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life:
Not published in LIFE. Gay rights event, 1971.
In late 1971, two years after the Stonewall riots in New York sparked the modern gay rights movement in America, and twelve months before LIFE ceased publishing as a weekly, the magazine featured an article on “gay liberation” that, seen a full 40 years later, feels sensational, measured and somehow endearingly, deeply square all at the same time.
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“Vigilance is but one step away from paranoia. Vigilant people notice that you’ve taken an extra 10 minutes for lunch and report you to the boss. Vigilant people sniff marijuana in your backyard and call the authorities. Since they have no life of their own, they delight in ruining the lives of others.” — Tom Hodgkinson, Utne Reader
From the always cereberal, sometimes hay-feverish LQ contributor Colin Dickey, George Beard’s chart of American Nervousness from 1881.
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“Flawed as they were, for a little while [presidential nominee] debates may actually have been more important to voters than political ads and campaign spending. But the balance has shifted back.” — Sam Ross-Brown, Utne Reader
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“Nowhere is actually where everything is. Your mind is here. Unlike a spring break in Barcelona with friends, drinking and dancing your consciousness away (trust me, I’ve been there), this is where your perspective dwells. Nowhereness reminds me how insignificant my life is and how important the questions about toenails and trees really are in the grand scheme of things. I think of Brianna in the first grade, how she vomited after accidentally swallowing her Lee Press-On Nail in gym class and how I told her not to be embarrassed as I helped her to the office. I’m really glad I did that.” — Courtney E. Martin on road trips, Utne Reader
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