May 2012
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“Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the...”
– John Scalzi tells it like it is. (via neil-gaiman)
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Lamenting The Friend Zone, Or: The “Nice Guy”... →
fozmeadows:
Everyone’s heard of friendzoning – even if they don’t know the word, they sure as hell know the concept. It’s what happens time and again to unfortunate Nice Guys who, despite being nothing but sugar and spice to the girls they love, are nonetheless denied the sexual relationships they so obviously deserve and are instead treated like platonic equals – a terrible, unfair fate spawned...
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“[A] person convicted of a crime today might lose his right to vote as well as...”
– James Forman, Jr., Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow, 87 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 21, 28–31 (2012). (via letterstomycountry)
i don’t like the gendered language because i realize men face this more but, not only. however, this isn’t wrong at all.
(via strugglingtobeheard)
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secretsofthedisabled:
kittiesinqueerland:
Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical
“What Is NT?
Neurotypical syndrome is a neurobiological disorder characterized by preoccupation with social concerns, delusions of superiority, and obsession with conformity.
Neurotypical individuals often assume that their experience of the world is either the only one, or the only correct one....
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I finally figured out a term for this
queerandpresentdanger:
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fromonesurvivortoanother:
You know how white liberal people are so quick to support gay marriage, but then they completely ignore things like violence against GSM people of color, or higher rates of GSM youth incarceration, abuse, and homelessness, or there being no legal protections for being fired or evicted for being gay or non-binary?
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‘Trayvon Martin’ gun range targets sold out in two... →
queerandpresentdanger:
sinidentidades:
A person selling gun range targets modeled after slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin says that their “main motivation was to make money off the controversy.”
WKMG’s Mike DeForest reported on Friday that the unidentified seller told him that the targets “sold out in 2 days.”
“The response is overwhelming,” the seller said.
While the item appears to have...
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CONTENT WARNING (rape): he bought you dinner, you...
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jsohcable:
otherwise why did you go on the date? he didn’t do it to spend time with you, you’re a shrill dullard. he doesn’t give a shit about your AA hire career, he actually earned his position. he went on the date because he wants sex. you went on the date because you’re a conceited gold...
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favoritezipper:
When they’re making a movie about men they make a movie about lifting a house into the sky with balloons and traveling across the world, or about a lonely garbage robot with a heart of gold (so to speak.) When they’re making a movie about girls they make a movie about the restrictions placed on girls, and how this one! special! girl! will fight the (other women) people enforcing...
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Argentina makes sex-change surgery a legal right
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redlightpolitics:
I woke up to this and you know, I did a little dance. Since this happened a few hours ago, in the middle of the night of most of Europe and the US, mainstream media hasn’t yet picked on it much. From San Jose Mercury News:
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina will be able to get...
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Why "douchebag" is an awesome insult:
niaili:
When you call someone a douchebag, what you’re literally saying to them is,
“You think you’re so great, but your existence is actually totally unnecessary and your main function is probably toxic. Also you shouldn’t be allowed near anyone’s genitalia.”
oh god, I love this so much
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“Some ask “Why can’t you people just all be Hispanic?” Same reason that all white...”
– Cheech Marin: What Is A Chicano? (via themaykazine)
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dionthesocialist:
The notion that it doesn’t matter who the President is is a big square on the privilege bingo card. For white men, no, it really doesn’t matter who the President is, because they’ll be fine regardless, but for those of us whose lives are on the line based on the decisions the President makes, or the policies the President pushes for, it fucking matters...
