December 2010
three words →
Okay then, I’ll play.
“As I’m sure you know, a good night’s sleep helps you perform well in school, and...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy (via mooradley)
“As I’m sure you know, a good night’s sleep helps you perform well in school, and...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy (via mooradley)
heroics:
Almost all of us enjoy something that’s problematic. There is almost always some issue in our favorite comics, television shows, films, books, etc. And you’re free to like them! I mean, I really like The Vampire Diaries, which is filled with LOADS of suspect stuff (on top of being a CW show, but whatever). Vehemently defending the problematic elements in something doesn’t make you a...
heroics:
Almost all of us enjoy something that’s problematic. There is almost always some issue in our favorite comics, television shows, films, books, etc. And you’re free to like them! I mean, I really like The Vampire Diaries, which is filled with LOADS of suspect stuff (on top of being a CW show, but whatever). Vehemently defending the problematic elements in something doesn’t make you a...
sugarless-girl:
If women are raised being told by parents, teachers, media, peers, and all surrounding social strata that:
it is not okay to set solid and distinct boundaries and reinforce them immediately and dramatically when crossed (“mean bitch”)
it is not okay to appear distraught or emotional (“crazy bitch”)
it is not okay to make personal decisions that the adults or other peers in...
sugarless-girl:
If women are raised being told by parents, teachers, media, peers, and all surrounding social strata that:
it is not okay to set solid and distinct boundaries and reinforce them immediately and dramatically when crossed (“mean bitch”)
it is not okay to appear distraught or emotional (“crazy bitch”)
it is not okay to make personal decisions that the adults or other peers in...
“For me, the height of intimacy is engaging in radically honest, vulnerable...”
– Exploring What Intimacy Means (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
“For me, the height of intimacy is engaging in radically honest, vulnerable...”
– Exploring What Intimacy Means (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
Harry Potter and the Girls Who Weren’t Chosen Ones →
sleepy-bear:
sevenofcups:
girl-germs:
Phew. I went into this thinking it would be some sort of scathing criticism. I was like, whatchu gonna say? But it’s totally not.
I love this. Hermione, Ginny and Luna are such great, strong characters and part of what makes the Harry Potter series so amazing. I only wish this article could’ve included a bit about Tonks, too, however. She’s another...
You can't justify your *isms with your own...
justjasper:
Being non-neurotypical doesn’t mean you can get away with ableism. If you slip up and use an ableist slur, note your mistake (we all make them). Apologise if you need to. “I’m not ableist because…” or “maybe it was ableist but it’s okay because…” bawing does you no favours. Neither does an attempt to justify your accidental or casual ableism with “well if progressives are too...
“Girls get a lot of mixed messages—they are told, ‘Girl Power!’ and what does...”
– Tina Fey (via tinafeyisawesome)
It’s like she majored in “How to make Marie adore you”.
(via ohgoodness)
mehhh I know we’ve had this conversation before, but Tina Fey - even though I love her, I really do - kind of has a 75% awesomeness factor when it comes to stuff like this; 30 Rock (which I...
nolackofloquaciousness:
filling the spaces: I have to tell you something, quite honestly, friends and family
inautumn-inkashmir:
Please stop telling me how to be happy.
Please stop assuming I want to be happy.
Everywhere I go I see media products aimed at enhancing my happiness. Lose 25 pounds and be happy! Find the man of your dreams and be happy! Get that promotion and be happy! BE...
Wombat: People I don't like following me: →
crustyriotqueer:
seanxvx:
Women who are into hardcore and punk music who follow me because I like it too but only serve to maintain misogyny by posting about how they only hang out with guys because all the girls around them are “bitches,” mostly because they can’t escape the construct that love is a competition and the ability of patriarchy to pit women against each other.
Quit the...
Harry Potter and the Girls Who Weren’t Chosen Ones →
girl-germs:
Phew. I went into this thinking it would be some sort of scathing criticism. I was like, whatchu gonna say? But it’s totally not.
I love this. Hermione, Ginny and Luna are such great, strong characters and part of what makes the Harry Potter series so amazing. I only wish this article could’ve included a bit about Tonks, too, however. She’s another strong character, but...
fuckyeahfatpositive:
kindamouthy:
definatalie:
memily:
fmylife:
Today, I finally went running to help me start losing weight. I got 50 metres before someone in a passing car shouted out “Run fatty, run”. I can’t work up the courage to go for a run again. FML
Yeah, this is shit. Fuck this planet, I swear.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I SAY I AM SCARED OF EXERCISING IN...
Think women have achieved equality? Think again. →
We Can’t Be Equal While:
Gender Roles
Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser).
Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “pussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man.
When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to “have balls”, or conversely she is a “man-eater”, “ball-buster”, or a “bitch” because she was “too” assertive.
Men are beat up,...
Pyrrho's Republic: How Famous Philosophers Would... →
homebodybuddy:
littleorphanammo:
philolzophy:
St. Anselm On this day that which nothing greater can be conceived of was born, because that which is born into reality is greater than the greatest thing that can be conceived of that has not been born.
St. Thomas Aquinas God was…
Pyrrho's Republic: How Famous Philosophers Would... →
homebodybuddy:
littleorphanammo:
philolzophy:
St. Anselm On this day that which nothing greater can be conceived of was born, because that which is born into reality is greater than the greatest thing that can be conceived of that has not been born.
St. Thomas Aquinas God was…
Health is not a virtue. It's a privilege (and one...
Health is not a virtue. It's a privilege (and one...
Housing benefit cut could double homeless numbers,... →
inherhipstheresrevolutions:
socialisimo:
The number of people sleeping on the streets could double within a matter of years because of a little-heralded cut to housing benefits introduced by the government in the spending review, a coalition of homeless charities has warned.
Ministers propose that from 2012 the state will no longer pay for 25-43 year-olds to live in a one-bedroom flat and...
