Putting Manners on a Feminist

Consent in Sexy Episode 1

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:30:22 -0400

Consent in Sexy Episode 1

dansphalluspalace: vegan-pizza: lordflacko91: newaindulac: an...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:42:25 -0400

vegan-pizza:

lordflacko91:

newaindulac:

animal-e:

PLEASE HELP US!!!!!! REBLOG THIS!!!!

FINALLY SOMETHING ABOUT BRAZIL’S SITUATION ON MY DASHBOARD

WE’RE LIVING A REVOLUTION! WE’VE BEEN IN AN ALMOST CIVIL WAR STATE FOR TWO WEEKS! WHAT THE HELL, FOREIGNERS? TALK ABOUT US!

Why isn’t this shit on the new in America tho. Like the fuck I didn’t even know this shit was going on. But what’s the whole protest and marching about anyway? Details people

They’re marching about how new laws are giving politicians even more power than before to take money away from their people. They’re marching because of the money going towards the stadiums for the World Cup and Olympics while their education and health systems suffer. They wants change, and goddamn it’s about time they get it.

That stadium is also being built on indigenous people’s land, where they were housed and everything and the Brazilian government forcibly removed said indigenous peoples and bulldozed everything.

In the Ivory Tower, Men Only For men, having children is a career advantage. For women, it’s a career killer.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:22 -0400

In the Ivory Tower, Men Only For men, having children is a career advantage. For women, it’s a career killer.:

The most important finding is that family formation negatively affects women’s, but not men’s, academic careers. For men, having children is a career advantage; for women, it is a career killer.

darthcubby: America sucks at a lot of things.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:28 -0400

darthcubby:

America sucks at a lot of things.

Stfu Assholes: valadangersnightmare: Report this blog:...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:02:43 -0400

Stfu Assholes: valadangersnightmare: Report this blog:...:

valadangersnightmare:

Report this blog: creepshotfanclub.tumblr.com

stfueverything:

plopsonplopsonplops:

http://creepshotfanclub.tumblr.com/

Yay censorship! If there are some images I dont like instead of not looking I set out to destroy them. Muahahaha

You’re…

feministdisney: thisiswhiteprivilege: bougieblack: think-progr...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:59:16 -0400

feministdisney:

thisiswhiteprivilege:

bougieblack:

think-progress:

Susan B. Anthony, badass.

Lest we forget Susan B. Anthony sought voting rights for women because she was offended that black men were allowed to vote and she wasn’t, even though, as she said, their brains weren’t capable of understanding politics. Susan B. Anthony, racist.

White privilege is Susan B. Anthony being an American hero. White privilege not understand why black folks should be skeptical of mainstream feminism when this white supremacist is one of the most seminal figures in the feminist movements.

good note about how we frame history as often being from a white lens, not just a male lens.

All of these comments! Very interesting facts, I didn’t know.

What to Do if Someone You Know Sexually Assaults Someone Else

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:30:24 -0400

What to Do if Someone You Know Sexually Assaults Someone Else:

But this time, the perpetrator isn’t just a name in an article with no other backstory to me.

I know him.

I know him.

And that upsets me. Deeply and profoundly.

What do you do if someone you know assaults or rapes someone?

giddy-stratospheres: war kills people from the inside out...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:02:52 -0400

giddy-stratospheres:

war kills people from the inside out sometimes

“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”

i think i’ve posted this before but it’s so powerful

skullvomit: patrickat: chekov-chan: nominee84: yanagoya: mea...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:26 -0400

skullvomit:

patrickat:

chekov-chan:

nominee84:

yanagoya:

meandmylittlevoices:

alloutorg:

URGENT: today in Russia, a terrible bill passed in the Russian parliament’s lower house that censors all things considered “gay”. It’s our local partners’ worst nightmare and we need your help.

This vote comes off the back of two brutal anti-gay murders in Russia, and the trial of a major LGBT rights organisation today.

Tell world leaders to STOP the crackdown, add your name:
www.allout.org/russia-attacks

REALLY IMPORTANT

This really is happening, and it’s scary as hell.

“Update June 12: the situation is worsening. Russia has just passed a new anti-gay law makes it illegal even to say the word “gay”. People in Russia standing up against the crackdown are urging All Out members to keep growing the petition to help draw the attention of world leaders and the media.”

spread this like the plague

The law allows gay foreigners to be detained for up to two weeks before being deported, as well. Go to visit Russia and reveal you’re gay, your accommodations might become courtesy of Vladimir Putin.

This is pretty fucked.

"It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:04:19 -0400

““It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else could fathom, were in fact the basis of a recognized philosophy. Some part of you felt intimately invaded, threatened; some other part fell to its knees and sobbed in gratitude that it was no longer alone.””

- ― Poppy Z. Brite, Exquisite Corpse

"Until the lion has his historian, the hunter will always be a hero."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:32:10 -0400

““Until the lion has his historian, the hunter will always be a
hero.””

- Ewe-mina proverb (via charliebronsons)

Sometimes I Take The Suit Off to Hump Turians: More Creepshot Dudes

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:49:21 -0400

Sometimes I Take The Suit Off to Hump Turians: More Creepshot Dudes:

badass-bharat-deafmuslimpunkstar:

sexistfacebookdudes:

Meet the creeps of CreepShots. Turning the gaze around. Spread their names and faces and sign the petition to get the pages removed: http://www.change.org/petitions/twitter-facebook-and-tumblr-stop-creepshots

^^ …

princessjinx: witchchild: courtnu: the-little-pandabear-at-221...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:36:15 -0400

princessjinx:

witchchild:

courtnu:

the-little-pandabear-at-221b:

I was just given information to spread around about a group of guys drugging female cosplayers in order to take advantage of them. They call themselves the GROPECREW. Please warn and spread this around! The user can be found here.

And let me make something clear… even if this IS someone trolling, I would rather make this dick-bag famous for being a twisted piece of shit than chance someone being attacked.

STICK TOGETHER, LADIES!!!

—

Found this post on Facebook, and thought it would be best to pass it around here.

Friendly reminder not to accept open drinks from people you just met, and this applies at cons too. Go with friends and stay together!

Please be safe followers of mine

“even if this IS someone trolling, I would rather make this dick-bag famous for being a twisted piece of shit than chance someone being attacked.”

because its not fucking funny

because it keeps fucking happening.

amyleona: Stop Stigma SacramentoThe Mental Illness: It’s not...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:11:51 -0400

amyleona:

Stop Stigma Sacramento
The Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think project was initiated by Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Behavioral Health Services to:
-Reduce stigma and discrimination
-Promote mental health and wellness
-Inspire hope for people and families living with mental illness

Stop Stigma Sacramento is one of the many projects here working to support those with mental illnesses. These are all over the county—on billboards, community boards, and gas pumps.

For mental health resources in the county, visit the NAMI Sacramento website

poc-creators: Helen Oyememi wrote her first book while studying...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:09:14 -0400

poc-creators:

Helen Oyememi wrote her first book while studying for her “A” levels in Britain. She is of Nigerian descent, and has earned critical raves for her work which includes four novels and two plays. She writes mostly speculative fiction.

Descriptions from Amazon.com

The Icarus Girl

White is for Witching

“Miranda is at home—homesick, home sick …”

As a child, Miranda Silver developed pica, a rare eating disorder that causes its victims to consume nonedible substances. The death of her mother when Miranda is sixteen exacerbates her condition; nothing, however, satisfies a strange hunger passed down through the women in her family. And then there’s the family house in Dover, England, converted to a bed-and-breakfast by Miranda’s father. Dover has long been known for its hostility toward outsiders. But the Silver House manifests a more conscious malice toward strangers, dispatching those visitors it despises. Enraged by the constant stream of foreign staff and guests, the house finally unleashes its most destructive power.

With distinct originality and grace, and an extraordinary gift for making the fantastic believable, Helen Oyeyemi spins the politics of family and nation into a riveting and unforgettable mystery.

The Opposite House

Lyrical and intensely moving, The Opposite House explores the thin wall between myth and reality through the alternating tales of two young women. Growing up in London, Maja, a singer, always struggled to negotiate her Afro-Cuban background with her physical home. Yemaya is a Santeria emissary who lives in a mysterious somewherehouse with two doors: one opening to London, the other to Lagos. She is troubled by the ease with which her fellow emissaries have disguised themselves behind the personas of saints and by her inability to recognize them. Interweaving these two tales. Helen Oyeyemi, acclaimed author of The Icarus Girl, spins a dazzling tale about faith, identity, and self-discovery.

Mr. Fox

Fairytale romances end with a wedding. The fairytales that don’t get more complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can’t stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It’s not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently. Meanwhile, Daphne becomes convinced that her husband is having an affair, and finds her way into Mary and Mr. Fox’s game. And so Mr. Fox is offered a choice: Will it be a life with the girl of his dreams, or a life with an all-too-real woman who delights him more than he cares to admit?

Here also is a fantastic tho spoiler filled review

Junipers Whitening and Victimese

Juniper’s Whitening

“Tell me this - is it true that if you make someone die, and they come out the other side, it doesn’t matter? I’m sure something clung to Lazarus. Something must’ve shone through him.”

In Aleph, Beth and Juniper’s nightmare house, kindness is entrapment, and resurrection is a weapon. Aleph love/hates Beth, Beth love/hates Aleph, and all Juniper knows is that Beth can’t seem to stop being murdered.

One thing above all: none of them must look out of the window.

Victimese

“I was thinking, Eve, that you need to touch bottom - just so you know you can do it. So you know it’s not that difficult; so you know that you don’t have to tunnel far; so you know that you’re not that actually as deep as you think you are.”

Eve is unable to leave her student room but unable to bear staying in it. In harming herself she hopes to demonstrate her courage and independence to both herself and her friends. But her sister’s arrival and need for her friendship forces her to face painful truths and to examine whether it is possible to temper emotional courage with the humanity to give and ask for aid.

chancemaycrown: aboutlgbt: nosoytuchiste: I’m Not a Joke is a...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:26:06 -0400

chancemaycrown:

aboutlgbt:

nosoytuchiste:

I’m Not a Joke is a campaign spreading awareness for the LGBTI community through art and design, created by Daniel Arzola (@Arzola_d) for the school of Visual Arts Rafael Monasterios in light of the recent violent acts against the sexually diverse community in Venezuela. It initially seeks to expand in the online community. If you’d like to share your opinion please do so via twitter using the hashtag #ImNotaJoke. Like our page on Facebook and share our designs to support our cause!

I’ve posted this before in Spanish, but here it is in English.

This is great. Love this campaign!

did-you-kno: Source

Thu, 30 May 2013 20:56:52 -0400

did-you-kno:

Source

explore-blog: Vladimir Nabokov’s United States immigration ID,...

Thu, 30 May 2013 08:17:54 -0400

explore-blog:

Vladimir Nabokov’s United States immigration ID, from the fascinating story of how he became an American.

quote-book: (via 365 Days of Hand Lettering: Day 330)

Wed, 29 May 2013 17:56:55 -0400

quote-book:

(via 365 Days of Hand Lettering: Day 330)

Controversial, Harmful and Hateful Speech on Facebook | Facebook

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:19:21 -0400

Controversial, Harmful and Hateful Speech on Facebook | Facebook:

Facebook Safety wrote a note titled Controversial, Harmful and Hateful Speech on Facebook. Read the full text here.

http://www.womenactionmedia.org/fbagreement/

Last Tuesday, Women, Action & the Media, the Everyday Sexism Project and author/activist Soraya Chemaly launched a campaign to call on Facebook to take concrete, effective action to end gender-based hate speech on its site. Since then, participants sent over 60,000 tweets and 5000 emails, and our coalition has grown to over 100 women’s movement and social justice organizations.

Today, we are pleased to announce that Facebook has responded with a important commitment to refine its approach to hate speech. Facebook has admirably done more than most other companies to address this topic in regards to content policy. In a statement released today, Facebook addressed our concerns and committed to evaluating and updating its policies, guidelines and practices relating to hate speech, improving training for its content moderators and increasing accountability for creators of misogynist content.