December 2011
Most Gender-Friendly Bathrooms I've Ever Seen
bidyke:
sexismandthecity:
Strange Matter, Richmond, Virginia
puncteq:
Here’s a little something that we use in my community:
Text reads: PEOPLE. Entrance to the bathroom is permitted to all genders and sexes.
“You want to show solidarity with women? Acknowledge their right to be sexual...”
– Unknown. (via rosenplantzandguildenfern)
“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done...”
– Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
Eh this is completely wrong. He was actually quite fond of the Reagans. It was at a White House dinner however. Here is what...
Top Ten Facebook Reactions to the Onion of 2011,...
literallyunbelievable:
10. Hey, science jerks: just get over it already and pray!
9. It’s not true
8. “Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
7. WHO ARE YOU WHERE AM I
6. “The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
Rather than waste money trying to ban abortion,...
femmewave:
Adopt a child.
Fund contraception.
Support free healthcare.
Donate to charities that work to eradicate childhood diseases.
Donate to Amnesty International, so they can get innocent people off Death Row.
Donate your time to working with the hungry / homeless.
Knit blankets for *wanted* preemie babies.
Support people who miscarry. They might actually need it.
Fight domestic...
theforthrightfeminist:
Let me just begin by saying, this is what my pepper spray looks like. For the record, I didn’t buy it for myself, my parents got it for me. As I was walking out of Wal Mart tonight, without it, it donned on me on how fucked up it is. Not only the fact that I need the weapon itself, but it’s color.
It’s like, we’re trying to make rape culture cutesy. Same goes for pink...
“Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of...”
– Bell Hooks (via wearethedescendantsofstars)
Some useful [white, heterosexual, & male]...
fuckyeahfeminists:
Some links that may be useful to you folks
White privilege [PDF]:
Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, describes white privilege as “an invisible package of unearned assets, which I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was ‘meant’ to remain oblivious. White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack...
*snerk* (Warning: satire ahead!)
kiriamaya:
Hi. I understand you are a cisgender who identifies as female. What I want to know is, why? What makes you think you’re a woman? I mean, I don’t wanna be rude, and I totally support all you cisgenders, but it just seems obvious that your decision not to change your body doesn’t change who you REALLY are. How do you know you’re not just confused? I mean, I know this probably sounds...
REBLOG:... i saw Pariah. →
heysoapie:
tionam:
Reblogging this from when i had the chance to see Pariah at the New Director/New Films fest at the Lincoln Center earlier this year in March. please support this film if it happens to be playing in your city or a city near you!!!
TAKE ACTION!
Here’s what YOU can do:
1) BUY movie tickets opening week! Bring your friends & family to watch PARIAH or buy tickets for...
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
KnitRiot Strikes Homeless Shelter →
domestitch:
“Just before dusk, the anonymous group threw a blank tarp against a wall, tied up strands of rope, and hung knitted beanies, scarves, and blankets with clothes pins. As soon they created the installation, they vanished without a trace, except the note “For You! Warmly, KnitRiot” at the base of the wall.”
Men have called me a man-hater, a feminazi,...
pantal0nes:
Heartless Bitches International (via warrioroftheleft)
“Queer or polyamorous dolphin sex is represented as an amusing oddity and as...”
– Besio K, Johnston L, and Longhurst R (2008) Sexy beasts and devoted mums: narrating nature through dolphin tourism. Environment and Planning A 40: p. 1225 (via geogthoughts)
