February 2011
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i unironically like "never gonna give you up"
“In his analysis of children’s programming, Mark Barner found that women are...”
– Social Problems
Anna Leon-Guerrero
(via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
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Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. →
hitrecordjoe:
We Americans are giving the Egyptian government shit for trying to block information. Meanwhile, American cable companies refuse to offer this world-renowned news source, which would be the best place on TV for us to see what’s going on over there.
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“In the rush to explain Saturday’s tragic shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle...”
– Richard Benedetto for Fox News (via reallyfoxnews)
“Limit free speech”? So asking people to evaluate that what they say to a very large audience and present as fact has real world consequences?
That’s like saying car manufacturers are limiting driving by including brakes. You’ve got to be fucking...
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Watchbrooklynmutt:
New PETA Super Bowl ad: Brilliant or sexist? - AMERICAblog
What is this nonsense?
Yet again: proud vegetarian here saying “Fuck you, PETA.”
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January 2011
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“Think about it this way: if eating were simply about getting the nutrients we...”
– Sexual Response & Orgasm: A Users Guide | Scarleteen
Gotta love a great metaphor.
(via sexisbeautiful)
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“Obviously, there are many things about the U.S. economy that make it far...”
– Wonk Room » Income Inequality In The U.S. Is Worse Than In Egypt (via meganwest)
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We need to defend ethnic studies →
The year has started off badly for those of us who value the teaching of history, diversity, free thought and respect for others.
On Jan. 1, a law went into effect in Arizona that effectively bans ethnic studies.
This insidious law, known as HB 2281, threatens true education and academic development for all students. And it intensifies the glare of contempt against minorities.
For instance,...
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Reblog if you want someone to put a song in your... →
tranzient:
kalemason:
tiaramerchgirl:
Ooh yes! Give me a playlist!
oh cool idea
this sounds neat.
I love this idea. Fellow music nerds, have at it!
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janedoe225:
my friend is a total druggie. she does pot, e, and some drugs i have never heard of. but she’s rich and white. we were having this discussion about drugs in class and i told her i wouldn’t do drugs because it’s illegal. i was like, i’m sure drugs are fucking awesome, but i’m black so…no thanks.
she didn’t get what i meant. i was trying to tell her that poc are targeted more by...
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Re: Periods
erikawithac:
obsessionful:
erikawithac:
[snip]
I’m still processing all this, but I’m pretty sure I agree with everything you’re saying. I find it incredibly interesting that emotional differences is not necessarily cross-cultural. Periods affect hormones and hormones affect emotional responses, am I correct (no, really, am I? this seems both completely right and wrong in my head)? I’m...
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There's period stuff on my dash.
erikawithac:
yestimgunn:
The following is about me. This is not about anyone else, privilege-checking anyone or anything, usual disclaimers, blah. I’m just going to overshare for the moment in case it can help anyone, because yeah.
Do I sound tired and kind of dragged down about this? Yeah, and there’s a reason. It’s called endometriosis. Right now it’s stolen the last three days and I...
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Alright, LostGrrrls has been going for almost a year now, and I’ve JUST finally attracted some trolls. I have no idea where they came from, because it was completely out of the blue, but I’ve had 4 strangers post on the recent Sarah Palin rant… What’s even weirder is it’s not like that rant really picked up any steam on tumblr at ALL, so I honestly have no idea where...
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Feeling sick to my stomach
The past 48 hours, despite a brief reprieve at the Jimmy Eat World show last night, has been incredibly frustrating on so many fronts. But even that Jimmy Eat World show was awkward in a way. (Note to self: that’s a band NOT to see with guys you’ve dated. Even if they WEREN’T a band you were listening to, to cope with that specific breakup, it feels really, really weird to be...
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Fifteen Minutes With You: Feminist songs! →
reelaroundthefountain:
lostgrrrls:
reelaroundthefountain:
The following is my feminist music (five! whole! songs!) plus everything that everyone else wonderfully recommended.
From me:
When I Was A Boy - Dar Williams
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
Flirting - Jess Klein
Respect - P!nk
18 Wheeler - P!nk
From femonster:
Not a Pretty Girl - Ani Difrano…
Alright, so… If anyone would like a mix...
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Got a few disqus responses to this reblog →
I don’t know what brought all the trolls to the yard suddenly, and I probably shouldn’t be feeding them, but here goes. That post had none of my own words, it was simply a reblog I agreed with, but I still feel the need to tackle these.
From Albanygrrl:
Okay, you fucked up. Sarah Palin has brought more clarity to women’s rights than anyone else has in the past decade. She...
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Fifteen Minutes With You: Feminist songs! →
reelaroundthefountain:
The following is my feminist music (five! whole! songs!) plus everything that everyone else wonderfully recommended.
From me:
When I Was A Boy - Dar Williams
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
Flirting - Jess Klein
Respect - P!nk
18 Wheeler - P!nk
From femonster:
Not a Pretty Girl - Ani Difrano…
Alright, so… If anyone would like a mix (digital or CD), let me...
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“The new cohort of young women—those in their 20s and early thirties—is much...”
– this quote is great, but it masks the actual resentment that Katha Pollitt has for younger feminists. Read this piece here and her more condescending one here. (via thefeministhub)
For real, though, I have the internet to thank for my new awareness.
A Rant: Thoughts on Femininity and Sexuality
iwatchtheworldoutside:
One of the most troubling aspect of growing up girl is how I was taught to view myself, as a girl and later as a woman. The messages I carried into my adult life…
The shame we are taught to feel about who we are and our power…contained mainly through our sexuality. It is such an taboo subject. Female sexuality… some men do not understand it. Some women seek to...
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"What none of these feminists seem to be able to... →
sybilvanewasill:
this presses my rage-button quite effectively. i’ve read it a few times before, but dear lord i still want to deliver a swift kick in the pants to this cassy fiano woman.
feminism is relevant. women are still not paid the same as men, it is still considered an insult to call a man “girly”, “feminine” or “a pussy”, women are still taught that they are the ones who must avoid...
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Does anyone know any feminist songs?
reelaroundthefountain:
I’m making a playlist and so far it has
“Flirting” by Jess Klein
“When I Was A Boy” by Dar Williams
“Respect” by P!nk
“18 Wheeler” also by P!nk
“I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy
And that is all. And I only really really like the first two songs on the list. So that’s sad.
I have no idea who Jess Klein and Dar Williams are, so our tastes may clash, but I have a pretty...
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Bechdel badass
kungfucarrie:
psychotropicpolitics:
I’m going to make a movie in which there are only two male characters and they spend their only scene together talking about their feelings about a lady. Also eating ice cream.
Meanwhile, the female characters will go on a stylized killing spree.
I have long wanted to make a variety of genre movies (buddy cop, sympathetic bad guy, romance, etc. etc.)...
bareyrteeth asked: Hmm, the barbie does look very similar, but you're right: there are millions of girls with that style. But the barbie comes with a tattooed cello! Roll out the lawyers, I say.
http://dyingscene.com/wp-content/uploads/horrorpops-barbie.jpg
http://dyingscene.com/wp-content/uploads/horrorpops-barbie.jpg
if you know anyone in egypt.
reelaroundthefountain:
carpe-cerevisi:
If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.
Again, reblogging for anyone who...
Enough.
haterina:
pianycist:
kiriamaya:
It is not anti-feminist to talk about transphobia in feminist writings and spaces.
It is not transphobic to object when a trans woman mocks your disability.
It is not ableist to ask an autistic person to call you by the correct pronouns for you.
It is not rape-apologist to have misgivings about donating to an organization that partners with transphobic...
744
cheeky666:
thegayrepublican:
Days left and Obama goes down in the History books right above Woodrow Wilson for WORST President in History.
Progressivism doesn’t work in America sorry. Try… no wait… don’t try again just GTFO and let someone with some common sense in :) *cough* Haley Barbour *cough*
You are right, Sabo. This country doesn’t need progress. Fuck environmentalism, fuck civil...
Watchkitchenknivesandcherrybombs:
thedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: World-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse “Pluto Killer” Tyson explains to Stephen Colbert and viewers named Bill O’Reilly what really makes sea levels rise and fall.
(Spoiler Alert: It’s not God.)
[colbert.]
cleanliness is next to Himliness
A-mazing.
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Need a good resource to easily debunk arguments... →
So… Definitely recently got into an argument with a climate change denier who’s completely unconvinced.
On my hunt for resources that AREN’T academic papers, and therefore would be easier for most people to follow (myself included), I came across the above link. So awesome. Thank you, internet.
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I'm just...
tranzient:
I’m just not amused by people who like an author so much that they try to minimize the bad things done because they have some deep emotional attachment to their novel(s). Like, I know it’s hard to see the author as anything other than a Literary Genuis, but they are people and their words do effect people.
I mean, when I found out that Orson Scott Card didn’t believe in same-sex...
The most frustrating part is that...
I know this bill, in all likelihood, won’t become law. I have to believe that.
But what scares me to the point of tears is that it shows me exactly what these politicians think of me and how little they actually care about me simply because I have a working uterus. It’s terrifying and really makes me feel like a future similar to that which Margaret Atwood portrays in “The...
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Birth control pills using 24-day regimen may be... →
To which I say, “Is this any surprise?”
German researchers examined a database of 52,218 U.S. women using oral contraceptives to look at what types of pills the women were using and the failure rates, meaning that an unintended pregnancy occurred. The study found that women on a 24-day regimen containing drospirenone had lower failure rates compared with the standard 21-day regimen...
Side Note: There are 731 notes on the "forcible...
sadydoyle:
Would anyone be up for a #DearJohn (or #DearBoehner) campaign, if we decided to make it happen?
Does Boehner actually use his twitter? Then yes.