December 2011
51 posts
Sometimes →
catchafirefly:
I think about all of the things I don’t admit to the average person, all of the secrets and history I struggle with but rarely talk about,
and it makes me wonder how much is hiding behind the average person’s face, how complex and complicated and beautiful their story is.
Everyone you meet has a story, and a past, and a secret that would take your breath away.
Everyone has...
“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via metamelf)
So
aromanticaardvark:
Why aren’t queerplatonic dating sites a thing? Someone should make that a thing.
“SOPA and PIPA are the effective equivalent of blowing up every road, bridge, and...”
– Nilay Patel (via mcheung)
Not Your Mom's Trans →
“In typical trans 101 discussions, right now I would probably be explaining to you that “gender is a spectrum” and drawing a cute little line graph labeled “m” at one end and “f” at the other. But this would be fallacious, as well as total bullshit. Gender is not a line, it is a huge three-dimensional space too big to be bounded by the concepts of “male” and “female.” Being trans is not...
So what is a 'hipster'? →
“The hipster only exists in comparison. This is why nobody is willing to call themselves a hipster – there is no absolute meaning of the word. Hipster is a label used on somebody who’s trying harder to be cool than you are. That’s it. Whether they’re actually trying or whether they just happen to like that particular pair of skinny jeans is a completely different matter. We use the word...
Me while watching the ending of Dexter's season...
ohmigado:
Important to remember: You don't have a monopoly...
I still struggle with this sometimes/ right now.
feminist slut: privilege; a poem for men who don't... →
feministslut:
[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…
Ways Horrible/Humorless People Respond To...
theidiotking:
“OKAYYYYYYY….“
“You’re WEIRD.”
“What are you smoking?” and/or “I want some of what YOU’RE on.”
<eye roll>
“Yeah… not so much.”
“Not sure what THAT was all about, but…”
“Riiiiiiiiiight.”
“Anywayyyyyyyyyyy…”
“Um, random much?”
“I never developed the social skills one needs to have a fun back and forth with someone, nor do I understand/know how to process humor, so...
I thought this guy was hitting on me, but it turns...
“How good does a female athlete have to be before we just call her an athlete?”
– (via newwavefeminism)
“…white audiences still prefer to watch white characters.
It would be easy to...”
– 5 Old-Timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie (via)
“Privilege is not something I take and which I therefore have the option of not...”
– Harry Brod, “Privilege, Power, and Difference” (via heartmarten)
“…As my niece pointed out to me, could it be possible we have been searching for...”
– Sheila Prakash (via saravegas)
“Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of...”
– bell hooks (via livinglikeitsgolden)
PERFECT. -C
(via ignorance-is-the-enemy)
The Girl Who Normalised Non-Monogamy: Incidental... →
“Regrettably, the polyamory was completely omitted from the Swedish films of the books: despite its mostly incidental relationship to the main plot, it seems no coincidence that it was left out. (Well, Beckman was erased, but Blomkvist still had interest in both Berger and Salander. It seems that a woman having two long-term lovers is inappropriate, while Bond-style romance is fine.)...
I hate finals. My week of hell begins...
feministslut:
Why We Hate Tim Tebow
fishingboatproceeds:
It’s not really about his religiosity, or even the way he uses his fame to evangelize. People, including me, are put off by Tebow because he is SINCERE, and cynical people dismiss all sincere worldviews, whether secular or religious.
Tebow exposes our cynicism. He is unafraid to care deeply and unironically about things. Maybe some of those things—football for instance—are...
“It’s certainly true that physical attraction is important. And it’s also true...”
– The Fallacy Of Your Romantic League (via sexisnottheenemy)
“If anyone of any gender has sexual thoughts or experiences about both women and...”
– Greta Christina (Is Everyone Basically Bisexual?)
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On the origins of "fuck"
The word “fuck” did not originate in Christianized Anglo-Saxon England as an acronym for “Fornication Under Consent of King”; nor did it originate as an acronym for “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”, either as a sign posted above adulterers in the stocks, or as a criminal charge against members of the British Armed Forces; nor did it originate during the 15th-century Battle of Agincourt as a...
“What kind of relationship you have is your choice, and one choice isn’t better...”
– A-fucking-men to every word of this.
source: The Pervocracy.
(via debaucherie)
I just spend the last ten minutes losing my shit... →
speakgirl:
etc-etc:
NSFW: Racial slurs and other crude language.
That cannot be real. I really hope it’s real.