February 2012
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“A whopping 46 percent of likely GOP primary voters said they think interracial...”
– 46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned
Todays entry in the “It’s the 21st century, folks!” also known as “Mad Men is not a vision of the future, people.” Can someone wake up the GOP? I mean, I know they’re conservative and that I...
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“My talkative, unsure,
unsettled self
was everywhere;
but you
were the clear...”
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eavan boland, “first year.” boland is someone who can make me tear up not with heartache but with the sheer power of recognition. this is from her book against love poetry so it feels like i should apologize to her for calling it beautiful, but i think when a true thing is depicted with such skill...
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“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect...”
– bell hooks (via ann—bittersuesz)
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“As panels of terrifying old men gather on national television to debate whether...”
– New Statesman - Rick Santorum and the sexual counter-revolution
This is a great text by Laurie Penny and I recommend reading it in its entirety. I especially like her comment that “to call this a culture war would be to imply that more than one side is fighting.”
I would only add to...
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“Community simply means our endless connection with, and responsibility for,...”
– James Baldwin
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“These social exchanges are grounded in gestures, words, clothes, meaningful...”
– Janine Marchessault: Marshall McLuhan. 2005. p. 227
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Quotenmann.
A German version of my “Heterosexism is disappearing?” text got published over at the wonderful German feminist blog Mädchenmannschaft. I’m happy to announce that I’m their new “Quotenmann” (token man) and will write about feminism and gender from a (critical) male position for them. I’m super excited, especially because the Mädchenmannschaft played a big...
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“Feminism is you right now reading this.
Feminism is what you do right after...”
– Zoe Leonard: Texte zur Kunst
(via: Ein Fetzen Gemeinschaft)
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Heterosexism is disappearing?
(What I’m about to say might be totally wrong. Plus, I’m really privileged as a cis-male in a heterosexual relationship headed for marriage. So I appreciate your input.. Also a content note: heterosexist/ableist slurs are mentioned in this text.)
Apparently homophobia is disappearing in the UK, claims sociologist Mark McCormack in an interview with Salon. To be more specific,the usage...
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“How can it be, less than a decade after the U.S. invaded Iraq, that the Iran...”
– Experts Say Iran Attack Is Irrational, Yet Hawks Are Winning the Debate - The Daily Beast
Good opinion article detailing that pretty much every expert in Israel and the US - from defense agencies, intelligence agencies, generals, etc. - speaks out against a strike against Iran.
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“The problem of children using the term ‘gay’ as an insult is a big problem, but...”
– “That’s Gay!” – Think before you speak | Engenderings
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“In order for Bruce Wayne to fund his high-tech covert military campaign against...”
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Peter Rollins (via azspot)
This is what I’m SAYING. Ok you rounded up a few criminals with your batarang. What are you doing about institutional inequality that fosters crime, BRUCE.
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Wow, I never thought about that.
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Why I Hate Batman Openly Stated...
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“There are tons of people– male people, even!– who don’t have sex. […] I know...”
– Tim Gunn Hasn’t Had Sex In 29 Years, And It’s None Of Our Fucking Business | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz? (via sexisnottheenemy)
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“One thing that Lidia and I have often discussed,” Strayed says, “is how women...”
– Into the Wild with Dear Sugar, aka Cheryl Strayed :: Books :: Reviews :: Paste
so, so, so relevant.
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Good point.
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“I speak and talk to the radio and the TV all the time. I say ‘that is not...”
– Stuart Hall 2006.
I gave up that argument quite some time ago. Now I follow journals, people and blogs that agree with me on how messed up everything is. We read together. We write together. We clench our fists together. But mostly we just shrug together.
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“From an early age, we understood and embraced the passivity that lies at the...”
– Lucy Mangan on her Christmas television childhood highs and lows | Television & radio | The Guardian
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“For me the postmodern attitude is that of a man who loves a woman who is...”
– Umberto Eco 1983
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“The common assertion is that Parks’ moment in history began in December 1955...”
– Black Herstory: Rosa Parks Did Much More Than Sit on a Bus - Rachel Griffin
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“Asexuals are very vulnerable to a certain kind of rape culture — the type where...”
– An Asexual Map for Sex Positive Feminism (via fivetail)
This.
I am almost certain that I would not have been sexually abused if I hadn’t been asexual. I wouldn’t have been blindsided by the reality of sexual desire like I was, because I would have experienced it myself. I wouldn’t have been told I...
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Batman is my favorite Disney Princess
isabelthespy:
thefrogman:
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all my favorite etc etc
Holy sleeves, Batman, your arms look amazing in that dress.
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“It’s a kind of Marxist/Godardian wet dream, where people fish, film, fuck,...”
– Toby Miller: Television Studies - The Basics. 2010.
Sometimes I love my studies.
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“People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad, but paying $900 for a drug they...”
– Rick Santorum, speaking to the mother of a young boy in Colorado about the free market and prescription drug prices. She told Santorum her son’s medication could cost up to $1 million per year.
One drug her son is taking is Abilify, which is used in children to treat schizophrenia; aggression...
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“Philosophy is, like, so dead.”
– Plato