July 2012
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isabelthespy:
“The movies make the brooding guy the hero — the guy with problems, the guy who carries a gun, the guy with unresolved anger, the guy with a chip on his shoulder, the guy who’s a vampire — and they tell you that you can have the mythical happy ending with that same brooding guy. But in reality, the brooding guy is cranky. He doesn’t reply to emails. He doesn’t call. He’s only half...
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zuky:
isabelthespy:
zuky:
nezua:
sexgenderbody: [Content Note: Scottish and ginger stereotyping, Othering, racism, misogyny.]
eshusplayground:
freibiergesicht:
“I will also briefly note that if you think this post is just about Scots, or whether Scots are/should be offended, you have misread the post. The post very clearly elucidates how the particular stereotypes being evoked play...
eugenics and women of color
karnythia:
blahblahblather:
deluxvivens:
so one thing i keep noticing, when talk turns to eugenics and how women of color in particular have been targeted by it, is the utter and complete denial so many people seem to need to have about it. there’s been enough talk about what happened to women in north carolina that now people are at least forced to admit it happened, but given that it...
one thing I really appreciated about my new...
isabelthespy:
(aside from all the butts) is that there were two boob shots and a bikini scene but none of those felt particularly sexualized even though one was happening in a sexual context. what I mean is there were no lingering close-ups or excessively appealing lighting or poses held unnaturally long. it felt the way naked boobs in movies mostly have felt to me — and sorry to stereotype,...
June 2012
“You don’t even see how racist that question is.”
– Toni Morrison in response, when asked by a white female reporter if she never felt compelled to write white characters. (via blackwomensaid)
Lessons From The Secret Service / Cargagena... →
whimsicaleloqunce:
Something to keep in mind about the recent Secret Service / Sex-worker scandal in Cartagena, Columbia. When an American tried to pay a sex worker only $30 after previously agreeing to pay her $800 she complained to the police. She complained to the police. If you’re an American take a minute to wrap your head around that. Take more than a minute if you need to. And you might....
isabelthespy:
my new favorite movie, magic mike, had so many gif-worthy moments
and so many butts
so many butts
#don’t let me down internet #you know what to do
Watchcrankyskirt:
jdgreensoul:
I love Lucille Clifton. I’ve used her poems to convert suspicious undergraduates to the possibilities of poetry in our everyday lives. Once we got to that “i wish them cramps” in “wishes for sons,” hoooooneeeey, them kids didn’t know what hit ‘em!
I never got to meet Lucille Clifton, but I’ve always felt kinda connected to her—I’m a six-fingered, poem scribbling,...
oh my god this new wye oak song !@#@!# ! @ ! ! ! ... →
maura:
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I think I like it better than any of the songs on Civilian actually!
katherinestasaph:
not sure how I missed this Fact Magazine piece on the State of Music As We Know It
but I agree with essentially all of it.
accurate diagnoses of the monotony of the pop moment
effusive and deserved praise for the return of UK garage
first comment is “Who wrote this article? A f*cking teenage girl?”
A+ Alex Macpherson, you’ve done it again
softcommunication:
a shameful whisper: louie. louie. louie. louie.
shalewa:
yes, his (character’s) ex-wife is black. yes, the (tv) daughters are white. he’s also a red-headed mexican. louie is an exercise in succumbing to a vision. many people fight it because his chosen format has traditionally been used to sell the most soap; innovation in sitcoms tends to be noticed too little, too late....
“Native spiritualities are land based — they are tied to the landbase from which...”
– Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (via thecurvature)
maura:
In 1983, the park officially changed its name from Storytown USA to The Great Escape. For publicity, the park placed bumper stickers on every car in the parking lot.[citation needed] This practice stopped a few years later due to complaints.
If this is true it explains SO MUCH about what I saw on my local expressways and parkways while growing up.
“AVC: On the other end of the spectrum, as far as the length of the show’s run,...”
– Today’s most important interview exchange.
Also last night I saw a season-eight Law & Order episode that I’d never seen before!!!!
(via maura)
the20000:
I prefer promoting myself the old-fashioned way… randomly liking strangers’ posts and hoping the first thing they see when they check me out isn’t a reblog of a Shaq gif.
I prefer promoting myself the old-fashioned way… randomly liking strangers’ posts and hoping the first thing they see when they check me out is a reblog of a Shaq gif.
The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal -... →
dyfl:
This is one of the best pieces of journalism I’ve read in a long, long time, and it’s an absolute must-read with all this nonsense about contempt charges flying around. If this piece is halfway correct in the narrative it assembles re: the Fast And Furious investigation, then we’re being sold a serious crock of shit in terms of how it’s been covered and discussed so far.
michelledean:
TODAY IN GIANT SURPRISES
David Denby loved Newsroom.
#the call is coming from inside the room of nice guys
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nickminichino:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
I do believe I will eternally wait for receipts on where I harassed people who were engaging in oppressive behavior long after the oppressive behavior was over.
Riley (dumbthingswhitepplsay) has seemingly infinite patience. Because they have to.
I don’t even follow dumbthingswhitepplsay, but I am constantly kept apprised of its goings-on, thanks...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN KELLER
ghosthustler:
Let me offer up the constant reminder that Helen Keller wasn’t just a pity-case for able-bodied fawning and the Hallmark movie template (or even more infuriatingly, a punchline), but instead:
An avid socialist;
A suffragette;
An advocate for the disabled;
A vocal anti-war activist; and
Generally more hardcore than you could ever hope to be.
For extra reading, go ahead and...
"If you aren't paying for a service, you are the...
theaboveground:
said by one of the May First panelists that I’m at right now.
This idea has come up a lot in my life the past few weeks. And I think it’s interesting that even though I’m a steady internet user and consider myself sophisticated although not a techie, I’m not really all that sure what the implications of this sentence even means.
*How* am I a product? What does that mean? Are my...
Why the Supreme Court Will Uphold the...
robertreich:
Predictions are always hazardous when it comes to the economy, the weather, and the Supreme Court. I won’t get near the first two right now, but I’ll hazard a guess on what the Court is likely to decide tomorrow: It will uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) by a vote of 6 to 3.
Three reasons for my confidence:
First, Chief Justice John Roberts is —...
Kansas Board of Health Revokes License of Doctor... →
divineirony:
abaldwin360:
christiantheatheist:
In a continuing effort to both curb access to abortion and reiterate their own opinion that there is never any situation where abortion could be necessary for a patient’s well-being, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts has decided in favor of revoking Dr. Ann Neuhaus’s medical license. Neuhaus, a colleague of Dr. George Tiller, assisted him...
Gardener Sues Tulsa for Cutting Down Her Edible... →
blackamazon:
humanformat:
KOTV reports that Denise Morrison grows an edible and medicinal garden of over 100 plant varieties in her front and back yard. Last August, she received a letter from the city reporting a complaint about her yard.
She took photographs of her gardens and went to meet with city inspectors who told her “Everything, everything need to go” when she asked for problem...
Disclaimer
ladyatheist:
capitalismconcarne:
socialjusticeally:
bookishboi:
Rather than go through the same loop of arguing with people over the shit I post, this is my Get With it or Get Lost disclaimer.
Get The Fuck Off My Page If The Following Applies to You:
If you believe that racism can be against whites
If you are transphobic or homophobic
If you believe that whites can be oppressed
If...
