June 2012
Seriously, USA?: Anonymous asked: hi, I'm curious... →
ladyatheist:
They got on my shit list when they dressed up as KKK members outside of the Westminster Dog Show. That shit was not cute. They also routinely use imagery of slaves in chains, being tortured, and sold in their campaigns. There was that ridiculous time they tried to sue…
“When the topic of misogyny comes up, and men change the subject, it trivializes...”
– Greta Christina, ‘Why “Yes, But” Is the Wrong Response to Misogyny’ - Feministe. (via sazquatch)
yo-cosplayer:
Well, actually
heathyr:
I hate it when you just randomly get hit with crippling embarrassment over something you did years ago and you’re writhing with your hands over your face trying to tell the memory to go away omg shut the fuck up
You wouldn't force a person to donate pints of...
celibate-slut:
gravityisverycompelling:
And you certainly wouldn’t charge her for a crime if she chose not to.
We do not force organ donations, despite the overwhelming demand; we don’t even take them from dead people unless they gave permission whilst alive.
Living, active, thinking people who are sick can only get help if someone else is WILLING to provide it.
So why
Do people think it’s...
All hail the matriarchy, and a word to the... →
temerei:
That men are more likely to drop out of school, more likely to be incarcerated, and more likely to be portrayed as a buffoon in a commercial for oven cleaner is actually a “neglected form of sexism” perpetrated by feminists, says David Benatar, head of philosophy at Cape Town University and author of The Second Sexism. He has conjecture and out-of-context statistics to prove it. And of...
Next Years Girl: Men who say shit like they hate... →
Men who say shit like they hate make-up don’t actually hate make-up. They’re just too up their own asses to notice that Zooey Deschanel refuses to be photographed without false eyelashes. And she’s exactly the sort of woman that guys who rant about the evils of make-up are thinking of when they…
/NINESTORIES: Why Kristen Stewart Matters: A... →
katespencer:
The other day I found myself standing in front of a rack of princess costumes at the Disney Store. We set out to find a last minute costume for Baby E, and the lady at the Sunglass Hut directed us there after we failed to find the pop-up Halloween store in the mall. “They have a…
30rockasaurus:
ron swanson giggling = 100% chance of me giggling.
“Fat people in America are reduced to nothing but fatness. A fat person has a...”
– Lindy West, Being Mean To Fat People is Pointless: A Good Old Fashioned Plea for Civility (via broadist)
Negative experience = because of your fat
Positive experience = in spite of your fat
Also: this is a fab post, but don’t read the comments. I cried.
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Next Years Girl: Men who say shit like they hate... →
Men who say shit like they hate make-up don’t actually hate make-up. They’re just too up their own asses to notice that Zooey Deschanel refuses to be photographed without false eyelashes. And she’s exactly the sort of woman that guys who rant about the evils of make-up are thinking of when they…
thenerdnetwork:
Just wrote “Eddard” instead of “Edward”. Looks like Game of Thrones will negatively impact my History exam grade.
“The state of Connecticut declared abortion an “essential health benefit” last...”
– Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs: U.S. and Global News Coverage (via becauseiamawoman)
I think it’s a sign I need to step away from the computer when I think a quote like this must have come from a news parody site. “Essential health benefit? Who in this day and age -“
Also:
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Maybe...
feyminism:
whenjewishuponastar:
when i was 7 years old i had my first internet boyfriend on neopets.com he was 14 and said the age difference didnt matter and that he loved me and promised to marry me
but his account got frozen like 3 days later
seppin:
protip: if you are able to say “who cares, why do people get so offended all the time” you are remarkably lucky to be so privileged that there is nothing about you that makes you feel unsafe in the world
