June 2010
54 posts
“Tracie’s cool. I think I got into a fight with her once but she handled it very...”
– snugbug (via ctrain)
the fuck is this bullshit? so, racism is the only unacceptable form of oppression? awesome.
any time people refer to non-exclusionary language as being PC, i automatically stop listening to them about social justice.
i assume they’re talking about tracie egan morrissey...
Dumblr Bumblr Tumblr: Pursuant to that last →
Which you should read all of: I see—well, saw—before I blocked their irritating asses—white women talking about their careers in social justice. Oh, it is so hard to launch the career in social justice! Oh, it is so tiring at times, this being A Good Ally!
A-boo-hoo-hoo, boo-hoo-hoo.
You know…
tangerine trees and marmalade skies: "Using... →
The above phrase, a common one from anti-choicers, grates on me more than perhaps any other in the English language. It’s not for the ideological reasons you may initially assume — there are ideologies that annoy me far greater than the idea that “using abortion as a form of birth control” is a bad thing to do — but a linguistic one.
Because do you understand the actual words you are speaking?...
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Apparently I like to send passionate e-mails about...
shakepaper:
Not good at writing these posi-cute, love letter type dealies.
Oh well.
I think anger towards systems of domination can be sexy.
A lot of my best conversations with my partner come from challenges to his racism and cissexism.
Bleeding Pregnant Woman Arrested in Emergency Room... →
luxuryproblem:
obliviousunction:
robot-heart-politics: so-treu: herzundseele: dominickbrady: abagond:
stachionut:
dontshreadonme:
brainguts:fight-war-not-wars:pigisapig:rat-face:i-am-the-lighthouse:padaviya:
Last Sunday, 24 year-old Melanie Williams was driving alone down a Jacksonville, Florida, road. She was seven-and-a-half months pregnant, bleeding, and feeling very faint. Melanie...
My insecurity issues. Again.
dontraiseyoureyes:
While I’m on my anti-confidence spiel today, let me tell you about my online adventures in anxiety. About eight months ago, I joined a social networking/blogging site (apart from this one, of course (:). One of the first things I did was look at the various communities/groups. I had my eye set on the “feminist” one and sent a request to join.
Within one day? I was rejected.
...
“well to be fair, there are plenty of 16 year olds with brains, it’s just that no...”
– ihatethismess (via amandaw) (via thesuavechemist)
i totally agree with this—there’s also the aspect of “motherhood” and “childless by choice” going on—where feminists have been told for 30 years that anybody who can’t take care of themselves is a burden, rather than a being to act in solidarity...
Is this still necessary?
msfeasance:
mmmfeminism:
So, future grooms asking the father for the daughters “hand” in marriage.
Do we still need this? Is it just culture? Do you think it will ever end?
It’s very prevalent in certain circles where I live. (Disclaimer: I went to a very very tiny Catholic college in the BP runoff zone; I am not Catholic but many people I adore are very big liberation theology...
Bleeding Pregnant Woman Arrested in Emergency Room... →
luxuryproblem:
obliviousunction:
robot-heart-politics: so-treu: herzundseele: dominickbrady: abagond:
stachionut:
dontshreadonme:
brainguts:fight-war-not-wars:pigisapig:rat-face:i-am-the-lighthouse:padaviya:
Last Sunday, 24 year-old Melanie Williams was driving alone down a Jacksonville, Florida, road. She was seven-and-a-half months pregnant, bleeding, and feeling very faint. Melanie...
Reblog with: WHAT DISNEY CHARACTER WOULD YOU FUCK?
isabelthespy:
i asked this question a bazillionty years ago in the infancy of this toddler of a blog when i had like 15 followers or something. i have a bunch more than that now! and i think it would be neat if several of them took me up on this challenge! death is not an option, and neither are bullshit non-disney animated movies (dmitri from anastasia is not an acceptable answer, for...
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soofriends:
I need to make better notes to myself. One reblog of an excellent post by someone else is merely appended, at the point where I’d add my own comments: “*more stuff goes here*.” “More stuff,” Ilyka? What would that more stuff be? Did you really think that even a week later you would have any idea…
I CALL BULLSHIT! *snicker*
Actually I hope you still write the post about...
“After 50 years, it’s time to start selling birth control pills over the counter,...”
– Birth Control Pill: It’s Time to End Prescription Model, Start Over-the-Counter Sales
Uh. I’m pretty sure that the pill can cause serious side effects in people with certain health conditions or family histories, and there are a lot of different varieties. This does not sound like a good idea at...
“After 50 years, it’s time to start selling birth control pills over the counter,...”
– Birth Control Pill: It’s Time to End Prescription Model, Start Over-the-Counter Sales
Uh. I’m pretty sure that the pill can cause serious side effects in people with certain health conditions or family histories, and there are a lot of different varieties. This does not sound like a good idea at...
it's cashed.
i haven’t really written since thursday. critical levels of burnout combined with my current brokeness and opportunities for extra $$ have conspired to keep my focus on paycheck-abetting and book-reading and television-watching and quality-time-with-partner.
i’m regenerating slowly.
I’m Still Pissed Off At Perez Hilton »Body Love ... →
msfeasance:
What a fucker.
After numerous tweets, an email to him, and a call and email to his lawyer, he eventually took the post down. He did so without responding to me and without apologizing for his clear plagiarism. Even though the post is down, he’s now given credit all over the internet for “breaking this story.”
hate. this. douche.
Get It Together Perez...
msfeasance:
mmmfeminism:
UGH Perez…
spectrumnaut:
Get It Together, Perez.
Perez Hilton is notorious for outing celebrities. Recently, I have noticed that he has been using the word “tranny” offensively in his Tweets. When I saw this article, I cringed.
1. He’s outing a non-celebrity, a minor at that. 2. The title: “Warren Beatty’s Daughter (emphasis mine) wants Gender-Reassignment...
“The great thing about fashion is that it is fun and not to be taken too...”
– Going Tribal: DIY Mix Media Fringe Necklace « M&J Blog
GOD I<M GOING TO RETCH
(via garconniere)
Standard clusterf*ck in the comments section. It’s amazing how quickly people run from discussion to anger.
(via mycultureisnotatrend)
Oh, totes, it’s such a compliment when USians...
probably the most disgusting thing i've read in...
meloukhia:
bonesarecoralmade:
Here is a place you can say something about this. And that’s all about that because it makes me nauseous and hysterical.
‘This’ being the horrible story I brought to y’alls attention last night about a researcher sexually abusing little girls after mutilating (oh, sorry, ‘correcting’) their genitals.
For people who have asked what the fuck the institutional...
tennessean.com: Interview: Ke$ha talks Nashville... →
thingsimreading:
isabelthespy:
ah, fuck, i am really, really genuinely sorry if my response came across that way - not in a “sorry you got offended” way but in a “really, that is not what i meant to imply and i’m sorry that i did” way.
like, the thing you say about me pulling out the you-can’t-have-a-good-time argument: that is really, really not what i think. that’s what i was trying to get...
“Me: Are you a grey cat?
Shadow: *wheezes*
Me: I think you’re a grey cat....”
– things my cats do: Cat Chat
Saying obvious things to cats is one of the benefits of having them around. I particularly love saying “INSIDE KITTY? INSIDE KITTY!” at my cats when they are inside, and “OUTSIDE KITTY!” when they are outside. Other examples of the witty...
Zoos.
How do people feel about zoos in a social justice sense? My perspective is that when they’re bad, they’re very bad, but there can be a way to do it responsibly and fairly. My boyfriend does not like zoos, period.
Urgent:
dorianisms:
Does anyone know good icebreaker games to be played outdoors, by a group of perhaps a hundred people? They can be split into smaller groups if need be, so the size limit is the least important part. It’s for work. And I need to think of some stuff soon.
Would a Round Robin work? Where everyone contributes a sentence/word to an ongoing story?
Not great.
I am wrung out, nearly a nervous wreck, and nothing seems to be letting up.
Encouragement would be appreciated.
I missed tumblr too much: Transcription Work →
amandaw:
So, meloukhia (who is awesome) put up another post at Feministe today that is a video with description and transcript.
I’m not terribly interested in the video (I’m not really into the visuals in videos unless they’re fanvids) but I’m really interested in the transcript. meloukhia does an…
I’ve been wondering off and on - I wonder how well it would go if there were a single central...
Transcription Work
imissedtumblr:
So, meloukhia (who is awesome) put up another post at Feministe today that is a video with description and transcript.
I’m not terribly interested in the video (I’m not really into the visuals in videos unless they’re fanvids) but I’m really interested in the transcript. meloukhia does an awesome job on both the transcript and the description, and transcripts are, as you know,...
My birth control
thecurvature:
annaham:
seaponies:
guerrillarachel:
Is now only $20.00 a month. I don’t want to hear anyone else say that birth control is too expensive/inconvenient.
In some areas, for some people, it is still extremely difficult to get birth control. Sometimes there are many obstacles in the way. In some places it’s just a hassle, in others the doctors may easily deter their patients,...
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dorianisms:
abbyjean:
chainofknives:
I am okay with this.
i am also okay with this.
My hackles, this does not raise them.
I’ll even say, nice going England!
abbyjean replied to your post: South Park
b/c hippies symbolize the anti status quo, to a degree, by rejecting pursuit of $$$ as the sole definition of success/happiness. so violence against them = support of capitolism? maybe?
That was my thought too, and maybe that’s how I can access critique since South Park has some major class issues…but the thing is that the rejection of...
South Park
So I’m watching “Die Hippie Die” for Bitch to balance out the other, wank-bait episodes (I’m counting the instances of oppression in each episodes). It’s basically about how a bunch of over-privileged hippies set up an ineffectual indulgent music festival.
Yall, I basically am a hippie (privileged, overeducated, sees lots of shows/festivals, smoker) and I am not...
help me out?
thecurvature:
rtothemj:
someone i follow recently posted a quote posing some language other than “visible” to distinguish sorts of disabilities. i can’t remember who came up with the original language or who reblogged it for the life of me. does anyone recall this?
http://imissedtumblr.tumblr.com/post/657159674/thoughts
Also, you should turn on replies! :)
THANK YOU! And, done! (It took...
help me out?
someone i follow recently posted a quote posing some language other than “visible” to distinguish sorts of disabilities. i can’t remember who came up with the original language or who reblogged it for the life of me. does anyone recall this?
Let us make a plan
annaham:
imissedtumblr:
I saw someone on twitter saying June 19 was Helen Keller Day.
Helen Keller: Radical Socialist Activist.
[I suspect they were going for Helen Keller: So Brave! But they are wrong. WRONG. Not that Keller wasn’t brave, but she was also a radical socialist activist. And a disability rights activist.]
We should do a blog swarm. June 19: Correcting the Myth of Helen...
Mahatma Gandhi’s “seven modern sins”
brownfemipower:
pcquotes:
lickystickypickyme:
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle
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“Women who have abortions come from all walks of life. This is not a phenomenon...”
– Thoughts from an Abortion Doctor
I wanted to post this thought separately from this awesome article…
Reading this section, I am reminded of that ep of Mad Men, where Betty Draper (briefly) considers an abortion. It hit me like a ton of bricks: choice, or lack thereof, was not a major issue for...
Feeling much better after I quit fussing with the internet. Did some gardening (transplanted a bunch of peppers) and a little cleaning, and got some work done on a piece I want to be proud of.
Sarah Palin's Grab for Feminism →
brownfemipower:
a better essay than most of the other’s I’ve read—but it still misses the fundamental point. A movement is about *action* first and foremost. Words are important, yes, absolutely. But to accept the idea that “movement” *is* words is a disservice to women in the past and present who demand(ed) action and it’s an outright lie to those women who need *things*: practicality,...
“I can’t be the only one who’s creeped out by this TV ad for Crocs; it has the...”
– Annaham, “Creepy Crocs” » ham blog [WITH TRANSCRIPT OF AD!] (via annaham)
Annaham blogging! It is like the sun coming out after a rainy day, only on the internet!
(via dorianisms)
I have thoughts on Crocs. Namely that the type of people who are their target audience (people who need a good...
