May 2013
mohside:
Why have the Metropolitan police passed the Woolwich case over to the counter-terrorism devision? Oh yes, I forgot - the attacker was ‘Muslim’. God forbid a murder gets treated like a murder when the perpetrator is a ‘Muslim’.
Wore my absolute pleasures shirt today and fangirled about electric six with a customer!
“Through a career that has included crotch-grabbing, nudity, BDSM, Marilyn Monroe...”
– All Hail the Queen? (http://bitchmagazine.org/article/all-hail-the-queen-beyonce-feminism#.UZvUyP56MrU.facebook)
“More than 800 people have paid as much as $200,000 apiece to reserve seats on...”
– The Era of Private Space Travel is Just Beginning | NY Magazine (via kateoplis)
the day the rich shot themselves into space
(via thepleasureofthesierramadre)
will they stay there
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Also seeing Cold Cave again (FINALLY) on June 20th!!! so excited!!!!!
After a last minute fiasco with some important internship paperwork, I finally got my grades and did pretty well. I also registered for criminal evidence and procedure with the same professor as my civ pro class to finally finish this damn program! I was originally in constitutional law, and got the books and everything…but was one of the only people registered so they cancelled it :/ at...
“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone...”
– When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.
It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry...
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The True Origin Stories Behind Six Classic... →
thebluthcompany:
Mitch Hurwitz tells all: Who decided Carl Weathers should be cheap? Why the Blue Man Group? And has anyone ever eaten a mayonegg?
“Most Whites find it easy to ignore residential segregation. I experienced a good...”
– Jane H. Hill, The Everyday Language of White Racism (via wretchedoftheearth)
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This is like when me and my white soon-to-be husband were looking for places. I’d call up and they’d say, “Come on down! Get an application!”. Because I don’t “sound” black.
Then I’d walk in 2 minutes later and...
Fairy tales are NOT all straight white heroes and... →
seananmcguire:
I re-blogged a picture of a little girl, dressed as Tiana, hugging the face actress who plays Tiana at one of the Disney Parks, and noted that everyone should have their princess. And a few people have now contacted me basically going “no, only straight white people can have princesses if you stick with the classics.”
Um.
No.
I am a folklorist, and it’s time for some Fun With...
“Why is it that people are willing to spend $20 on a bowl of pasta with sauce...”
– One of the entries from the list ‘20 Things Everyone Thinks About the Food World (But Nobody Will Say)’.
In the meantime, check this out.
(via knifinaround)
“It is unfair to ask a woman to leave aside her personal experience and discuss...”
– Shakesville: I Am Not a Political Football (via loveyourchaos)
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jav-incandenza:
are you telling me that Sigur Ros ISN’T pronounced “Sugar Ray”? they’re two different bands? is this what you’re telling me?
“Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you...”
– Fugivitus: A few things to consider when you find a feminist blog (via absolutely-spiffing)
221bec:
professionalmisandrist:
What if condoms had temporary tattoos on the inside like you rolled off the condom and there was a picture of a dinosaur on your dick
