February 2011
QUEER ODOR ▽ ⚧: There are many discussions going... →
uniquelythesame:
hail-seitan:
projectqueer:
Can anyone rightfully justify this for me?
Now, I know that there are other terms that one can use to describe ignorance/hatred towards the homosexual community, like ‘heterosexism’ - for example. But how does one justify the word ‘homophobia’ as ableist? I do not get it.
I agree with neutresex. It’s not the word itself but the usage. Phobia...
URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
wine-loving-vagabond:
[via]
“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news...
allthebloodinmyveins:
langer:
“Tourists in Cairo,” The New Yorker:
The women did not seem deterred. Their clothes were American casual, with vests, fanny packs, sneakers. They still hoped to visit the pyramids. “I’m not coming all this way and not getting on a camel,” one said.
I hate the concept and practice of tourism, tbh.
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This is why sexism in humour is a big fucking deal →
thejuthikakid:
gwenfrankenstien:
ix-tab:
So it turns out that words? They mean things! Intent? Still not fucking magical, after all these years. And sexist jokes? Influence the way women are percieved.
Here, have some science.
WORDS MEAN THINGS
I will always show this to anyone who say that sexist jokes are just jokes.
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January 2011
“In August of 1990 I found myself laying on my stomach in the woods with a pair...”
– Kathleen Hanna, Our Hit Parade (via feminismistheshit)
I am not a huge fan of Nirvana but I love Kurt so much when I hear things like this
Miranda Fricker on Epistemic Injustice →
thefeministhub:
“In this interview Miranda Fricker, author of a new book on the topic, Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing, explains the notion of testimonial injustice. This is a special kind of injustice that arises when someone wrongly treats someone else as a poor source of information, usually because of prejudice towards a particular group.” -philosophy bites
Fricker...
baubles of my mind's eye: I would like to talk... →
resmc:
pigisapig:
First off, what is a trigger warning, anyway?
A trigger warning usually consists of bold, capitalized, or linked text describing in a broad way what text follows it. It can be in the form of a cut, or simply the title of the text in question, warning readers what kind of…
Google's Body Browser
medicalstate:
shwetapatro:
For all you (current and future) medical students out there:
Google will be launching the body browser, a 3D body dictionary with layered images and various parts of the human body labeled.
Ohhhh those geniuses at Google are always cooking up something!
Amazing!
NET NEUTRALITY
xxkeelimexx:
I DO NOT WANT THIS SHIT
WE CANNOT LET THIS BULLSHIT HAPPEN
http://www.savetheinternet.com/
“…a socially constructed reality presupposes a reality independent of all social...”
– John Searle, The Construction of Social Reality, p. 191 (via newleft)
“1. Always remember that working to make your school safer for queer students, or...”
– Ivan E. Coyote, Make It Better (via fuckyeahlesbianliterature)
“Ophelia symbolizes women who go mad because they are driven to it by the kind of...”
– Emilie Autumn (via evewithanapple)
baubles of my mind's eye: The House GOP's Plan to... →
rabbleprochoice:
corruptpolitics:
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.
For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for…
click for full article
Heterochromia.
fuckyeahmedicalstuff:
Heterochromia is a condition where there will be different colors in eyes of same person. The color of the normal iris is due to theconcentration and distribution of melanin. But when this melanin gets decreased we get hypochromia and when it is increased we gethyperchromia. Heterochromia is not specifically for eyes but it is also a defect for skin and hair, but the later...
nola-darling:
rupefiasco:
latke-independence:
mcqueens:
NO MATTER GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BI, LESBIAN, TRANSGENDERED LIFE I’M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY I WAS BORN TO SURVIVE NO MATTER BLACK, WHITE OR BEIGE CHOLA OR ORIENT MADE I’M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY I WAS BORN TO BE BRAVE
I thought these lyrics were a joke mocking her but I looked at a celebrity gossip blog and they are real.
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URGENT: Egypt has shut off the internet →
I just received a call from a friend in Cairo (I won’t say who it is now because he’s a prominent activist) telling me neither his DSL nor his USB internet service is working. I’ve just checked with two other friends in different parts of Cairo and their internet is not working either.
This just happened 10 minutes ago — and perhaps not uncoincidentally just after AP TV posted a video of a...
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“When you hear about striking workers, you don’t demand proof of the boss’s...”
– “Why she doesn’t give a fuck about your insurrection” (via soyanarquista)
“The reason I’m even responding now is because I want to address the “but I just...”
– madame thursday: “narrow views of aesthetic attraction”
I THINK I AM IN LOVE. SORRY I AM YELLING THIS AT MY COMPUTER.
(via wordsandturds)
(via thetemerity) (via novazembla)
(via resmc)
feastingonroadkill:
Time for radical funk:
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Temporomandibular joint disorder.
fuckyeahmedicalstuff:
What is the temporomandibular joint?
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the area directly in front of the ear on either side of the head where the upper jaw (maxilla) and lower jaw (mandible) meet. Within the TMJ, there are moving parts that allow the upper jaw to close on the lower jaw. This joint is a typical sliding “ball and socket” that has a disc sandwiched between...
“The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the...”
– Alfred North Whitehead (via agirlsaidtotheuniverse, anotherword & superfluidity) (via arsvitaest)
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rejectamentalist manifesto: Self-evidently... →
tentacular:
Racist? Oh please. Don’t you get it? That’s the whole point.
‘… being the embodiment of every conceivable negative stereotype … was the point … isn’t the point to show how absurd & groundless these stereotypes are? … in laughing, I’m admitting that any stereotypes I may harbor are founded on nothing of substance.’
&c. That, that powerful exonerative laugh-magic...
Spectrumnaut: Black Mother Jailed for Sending Kids... →
sheresists:
firesandwords:
Black Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to White School District
An Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live. Kelly Williams-Bolar was…
I mean, you can find girls with glasses,...
squee-gee:
But those girls aren’t alternative, they’re just “ghetto,” right?
thekingofcupssexpectsapicnic asked: Umm ummmmm ummmmmmmmmm. What *issue* are you most passionate about? (Other than feminism, maybe.)
Reblog if you want your followers to ask you...
inautumn-inkashmir:
the-madame-hatter:
tranzient:
bac0n:
tonyperrysjedibraid:
why not, man
do it do it do it
my followers are only interested in various reverse-racism tea parties, gif parties, and hipster photgraphy/quotes.
I’m sick and playing vidja games. Why not?
this is the reblog that will never get old.
internet + homework, i’d like some distraction.
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James Noor: Something you didn't know about me... →
jamesnoor:
Sometimes—once a month, twice a month, maybe—I will dress up.
No, not as a woman.
I put on a freshly pressed french cuffed shirt with antique cufflinks, a jacket, and an ascot. Yes, an ascot. I make a frozen pizza, or something similarly quick, and I sit down to eat. I eat off of very old, antique French china. I use antique silverware. The bone china is gold rimmed, the...
