to help those impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, Time reports. President of Fast Retailing and Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai will donate $12.2 million from his own pocket and another $4.9 million will be taken from the company itself. The brand will also send $8.6 million-worth of clothing — including jeans, coats, towels and 300,000 pairs of its Heattech thermal underwear, Time writes.