February 2012
190 posts
“No one could blame American women here if they all suddenly decided to leave the...”
– John Oliver on American contraception debates, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
God, I wish I had the money to do so.
(via lord-kitschener)
Some part of me wishes that I felt free to relocate.
But this is my land.
This is where thousands of generations of my ancestors have lived.
This land...
Mwa ha ha ha!
I’ve been bugging Chickenscratch to read Tamora Pierce for forever. I kept trying to sell him on Keladry because I thought it would be the most appealing to his style. So he developed this automatic “oh no I’m sure I’ll hate it because I associate it with memories of you bugging me” reaction. Which made me sad, and also move on to other, almost as fabulous authors.
...
“If you’re white, you can play a Middle Eastern prince. If you’re black, you can...”
– Chris Rock, thank you for calling it out (via hinduthug)
“Few things provoke a man gripped by anxious masculinity like the idea of a woman...”
– – Flying monkeys: why they suck, and why they must be opposed (via moniquill)
I’ve been turning this quote over in my head for a while. I think my experience bears it out. Overall, I get asked more about my crocheting - but specifically from men, as the quote indicates, I do think reading is...
I am supposed to be doing homework.
Reading other people’s words and condensing, translating, their meaning.
It is long and hard and seems useless.
It is not very many points.
Then again, there are not many points in the class.
Then again, you cannot count up knowledge points like a video game.
It is snowing outside.
I would rather be writing poetry.
What Lot's Wife Would Have Said (If She Wasn't A...
eating-poetry:
Do you remember when we met in Gomorrah? When you were still beardless, and I would oil my hair in the lamp light before seeing you, when we were young, and blushed with youth like bruised fruit. Did we care then what our neighbors did in the dark?
When our first daughter was born on the River Jordan, when our second cracked her pink head from my body like a promise, did...
“Here’s a big one: When online dating, I am automatically skeptical of people who...”
– Reader question #54: Dating while feminist. « CaptainAwkward.com
Ha! This whole post is great.
(via notemily)
The history of feminism:
77825225672443:
1st wave/Suffragists: White, middle-class club women are oppressed, we need the right to vote! Also, fuck POC & queer people.
2nd wave/radical feminists: Actually, lower class white women are oppressed too. In some instances, POC are part of an oppression framework. Also, fuck trans people.
3rd wave/postmodern feminists: Actually, POC and queer people are oppressed too....
Transethnic FTW
nijireiki:
brandx:
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
Apparently a clutch of privileged, delusional bigots have hijacked the term “transethnic,” ensuring that us Class Bastard adoptees and foster kids encounter even MORE dismissal and confusion in public discourse.
“Transethnic,” for those who don’t know, occurs in the context of adoption. For example, a white Jewish child is adopted by non Jews. Or a...
Since I keep begging, I might as well offer some...
moniquill:
Here’s an excerpt from my story “At The Crossroads”, published in the Circlet Press anthology Like Heaven and Hell.
My mind went gloriously blank, the intensity as hot wet velvet invaded my mouth. No one ever kissed me. I went limp under the assault, my mind racing, my heart thundering in my own ears. Nobody kissed me. I was a slave of the Circles, less than a whore, and a demon...
“So I guess this is a call to action: The LG and T community need to make more of...”
– Biphobia: The Gay Side (via elpuckerone)
*facepalm* Look, you can’t lump LG together with T when discussing B, like this.
I had this whole long response written out, from one bisexual to another, on why bis shouldn’t behave as if trans* and gay folk are equally biphobic. It was...
pluckypalaeontologist:
cleverdetectiveinafunnyhat:
croatoan:
thefantasticmrsfox:
i hope nicki minaj is the next doctor
scuse me you’re a hell of a guy
so do you got a thing for phone booths that can fly
i mean, sigh, dont blink yo eyes
i can tell that you’re in touch with all dimensions and time
Yes I did, yes I did
Somebody please tell them who the eff I is,
I am the Doctor, I...
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Since posting about The Arkh Project on my blog, I’ve gotten several comments, none from regular commenters of mine, all transphobic against Riley (none approved, obviously). Even commenting myself to explain which pronouns to use didn’t help.
It was the most recent comment that really took the cake, though: the commenter thanked me for pointing how misgendered pronouns are...
TW: Ableism
Scrolling through deaf-aspie’s tumblr. Vegans are actually telling them that “animals’ lives are more important than your texture issues”.
>_>
This is my entire problem with militant veganism in a nutshell. These assholes actually believe that a human being not starving (as deaf-aspie has made clear, “texture issues” = vomiting up everything in their...
Esoterica: stfuconfederates: Deaf Aspie: Challenge... →
stfuconfederates:
Deaf Aspie: Challenge to Vegans:
deaf-aspie:
violetbelle:
deaf-aspie:
violetbelle:
deaf-aspie:
Make me a vegan diet plan for 2 weeks. And if I like it, I’ll actually try it.
But it’s not so simple. See, I’m poor. And by poor, I mean, your…
Click through to read how class and neuro-diversity prevent a vegan diet.
Are you paying attention, militant...
Hey LGBT Activists,
ethiopienne:
You do know that it’s possible to fight for LGBT rights without appropriating the Civil Rights movement, right? And that the Civil Rights movement is not yours to appropriate? And that dismantling homophobia can be done without perpetuating racism? And that—huge shocker here, I know—some people are both black and queer? Just checking. Because it really doesn’t seem like y’all are...
macfoto:
5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police Search (Even if You Have Nothing to Hide)
1. It’s your constitutional right.
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures. Unless police have strong evidence (probable cause) to believe you’re involved in criminal activity, they need your permission to perform a search of you or your...
Transvaginal Ultrasounds ARE ALREADY HAPPENING
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
I keep wanting to scream, “TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUNDS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TODAY IN TEXAS!!!!”
Texas has THREE times as many people as Virginia AND they already have mandatory transvaginal ultrasounds before abortions (I also have no hard data but I’m going to guess that Texas probably also has a much larger poor population and a higher percentage of...
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
– Unknown. (via futureabortiondoctor, inherhipstheresrevolutions) (via aoawaywego) (via she-hulk-smash) (via loveyourchaos) (via yanettcanhazsoul) (via baddominicana) (via witchsistah)
This can apply to racism and the discussions of it as well.
(via thegoddamazon)
Same damn problem with racism.
...
how much commerce on the internet is created by...
Sylvia Sybil: Ah snap I never made that connection.
Kate Beaton on Cartooning
“…when this job is good, it’s the greatest job in the world, and when it’s hard it’s the biggest slog in the world.” “There are days when I read and read and nothing comes, that I can sketch funny pictures but can’t write a cohesive comic to save my life, that I feel like all the ideas have run out never to return. Being creative only looks easy from the outside, but we know better, right? Then,...
the gaming muse: Girl/Gay/Genderqueer/etc. Mass... →
ladyatheist:
i-am-septima:
onlytowardschaos:
stpitbull:
millilicious:
I’m trying to prove my brothers and group of male co-workers wrong by showing them that yes, girls and other people play video games like Mass Effect. And YES, we want options in video games that affect us as well. So! With that in…
Queer non-normative gendered person up in here. Been playing since N64.
Bisexual...