February 2012
8 posts
a starfish primed: The Cycle of Transmisogyny →
autumn-and-eve:
The CAMAB trans person’s gender identity is erased, and they are viewed as a man
Being a man, they are held to binarist standards of masculinity
Being that they present themselves in a feminine manner, their masculinity is nonexistent
As a male’s masculinity (or, perceived…
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“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?”
– Holden Caulfield, an excerpt from Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (via historysaidwhat)
obesitycore:
harry-curly-styles:
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January 2012
5 posts
hyminh:
RIP 2011
2011-2011
December 2011
22 posts
Sometimes I Want to Kiss You at the Grocery Store
This is a poem by one of my friends, Celisa. She is an awesome poet and she lives in Carrboro. I am posting this for Renée.
“Sometimes I Want to Kiss You at the Grocery Store,” Celisa Steele
I kiss you on the cheek in the park or when you find the soy sauce, which I never can. I forget and let my hand rest on your knee when we sit side by side in the booth, run my fingers through...
http://comicsansproject.tumblr.com/ →
Internet, I urge you to make this a thing.
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OMG
“Less visible than the boarded-up businesses is the devastating effect Georgia’s...”
– Why Immigration is a Feminist Issue (via cocothinkshefancy)
See also: Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention, and the DOJ’s proposal to exclude immigration detention centers from the PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act). So, yes, *F*eminist’s continued neglect and silence on these issues is a...
“Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights. It is a violation...”
– U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • Giving vocal support to the plight of oppressed LGBT persons worldwide, at a meeting of diplomats in Geneva. Clinton’s speech is being hailed as a landmark event in terms of U.S. foreign policy towards LGBT rights, and dovetails with the Obama...
November 2011
22 posts
“But when a saga popular with pre-adolescent girls peaks romantically on a night...”
– NPR’s Linda Holmes reviews Twilight Breaking Dawn, Pt. 1 (via diandrabird)
Totally agree with this. Meyer doesn’t actually depict the sex scene itself, and can you imagine if she had? “Edward’s hands on my throat almost choked out my breath,” “his grip on my wrists almost made me cry as I looked...
“Depression is humiliating. It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who...”
– (via cthizz)
There are so many things that I wish people understood about depression. I usually don’t even talk about it because I feel like “I have depression” translates to “I get sad and I’m weak” to most people. I don’t think people understand that when you have depression you become physically...
I need a drink
animalsbeingdicks:
Curtis really wasn’t handling this divorce very well.
Congrats to Joe Wilson for winning the Caption Contest! Thanks to everyone for the tremendous response!
onspacehardware asked: Hello, Alypants. I would like your face if I could, but I'm glad it's Fallout that you liked. I didn't know I knew other fellow Wastelanders. ;) Out of curiosity, are you engaged/married/awesome?! One of these is self-evident.