February 2012
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Okay, folks.
I am dealing with a (mild!) combination of dysthymia, anxiety, and regular school- and Memphis- related stress right now, so I’m going to take a short break from tumblr.
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
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“In the US, abortion is framed as a deeply moral and highly emotional issue. In...”
– via Feministing, “A new script for talking about abortion”
(thanks to keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus for sending this to me!)
Amazing. This describes the stigma around those who get abortions SO well. My decision was not a hard one. It wasn’t gut-wrenching or emotional for me in any way.
I am...
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waschbar replied to your post
there is one that is similar, called retrocam
ooh thank you I will check it out!
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Watchwhoistorule:
daltonacademypornstars:
Glee Cast - Stronger
we are all in agreement that the troubletones are just…better
right?
like
they are obviously
amazing
way better than your faves
fierce femme phenomenal
Things I hate
the idea that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Glee
which btw did not kill me but does not make me stronger
Things I love
“doesn’t...
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“When my body had forgotten its purpose,
when it just hung off my brainstem like...”
– “December,” Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz (via clavicola)
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“Some say the Tudors transcend this history, bloody and demonic as it is: that...”
– Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel. (via sunneinsplendour)
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Just, seriously, are we still having this...
chonklatime:
ayries:
Shit that is not sexist re: Irene’s portrayal in Sherlock:
She is a sexual person
She is a sex worker
She is gay/a lesbian
She is not 100% perfect 100% of the time
She does not do literally every single thing on her own
Shit that is just generally not automatically sexist:
A woman losing
A woman needing to be helped/saved
A woman being emotional, vulnerable, etc.
...
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First ‘Mad Men’ Season 5 Promo Is Here | EW →
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“TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE CULTURE, ABUSE
On a somewhat serious note today...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
PRAISE!
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YES. YES THIS FOREVER YES GOOD GREAT PERFECT.
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“Another example is the difficulty pro-choice groups have in maintaining a...”
– - Andrea Smith, this article is the best thing I’ve read in months (via femmenoire)
*people who have the ability to become pregnant
and yes.
(via theoceanandthesky)
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Cook
rabbit-light:
Each night you come home with five continents on your hands: garlic, olive oil, saffron, anise, coriander, tea, your fingernails blackened with a marjoram and thyme. Sometimes the zucchini’s flesh seems like a fish-steak, cut into neat filets, or the salt-rubbed eggplant yields not bitter water, but dark mystery. You cut everything into bits. No core, no kernel, no seed is scared:...
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“The Virginia Legislature has passed this law that allows — or mandates — that a...”
– BILL MAHER, remarking on Virginia’s personhood bullshit, on Real Time (via inothernews)
Just so ya know…
(via theoppressedlittlefetus)
But don’t you know the uterus is now a federally protected property?
(via feministhistorian)
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22 Free Hitchcock Movies Online | Open Culture →
oldfilmsflicker:
ZOMG
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“On August 23, 1860, the Philadelphia Public Ledger covered an unusual exchange...”
– Kali N. Gross. (2006) Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910. Duke University Press, 72.
(via james-bliss)
THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD.
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wait what?!
(via theoceanandthesky)
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petitandrogyne replied to your post
Oof, good luck with that. I never look forward to that period of trepidation after sending a Long Email to my parents.
Aw, thank you! But the great thing about my dad is that he is actually always very good at listening and being very caring and understanding. So I’m not actually worried about how he’ll respond; it’s just infuriating to...
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I AM A GLADIATOR, AND THIS IS MY ARENA.
assuringlynerdy:
moose murders is the best play in the world
pinky promise
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PETER TRAVERS: You said, "Men are scared of a strong, confident vagina."
MEGAN FOX: Oh, well, that I think is true...I feel like men are raised with the idea that they have to be the bread winners, or they have to always be in control; they have to always "wear the pants" in a relationship, or all these ridiculous idioms, these things that go along with being a 'man'. I feel like it's hard for them to know how to handle you when you are as smart or as successful because for some reason women have been painted as these fragile little lilies that have to be tended to, that have to be cared for. I just think that it's the way that society has raised us.
PETER TRAVERS: If I said--if I reversed that quote and said that women are scared of a strong, confident penis, would that be right or wrong?
MEGAN FOX: [laughing] ...That's really offensive. Like, I'm so offended that you just said that--if you were to say it.
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“You think because he doesn’t love you, you are worthless. You think because he...”
– Guitar in Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison (via beblume)
After finally reading this book I think I’ve decided that I don’t really like this quote? And I don’t think I’m supposed to? I mean, obviously there are some major truths in it (this isn’t the whole thing)...
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“You can go anywhere you want. Jump, if you want to, ‘cause I’ll catch you, girl....”
– Beloved by Toni Morrison (via jordancabrera)
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chameleonarcher replied to your post: Okay wait re: Tyrion
It’s for something later on (DwD) mostly. I’ve never blamed him for raping Tysha since it’s not like he could refuse. He was practically still a kid and definitely being coerced.
Okay that is really good to know! Thank you!
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beiuet replied to your photo: sudden intense regret was I wrong I was wrong…
yeah
Okay so he….. people are not talking about that time when they call him that? Or they are but there is new information about that time?
I am just gonna
stop talking now
:x
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On niceness in YA Fiction
gematriya:
whoistorule:
If you’re like me and you read a lot of YA fiction aimed at girls, you can recognize the tendency of YA authors to appeal to (what they consider to be) their base with so-called “average,” “nice,” and “relatable” protagonists. These girls tend to be “average” looking, though that’s only on their heads. Anyone with eyes can see that their pale skin is actually...
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feeling chris brown outrage [trigger warning for...
greatestpossiblehappiness:
more acutely now that i’ve read the police report.
i don’t know how to put into words the complete fucking anger and sadness and helplessness and EVERYTHING i feel. and he’s allowed to just fucking walk around like nothing’s wrong
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Okay wait re: Tyrion
[trigger warning for rape]
I know this post has been made before
and I know I am comparatively uninformed because I haven’t even finished ASOS yet
but:
when Tywin makes him rape Tysha? Tywin is also raping Tyrion, by proxy! That is a thing! Body betrayal is a thing! Tyrion was also raped!
Maybe a lot of the posts I see calling Tyrion a rapist are referring to something I...
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