May 2013
258 posts
Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science... →
theprophetlilith:
Kiera Wilmot made an honest mistake, but the police were trying to throw away her life with a felony. After the community stood up for the girl, the charges were dropped, and she was allowed to move on with her life. Well, her greatness is really starting to shine, as she was recently granted several extraordinary opportunities through scholarship offers she has received.
...
Bringing Back Wonder Woman →
crunkfeministcollective:
AS LOVELY AS APHRODITE – AS WISE AS ATHENA – WITH THE SPEED OF MERCURY AND THE STRENGTH OF HERCULES – SHE IS KNOWN ONLY AS WONDER WOMAN.
Dear privileged Hollywood women,
We need you. It’s time. You can no longer remain silent. You must act. You must step up. White men alone cannot decide the fate of the Wonder Woman movie.
As I write this, I understand the sad truth...
i enjoy that mal is trying to present his opinions... →
quadzebub:
how is gender to be abolished if no one can overcome “male socialization,” ignoring that this is ridiculous on its face for the moment. when it comes to power, class isn’t something that you’re simply “socialized” to be unless you think the groundbreaking novella Rich Dad Poor Dad is going to make everyone wealthy
Also he’s kind of ignoring the fact that trans women...
sosungalittleclodofclay:
valeriekeefe:
Just once I’d like a psychiatrist to get on TV and say, “Hey, you know what would probably help those of you with abandonment issues? Having a relationship with someone where you weren’t abandoned.” But instead we make it the responsibility of the wounded person to find some new coping mechanism to shut off the natural desire for things we need to have...
Just once I’d like a psychiatrist to get on TV and say, “Hey, you know what would probably help those of you with abandonment issues? Having a relationship with someone where you weren’t abandoned.” But instead we make it the responsibility of the wounded person to find some new coping mechanism to shut off the natural desire for things we need to have something resembling...
“These are women who have to fight to be included within the category ‘woman,’ in...”
– Angela Davis on trans women (via kinkykinkshamer)
Fucking-A. I need to read some more of her work.
My Exchange with the Southern Poverty Law Center →
The trans community has asked itself recently why the supposed watchdog of extremist hate-groups - The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) - has historically given Trans Exclusionary Radical …
anotherlgbttumblr:
dyspraspie:
babyshibe:
Things worth noting in the middle of being happy about the [England and Wales] same-sex marriage bill: it contains a clause which allows spouses of trans people to veto their obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate (i.e. legal recognition of gender on birth certificate), even if that spouse is abusive. The only way around this is divorce. So if...
The Bird or the Cage?: dyspraspie: babyshibe:... →
dyspraspie:
babyshibe:
Things worth noting in the middle of being happy about the same-sex marriage bill: it contains a clause which allows spouses of trans people to veto their obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate (i.e. legal recognition of gender on birth certificate), even if…
I cannot follow you fucking fast enough.
Land Under Wave: sylviasybil: babyshibe: Things... →
sylviasybil:
babyshibe:
Things worth noting in the middle of being happy about the same-sex marriage bill: it contains a clause which allows spouses of trans people to veto their obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate (i.e. legal recognition of gender on birth certificate), even if that spouse is abusive. The only way around this is divorce. So if you want to transition and your spouse...
“There’s a medicine that, in half a century of use, has been linked to a grand...”
– Anya Josephs, Girls of All Ages Need Access to Emergency Contraception (via sparkamovement)
You know what other reproductive medicine is safer than Aspirin that’s needlessly kept from the women who need it? HRT, but then, only if the woman in question is trans. Until you hypocrites decide...
India bans captive dolphin shows, says dolphins... →
homosexualcats:
morganwerewolf:
plurdledgabbleblotchits:
themanofearth: In a bold move to protect the well-being of dolphins, India has moved to ban dolphin shows — a push that helps elevate their status from creatures of mere curiosity to one that borders more closely to the personhood we seem to share.
“Whereas cetaceans in general are highly intelligent and sensitive, and various...
“The Only Problem With Capitalism Is The Capitalists; They’re Too Damn...”
– Herbert “Bitches” Hoover
I do not accept nuclear strategy
ananiujitha:
I do not accept the logic of total war, it leads to mass murder, and with large enough nuclear arsenals, it could lead to mass murder, the destruction of our present civilization, and the destruction of any possibility of building a better civilization.
I do not believe there is any legitimate reason for a second vengeance strike capability, or a first strike capability.
It used...
sonic-thespacehog:
Gay men are not women
Gay men are not trans*women
Lesbian women are not men
Lesbian women are not trans*men
Trans*women are not men
Trans*women are not gay men
Trans*men are not women
Trans*men are not lesbian women
Trans*women can be lesbians
Trans*men can be gay
People do not have to fit into sexualities that make sense to other people
People do not have to fit...
“It so happens that a young man, usually a navy officer, accompanies the...”
– Adapted from “Preventing Nuclear War” by Roger Fisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1981 (via 21st-century-classical-liberal)
Other than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts, all nuclear detonations in history have been tests. Whatever other faults nuclear weapons have, their consequence...
“It so happens that a young man, usually a navy officer, accompanies the...”
– Adapted from “Preventing Nuclear War” by Roger Fisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1981 (via 21st-century-classical-liberal)
… I, don’t know how I feel about this. Among other things, politicians may have to demonstrate that they are credibly sadistic murderers not just to...
queenfattyoftherollpalace:
sportsworu:
dont fucking include roseanne barr in photosets of “strong woman quotes” she believes trans* women are pedophiles simply because they want to be able to use womens restrooms a woman who attacks other women does not deserve praise or idolization
Yeah transmisogyny is not inspiring.
She thinks transwomen (no * needed, trans* is the umbrella term.) are...
duedlyinfatuation:
singthesoulaway:
sportsworu:
singthesoulaway:
sportsworu:
dont fucking include roseanne barr in photosets of “strong woman quotes” she believes trans* women are pedophiles simply because they want to be able to use womens restrooms a woman who attacks other women does not deserve praise or idolization
It doesn’t mean she’s not a strong woman though. Roseanne has...
sportsworu:
dont fucking include roseanne barr in photosets of “strong woman quotes” she believes trans* women are pedophiles simply because they want to be able to use womens restrooms a woman who attacks other women does not deserve praise or idolization
Notes from my boner: This Eats At Me →
siryouarebeingmocked:
aboatmaleprivilege:
siryouarebeingmocked:
furiousventing:
[snip[
I get so incredibly angry when people say something as ignorant as “everywhere is a safe space for men!!!!!”
This is clearly why I feel comfortable talking about my issues everywhere, because I AM A BIG STRONG MAN THAT ENFORCES PATRIARCHY RAARGH.
Yes, that’s why I heard a little voice telling me to...
“Keynes, Hobson and Marx all suggest permanent remedies for the tendencies...”
– http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2013/05/creative-destruction-our-economic-crisis-was-wholly-predictable
Every time a communist tells me that there’s no answer to the accumulative nature of capitalism but abolishing it, I’m reminded we still have a state which can tax and...
harrow-adrift:
theratsinthewalls:
Basically the message of (Tumblr) Queer Culture is this:
Queers are allowed to be radical. We are allowed to break down the gender binary. We are allowed to be polyamorous. We are allowed to create our own rules, but we will not allow non-Queers to adopt our policies. Heterosexuals must remains as they are. They must be monogamous (are we are not allowed to...
wthsjw:
valeriekeefe:
wthsjw:
valeriekeefe:
wthsjw:
lookatthisfuckingcisgender:
sugoibroandkawaiijeff:
im not even sorry but saying you hate cis people is like saying you hate breathing.
no see the key difference is that breathing keeps us alive while cis people do literally the opposite
Um… Miss Keef, am I to understand from this reblog that you echo the previous commenter’s...
harrow-adrift:
privilegedenyingfeministcunt:
A teacher of mine told a story about how she assaulted an ex of hers after finding out that he had gotten together with an ex of a friend of hers (she dumped him, for the record).
She broke down the door to his apartment, broke his nose, knocked him back into some metal boxes where his ear was sliced open, threw a porcelain statue at her ex’s new...
Canadian Trans Woman Gets $22,000 In Human Rights... →
A woman at a Mississauga, Ontario paper box factory who was fired while undergoing gender reassignment has been awarded $22,000 plus eight months pay by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
Exercise doesn't help depression, study concludes →
askouija:
grumpchump:
sailor-ramiel:
atrocementheatral:
unfertig:
persiflet:
missvoltairine:
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
A study into whether physical activity alleviates the symptoms of depression has found there is no benefit. Research published in the British Medical Journal suggests that adding a physical activity intervention to usual care did not reduce symptoms of depression...
Taking Apart Common Trans Statistics →
sosungalittleclodofclay:
valeriekeefe:
tobitastic:
nilsander:
mattachinereview:
TW: suicide, outing
Trigger warning for transmisogyny, suicide, murder.
“I’ve heard that one in seven trans women will be murdered.”
I don’t know what to do.
Notice: Some cold number crunching of around death.
This came from Anna Anthropy’s open letter that you should go read if you haven’t. But...
theironduchess:
Is it possible for communism/fascism and democracy to co-exist?
Like for instance, a certain party’s ideology is Communistic/Nationalistic, but the government is elected (i.e., voted in by the people), and so even if the Communist/Nationalist Party is voted in they’ll still have to GTFO once their term is over and aren’t re-elected.
The only examples I can think of are
the...
Taking Apart Common Trans Statistics →
tobitastic:
nilsander:
mattachinereview:
TW: suicide, outing
Trigger warning for transmisogyny, suicide, murder.
“I’ve heard that one in seven trans women will be murdered.”
I don’t know what to do.
Notice: Some cold number crunching of around death.
This came from Anna Anthropy’s open letter that you should go read if you haven’t. But I want to take apart that statistic...
sexartandpolitics:
If you described COINTELPRO to a low information conservative without saying who it targeted they would freak the fuck out.
I am a high-information classical conservative (please stop conflating conservative with bible-bashing liberal, or rightists in general, m’kay?) and I’ve already freaked the fuck out.
