March 2012
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Culture matters
sunisup:
Sometimes I hear people say that racism/sexism/etc in culture isn’t important or worth criticizing. ”Oh it’s just a book,” they say. ”It’s just a crappy TV show.” ”It’s just a commercial.”
This argument always baffles me. It’s like if you put poison into a fish-tank and then say “Oh well I didn’t poison the fish, I just poisoned the water.” The fish lives in the water, dumbass;...
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“I did tell them to take her cuffs off, and once they were in my ambulance I made...”
– Tales from a medical professional in Phoenix, Arizona. Just so you know the human rights abuses in our own country. (via designislaw)
Holy shit. Does anyone know the source of this? This is fucking insane.
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“[W]e use the term ‘Indian peoples’ or ‘American Indian’ peoples rather than...”
– Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart Jr., Can We All Get Along?: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
I admit to being guilty of using the term “Native American” because I thought it was the preferred nomenclature of American Indians, while being partially unaware of its white...
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Archie Comics vs Million Moms on the Topic of Gay...
teamvalkyrieftw:
… otherwise known as “marriage.”
So I think we all know by now that in 2010, Archie Comics introduced Kevin Keller, an openly gay man living in Riverdale. His introduction was so popular that the comic sold out, and it was the first time they ever had to do a reprint. Recently, Kevin Keller got married, and it’s possible they’ll have to do another reprint, because that one...
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“Young women of color who read this book rejoiced at finally finding a book with...”
– Michigan high school student Eva Hattie L. Schueler on The Hunger Games film adaptation was published by the Huffington Post. ‘Hunger Games’ Casting: Why Jennifer Lawrence Shouldn’t Play Katniss (via racebending)
oh i guess i did hear right after all
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Asking for it
ellielamothe:
notafraidofruins:
You’re walking down the street and you’re wearing a UFC shirt. I want to fight you. I don’t know why you’re wearing it. Maybe you’re a fan but you don’t actually fight yourself, maybe you just really like the way that shirt looks or feels on you, or maybe you even LOVE to fight, but you don’t necessarily want to fight right now, and you don’t necessarily want to...
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“shame is not a catalyst for change; it is a paralytic. Anyone who has ever...”
– What’s wrong with fat-shaming?
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Lakota Indians cancel treaties with US gov’t →
yourserenehighness:
anonymissexpress:
In a bold and unprecedented move, representatives of the Lakota Freedom Delegation recently declared the Lakota Nation is formally and unilaterally withdrawing from all agreements and treaties with the government of the United States.
“We are no longer citizens of the United States,” said longtime indigenous rights activist Russell Means at a press...
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“Women who are too sexual aren’t taken seriously, and women who aren’t sexual...”
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Yay horribly crippling societal standards of femininity!
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long sigh.
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always reblog this
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“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com
YES.
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You’re free to believe that fetuses are people if that makes you happy, but you know who’s definitely people, no questions, no debate? ACTUAL PEOPLE.
People who are already living their lives. Not just people...
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“What is more troubling than this oddly timed debate about birth control is the...”
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The Alienable Rights Of Women - The Rumpus.net (via rachelfershleiser)
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Joplin Globe Madness: THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT PAYING...
kajedheat:
I appreciate Kay Bradley’s reality check in Sunday’s paper. I especially appreciate the sheer effort she put in journeying from her reality into ours.
In our clamoring for our sweet, sweet child support money and abortion parties, we often forget just how lucky we are here, in the world’s #37th best country for health care. I forgot how easy it was to get birth control. I forgot...
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“As you almost definitely know by now, Rush Limbaugh made waves last week with...”
– Let’s Stop Insulting People By Comparing Them To Sex Workers (via sexworkerproblems)
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[mild trigger warning: sexual violence, abuse]...
fromonesurvivortoanother:
Often when I see introductory conversations about feminism/women’s studies, it is prefaced over and over again with “we’re not about hating men!”
On a conceptual level, this is very true— feminism is about getting rid of socially constructed gender roles, period. Not hating men. Men do get hurt by patriarchal ideas (not being able to express emotion, being overly...
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Responding to the ‘Turn Off the Blue Light’ sex... →
Some interesting commentary on the posters I posted earlier.
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The Complete Superheroine
eschergirls:
bob-artist submitted:
I haven’t been watching the Eschergirls blog for that long, but I’m extremely grateful for all the artwork that’s been posted here. It’s given me a chance to learn from sequential art masters, as well as reputable how-to books. I’ve paid attention to the techniques shown in both of these venues, and I think I now have a handle on how to draw the essential...
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also i love it when white people barge in to...
velocicrafter:
neetainari:
Bitch, every white tear I jerk out of you is a real difference as far as I’m concerned. Because the real revolutions start with SPEAKING OUT.
This is a known pattern of the colonizer: The desperate need to set the terms and rules of engagement and defining our own decolonization for us. Not because they want to enter into discussion, but because they want any and...
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Guys, guys.
anedumacation:
The point of that post wasn’t that homoerotic subtext is meaningless or imagined, its that it isn’t enough.
(And I fucking side-eye anyone who tries to use this discussion to claim that fangirls need to find a better hobby than slash fiction — it completely marginalizes all the queer people who care about gay subtext. Also, its just fucking gross to be THAT angered by people who...
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“When we understand that privileged people derive material benefits from the...”
– Peter Gelderloos (via mutualaddiction)
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But What If I Want To Be Eaten? →
hitrecord:
Text by JulesKD
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“I see you have fine taste,”
the Wolf said, eyeing my basket of flowers,
“step off of the path, if you’d like to,
and we’ll while away a few hours.”
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“Don’t do it!” the Huntsman cried out,
“Think of your honor, your virtue!
He’s a jerk, you don’t know any better.
Come with me, and I never will hurt you.”
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A typical Nice Guy, the Huntsman:
his aim is...
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What The Hunger Games is about: tyranny, revolution, courage, love, growing up, identity, poverty, hunger, class conflict, sacrifice
What the media thinks The Hunger Games is about: a steamy love triangle
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The Difference Between Private and Public Morality
robertreich:
Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state.
But America’s problem isn’t a breakdown in private morality. It’s a breakdown in public morality. What Americans do in their bedrooms is their own...
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“Free speech as a legal concept only guarantees you the right to speak. It...”
– “Not Okay”: MovieBob on Sexism and Harassment in Nerd Culture. (via jerrymuffinbutt)
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“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to...”
– Bertrand Russell (via transstingray)
This is just one of the best quotes ever, period.
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what the fuck, legend of the seeker
what the actual fuck
abusers are secretly good on the inside when they’re your fambly!! you should forgive them bcuz they love you even though they kept you living in terror for years!!! and if you don’t forgive your rapist you will turn EVIL
also “as afraid as you were of me, I was more afraid of you” YES BECAUSE IT’S TOTALLY...
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J.K. Rowling: Billionaire to millionaire →
grace-is-a-potterhead:
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dreamingdingledodie:
“One of the world’s wealthiest women, J.K Rowling, has given so much money to charity she can no longer claim billionaire status.
The Harry Potter author has fallen down the Forbes rich list because of her charitable giving, the business magazine said.”
Just one more reason why JK Rowling will forever be one of my heroes.
HAS...
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The psychological poverty trap →
liquidiousfleshbag:
unknowablewoman:
Shafir has proved that anyone faced with adverse conditions will consistently make bad economic decisions. An experiment he conducted with Mullainathan and Zhao placed financially-savvy Princeton students from prominent families under the stressful and rushed conditions that poor people face every day. They were given questions to answer in a series of...
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“One overlap, though, between prison rape of men and non-prison rape of women is...”
– Is the United States the only country where more men are raped every year than women?
this article. read it.
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“I’m pro-choice because the personhood of a embryo/fetus is irrelevant: no person...”
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“Funny (read: fucking infuriating) thing about this: where female pleasure is...”
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