Friendly reminder that heterophobia/misandry/reverse racism will never have the same power as its counterparts.
And if you are ignorant enough to believe it does then you completely erase and ignore the centuries of suffering, genocide, and prejudice oppressed groups had and are still dealing with.
Because hurt feelings (genuine or not) =/= institutionalized oppression
Important to remember ;)
(Source: cortanas)
Found this via reddit
finally something that treats introverts and extroverts as equals
The punctuation is even accurate holy shit
Freaking thank you. Being shy and being an introvert are not the same thing, as well as being obnoxious and being an extrovert.
And just because I find rape disgusting, and have never had that impulse, doesn’t mean I can make a leap into the minds of women and dismiss how they feel day to day, moment to moment, in ways both blatant and subtle, from other men, and the way the media represents the world they live in, and from what they hear in songs, see in movies, and witness on stage in a comedy club.
There is a collective consciousness that can detect the presence (and approach) of something good or bad, in society or the world, before any hard “evidence” exists. It’s happening now with the concept of “rape culture.” Which, by the way, isn’t a concept. It’s a reality. I’m just not the one who’s going to bring it into focus. But I’ve read enough viewpoints, and spoken to enough of my female friends (comedians and non-comedians) to know it isn’t some vaporous hysteria, some false meme or convenient catch-phrase.
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In which Patton Oswalt gets it right. (via sodisarmingdarling)
*APPLAUDS*
Ask me: Spoonie version.
- What are your conditions?
- What is the longest you have gone without showering?
- When was your last ‘good’ day?
- Worst day in your ‘sick’ life?
- Who is your favorite doctor/ specalist and why?
- How many miles to your nearest hospital?
- Longest admission?
- Shortest admission?
- Best thing about being chronically ill?
- Wost thing about being chronically ill?
- Number of diagnosis?
- How many medications a day?
- Worst hospital experience?
- Best hospital experience?
- How supportive are your family and friends?
- Are you still able to work/ go to school?
- How long have you been ill?
- Biggest fear relating to health?
- Are you undiagnosed at all?
- Worst doctor you have seen and why?
I never reblog these kind of things, but I am having a really rough day, and could desperately use a distraction.
Send me one of these, or ask anything else! I am thinking about forgetting my to-do list the rest of the day and taking shelter in the internet… ;)
Sure, why not. :)
I want nothing to do with a feminism that excludes trans* women. Go be a cisterhood without me.
My spoonie super power?
Consistently low blood pressure.
What’s yours?
consistently high heart rate!
The ability to create allergies and then unmake my sensitivity to them. Yes, real, IgE-mediated allergies, not sensitivities (good job, immune system, good job).
Big Girls in Costumes (Response to Alex Day) (x)
“I’m gonna tell you why people are watching that video and why they’re upset about it, and why they can’t understand that, yknow—the beginning and the end of that might be very satirical and then the middle feels so real.”
<3<3
Yeah, I’ve been seeing that Pink gifset floating around that advocates being colorblind and ~we are all human and this is basically how I feel about that.
(Source: superqueerartsyblog)
Privilege-check fail
In a conversation at a party someone asked me where the term privilege-checking came from (I have a master’s in Gender Studies), and I told them that it had originated in academia.
My [white male] housemate: “I don’t believe in it as a valid academic concept… but I haven’t thought about it enough to say why yet”.
If this isn’t the Platonic ideal of mansplaining, I’m not sure what is.
Life Takes Guts.: I just reMembered why I never go on Facebook anymore....
Far to many people saying “you’re to pretty to wear makeup!”. People litterally seem insulted that girls are wearing bold makeup. Not everybody wears makeup because we think we need to cover our ugly faces. Nobody needs your permission not to wear makeup because we’re “pretty” without it.
As…
CUT FUNDING TO 'CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS' | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
For decades, most Crisis Pregnancy Centers have been lying to women, evading questions, and disguising their institutions as health care facilities. They receive federal funding to shame women into believing lies- “abortion causes breast cancer”, “it will make you infertile”, “condoms do not protect against STIs”, etc. They do not have a doctor at these facilities, and are not under HIPAA regulations of non-disclosure of medical records. They are against all contraception forms. They will harass a woman until she is in tears, and then send her on her way with a Christian religious token, and a promise from her that she will keep her child, they will only provide “help” if she agrees to go to Bible Study. This is not health care. Title X funding should be revoked.
(Source: thisgingerisrad)
Designs by Alva - Starting a New Line of Functional Fashion
I’m launching my new fashion line made up of designs geared toward the needs of people with disabilities. My line is unique, but fashion forward.Definitely check out this video and support, either financially or by reblogging, Alva’s amazing project!
A quick PSA on the behalf of science and medicine.
Plan B (commonly known as the morning after pill) and RU-486 (commonly known as the abortion pill) are NOT the same thing.
“Fiscally conservative but socially liberal” is a hip, trendy way of saying “I still think poor kids are being too grabby with this whole ‘wanting food’ thing, but I also like weed.”
