December 2011
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“This pattern — women can dress like men, but men don’t dress like women —...”
– via Sociological Images (via ellielamothe)
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the-face-of-broe:
I just realized the Mayans weren’t counting down to the end of the world. They were counting down to The Hobbit.
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I'm increasingly convinced that the reason that...
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Which is not to downplay the marginalization of atheists, which is very real, but it does create a problem, especially for women. The outright hostility and blatant misogyny I see among (predominantly white, male) atheists is disheartening, and the internalized misogyny among so many atheist women who are trying to fit in and be...
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“In Africa listening is a guiding principle. It’s a principle that’s been lost in...”
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By HENNING MANKELL
Published: December 10, 2011 Op Ed NYT “In Africa, Art of Listening”
(via latinosexuality) I think this is also an extrovert thing (and extroverts are glorified in modern, Western culture), wanting to talk but having little patience to listen to others. I’ve noticed...
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“That’s what interests me about The Doctor because, actually, look at the blood...”
– Matt Smith
(via matt-smith-)
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There is no hiding with LSD - Beyond the flowers... →
The question: Did the drugs work at all?
Is LSD a great spiritual teacher? Or indeed a teacher at all? My answer is an emphatic “Yes”, even though there will always be students who learn nothing from their teachers or misuse what they do learn.
For me LSD is the ultimate psychedelic. It’s a tough one – one not to be taken lightly or often. A typical trip lasts eight to 10...
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The 13 Smartest Porn Stars →
femmesandfamily:
I’m so tired of people saying sex workers are not intelligent. READ THIS.
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Machines that can "determine gender" →
cctcd:
Read the link, then come back. I have a beef, but I can wait patiently for you to do the necessary research. I promise it won’t take long. :)
Back? So soon? Okay, on to the point: this endeavor is going the wrong direction. It is mechanizing profiling, based solely on our appearance. The idea that our sex can be determined by our appearance is problematic, not only computationally, but...
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Lavender-Labia: [TW: ableist slur] How to... →
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lavender-labia:
The more time I spend on Tumblr, the more I realise that some people just don’t know how to apologise properly. These seems to cause a lot of unnecessary drama and hurt. With that in mind, here is my handy-guide to apologising.
Say sorry and mean it.
Acknowledge what you did that was wrong. a) If you don’t know what you did, avoid further interaction until you have...
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“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually...”
– H.L. Mencken
(via cultureofresistance)
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I get so overwhelmed by everything sometimes
It’s been happening more lately and it seems to take less and less. Makes me want to crawl inside myself and ignore the world for a few hours until it passes by. Feel like I can’t deal with anything, good or bad, and if anyone talks to me I might just burst out crying. It’s like my heart and my head fill up, the feeling you get when you’re about to faint, and I feel ready...
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“The Victorian ideal of femininity demands the control of female appetites and...”
– Victorian Femininity and Anorexic Culture: Starvation as the Suppression of the Monstrous Feminine by Clementine Cannibal http://clementinecannibal.com/2011/11/25/victorian-femininity-and-anorexic-culture-starvation-as-the-suppression-of-the-monstrous-feminine-by-clementine-cannibal/ (via...
What’s up with tumblr? I can’t expand any previews or favourite posts.. and the tags suggestions show up now for the whole selection, rather than for specific tags? Anyone else having problems? Been having it with expanding previews for a couple of days already.. and now it won’t add the reply option even if I end it with a question mark. Edit: Also the link to my blog’s...
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TW: Violence against trans* folk: Reasons to say... →
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strawberryfaerie:
“The Salvation Army has refused assistance to gay couples unless they break up and “go straight”, Muslim families who refuse to attend “Christian Bible classes”, kids who can’t prove their immigration status, and more.”
Admittedly, i only skimmed the article, but this quote alone should give you a pretty good idea of how awful they are.
EDIT:...
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Dear atheists,
While you are accepting gifts and eating your blessed ham on Christmas day, just remember why you are able to do that. It is a disgrace that one would participate in a sacred day when they are against it’s origin.
Dear Christians,
When you are accepting gifts and eating ham on Christmas day, remember the tens of...
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This Is Hysteria!: One teachers approach to... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
The start of this story is a bit ‘uhh..’ but it gets a lot better. It’s too long to...
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“Atheists are routinely asked how people will know not to rape and murder without...”
– 10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked (via lavender-labia) I’ve often wondered about this. It really is terrifying.
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privilege; a poem for men who don't understand...
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[TW: RAPE]
dopestdee:
privilege is simple: going for a pleasant stroll after dark, not checking the back of your car as you get in, sleeping soundly, speaking without interruption, and not remembering dreams of rape, that follow you all day, that woke you crying, and privilege is not seeing your stripped, humiliated body plastered in celebration across every magazine rack,...
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