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feminishblog: astrogasmic: Eddie Izzard on guns OMG. People...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:03:53 -0400

feminishblog:

astrogasmic:

Eddie Izzard on guns

OMG. People dont understand how much I love this man, and it hurts so. bad. :-)

trashfemme: miss—mystique: dorkly: The Sims Career Ladder I...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:59:29 -0400

trashfemme:

miss—mystique:

dorkly:

The Sims Career Ladder

I am crying

andrewpauldost: i just saw a post like “kids these days dont even know what a vhs is” like why do...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:57:48 -0400

andrewpauldost:

i just saw a post like “kids these days dont even know what a vhs is” like why do people think kids of modern day dont know about past events like i know what fucking morse code is but i dont use it to order a pizza

"Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:53:20 -0400

“Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time.”

- - JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)

"In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:59:09 -0400

“In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010).

Most minorities, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite differently. Colorblindness creates a society that denies their negative racial experiences, rejects their cultural heritage, and invalidates their unique perspectives.

”

- Monica Williams, Ph.D for Psychology Today, “Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism (via willworkforwords)

chronic-genderbender: “Those poor boys” “She deserves to be punished too.” “I’m not saying I...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:05:23 -0400

chronic-genderbender:

“Those poor boys”

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-“

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

“You talked to one of my lieutenants. He has, over the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:43:38 -0400

“You talked to one of my lieutenants. He has, over the years, played the role repeatedly and with great conviction. More often than not, he’s done so to protect my identity. Other times, it was because I suspected a potential client might.. struggle with my gender. As if men had a monopoly on murder.”

tr3ndyc00l: apparently my school made the senior dinner great gatsby themed because what better...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:22 -0400

tr3ndyc00l:

apparently my school made the senior dinner great gatsby themed

because what better theme for a graduation party than the inaccessibility of the american dream

bnkn62: chemicalbride: toke-s: this is crazzzy this is it...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:41:25 -0400

bnkn62:

chemicalbride:

toke-s:

this is crazzzy

this is it this is the gif i’ve been waiting my whole life to see i can die happy now

This is what Mahou Shoujo transformations are made of.

Popcorn.

marthajefferson: clashofthekhaleesi: Lockets...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:19 -0400

marthajefferson:

clashofthekhaleesi:

Lockets by MStevensonDesigns @ etsy

feministbecky: astro-stoner: I found this in my developmental...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:19:40 -0400

feministbecky:

astro-stoner:

I found this in my developmental psychology textbook.

And we wonder why our daughters don’t get excited about science.

thefrogman: Photos by Barry Bland/Rex Features [website] [h/t:...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:13:41 -0400

thefrogman:

Photos by Barry Bland/Rex Features [website]

[h/t: magicalnaturetour]

theamericankid: Koala’s response to being petted > Things...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:45 -0400

theamericankid:

Koala’s response to being petted

> Things like this really brighten up my day, never enough awww on tbfs.

That Feminist Dyke: ghettokaiba: According to tumblr social justice warriors, if you’re...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:09 -0400

That Feminist Dyke: ghettokaiba: According to tumblr social justice warriors, if you’re...:

thatfeministdyke:

iamkissedbyfire:

ghettokaiba:

According to tumblr social justice warriors, if you’re more than one of these things then your opinion is instantly invalid

straight

white

male

happy with the gender you were born with

thin

You know what? I’m tired of seeing these fucking smug posts going around. You obviously think you’re smarter than everyone else and you obviously feel victimized by the “social justice warriors” and fucking why? BECAUSE WE DON’T VALUE YOUR OPINION? boo fucking hoo. that’s not oppression, you whinebag.

You know what else? It isn’t hard to understand that if you’re male, you do not get to talk over women when it comes to feminist issues.

If you’re straight, you do not get to talk over LGB(and other) individuals when it comes to those issues.

If you’re WHITE, you don’t get to talk over people of color when it comes to matters of race.

If you’re cis, you don’t get to talk over trans* individuals about trans* issues.

If you’re thin, you don’t get to talk over fat individuals when it comes to those issues.

^I thought that was easy to understand, but apparently I had to lay it all out for you.

This is the whiniest bunch of bullshit I’ve seen in a long fucking time. Get the fuck over yourself, honestly.

theyalwayswantyoutoproveit: futurejournalismproject: White...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:34 -0400

theyalwayswantyoutoproveit:

futurejournalismproject:

White Men, Everyone Else: Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Cable News

Media Matters spent the month of April reviewing evening guests on cable news. The results, unfortunately, don’t surprise: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC “overwhelmingly host male and white guests.”

Read through for the details as the watchdog group breaks down the numbers for each network. We learn, for instance, that “Out of 1,677 total guests, CNN had the largest proportion of men — 76 percent — during the month of April;” and “Fox News had the largest proportion of white guests — 83 percent.”

Hat tip to Chris Hayes, whose show is the most diverse in cable evening news. And getting there isn’t very difficult. “We just would look at the board and say, ‘We already have too many white men. We can’t have more,’” Hayes told Ann Friedman at the Columbia Journalism Review back in March. “Really, that was it.”

Images: Diversity On Evening Cable News, via Media Matters. Select to embiggen.

and at the end of the day, native people and other genders still don’t exist.

girljanitor: indica-tor: POC who live here in America: I realize you’re hurt by the ignorant words...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:55 -0400

girljanitor:

indica-tor:

POC who live here in America:

I realize you’re hurt by the ignorant words of “white people” who don’t know what they’re talking about, and I’m sorry.

But I have a question for you. In this “land of the free”…aren’t you free? What are their words doing to you, unless you LET them affect you? I thought this was a free country, where people were allowed to speak their minds, and other people were allowed not to listen.

But maybe I was wrong. Maybe the words of people are so strong that it’s impossible to stand up against them. Which is sad, and basically means our country is full of weak people.

No matter what race or gender I am, I would never let people’s words affect me. Don’t you realize they’re just words? Words are not physical, they will not capture and torture you. They won’t keep you from getting a job (and if your race is keeping you from getting a job, that’s the owners problem, not every white person), and they won’t kill you.

Unless you let them.

So take pride in who you are and stop listening to stupid people. It’s that easy. Once you let go of worrying about what other people think, your life will be a hell of a lot easier. And a lot less stressful.

Empower yourself. Empower your own life.

“once you let go of ‘worrying what people think and say’, then magically all this will disappear! “

“RACISM CAN’T AFFECT YOU UNLESS YOU LET IT!!!”

“No matter what race or gender I am, I would never let people’s words affect me.”

How easy it is to sprout this bullshit when you’ve never actually experienced the effects of racial slurs and harassment. How easy. And nice victim-blaming, OP.

“Someone may throw racist slurs at you every day but it’s YOUR FAULT if you feel hurt!”

thelegendofgifs: I know, Link. Me too.

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:10:33 -0400

thelegendofgifs:

I know, Link. Me too.

darrynek: the nominees are leonardo dicaprio leonardo dicaprio leonardo dicaprio leonardo...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:43:08 -0400

darrynek:

the nominees are

leonardo dicaprio

leonardo dicaprio

leonardo dicaprio

leonardo dicaprio

leonardo dicaprio

and the winner is *opens envelope*

adele

durbikins: yooooo

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:24 -0400

durbikins:

yooooo

cyberthug13: grandma going to hell

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:57 -0400

cyberthug13:

grandma going to hell