May 2012
8 posts
“Kids play T-ball, then baseball; they play games and have practice every week...”
– Meira Levinson talking about her new book No Citizen Left Behind. (via bostonreview)
Wow. Just, wow. Quote of the week.
(via motherjones)
1 tag
WatchCan I just have him please? I mean really: smart, witty, sexy and hard working? I’m just going to pretend that if I run into him one day, he’ll realize that there is one woman to whom he’s mightily attracted.
“Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious...”
–
Emily Nagoski. no idea who she is, but i thank her. there is no excuse for rape and anyone who excuses it is insulting both the victim and the rapist. (via rapeisnotajoke)
There are two arguments I’ve noticed
“Women should prepare themselves better if they don’t want to get raped”
ALL MEN...
April 2012
25 posts
Has anyone ever attended a fetus fiesta? Nope,... →
stfuconservatives:
zaboo:
hyrulian-feminist:
I’m seriously cackling right now. OMG haha. FETUS FIESTA! I love that! FETUS FIESTA! haha
Well now I know the theme of my shower when I do eventually have kids.
But, seriously: you throw that shower for when the baby is born. You aren’t giving…
4 tags
Great Essays by Novelists →
tetw:
A Tetw reading list
The Capital-T Truth by David Foster Wallace - DFW offers a stark but hopeful perspective on life’s fundamental questions.
Liking Is for Cowards by Jonathan Franzen - Is clicking buttons a way to avoid real commitment?
Living With Geese by Paul Theroux - As well as getting to the heart of Goose psychology, the author launches a scathing offensive against the needy,...
Belt made out of a tire →
I need to do this.
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Last night my eyes were opened to what kind of...
I was hanging out with a guy that I’ve known for a decent amount of time and admittedly flirting with him some, all in good fun and the mood of the party. He made a move to get me alone, nothing incredibly forward but with obvious intentions of some sort of sexy time, which couldn’t happen for the fact that neither one of us is single. When I said that wasn’t a good idea and that...
7 tags
All whites are racist
Because we all benefit from white privilege and we also have the privilege of not having to acknowledge that our over-privilege exists. We would take so many steps forward as a society if we would stop seeing racism as a fringe occurrence by crazy white folks and instead recognize that our society is built on racism and that every single white person in this country benefits from these racist...
STFU, Conservatives: GOP Rep To Women: Give Your... →
liberalsarecool:
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), co-sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment, gave women an unexpected piece of advice: Give your money to Democrats.
“I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault,” he told the crowd…
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Michigan Republicans have ILLEGALLY passed over... →
racetothestoneage:
leftist-linguaphile:
enlighteningnews:
It’s much, much worse in Michigan than we even realized
Last night, Rachel Maddow broke a huge story that has been happening since Republicans took over in Michigan in 2011 and has gone completely under the radar. Since January 2011, 566 bills have been signed into law. Of those, 546 of them, 96.5% were passed under “immediate...
Christian Groups Take Issue With Anti-Bullying... →
greenstate:
and now for your daily dose of WHAT THE FUCK?
Frankly, I’m not in the least bit partial to anti-bullying laws essentially for the same reason I was completely against SOPA: the bill may address a real problem, but they are never going to be able to write a bill that successfully “protects” individuals from bullying without infringing on a heck of a lot of other...
A comedy showrunners laments and the status of... →
Hey guys, hey guys, hey guys.
Women make jokes about their body too! deal with it.
“It doesn’t make us weaker when we guarantee basic security for the elderly or...”
– President Obama
March 2012
33 posts
breathe.: Okay girls... →
youweremadebeautiful:
Look down, right now. Look at your chest. Can you see your cleavage?
Now imagine what a guy can see standing over you.
Guys have it ridiculously hard in this society, and as girls, I don’t think we realize how badly we contribute to that! A guy is going to look down to talk to you. Don’t give…
Sooooo women need to control themselves because men can’t? And...
“Even if we put aside the question of fetal personhood and assume that a fetus...”
– Offensive Feminism, Jill Filipovic (via hymnsuponyourlips-)
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Police: Evidence indicates Trayvon Martin attacked... →
shortformblog:
producermatthew:
From MSNBC.com:
The man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, setting off a nationwide outpouring of anger, told police that Martin knocked him down with a single punch and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times — an account that police said witnesses have corroborated, according to The Orlando Sentinel.
Important to note.
Umm, I’m...
ATTENTION: There will be a rally held calling for...
racismschool:
Today
I so want to go to this, but I have a meeting scheduled right on top of that, but anyone who can go should go!
Inhaling the Spore: A Visit to the Museum of... →
tetw:
by Lawrence Weschler
“Well,” Wilson replied coolly that first afternoon, unfazed, from behind his wooden desk (obviously he gets asked this sort of question all the time), “as you can see, we’re a small natural-history museum with an emphasis on curiosities and technological innovation.” He paused before going on: “We’re definitely interested in presenting phenomena that other...
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Just watched the first episode of Legend of Korra
And I liked the ways they’re making it distinct from The Last Airbender and I like Korra as a character a lot. The only thing I’m not so sure about is the voice actors and actresses that were chosen. Many of them didn’t sound in any way distinct which meant that they didn’t add anything to the characters they were voicing. I felt like the voice acting did a lot for making...
Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: It’s Not About... →
racismschool:
At a fundraiser for President Obama, Robert DeNiro made the joke “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?”
Evidently, this caused a problem later on because the Republicans were offended by the “Racial humor.” No,…
“Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are...”
– Robert Reich (via azspot)
Oh my gosh, yes, this, so much this.
(via stfuconservatives)