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tossme: The Fellowship of the Ring // The Return of the King

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:03:37 -0500

tossme:

The Fellowship of the Ring // The Return of the King

fuckyeahfeminists: rhrealitycheck: Sorry to bust your bubble,...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:12:10 -0500

fuckyeahfeminists:

rhrealitycheck:

Sorry to bust your bubble, but a new study shows that sex doesn’t burn as many calories as we previously thought.

sorry ya’ll. gunna have to stick to running to workout.

that’s if your sex only lasts, like, six minutes.

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descentintotyranny: 2012: The year in sexism Twelve months of...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:09:00 -0500

descentintotyranny:

2012: The year in sexism

Twelve months of disgraceful discrimination.

Dec. 30 2012

January. It is reported that on average a measly two out of ten speakers on the BBC’s Today programme are women. (Later in the year, John Humphrys is reduced to asking a man to “imagine” he is a woman in an all-male panel on breast cancer.)

February. The US radio-show host Rush Limbaugh calls the student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” for speaking in favour of contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans. But at least he finally provides a decisive answer to the question: “How much of a tool do you have to be to make 67 firms pledge never to advertise on your show again?”

March. The infamous Uni Lad website returns after a brief hiatus and promptly begins spewing the same misogynistic vitriol about “smashing wenches”. (Minus its previous advice that low rape reporting rates represent “good odds”. So that’s better.)

April. The Sunday Times TV critic and noted Adonis A A Gill claims that the classicist Mary Beard is “too ugly for TV” and “should be kept away from cameras”. She gently points out that he has accidentally “mistaken prejudice for being witty”.

May. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Gaining Weight While Pregnant Shocker. The media and thousands of fans lambast the Indian actress for failing to shed the extra pounds immediately post-partum. Special mention to those who accused her of “betraying her country”.

June. Two issues of Now magazine appear side by side on newsagents’ shelves. One reports that the model Abbey Clancy is “dangerously thin” and girls are starving themselves to look like her. The other offers diet tips to get her figure. Meanwhile, the European Commission launches a breathtakingly patronising video aimed at encouraging women into science: a masterpiece of dancing and giggling, with a pink background and make-up montages.

July. The blogger Anita Sarkeesian faces a viral hate campaign after merely proposing research into the tropes of women in video games. One geek feels so strongly that there is no problem with the portrayal of women in the medium that he creates an online game where players can punch Sarkeesian in the face.

August. In the US, the Republican science enthusiast Todd Akin proclaims that women’s bodies are magically able to ward off pregnancy in cases of “legitimate” rape. (To be fair, his research efforts were hampered because Mitt Romney had the binder full of women that day.)

September. “No More Page Three” campaigners are stunned into humiliated silence when the former Sun deputy editor Neil Wallis stymies them with the shock revelation that there are other problems in the world. Admirably, the Sun covers these important issues on page two, which incidentally doubles as the crucial buffer zone between the outraged anti-Jimmy Savile campaign on the front page and the teenage tits on page three.

October. Netmums pronounces feminism dead, on the somewhat amusing basis that only one in seven women self-defines as a feminist – giving it a nationwide “membership” numbering just under 4.5 million … more than ten times that of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties combined.

November. PlayStation decides it’s a great idea to advertise its new Vita console using a picture of a woman with two sets of breasts and no head. I’ll just repeat that one. They advertise it using a picture of a woman. With two sets of breasts. And no head.

December. Just as I’m worrying that nobody will be noteworthily sexist enough in the first few days of December to meet my deadline, FHM rides to my rescue in spectacular style with its astounding, assault-normalising advice that readers shouldn’t borrow socks from their girlfriend/mother/victim. Cheers, FHM! Job done.

punxandrec: “Obituaries” - The Menzingers

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:23:34 -0500

punxandrec:

“Obituaries” - The Menzingers

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pussylequeer: Inga Eiriksdottir photographed by Terry Tsiolis...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:15:57 -0500

pussylequeer:

Inga Eiriksdottir photographed by Terry Tsiolis for Vogue Russia, March 2010

rosalarian: Philosophy of Miyazakiby sapphiresky1410 I love...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:48:10 -0500

rosalarian:

Philosophy of Miyazakiby sapphiresky1410

I love things that sidestep the good vs evil cliche.

"So here’s the real reason that rape jokes are troubled territory - Because rape victims say..."

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:44:19 -0500

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So here’s the real reason that rape jokes are troubled territory -

Because rape victims say so.

They get to say that. They get to feel that way. On this, they get to set the cultural rules.

It’s not about right or wrong, or logic versus emotion, or arguments of over sensitivity or hypocrisy - you have the free speech to make whatever jokes you want or talk about rape in whatever way you feel is illuminating. But they get to be upset about it. And call you on it. And be hurt by it.

But consider this:

You get to not be a rape victim.

They, however, are not afforded that luxury. Ever again.

”

- Chuck Wendig (via thenewwomensmovement)

The Louvre and it’s visitors, photos by Alécio de Andrade. I’ve...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:43:34 -0500

The Louvre and it’s visitors, photos by Alécio de Andrade.

I’ve always wanted to photograph people looking at art work.-Dana

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fuckyeahfeminists: this is how you do anti-rape campaign...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:09:56 -0500

fuckyeahfeminists:

this is how you do anti-rape campaign posters.

virginiabluebells: why are people always so pissy about the fact that taylor swift writes the...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:44:25 -0500

virginiabluebells:

why are people always so pissy about the fact that taylor swift writes the majority of her songs about love and relationships like she’s a 23 year old white girl from pennsylvania what do you want her to write about the thug life

dionthesocialist: knowledgeequalsblackpower: My fiance calls...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:31:02 -0500

dionthesocialist:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

My fiance calls it “the White voice” and “the Black voice.”

‘Cause, let’s face it… if most of us are at a job interview, we’re tap dancing for some White person. We gotta speak in the voice that THEY’RE most comfortable with. It goes beyond just language. You gotta change the pitch/tone of your voice as well.

CODE SWITCHING!

watsonly: sheepful: ok so I was messing with Doomsday and I...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:15:09 -0500

watsonly:

sheepful:

ok so I was messing with Doomsday and I sped it up 200%

and it turned into a happy folksong????

i don’t

how

it’s so catchy

dressedupnails: I’m pretty pumped about showing y’all my first...

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:58:02 -0500

dressedupnails:

I’m pretty pumped about showing y’all my first ADVENTURE IN STRIPING TAPE! I love the clean lines it creates SO MUCH, I can’t believe I’ve never used it before. I wish you guys could see how sparkly these are in real life! You can go check out my blog for more pics and words, including pictures of my ol’ right hand!

Also, you can come hang out with me on Facebook!

marion-cotillards: DOCTOR WHO MEME — nine scenes [1/9] »...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:03:45 -0500

marion-cotillards:

DOCTOR WHO MEME — nine scenes [1/9] » “Everybody lives”

Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once. Everybody lives!