August 2011
190 posts
I was born in the wrong era; I would love to have...
christinathena:
amaevis:
uprightcitizens:
Reblog if you wish you were a 1690s kid (:
Is this serious? Does anyone with any knowledge of history really wish this?
It’s a joke. Lines like “When you could stay out until it was dark and your parents weren’t worried about you because your parents were probably dead from the plague” indicate it’s a joke.
Oh. I didn’t see that...
I was born in the wrong era; I would love to have...
uprightcitizens:
Reblog if you wish you were a 1690s kid (:
Is this serious? Does anyone with any knowledge of history really wish this?
July 2011
213 posts
Bloody Mary's are yummy
So drunk.
Petition for more inclusivity when it comes to...
breakthebinary:
Hello there,
I’ve made a petition regarding the self-identification choices one faces on OKCupid. Here’s a bit of text from the petition:
I have, through this ingenious and intuitive website, certainly opened up my horizons in terms of the diversity of people whose company I’ve enjoyed. I have met more trans folk, genderqueer, and non-binary individuals than I would have any...
“I think marriage in general is not a healthy institution in our society. If...”
– bell hooks (via queeraspie)
Recy Taylor May Finally See Alabama Acknowledge... →
Tacky and Kitsch | 36°: I was fired from my job... →
c0ma:
fuckyeahftms:
Hey fellas. Usually when I post here I’m in a relatively good mood, but today was rough.
It was the 2nd day of a new job, I informed management in beginning of Day 1 of my preferred name and pronouns and that I’m trans. It went really well and my supervisor was quite…
They’re a privately owned business. They should be allowed to do what they want.
Wrong! Another...
“None of the women with whom I’ve ever had this conversation want to be harassed,...”
– Melissa McEwan, in her new piece “On Harassment and the Marking of Visible Womanhood.” (via letterstothegirlfromyesterday)
Software Startup Rant
Where the hell do MBAs get off thinking they can just buy software talent to be CTO of a new startup? How would they even know who to hire?
It’s insulting. And they have no business in the business of software.
Code for America →
This is really awesome. If you’re a software engineer, and you think (as I do), that engineering has a lot to teach government, please consider this program. Deadline for 2012 is 7/31/2011.
I’d do it if I didn’t have so many people relying on my paycheck. I’m sure they couldn’t afford my cost of living.
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, actor and feminist, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of Blue Valentine. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene. (via snowstorminjuly)
whatfreshhellisthis:
I’d like to apologise in advance for smothering you with please, please, please commission me (if you can & want to) info.
But um.
Now that I’m 18 and not in full-time education my dad no longer gets child benefit from my mum, or from the government.
And um, for a household that last year only managed £10,000 that’s quite a large blow.
And even better, I’m kind of in...
“Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or...”
– Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (via greeekgoddess)
…i do this all the time
(via plushieborg)
593) I think that people only live openly as trans...
neutralgenius:
Uhm, no. I don’t really want to be read as male. I’d like to be read as masculine, yes, but I am a trans guy. I’m not a guy.
Wow that’s a load of bullshit. How is someone so close minded as to think that all people share their values?
For the record, I blend as cis perfectly. And I choose not to be “stealth”. I don’t want to live in constant fear of...
sillylittledreams asked: Uhm, okay. I was mainly thinking about the situation in Germany, so you may have a point here. I don't know about the situations in South Italy and Central and South America. :/
What do you mean, Germany should be familiar with former sex workers given sanctuary by a religious charity? I haven't heard of this before. oO
What do you mean, Germany should be familiar with former sex workers given sanctuary by a religious charity? I haven't heard of this before. oO
sillylittledreams asked: I don't know about the USA but here in Germany no nun is forced to be a nun. I don't think it's easy for muslim women to leave their countries. It's fact that in some countries women aren't even allowed to drive a car or be outside the house without a man. How can you say women are not opressed in these countries?
sillylittledreams asked: Concerning the devoted/opressed discussion, please read my new response. Maybe you'll then understand what I meant. :)
“The cause of men’s very real unhappiness isn’t a biased family court system, or...”
– - Hugo Schwyzer, How Men’s Rights Activists Get Feminism Wrong (via ladylikepunk)
I’ve heard this termed as the “prison of privilege” in which men suffer under patriarchy just as much, merely in different ways, as women.
(via feminismfreedomfighters)
YES! Listen up people who think feminists...
I was fired from my job today for being...
aaron-in-transit:
Apparently my supervisor and coworkers were fine with it, but the HR representative, who I never even got to meet, was not.
They first had the person from my staffing agency contact me (instead of speaking to me personally) requesting that I not use the correct bathroom, because I might make people uncomfortable. When I asked him to please find out if there was a unisex...
“We all live in a murderous world, as the event in Norway has shown. Though that...”
– Morrissey
Congrats, Moz, you are an inconsiderate, fanatic, narrow-minded prick and I officially don’t like you anymore.
(via masterandservant)
Whoa, what the fuck does he think is happening at McD’s and KFC? Or — oh my god — what’s happening there that I haven’t heard of?
(via pobody)
...
“Despite sexism, black women have continually contributed equally to anti-racist...”
– bell hooks, “Men: Comrades in Struggle,” from Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center ————
i am reading this for class and that quote struck a chord with me. this is why deep inside i always felt that yes, men should be included in dialogue about feminism and sexism. because even though they have...
I need more lesbians in my life.
Who doesn’t?
Governor's School has been the most rewarding,...
ohgrrrl:
pseudocanadian7:
And now the state wants to take it away.
Please.
It would mean the world if you were to take 10 seconds and sign and reblog this petition…
This program is the greatest thing and it deserves to remain.
http://www.change.org/petitions/department-of-education-keep-the-north-carolina-governors-school
Thank you. <3
yo folks you should sign + reblog this
...
This needs to stop
em-dash:
Every man-centric client we have is “EDGY” and “FUN” and “OPEN TO IDEAS”
Every woman-centric client we have is “PICKY” and “HESITANT” and “NEEDS MORE PINK”
So no matter how many cool, fun ideas we come up with for the woman-centric brands, they get shot down. And then you end up with shit for brains campaigns like Got Sexism? because you have to wow the client with SUPER EDGY IDEAS,...
On confusing the use of real names with...
tekanji:
Or: Why I don’t trust Google and neither should you
Just in case you don’t know yet, Google has recently opened to the public a social networking tool called Google+. In terms of the social networking aspect itself, what I’ve read has been overwhelmingly positive… except that Google (who, ironically, did not apparently do any Googling to see what previous reactions to the kinds of...
If You Haven’t Been On Food Stamps, Stop Trying to... →
newmodelminority:
I have a memory, from long ago, where I am sitting in the parking lot of a McDonalds, with my mom, trying to count out 63 pennies from the floor around the car, the change jar, and the pavement around the car in order to purchase two hamburgers from McDonalds for our evening meal. Cheap food exists for a reason. 63 cents doesn’t go far in the grocery store if you want a hot...
On Feeling Sexy
Remember that scene from “Silence of the Lambs” where Buffalo Bill is dancing in front of the mirror? That’s the scene with the famous quote, “Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me. I’d fuck me hard.”
I saw “Silence of the Lambs” when I was twelve. It fascinated me, and I could never tell why. I watched it over and over again. Later I realized...
Australia's Roman Catholic Church Apologizes for...
vanillaandlavender:
helvetebrann:
It is estimated that more than 150,000 young women across Australia had their children taken away at birth without their consent, often never to be seen again.
Women subjected to forced adoptions in Catholic-run hospitals have described being shackled and drugged during labour and prevented from seeing their children being born or holding them...
