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radicalrebellion: witchsistah: This is what White people mean...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:26:38 -0400

witchsistah:

This is what White people mean when they say they’re “colorblind.”

The worst part is some white people will look at that statement and think “what’s wrong with that?”

"We praise people for being “naturally” smart, too, “naturally” athletic, and etc. But studies..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:41:36 -0400

“We praise people for being “naturally” smart, too, “naturally” athletic, and etc. But studies continue to show, as they have for some time now, that it is generally healthier to praise schoolchildren for being hardworking, than for being naturally gifted. We know now that to emphasize a child’s inherent ability places pressure on that child to continue to be accidentally talented, which is something that is hard for anyone to control. When the children who are applauded for their natural skills fail, they are shown to take the failure very personally. After all, the process of their success has always seemed mysterious and basic and inseparable from the rest of their identity, so it must be they who are failing as whole people. When students are instead complimented and rewarded for their effort and improvement, they tend to not be so hard on themselves. When they fail, they reason, “Well, I’ll work harder next time.” They learn that they are capable of success, rather than constantly automatically deserving of it, and they learn simultaneously that they are bigger and more complex than their individual successes or failures.”

- Kate of Eat the Damn Cake, The Stupidity of “Natural” Beauty (x)

calypsiskai: mechinism: GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, IRON MAN um…...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:44:18 -0400

calypsiskai:

mechinism:

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, IRON MAN

um… exCUSE you

juicyjacqulyn: jellobatch: themyskira: Hannah Gadsby on rape...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:35 -0400

juicyjacqulyn:

jellobatch:

themyskira:

Hannah Gadsby on rape culture (x)

Real shit

How to make a joke involving rape

mock rape culture (aka bring awareness), NOT the victim

good stuff

The whole video is gold. It’s three minutes long, so just take the time to watch it.

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:57:12 -0400

surly-u-jest:

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prochoicegeneration: darkpixie10: prochoicegeneration: antipro...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:44:11 -0400

prochoicegeneration:

darkpixie10:

prochoicegeneration:

antiprolife:

Annnnnd people against giving Plan B to 11 year old girls support 11 year old girls being pregnant and raising children.

If an 11 year old comes to someone asking for Plan B, they’ve already had sex. So would “It’s Pretty Ugly” rather have pregnant 11 year olds (from rape or incest because if an 11 year old is having sex it’s most likely one of these)? Or do they think that available morning after pills make people ‘promiscuous’ and drives younger and younger people to have sex.

The thing that’s “Pretty Ugly” about an 11 year old having to ask for Plan B is that she is in that position in the first place. If an 11 year old is facing pregnancy she has been abused and a crime has been committed.

If an 11 year old is brave enough to seek help immediately after being abused and know that Plan B is the right option, I applaud her. She is far braver than I could ever be. I also applaud Planned Parenthood for realizing that horrid things happen in this world that lead to adolescents facing pregnancy and for standing up and providing adolescents with the health care and counselling (yes, that do that or refer patients to counselors, CPS, etc.) that they desperately need.

There’s a saying “Don’t Shot the Messenger.” In this instance I will say “Don’t Defame the Health Care Provider.” They only want to help young girls who have found themselves (do to no fault of their own) in a horrible circumstance. Stopping Planned Parenthood from providing young girls with Plan B will not prevent teen (or adolescent) pregnancy. In fact (much like banning birth control) it would Increase pregnancy among underage girls.I have no Idea how the idea of “denying access to such preventative will lead to less of the very thing it wants to prevent” makes any sense in anyone’s mind. It is the very opposite of logic.

Want to help abused girls? Go after Rapists and Abusers. They are the one’s at fault for the adolescent becoming pregnant. Not the Health Care Provider who only wishes to help people in need.

untz.

cannibalcoalition: star-spangledpanties: I just want to say...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:46:55 -0400

cannibalcoalition:

star-spangledpanties:

I just want to say that this is why minority representation in the media matters. Mae Jemison was inspired to become an astronaut after watching Nichelle Nichols as Uhura on Star Trek.

Relevant to the thing I just said.

justnevilledup: Happy Father’s Day

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:45:25 -0400

justnevilledup:

Happy Father’s Day

partybarackisinthehousetonight: here is a graph of the reasons i’ve broken up with people in the...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:39:46 -0400

partybarackisinthehousetonight:

here is a graph of the reasons i’ve broken up with people in the past. this is the ex-axis and this is the why-axis

hurrisonfurd: i don’t watch supernatural anymore but this sign...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:21:53 -0400

hurrisonfurd:

i don’t watch supernatural anymore but this sign at the sandwich shop killed me

velvetlovepocket: “If You Know Someone Who Doesn’t Believe...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:01:04 -0400

velvetlovepocket:

“If You Know Someone Who Doesn’t Believe Sexism Exists, Show Them This”
Link here: [x]

Heh, some asshole is having a lot of fun in the comments section there.

assbutt-in-the-garrison: daeneriss: kinkyturtle: avri-wallflow...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:28:13 -0400

assbutt-in-the-garrison:

daeneriss:

kinkyturtle:

avri-wallflower:

sourcedumal:

Fuck special snowflakes who think like this.

Gurl bye

Your ass ain’t fucking special because you don’t wear makeup.

You’re not fucking better than the woman with large breasts who wears tank tops.

You’re a piece of shit because you are putting sexist stereotypes onto other women in some anti-feminine bullshit.

If you don’t like it, why’d you comment on it? I think it’s awesome and you’re probably one of the girls up there that wears makeup and shortshorts and tiny tanktops. And most kids today wear makeup because they think they aren’t pretty and need it. So deal with it. And get over yourself.

girl bye.

lemme tell you something: I wear tons of fucking make up. I wear short dresses. I walk around with a face that looks about as fake as it can get outside of a fucking barbie doll. and I like it that way. and, despite what you seem to think, no, it’s not because i think i’m ugly. i just fucking like makeup (and trust, i’ve spent years examining my own motivations and how they’re tied to internalized self-hated, fatphobia and misogyny so don’t EVEN cause you don’t know what you’re talking about).

I also read ravenously; engage in discourse regarding philosphy, art, economics, politics, race, gender, sexuality; make subversive art; and love comics and film and music. I’M A FUCKING PERSON IS WHAT I’M SAYING.

like how fucking deep is this goddamn image when the spine of the book JUST SAYS THE WORD ‘BOOK’.

this kind of bullshit narrative, other than furthering a misogynistic dichotomy that pits women against each other, is also a complete fucking fallacy. A huge majority of average women DON’T DO THIS. you aren’t the lone plain jane in an army of cake-faced, bottle blonde barbies—if you look around, you’ll see that most women just throw on jeans and tops and very little makeup.

I get that this kind of shit is an attempt to fight back against media-made images of what womanhood is supposed to be. I get it. (thought isn’t it interesting that the “weirdo” in the picture is still thin and conventionally attractive??)

but attacking other women who you perceive as being stupid or carbon copies because of their fucking appearance doesn’t fight back against shit. it actually does EXACTLY what the patriarchy wants us to do—engenders more hatred and competition between women.

but you know, whatever, continue to think you’re so goddamn special. i’ll be over here reading AND wearing hot pink lipstick and having a hell of a time doing it.

BAM.

FUCK YES THANK YOU

cheftier: metallikato: nuggles: when you find a shirt you really like and wear it a couple times...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:23:14 -0400

cheftier:

metallikato:

nuggles:

when you find a shirt you really like and wear it a couple times and it starts doing

the thing

These are called pills. You can remove them with a shaving razor. Be gentle with delicate fabrics!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS A++ INFORMATION TUMBLR USER METALLIKATO

raiseyoulikeaphoenix: if u date someone who is sad and expect them to instantly be happy cause u...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:22:16 -0400

raiseyoulikeaphoenix:

if u date someone who is sad and expect them to instantly be happy cause u date them and get frustrated by how “boring” they are for always being unhappy then you need to take a trip down fuck off lane

This applies to similar “friendships” as well.

womantic: psa: feminazi is a fucking disgusting term that compares fighting for women’s rights to...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:34:19 -0400

womantic:

psa: feminazi is a fucking disgusting term that compares fighting for women’s rights to genocide.

it was coined by rush limbaugh (that alone should be enough to make you stay far far away from it)

it is a racist term, and it is disrespectful to marginalized groups who suffered in nazi germany (so jews, rroma, lgbt folks, people with disabilities, etc.)

do not use it.

if you disagree with feminists: do not use it

if you are a feminist: do not reclaim it

thank you

bitrude: shoutout out to all my buddies who have shitty dads or no dads at all this father’s day,...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:07:00 -0400

bitrude:

shoutout out to all my buddies who have shitty dads or no dads at all this father’s day, you turned out just great regardless, you can’t choose your family and you don’t deserve any negativity from them,and you don’t deserve backlash or guilt-tripping for cutting them out of your life if that’s what you need/ed to do and i love you all

the-eyeball-fairy: freudianslipnslide: bad-moon-moon: and-roh...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:33:49 -0400

the-eyeball-fairy:

freudianslipnslide:

bad-moon-moon:

and-rohan-will-answer:

babies are naturally able to swim hello they just spent nine moths in amiotic fluid this is instinctive so no, parent is not shitty, parent is re-enforcing baby’s natural instinctive behaviour.

parent is good for doing this because parent is basically saying “yes the behaviours you were born with are great!”

Yup, if babies are ‘taught’ (allowed) to swim before they are six weeks old, they never lose the instincts they were born with that lets them hold their head above water and hold their breath when they need to. SCIENCE, man.

What’s really cool is, humans are the only primates known to have this instinct at birth. Other ape babies would just freak out and drown. So I don’t think it comes from being in amniotic fluid for 9 months (since it’s not like they have room to actually swim in there). It’s been speculated that humans evolved in the ocean at some point, which is a really cool theory that I recommend checking out.

Also, SWIMMING BABY IS ADORABLE.

That’s all reasonable, but I’d be way too afraid to put my baby in a pool and see if they swim. I get anxious just looking at the gifset…

The other day I made a Facebook status that said, “Friendly reminder that...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:28:53 -0400

The other day I made a Facebook status that said, “Friendly reminder that “feminist” isn’t an insult.”

Yeah, I know. I’m incredibly clever and insightful.

Anyway, a guy that I dated in high school left a comment along the lines of “uhm” or “…” or something. A little backstory: in high school, I was a closed-minded asshole who used terms like “feminazi” to describe feminists. Let’s just agree that I was really stupid.

I found it funny because sometimes I think back on that guy like, “Wow, he put up with a lot of bullshit from me. I wonder how he tolerated it?” It looks like he didn’t tolerate it at all - he was just really stupid too, and it seems like he still is. Especially if he thinks that I wouldn’t change in almost three years.

Moral of the story: people change in many ways. Sometimes jerks like me can change, too. When I encounter someone who thinks they have feminists figured out, I try to keep an open mind about them. Maybe if they’re presented with enough evidence, they’ll see things a little more clearly. I haven’t changed minds in the way that mine has been changed, but I have managed to at least get people to see feminists as reasonable people fighting for a good cause. People can change their minds… and if you approach them with understanding and flexibility, you can be the one who helps them along the way.

burning-arrow: I’m a strong independent gamer who needs no tutorial

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:12:40 -0400

burning-arrow:

I’m a strong independent gamer who needs no tutorial

If I drank, the one day that I drank would be on Father’s Day. Fuck this shit. I don’t...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:08:52 -0400

If I drank, the one day that I drank would be on Father’s Day.

Fuck this shit. I don’t want to be conscious.