January 2012
19 posts
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December 2011
16 posts
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
#god had a second child #her name is meryl streep
(via thequietworld)
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Adventures of Comic Book Girl: Mary Sue, what are... →
adventuresofcomicbookgirl:
Looks like this essay was needed, so I went ahead and did it. Not sure I said everything I wanted to say, but I tried.
So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what is Pure and Good. She has genius level...
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“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is...”
– bell hooks (via cuntflavor)
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jemimaaslana:
dear men who instruct women they’ve never met to smile
janedoe225:
Please stop acting like sexist jerks.
Now, before you protest that telling women to smile isn’t sexist, stop and think back to the last time you saw a man you’d never met and said any of the following to him:
Why so down? Smile!
Life’s too short! Smile while you can!
You need to smile more.1
You’d be...
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Because Riley feels like educating white people...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
How much you like a person has shit all to do with whether that person is racist. Anything nice that person did has shit all to do with whether that person is racist. How much you would personally jump off several cliffs and die ten million horrible deaths to save a person’s life has shit all to do with whether a person is racist. Other assorted things that have shit all...
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“A good night’s sleep helps you perform well in school, and so if you’re a...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy (via prettybooks)
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“I think women are encouraged to be into sex, but we’re encouraged to be into sex...”
– Clarisse Thorn (Interview with a sex-positive feminist — Feministe)
squintyoureyes:
“Alternatively, some fans may find it tempting to argue “Well this media is a realistic portrayal of societies like X, Y, Z”. But when you say that sexism and racism and heterosexism and cissexism have to be in the narrative or the story won’t be realistic, what you are saying is that we humans literally cannot recognise ourselves without systemic prejudice, nor can we connect to...
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For those who think blacks in America are...
feedmerevolution:
Fact: Black youths arrested for drug possession are 48 times more likely to wind up in prison than white youths arrested for the same crime under the same circumstances.
Source: “Young White Offenders get lighter treatment,” 2000. The Tennessean. April 26: 8A.
Fact: Black and Latino men are three times more likely than white men to be stopped by the police and have their cars...
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soydulcedeleche:
“If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave, we should not be surprised when they behave in those ways. And we should not be surprised when they behave these ways during attempted or completed rapes. Women who are taught not to speak up too loudly or too forcefully or too adamantly or too demandingly are not going to shout “NO” at the top of...
“When I ask my students at the beginning of my Men and Masculinity course about...”
– (via fuckthisdamnplace)
