March 2012
63 posts
Since apparently Autism $peaks is doing some big...
treebeardoffangorn:
I just want to rant. As someone on the autism spectrum, I don’t want or need a cure. I would love if the world was more accessible for us. I’d love if every train ride wasn’t a potential panic attack. I’d love to be able to be considered socially competent. But this isn’t happening. I don’t have the same skill set as other people, but I’m starting to realize that through self...
No one has to accept your apology.
genderbitch:
Doesn’t matter if it’s sincere or not. Doesn’t matter if you’re a steel plated fuckup machine cranking out bigoted crap out like it’s your job or a one hit wonderfail who made exactly a single mistake.
No one needs to forgive you. No one needs to care you’re sorry. You can be cut off and ignored and you have absolutely no right to whine about it.
And the apology not being accepted...
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“People with Yellow Fever don’t want to get to know Asian women. In fact, I would...”
– Yellow Fever: Dating As An Asian Woman
(via zombifuntime)
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Al Jazeera is your only source on the Middle East...
sharquaouia:
Ever since a member of the Qatari royal family took charge of the network, coverage was getting a bit weird. Don’t get me wrong, Al Jazeera can do some fantastic coverage on various matters in the region, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They also did an amazing job in the initial coverage on the Egyptian revolution. It’s all good. The Stream is also a great show, but only...
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Aye,
this pussy ain’t gone eat itself.
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“Why do you love a thing that won’t even let you exist within their made up...”
– Pam Noles, from her essay “shame” on PoC in fantasy worlds. I am tired of seeing just white faces on screen. (via weallcomplete)
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stfuconservatives:
What Everyone Needs To Know About The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin (1995-2012)
bedbugsbiting:
blackfashion:
1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin. Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, promoted a photo — purportedly from Martin’s Facebook page — that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the...
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How to Get Your Book Banned in Arizona
so-treu:
grrspit:
fishingboatproceeds:
Step 1: Write about people who aren’t white.
Step 2: THERE IS NO STEP TWO.
You will very rarely see me curse, tumblypoos, but…but…I mean, what the fuck? How is this even possible? This reads like an Onion article.
To be clear, it is now ILLEGAL to teach de la Pena’s novel (which I’ve read and which is excellent) in schools, not because the book...
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“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged...”
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Melissa McEwan, of course, on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment. (via sanitywatchers)
This really struck a chord. Even my boyfriend, feminist that he is, can have this reaction when I’m in tears after an NPR story. This...
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When POC characters are turned white: this isin't about race, if you think it is then you're the racist one, lets just enjoy the book/film as it is, this is about the character's personality god you're so sensitive, the new skin tone actually fits the character's personality IMO, I never imagined them as POC anyway, not all whitewashing is racist god get over it!!111
When white characters are turned into POC: omg how could they!?!?!? this is soooo racist and unfair! why cant they present that white character as WHITE, how dare they change the original skin color to suit their own terms! this is reverse racism!! this is about race! I NEVER imaged that white character to be a POC that is so weird, it doesn't fit, this is political correctness gone crazy!!
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We Have A Serious Problem. #TrayvonMartin
elonjames:
To raise awareness about the #millionhoodies march and general online campaign I’ve posted the picture below on my social networks. This was the response on one of them. [REDACTED]: Um no. This guy IS suspicious. I would totally purse clutch and traffic dodge to avoid and I’m not sure of the message here. March for hoodies? [REDACTED]: I grasp the point racism is rasicm, no dress code...
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“Let me get this straight. Millions of outraged Americans are just credulous...”
– Jesse Curtis (via azspot)
Just had to embolden that. For extra emphasis.
(via note-a-bear)
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It’s Not About Race: Police Brutality
racismschool:
Over the past several weeks I have seen “It’s not about race” thrown around in the face of racial atrocities. The one that stuck with me the most was the post someone made about how the police are not more likely to cause harm to Black people. I wish I could live in a world of make believe like the person who wrote that. I can’t, not because I don’t want to but because I could die...
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sexismandthecity:
Grey Gendernaut: Things parents forget to tell their children:
cctcd:
Bodies are hairy. No matter the gender, your face will have hair and that is more than okay.
Your butthole is going to have some hair too. And maybe your nipples. And your tummy. And where ever else.
Stretch marks. Those are a thing. Everyone gets ‘em. If you don’t, you probably don’t have skin.
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What you've all been waiting for!
korranation:
We’re so excited to announce two amazing pieces of news.
Firstly, we have a premiere date! And it’s sooner than you think! The premiere of Korra will be on Nickelodeon in exactly 1 month: Saturday, April 14th at 11am. Get ready for some action-packed bending and the start of an epic new saga.
Secondly, if you haven’t already heard, we are proud to announce the new official title...
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Cissupremacy
theoceanandthesky:
gcvsa:
genderbitch:
All of you do it.
Not one of you, even the people I am following (minus the trans folk, obviously) have avoided messing up on this. It is subtle, it is small and every time you do it you hammer the nails into our feet a little deeper.
Every time you equate penis with sexism, erasing those women and nonbinaries with penises.
Every time you equate...
“thank you for trying to change this from a narrative about a *kid getting...”
– The Naked Cripple: Inner Ramblings, aka, Insanity: curiouslycool: Seriously, I’m getting pissed already so I’m about to… (via robot-heart-politics)
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“And if a woman should say she doesn’t want to have children at all, the world is...”
– Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman (via thalasso-philous)
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If you live in the United States and don't have... →
vladislava:
fattiesinlove:
repede:
cakemeister:
Today in Useful Fucking Things That No One Tells You About: the Prescription Assistance Program (PAP) offers a discount drug card to uninsured Americans. The card is accepted at over 56,000 pharmacies nationwide, including CVS, RiteAid, Walgreens, and Safeway, and offers a discount of up to 75%.
I was fired a few years ago and was afraid I...
“I find it slightly ethnocentric that whenever Japanese appropriate some aspect...”
– Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics (via homoarigato
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AND THE WIN
(via blackamazon)
i.e. THIS.
(via so-treu)
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“The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country....”
– riese (via fuckyeahautostraddle)
Funny (read: fucking infuriating) thing about this: where female pleasure is generally a no-no, female pain is often viewed as less extreme. This skewed perception of female sexuality results in “Blue Valentine” being rated NC-17 because a woman is shown...
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stfuconservatives:
For women, heart attacks look different.
blackenedbutterfly:
distractedbyshinyobjects:
Follow me down the rabbit hole for a second:
I’ve long wondered if this - that women don’t recognize the symptoms of a heart attack in themselves, and consequently don’t get the fast care that is vital for heart attack survival - is the reason heart disease is the #1 killer in women....