janvier 2011
38 billets
yay ponies: There were... →
slackmistress:
…four homeless men, camped out under an awning, trying to keep out of the rain. They were all huddled around something, and as I got out of the car I spotted a blocky pit bull head at the center of the circle.
I was worried the dog may be hurt, but I was too chicken to go over…
Oh, my heart.
Unlike a lot of the deep thinkers who have written big books about how our...
– Bill Patrick at XY: “Late for the equality train: Why young men need to learn about feminism”
I had a hard time deciding on a quote from this piece. Go ahead and click through for more.
(via lostgrrrls)
hitRECordJoe: The Social Network & My Generationan... →
hitrecordjoe:
The Social Network & My Generation an open letter to my friend Peter Travers Peter, Hey man! So, I finally watched The Social Network the other night, and today I read your review of it, curious about your claim that this film defines my generation. First let me say, I agree that…
What JGL said.
Want to help Kelley Williams-Bolar? →
lostgrrrls:
mizjenkins:
thecranium:
She’s in need of donations to appeal the sentence. You can send them to the National Action Network Akron Chapter, c/o Kelley Williams-Bolar, P.O. Box 4152, Akron, Ohio, 44321.Checks can be made payable to Williams-Bolar.
Please spread this far and wide.
For those of you who missed the original story or my rant about it on Gawker, I encourage you to...
Most of us, in our daily lives, do not think about rape at all. Women, however,...
– Pornography, Lad Mags, Video Games and Boys: Reviving the Canary in the Cultural Coalmine Matthew B. Ezzell (via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
This x1000. Being on guard a majority of the time is exhausting.
(via reclusiveobscenities)
I don’t fear death. I had been dead for billions of years before I was born, and...
– Mark Twain (via ontheborderland)
100% foolproof tips to prevent rape and sexual...
entropicflux:
ahhhna:
lipstick-feminists:
i want to print this out and put it up everywhere.
autoreblog.
Tracking down my online haters - CNN.com →
entropicflux:
cyclogenesis:
amaaaazing
I hate people.
IDK, reading this I kept thinking “That doesn’t happen in my corner of the internet”. It’s not “the internet” that’s the problem, it’s the bits of the internet that don’t have community, like someone writing swear words on the underside of a bridge. I mean, the sports writer...
Lost Grrrls: my feminism/QUILTBAG support is... →
volcanoes:
Last night, Nate and I went out with a friend and her new boyfriend. It’s obvious the new couple really likes one another, and from her reports, he treats her really well. I’m really happy for her because she’s happy!
Kind of awkward: during the car ride to the restaurant, my…
I went off on a coworker. I was calm about it, but stern. However, he’s one of those dudes...
Guys, Now Ricky Gervais Will Never Be Nominated... →
amosays:
popculturebrain:
A member of the HFPA had this to say: “Ricky will not be invited back to host the show next year, for sure. For sure any movie he makes he can forget about getting nominated. He humiliated the organization last night and went too far with several celebrities whose representatives have already called to complain.”
Wah!
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oy. vey.
Sad. That’s the...
In August of 1990 I found myself laying on my stomach in the woods with a pair...
– Kathleen Hanna, Our Hit Parade (via feminismistheshit)
Oh HELL yes!
(via lostgrrrls)
My love for Kurt and Kathleen grows every day.
I will tell you one thing Rebecca. I was freer in Russia, growing up under a...
– My father. We were talking about the concept of freedom last night. (via rebeccam)
This is something I’ve only started to realize recently. And it’s scary when you finally DO come to that realization.
(via lostgrrrls)
I firmly believe that America’s entire system is designed to keep...
That’s the key, you know, confidence. I know for a fact that if you genuinely...
– Dawn French (via crookedghosts, wastedheadspace) (via amyofau, oldbeforeidie) (via fakefuckery)
This. This this this.
Reblog if you're single yet you always seem to...
amosays:
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and the part that always gets me is how they always come back, “I should’ve listened to you. You were right.”
This is probably why we’re single. Because 90% of people we could be dating, we look at and think “….no.”