February 2012
14 posts
Esoterica: false-catalyst: theaetherealmeadow:... →
false-catalyst:
theaetherealmeadow:
School District Holds Movie Day, Only Lets The Boys Go
stfuconservatives:
The Dallas school district decided to take all fifth graders to see the movie Red Tails. The fifth graders are learning about WWII and Black History Month, so lesson…
“I find it slightly ethnocentric that whenever Japanese appropriate some aspect...”
– Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics (via homoarigato
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AND THE WIN
(via blackamazon)
i.e. THIS.
(via so-treu)
Women do not get raped because they were wearing...
[from DailyKos] Turns out Komen Foundation Senior... →
sexgenderbody:
Karen Handel showing her Christian compassion for poor women on Twitter
And I really didn’t need to know this to consider Komen Senior VP Karen Handel a thoroughly loathsome human being (the retweet said volumes in just a few characters) but John Aravosis has dug up Handel’s bigoted, Christian fundamentalist views on LGBT peoplefrom less than two years ago, though they read as...
How the sex bias prevails →
stfuhypocrisy:
MADELINE Heilman at New York University once conducted an experiment in which she told volunteers about a manager. Some were told, “Subordinates have often described Andrea as someone who is tough yet outgoing and personable. She is known to reward individual contributions and has worked hard to maximise employees’ creativity.”
Other volunteers were told, “Subordinates have often...
Esoterica: Pro-tip: white privilege doesn't mean... →
ethiopienne:
It means that white people do not have to deal with institutionalized, systemic racism in addition to their everyday problems. It means institutionalized, systemic racism does not cause white people’s everyday problems. It means when white people go home and turn on their TVs…
“Why don’t they have a WHITE history month?? Why don’t they have NON-handicapped...”
– twitter user woodmuffin (via jesuswasacommunist)
January 2012
39 posts
“When prompted by a question from Chris Rock who was seated in the audience, he...”
– James McBride Dropping knowledge (via howtobeterrell)
this is what I been saying about this Lucas love…
(via tabbythegreat)
Me, too. Spike should be allowed to Radio Raheem George Lucas for this crap.
(via anothergirlontheirt)
Esoterica: dumbthingswhitepplsay: spookysage:... →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
spookysage:
jaclynhyde:
sharky-malarky:
vorked:
Well look at that.
Tumblr doesn’t realize that there are tons of games where you play as colored people, gays, and so on.
Hell, in Skyrim, Fable series, Oblivion, Dragon Age II… So many more.
I…
“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.
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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)
