February 2011
"Hearing about [misogyny in film] over and over...
charethcutestory:
You know what’s really tiresome? MISOGYNY.
January 2011
Oh look, a poem I actually like.
homage to my hips
these hips are big hips they need space to move around in. they don’t fit into little pretty places. these hips. are free hips. they don’t like to be held back. these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips. i have known them to put a spell on a man and spin him like a...
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What did the African say when he got diarrhea?
grahamburger:
“I wish I had access to clean water and basic amenities.”
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“This is the Arab world’s Berlin moment. The authoritarian wall has fallen – and...”
– Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics. (via newsflick)
Afghan & Iraq War Logs Coverage: Hospital says... →
streamsofwikileaks:
The death toll so far during Cairo’s days of protests is much higher than reported in the news, according to doctors at one of Cairo’s largest hospitals.
A resident doctor at the hospital who was assisting with surgeries yesterday told Al-Masry Al-Youm today that most of those admitted…
robin-sparkles:
The Cave — Mumford and Sons
Gays Seeking Asylum in U.S. Encounter a New Hurdle →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Very interesting—and enraging—article over at the New York Times about how gays seeking asylum on account of their sexuality are increasingly being scrutinised for how well they conform to popular (and outmoded, and wrong) stereotypes about lesbians and gays.
just....don't mess with the Supernatural...
sams-soul:
genydee:
fullarticle
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY’D LEARN BY NOW THAT WE STOP AT NOTHING TO GET WHAT WE DESERVE FOR US & THE SHOW. WE ARE FUCKING HUNTERS. WHY. DON’T. THEY. LEARN?
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STFU, Conservatives: I'm starting to get really... →
rabblevolunteer:
greenstate:
tiaramerchgirl:
…mainly because it seems a little too easy.
Instead of engaging with points of view that are challenging to yours (or just even working from a very different perspective), instead of looking within yourself to see how you’re…
This is my internal debate:
On one hand, this. Sometimes it feels absolutely ridiculous what words are...
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“A survey of girls in Zimbabwean junior schools in 2000 reported by Amnesty...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via petitefeministe)
In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.
In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.
Now bleat that feminism is no longer relevant. Go on....
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Whenever I watch LOTR, I always wonder how the...
fezzesarecoollike:
Not necessarily Arwen or Eowyn, but a female.
Story of my life. I also wonder how characters would be different if they’re gender was different, of if the were trans*, of queer or black, or not a white dude.
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THIS MOVIE STARS A GAY DISNEY PRINCESS OMG. I...
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