August 2011
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“Arthur C. Clarke famously said: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is...”
– Interesting thoughts from my mate, Halldór Auðar Svansson.
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“Having privilege isn’t something you can usually change, but that’s okay,...”
– Sindeloke, on Privilege (via rebel-grrrl)
Preach!
(via drmeltron)
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“That’s just totalitarianism, just like the Communists,” she snapped....”
– from Adventures of a Dacha Sex Spy by David Tuller (seen in PomoSexuals: Challenging assumptions about gender and sexuality, ed. Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel)
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Things people constantly assume about me:
That I’m a vegetarian
and that I’m a lesbian.
And while the lesbian bit might be sort of explained by me working in a gay bar, it really bothers me that people automatically go “a female-bodied person, working in a gay bar, must be a lesbian and cannot possibly have any other sexual preference”. Especially gay people. I feel like...
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“It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to...”
– Tony Benn (via liberationfrequency)
Word.
(via rethinksocialism)
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How media clearly reflects the sexism and the... →
I wanted my first-year film students to understand what happens to a story when actual human beings inhabit your characters, and the way they can inspire storytelling. And I wanted to teach them how to look at headshots and what you might be able to tell from a headshot. So for the past few years I’ve done a small experiment with them.
Some troubling shit always occurs.
It works like this: I...
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“You Don’t Have to Be Pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your...”
– (via internal-acceptance-movement)
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“Realize that anyone who tries to put you down about your appearance is assuming...”
– Skeptifem (via iamthecrime)
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“If you’re old enough to have sex, and you are having it, then you should...”
– My co-worker, David
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“Pointing out that men are privileged in no way denies that bad things happen to...”
– Barry Deutsch - The Male Privilege Checklist (via reelaroundthefountain | tigersmilk)
I think this is a really great quote because it helps shows how patriarchy is detrimental for all people, while still addressing how women suffer more than men. I do have a problem with the way this quote does...
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Dumpster divin' like a pro
chrisrules:
A basic tutorial I wrote up…
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“Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that...”
– Humphrey Davey (via thanatesque)
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Crimes Committed by Abortion Protesters in the...
twelvefootmountaintroll:
stfuconservatives:
(also known as “Cool pro-life story, bros!”)
7 murders
17 attempted murders
52 bombings
180 arsons
89 invasions
1,211 incidents of vandalism
1,341 trespasses
100 acid attacks
655 anthrax threats
146 cases of assault and battery
375 death threats
3 kidnappings
96 burglaries
480 cases of stalking
One in five clinics experiences...
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Just started my second job on Monday and already managed to teach one of the guys about gender neutral pronouns and was filled with happiness as he made a really big effort to try to remember to use it, and to call me either by my name, or zie. Which is more than can be said for most of my friends. Also, I have a feeling that what with being surrounded by either sex toys or alcohol six days a...
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“Looters did to the streets what our state has done to the rest of the world for...”
– LOWKEY (via livingispolitical)
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Chrome OKCupid Script - OKChoices
tahlalalia:
genderqueer:
Submission from mirkwood:
OKChoices -
A script that gives you additional options for gender, orientation and relationship status on OkCupid. This is my first ever attempt at something like this, so let me know if you run into any problems or would like me to add additional options.
For my queer followers in the dating game - yay!
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“If you are a woman, if you’re a person of colour, if you are gay, lesbian,...”
– Margaret Cho (via fuckyeahfemmes)
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“A family in Manchester is facing eviction from their council home because the 12...”
– My friend Ryan’s Facebook status.
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Policing By Consent
poolski:
I’ve had this conversation with a few people now and the overwhelming consensus is towards agreement.
In the UK, the police operate on the basis of policing by consent. That doesn’t mean that the police can only arrest you if you agree to your arrest - that would be ludicrous. It means that the police force’s effectiveness and even its existence is dictated by the people’s agreement...
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Profile: Cisgender News International Chief... →
cisnews:
Rebekah Wade - a cisgender woman who has now quit as News International chief executive - not only conquered the macho cis world of tabloid journalism to become its queen but did so with astonishing speed. What was behind her rise to power?
Rebekah Brooks - as she started to call herself following a second marriage - courted power but avoided publicity. She started receiving female...
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London Riots
inherhipstheresrevolutions:
socialisimo:
I feel the need to really say this and put it out there in the tumblr community.
As most people are aware there have been low to high level outbreaks of violence and looting in the capital. This is of course serious, and no one should loose their lives of their homes.
However, these things do not just happen. These communities for years and decades...
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"Their own neighborhood"
readnfight:
If poor urban people of color rioted in the areas they live in, in cities in the US, in a serious huge way, what fraction of property destroyed would be their own? What fraction of people rioting would be destroying property of their own, their friends and families, people they’d ever even met? A tenth? A hundredth? What must that look like in the UK right now—whose property is being...
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“If the young are not initiated into the village, they will burn it down just to...”
– African proverb (via liberationfrequency)
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A lot of the critiques of the rioting in London is...
onceuponanotsolongago:
iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn:
A lot of the critiques of the rioting in London is really…disturbing.
And all of it is really making me wonder, Could a lower class uprising ever catch on?
Its come to my attention that the biggest obstacle to an uprising isnt the police or the state. Its the middle class.
These are the people poo-pooing the rioters and shaking their...
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On London: Rioting in Media Context
ITV Reporter: Is rioting the correct way to express your discontent?
Young Londoner: You wouldn't be talking to me now if we didn't riot, would you?
ITV Reporter: ...
Young Londoner: Two months ago we marched to Scotland Yard, more than 2,000 of us, all blacks, and it was peaceful and calm and you know what? Not a word in the press. Last night a bit of rioting and looting and look around you.
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About London's riot.
poupouroi:
If the rioting was a surprise, people weren’t looking
Yes, indefensible – but not unexpected. Clear signs of deep problems in our youth were ignored as being a black problem.
The still smouldering Carpetright store in Tottenham has quickly become iconic of the rioting seen since Saturday. Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features
It’s usual practice when someone is killed that their...
Followers who are near the riots, please stay safe.
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dressupbox: Fun/snarky responses to cis... →
dressupbox:
readnfight:
kiriamaya:
Inspired in large part by Chally’s Answers I love to/hope to one day give and Amusing answers to clueless questions:
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You’re not a girl! You’re right; I’m not. I’m a woman.
But you have XY chromosomes! Wow, you’re able to read someone’s entire genome just by looking at them? That’s incredible. What other superpowers do you have?
Have you had surgery?...
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“It is unfair and unnecessary to require that transgender people undergo...”
– ACLU of Alaska Executive Director Jeffrey Mittman, on a policy of the Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles requiring surgery prior to changing the sex marker on Alaska driver licenses (via pansexualpride)
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Virginity: Ditch it
sexposgrrrl:
Now, I don’t mean to suggest that everyone should be out having wild (heterosexual) sex. I totally respect any individual’s personal choice to abstain from any sexual act(s) for so long as they want- until they are “this” age, until they are in “that” kind of relationship, because they don’t feel like dealing with sex at this point in their life, or ever. What I’m suggesting is...
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alittlemorecomfortable:
natureschild-:
Why do people say “man up, grow some balls”? Balls are weak & vulnerable. If you wanna toughen up grow a vagina- those things can take a POUNDING.
yep. ;)
HAHA. TRUE.
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“My point is that feminists are not biological determinists. Feminists are the...”
– ‘Feminists are Sexist’ - Features - The F-Word (via periodp00ps)
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“For introverts like myself, it takes energy to engage with other people. Doing...”
– 4 Ways Technology Can Enable Your Inner Introvert - Philip Bump - Technology - The Atlantic
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