December 2011
1 post
September 2011
2 posts
Spoof attack on American Apparel makes Upton the... →
“And that’s why Upton’s funny, confrontational response was so delicious. Using humor to frame dissent is not what society expects from women. Women are not supposed to be funny, particularly if it involves covering your face and breasts with cherry pie and starring catatonically into the middle distance.”
Street Harassment →
This cartoon is available as a print or a poster on Redbubble.
July 2011
26 posts
“This weekend I was told a story which, although I’m kind of ashamed to admit it,...”
– whatever, etc.: no shit.
The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Librarian's Soul:... →
uhuh-she-said:
charlie-tango:
Think that poor people are just lazy? That maybe if they would just get something other than fried chicken for dinner they wouldn’t be so fat? Then boy do I have a challenge for you!
For a week:
You must walk or take public transportation for a week….
My Summer at an Indian Call Center →
Every month, thousands of Indians leave their Himalayan tribes and coastal fishing towns to seek work in business process outsourcing, which includes customer service, sales, and anything else foreign corporations hire Indians to do. The competition is fierce. No one keeps a reliable count, but each year there are possibly millions of applicants vying for BPO positions. A good many of them are...
“Yes, many people, probably most people, say that disliking your body is a normal...”
– Sarah Maria (via curvesahead)
Amen.
(via cocoku)
“Saying you’re “a writer” because you 1- enjoy writing and 2- think you’re pretty...”
– these go to 11.: ugh thought catalog
Really though? I don’t think it’s that simple.
Voices that are marginalized and dismissed in other areas of public discourse are also often marginalized and dismissed by the publishing/media industry. “Writer” is not a professional designation wherein everyone...
STFU, Conservatives: re: privilege →
welcometothelauracone:
Nobody said your individual experiences weren’t valid, or you never suffered, or you’ve had a perfect life. What other people are trying to say, and you aren’t really hearing properly, is that the way you have experienced the world has been shaped by a series of…
New Hampshire anti-choicers finally admit the... →
seriouslyamerica:
“The three Councilors who voted against funding for Planned Parenthood said they did so because some of its clinics provide abortions, even though those abortions are entirely privately funded. Councilor Raymond Wieczorek of Manchester added that he opposed funding for birth control and condoms altogether.
“If they want to have a good time, why not let them pay for it?”...
“For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling...”
– Franklin Roosevelt (via azspot)
“The fourth point: If you fail to respect what women say, you label yourself a...”
– Guest Blogger Starling: Schrödinger’s Rapist: or a guy’s guide to approaching strange women without being maced « Shapely Prose (via greaterthanlapsed)
The Lump
I have called and made the appointment, the one I needed to make because of the lump I found in my breast. It’s a not-small lump, and it is uncomfortable, painful even (my friend Catalina says her mother always says ‘cancer doesn’t hurt’). I am conscious of it often, but I am not sure if that is because it hurts or because I am just hyper-aware.
There is a very special “thud” of...
“This fall, I’m joining NYU’s journalism program, where, for the first time in a...”
– Clay Shirky, We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic. (via futurejournalismproject)
May 2011
2 posts
Word Cloud: How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces... →
…and half the issues with gender stereotyping are explained in one fell swoop.
April 2011
60 posts
The Last Words of Death Row Inmates →
A very large percent (95+) of death row inmates expressed some sort of love or appreciation for someone else. This was often a family member or a close friend, or a chaplain. A large percentage (around 70%) expressed the desire to be forgiven by the murder victims’ family. Interestingly, in some cases, they also stated that they had forgiven the murder victims’ family and/or the government for...
sleepydumpling:
“‘Cause the thing is, you and the guys you hang out with may not really mean anything by it when you talk about crazy bitches and dumb sluts and heh-heh-I’d-hit-that and you just can’t reason with them and you can’t live with ‘em can’t shoot ‘em and she’s obviously only dressed like that because she wants to get laid and if they can’t stand the heat they should get out of the...
librariansoul:
“How many Americans do you figure have even heard, for example, that black youth arrested for drug possession for the first time are incarcerated at a rate that is forty-eight times greater than the rate for white youth, even when all other factors surrounding the crime are identical (4)? How many have heard that persons with “white sounding names,” according to a massive national...
STFU, Conservatives: President Obama's 'Private... →
abcworldnews:
What was supposed to be a private conversation with campaign donors in Chicago last night became public when an audio feed was accidentally left open.
Obama on Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc: “When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, he’s just being America’s accountant ……
