May 2012
“[F]or the first several years the SAT was offered, males scored higher than...”
– “Gender Bias in College Admissions Tests”, FairTest.org. (via vaginawoolf)
We were told our English Lang GCSEs were often about sport or politics because boys often underperformed in that exam. I can’t even fathom the number of things wrong with this kind of thinking.
(via benedictatorship)
“If a fat person dies and one more person says to me, “Fat Person died because...”
– Flip Floppin’ Joy. Absolutely face-slappingly, spot on, incredible. (via pluseyes)
I’ve got one to add:
That Fat Person died because they decided killing themselves was the only way to stop the bullying they received from their peers at school since the teachers didn’t feel the need to say...
friendlyangryfeminist:
if a man makes misogynistic jokes he can play golf with a CEO in his all-man club.
If a woman makes misandric jokes she gets rape threats.
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“Like, okay. Air travel sucks. I get it. You’re mad because you spent $300 to sit...”
– Lindy West, “Being Mean to Fat People is Pointless: A Good Old-Fashioned Plea for Civility“ (via riotsnotdiets)
SKY DILDO
best phrase ever
“All too soon, I’m woken by the flight attendant offering me more orange juice as...”
– Fifty Shades of Grey, p. 288.
more orange juice? why don’t you just dump christian and start dating orange juice if you like it so much!
(via 50shadesofsuck)
Okay.
some things:
1. It’s Savannah HILTON HEAD International Airport. And 2. It’s the world’s smallest airport...
“So let me get this straight – it’s a problem if my mom listened too much to my...”
– Dlisted | Be Very Afraid
Wow, Bristol Palin, you are a MQ.*
*Can you guess.
(via cijithegeek)
How is she even shaming people who don’t raise their kids in a mother/father unit when her meathead baby daddy is gallivanting around doing dog knows what these days? I mean, people in glass houses?...
That awkward moment when somebody on FB calls the...
Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for... →
stfuconservatives:
An Atlantic Monthly article saying what I’ve been saying for a long time: unpaid internships are terrible and should be illegal. There is no reason businesses should expect unpaid labor from anyone.
Full disclosure: I worked an unpaid internship at a major newspaper in college. I was very lucky that I still had time to go to class and work a part-time (paid) job waiting...
The day after Obama endorses marriage equality, it... →
Okay Tumblr: Iron Man versus Batman: GO.
I already did this on Facebook, and Batman won.
In other news, Facebook sucks.
“Men who want to flirt with women have to realize: Women live in a state of...”
– Attention, Space Cadets: Do Not Proposition Women in the Elevator
I wish I didn’t need to reblog stuff like this. I wish people *got it*. But judging from the ridiculous response to these posts, stuff like this clearly still needs to be repeated.
(via lavender-labia)
This actually made me cry....
Lead on, oh Kinky Turtle: no means no means no... →
thatangryblackgrrrl:
no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means no means…
“If a survivor of domestic violence uses a gun to warn an attacker, not kill him,...”
– Melissa Harris-Perry on the case of Marissa Alexander, a mother of three, who fired a warning shot into her kitchen ceiling trying to keep her abusive husband away. No one was hurt, but she now faces up to twenty years in prison. (via thenationmagazine)
April 2012
“A recent study recruited almost 12,000 people of varying BMIs and followed them...”
– Evidence: Fat People Can Be As Healthy As Thin People
(via completelymoribund)
Unplug yourself from the notion that ‘too’ fat is bad or unhealthy. BMI is bullshit. Health ≠ the number on the scale!
(via stophatingyourbody)
“If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media...”
– RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Bloomberg TV, insisting that the GOP’s “war on women” is fiction.
How can fight that logic? By using an example of something that is not happening, you disprove something that is happening.
Also, you think it’s fiction? Tell that to Gov. “Mandatory Vaginal...
“Look how your children grow up. Taught from their earliest infancy to curb their...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre (via petitefeministe)
The best part of this essay is when she advocates for children to be brought up with no gender-role stereotyping, and gets in some not-so-subtle digs at heterocentricism and heterosexism in the process.
Did I mention this was written over a hundred years...
“There are two types of gays. You have your normal Gay that is manly, and doesn’t...”
– The Gay Republican educating us all on the definition and proper use of “faggot.”
Obviously no rational or thoughtful debate can occur with someone as deeply hateful, ignorant, and narcissistic as Ethan Sabo. In an effort to be more appealing or acceptable to those around him, he has chosen to...
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Also, regarding Oatmeal-gamer-gate
I get extremely sick and tired when many (mostly men) counter a woman’s criticism with something sexist they have said with words like “angry”, “upset”, “grumpy”.
Matt, you didn’t make women “grumpy” with your stupid, insensitive comic. I get grumpy when I run out of coffee in the morning. I get ROYALLY PISSED OFF when someone implies...
The Oatmeal: My comic about online gaming as a... →
oatmeal:
A lot of people seem grumpy about my latest comic about online gaming as a girl.
I wasn’t implying that girls suck at games. I was implying two things:
When girls play, often times no one takes them seriously.
If they screw up, often times the room is filled with lonely dudes who say things…
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
also FUCK YOU
The main reason why I dont’ game...
Twitter / @mizkorona: @iamdiddy please speak out... →
prettywar:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
marshmallowmegamama:
link goes to a sign that was found in michigan, i haven’t read the story yet to know what part of michigan/etc—but it is a road sign that was programmed to say “trayvon a n****r”
mother FUCK.
oh boy white people you just batting a thousand
The next time I have to explain to other white people how damn racist this state is, I’ll just...
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IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO TIP YOUR SERVER OR TOUR...
“What’s most shocking for me is how well these people know themselves. How can...”
– Chloe Sevigny - Page - Interview Magazine
If you ever need an example of how “insane” can be dismissive and ableist, regardless of intent, here you go.
Chloe Sevigny is playing a trans woman assassin for some show. Trans women can’t even get jobs playing themselves.
(via sexartandpolitics)
...
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SCHADENFREUUUUUDE
That awkward moment when you need to type out program notes for a grad thesis directed by a series regular on One Tree Hill, and write a book review for the Reasonably Important Feminist Blog you edit, and your ex is struggling with his fanfiction.
I am a terrible, horrible, no-good very bad person sometimes.
/off to balance out karma by helping some people cross the street.
OH HAI
I’m not dead.
Seriously.
I mean it.
I just have 2 jobs, a codependent cat and a less codependent but still awesome boyfriend to take care of.
And no computer.
March 2012
