April 2012
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Whenever I see blog posts talking about how much...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
alexandraerin:
xfirecorex:
You are not oppressed, not really. Sure, not everything is perfectly equal, but we’re a lot better than 50-100 years ago, and I think that a lot of Tumblr Justice fucktards should put that in perspective.
So, I’d like you imagine an oppressive totalitarian state. You know, evil empire, stormtroopers, etc. Hitler by way of Kafka kind of...
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heroes-get-made:
“This isn’t your typical love story…” opens the trailer for a movie about a white, heterosexual, cisgender, able-bodied, middle class, and likely loosely Christian couple who find each other through serendipity and a very small amount of actual work.
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eschergirls:
artificus submitted:
Hey! I just discovered this blog and LOVE it! Great, great job you do here! ^___^ All I wanted to say is, that there’s one thing I had to think of, when I saw a lot of these pictures, especially the ones where the spine seems to crack. And I’m really suprised nobody else seemed to see the similarity. Remember these guys?
Yay! The worm guys from Men in...
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“I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called...”
– Chris Rock
see, this is something that aforementioned idiot should listen to. if you think racial equality exists because we have the same purported opportunity to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, ask if we even started at the same point, when people of color didn’t even have the same...
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“Do [people who advocate censorship of the naked body] feel that they have to...”
– Saskia Vogel in Feministing (via ellielamothe)
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Star Trek: DOIN IT RONG
OH MY GOD FUCK THIS EPISODE SO MUCH
TOS was like the first TV show ever to have an African American actress in a seriously important role - that was fucking huge. that was groundbreaking.
Next Gen did still manage to cast a few POC (though apparently almost everyone is white anyway in the 24th century ummm yeah sure that makes total sense), and wouldn’t it have been nice if they had...
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“Like the fantasy of being thin, the desire to be pretty is backed by a...”
– Spilt Milk - Panic Over Pretty (via redefiningbodyimage)
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transstingray:
: And, a note on why I think “womyn” is a ridiculous word that makes you sound like you don’t know what you’re talking…
tiogar:
keepyourcorsetstight:
The logic is “women didn’t come from men! We don’t need the word men in our title!”
Well, according to many many sites, originally “man” meant human. That’s why in older text we see things like all...
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gy: And, a note on why I think "womyn" is a... →
transstingray:
tiogar:
keepyourcorsetstight:
The logic is “women didn’t come from men! We don’t need the word men in our title!”
Well, according to many many sites, originally “man” meant human. That’s why in older text we see things like all people being referred to as “man” or “mankind.”
Boy humans were called “werman” and girl humans were called “wifman.” This is why “werewolf” is a...
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When you use the word "womyn", you insult women.
transstingray:
synchroneity-:
Etymology lesson!
Once upon a time (back in the days of Old English) male humans were called weremen and female humans were called wifmen. Wereman meant “man” (this is still seen today in words like “werewolf”, which of course means “wolf man”) and wifman meant “wife of man”. The -man suffix relates to human.
Over time, the were part of wereman was dropped and...
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“People of color, women, and gays—who now have greater access to the centers of...”
– Teju Cole, The Atlantic (via ellielamothe)
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[warning: racist slur] Feminists .. y'all doin' it...
dank-potion:
If you tell a Muslim woman that her hijab (which she chooses to wear on her own terms) is oppressing her, you are wrong.
If you suggest to a woman that she doesn’t respect herself because of what she wears/does with her body, you are wrong.
If you agree with the use of the slogan “Woman is the Nigger of the World”, although black women have consistently stated their unhappiness...
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“For many years, sex work was a solution. I could work and go to school. I could...”
– I Lost My Job as a Teacher Because I Was Once a Call Girl Melissa Petro
As I get older I’m realizing, more and more frequently, that George Carlin was wrong about a lot of things. A lot of things. But he was absolutely right about sex work. Selling is legal. Sex is legal. Why is selling sex not...
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iphysianthe:
my mom’s argument against piracy is “well what if you wrote a book and one person bought it and then hundreds of people got to read it for free and you didn’t make any money!”
MOTHER YOU HAVE JUST DESCRIBED
LIBRARIES
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Anonymous asked: What are "radscum?"
lettherebecramp:
Radscum are a particularly nasty breed of radical feminist (i.e., those that are scum.) There’s a common misconception that “radical feminism” just means … well, any feminism that is radical. However, it refers to a specific kind of feminism that, in my experience, is characterized by rampant transmisogyny and a fuckton of internalized misogyny.
(To be fair, I’m sure there...
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"feminazi" vs "radscum"
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hedonisticparadise:
It’s disgusting to see feminists actually using the term “radscum”. How can you actually fucking justify this when you’re so vehemently against “feminazi”? Do you not understand that they both refer to women (and sometimes men) as less than human because we stand up for the rights of other women? Where’s the unity?
Yes, let’s all unite...
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Do not tell me to respect my body by covering it.
thebeautyofequality:
Do not tell me to respect my body by crossing my legs, keeping my knees together, my skirts long and my treatment of my body within your framework.
I respect my body by doing what I please with it.
I respect my body by loving it and all of the things it allows me to do.
I respect my body by being kind to the parts I sometimes don’t enjoy.
I respect my body by...
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Transgender Contestant Can Compete in Miss... →
transstingray:
projectqueer:
By Neal Broverman
Jenna Talackova
After being rebuked from groups like GLAAD, the Miss Universe Organization will allow Jenna Talackova, a transgender woman, to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant. “The Miss Universe Organization will allow Jenna Talackova to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant provided she meets the legal gender...
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“my fucking pussy doesn’t NEED TO SMELL LIKE SPRING FRESH ROSES AND DAISIES AND...”
– -dopegirlfresh on scented pads and tampons.
iCriedTears, plus that scented shit will give you an infection. no gracias.
(via baddominicana)
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE! thank you for quoting me, amor
<3!!!!!!
(via dopegirlfresh)
…I need this badassery on my blog.
(via kiriamaya)
Oh my god, this. so...
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Dear Tara Tiger Brown and Forbes: Go Away
teamvalkyrieftw:
“Dear Fake Geek Girls: Please Go Away.” Tara Tiger Brown, you should go away, for writing something like this, and Forbes, for you should go away, for hosting something like this.
The problem here isn’t that there are people who self-identify as geek but aren’t “real geeks.” The problem is this phenomenon of judging who is and isn’t a “real geek.” This snide derision is not...
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The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are... →
Shankara, like millions of other Indian farmers, had been promised previously unheard of harvests and income if he switched from farming with traditional seeds to planting GM seeds instead.
Prince Charles Distressed: Prince Charles has set up charity Bhumi Vardaan Foundation to address the plight of suicide farmers Beguiled by the promise of future riches, he borrowed money in order to buy the...
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April is the worst month
crown-of-weeds:
Hey, so, if you follow me, I have three really simple requests for you this month.
Please, please, please:
-DON’T “light it up blue”
-DON’T buy anything with a fucking puzzle piece on it
-DON’T donate to Autism Speaks.
April, as you might know, is Autism Awareness month. If you want to help, I’d urge you to follow Autism Acceptance Day, check out & donate to ASAN, and...
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“Fat acceptance isn’t saying that fat bodies are better. Fat acceptance isn’t...”
– An Open Letter to James, Who Thinks “Curvy Girls Are Better Than Skinny Girls” (via ellielamothe, ilovefat)
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Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat...
ellielamothe:
aatombomb:
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it....
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21% of adults think autism is caused by vaccines. →
harrycryirk:
Adulthood affects 100% of adults! Out of those poor people who suffer from adulthood, 21% will be rated “severely ignorant” or “incurably ignorant”. Help search for a cure for adulthood ignorance today! Wear orange on Friday! Wear your ignorance button today! Donate to Allism Speaks! Pull bullshit out of your ass in support!
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The Best Birth Control in the World is for Men. →
stfuconservatives:
bulletinaweave:
julierthanyou:
anniehinton:
The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years. A doctor applies some local anesthetic, makes a small pinhole in the base of the scrotum, reaches in with a pair of very thin forceps,...
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why is movie/tv birth always so clean and pretty
like you can just yell for a little bit and pop out a clean happy little human and everyone smiles at each other and goes home and drinks champagne.
WTF
the entire premise of this show is exhaustively dissecting the horrifyingly gruesome remains of brutally murdered people
and childbirth is too icky for you???
AAAAAAAGH FUCK THIS
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As a wheelchair user, there are a few things I'd... →
spacedino:
brightorangerain:
The wheel perspective Stella Young Ramp Up 27 Mar 2012
It doesn’t matter how we got like this. Really. Are you asking because you want to know or because you need to? If you’re just sitting next to one of us on the train, or taking our order at a cafe, you don’t actually need to know. If we’ve actually met and had a conversation beyond “Do you want honey with your...
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applesarefuckinghealthy:
but seriously look at this asshole
can i just say this is the kind of ‘social justice’ i wish i saw more of on the internet: friendly, funny articles on how to get along better with your fellow human beings. if this had been written as a call-out to the people whose gaffes had inspired it, it would’ve bummed me out without educating me. but this is sweet, sensible, and...
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