January 2012
32 posts
“The reason “It Gets Better” caught on with politicians and celebrities is...”
– someone on datalounge who I cannot quite disagree with (via bluepeets)
“All of this is typical girl-fear. Once you realize that The Exorcist is,...”
– Rookie, The Season of the Witch (via azelie)
wow, mind blown. never going to look at the exorcist the same way ever a-fucking-gain.
(via witchnymph)
whoa.
(via loveyourchaos)
Esoterica: Anime and the Social Construction of... →
zeezeescorner:
A common misconception about anime cartoons amongst uninitiated audiences in majority-English-speaking countries is that anime characters are drawn to look ‘White’ rather than ‘Asian’. First of all, neither of terms are factual fixed categories - they are social…
“From a very young age we’re basically taught to think of racism and “anything...”
– feministdisney (via stay-in-skull)
I’m reblogging this quote of myself because I’m tickled that I am able to find so many random references to my blog I never saw before through googling it. Haha
(via feministdisney)
“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, in Three Steps to Better Sex (via muffdiver)
sex, art, and politics: Addendum →
sexartandpolitics:
People of color know you’ve got privilege that blinds you to your racism. There are some that will not want to deal with you because of it. THAT’S OKAY. They’re forced to be around white folks at work, school, mandatory social functions, etc. When it comes to who they choose to be around doesn’t…
SOPA EMERGENCY LIST. →
meghanalefae:
aprilstar-dance:
SOPA Emergency IP list: So if these ass-fucks in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social media reddit.com...
"Heavy Metal" Artist Finds Breastfeeding on 'Saga'... →
karnythia:
masteradept:
thehappysorceress:
ladiesmakingcomics:
Dave Dorman is an artist whose work has been featured in Heavy Metal, the European adult comics magazine which frequently features erotic art and comics.
Here are samples of some of his covers:
Here’s the image he’s objecting to:
His excuse seems to be that he was under the impression, given something Brian K....
“Why, why, why, why is it that most of the people who are against abortion are...”
– George Carlin (via kingzofzamunda) Just in case you didn’t catch that, the entire anti-choice movement in one sentence: If you’re preborn, you’re fine; if you’re preschool, you’re fucked. (via ethiopienne)
Milkee Mountain Mama: i mean, srsly. how often do... →
milkeemountainmama:
i mean, srsly. how often do we see a plain old finger represented as a masturbation tool for women? why do masturbation tools for women always gotta be represented as water faucets, dildos, vibrators, etc—there’s nothing *wrong* per se with all those things—just, when was the last time there was a…
“‘Studying up’ as well as down would lead us to ask many ‘common sense’ questions...”
– Laura Nader from her 1972 piece “Studying Up”. She was as right then as she would be still today. (via rumagin)
“Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good...”
– a forum post I read recently, trying to give a solid example of what ‘male objectification in gaming ’ would actually look like if it was anything equivalent to current female objectification in gaming. (via nothingbutsurrender)
December 2011
5 posts
Esoterica: Tell me racism is dead when... →
strugglingtobeheard:
All you have to do is play Xbox with a black avatar or a “black voice” and hear the word nigger over 50 times in a week. My room mate plays xbox360 regularly and he is very good. He plays a lot of madden and first person shooters like halo and call of duty. But why is it…
sexgenderbody: Sex Education: It's Called A Vulva →
thefuror:
shotgunblogger:
By Dr. Logan Levkoff
1. What message does it send to girls when we tell them that they have a body part (a wonderful and important body part) that doesn’t need to have a correct name? That the part is so unimportant that it doesn’t need to have any name?
…
November 2011
10 posts
“One of Jerry Sandusky’s alleged molestation victims, now 17 years old, has left...”
– Bullies Forced an Alleged Sandusky Victim to Leave His High School - National - The Atlantic Wire (via notemily)
#i don’t want to live on this planet anymore basically.
(via pitselly)
This is FUCKED UP.
(via fuckyeahfeminists) Sports (via brandumpster)
Fuck humanity
(via wtfitsclurrqzo)
“When universities become so dependent on athletic departments for their very...”
– Football is NOT an Absolute Monarchy
this is such an incisive encapsulation of the outright disgust i have felt towards penn state & its students who felt compelled—no, who felt it was their “right to riot” over football while a man’s sexual violation of children went unquestioned.
(via...
sexgenderbody: 'Confusing' The Children →
projectqueer:
I’ve read a couple responses in the queer community to the statement from parents and other authority figures that queers with “confuse the children,” often with the sentiment of, “Oh, I accept you just fine, but don’t talk to the children about these things. I don’t want you…
“Kutcher took to his Twitter page to question the board of trustees’ decision to...”
– Ashton Kutcher Has Stopped Tweeting
(via deedennis)
sexgenderbody: Savage Truth →
HELL YES!
alexandraerin:
When people criticize Dan Savage for the hateful, harmful things that he continues to say about trans folk, bi folk, fat folk, vaginas and uteruses, reproductive rights… or any of a number of other people and topics… often we’re told that even if he does say some problematic…
October 2011
1 post
“I think that Jezebel has really done a number on people. How this publication is...”
– This applies to much more then Jezebel sadly
“Smith”, commenting on No, You Aren’t Amber Cole’s Father
TRUE STORY
(via darkjez)
August 2011
2 posts
