February 2012
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“When we consider the myriad school shootings that have occurred between ...”
– Michael Kimmel: Men, Masculinity, and the Rape Culture (via mollay)
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“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
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“Woodstock is the great American orgy. This is who the Democratic Party has...”
– Rick Santorum.
The democrats are a massive homosexual orgy?
Interesting.
(via anticapitalist)
So…sexual freedom is a bad thing. But individual liberty CANNOT EVER BE TOUCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT EVER.
But individual sexual freedom is a bad thing.
K.
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“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via inothernews)
I adored his speech. Well done.
(via mohandasgandhi)
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“I love animation because in the world of animation, you can be anything you...”
– CHRIS ROCK, introducing the Best Animated Film Oscar. (via inothernews)
BOOM.
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Welp.
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“A Los Angeles Times study found that academy voters are markedly less diverse...”
– -L.A. Times finds ‘Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male’ (via bigbardas)
The Times found that some of the academy’s 15 branches are almost exclusively white and male. Caucasians currently make up 90% or more of every academy branch except actors, whose roster is 88% white. The academy’s...
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villainesses:
“To define racism only through extreme groups and their extreme acts is akin to defining weather only through hurricanes. Hurricanes are certainly a type of weather pattern - a harsh and brutal type - but so too are mild rainfalls, light breezes, and sunny days. Likewise, racism is much broader than violence and epithets. It also comes in quieter, everyday-ordinary forms”
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“Now, should we treat women as independent agents, responsible for themselves? Of...”
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women (via feministriots)
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(TW: invalidation re: suicide, rape, abuse, EDs,... →
youarenotyou:
journeytoanewcreation:
journeytoanewcreation:
People suffering from depression:
“Stop being so negative!” “You choose to be sad” “You don’t even have anything to be sad about” “There are millions worse off than you, just get a grip!”
People struggling with self-harm:
“You’re just doing it for attention!” “Those cuts aren’t even that bad” “You don’t even have a reason to...
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“African-American girls and women are becoming a fast growing population in our...”
– excerpt from article by Dona A. Vassall-Fall, Ed.D., “Not to be Ignored: African-American Women and the Prison System”
Because I get annoyed when people talk about prison/ unequal access to education but only mention black men. Black women are dealing with the same things. At higher rates than any...
Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing happened to...
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gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a...
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“Really, conservatives just hate women. They resent the fact that we work, go to...”
– hunnichild (via brienne—of—tarth)
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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.
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Kyriarchy in action.
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Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
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silverhelmedmockingbird:
abc family should change their name to “we play harry fucking potter whenever we want to so sit down shut up and watch it with your family”
