I am a person. Represent me as such.

winecat: typographical-error: So some punks were posting shit...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:12:54 -0700

typographical-error:

So some punks were posting shit about her arm hair and Marina replied. Oh my god, I adore her. She’s so fantastic, I swear to god.

hairy arms united in follicular solidarity

mmanalysis: But here’s the thing, seeing that black man in...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:38 -0700

mmanalysis:

But here’s the thing, seeing that black man in power, whether you agree with his politics or not can inspire those men.

Like I’m inspired by Shonda Rhimes even though I’m not a fan of the shows she’s produced, I’m inspired to believe that maybe there’s still a chance I can be in charge of my own show.

this-is-not-native: seeing—pink—elephants: feministwerewolf: f...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:16:14 -0700

this-is-not-native:

seeing—pink—elephants:

feministwerewolf:

ferocodile:

cultural genocide in North America

This, this right here, this is why “white people” cannot wear our things, cannot appropriate our customs or languages. Because y’all did this. y’all continue to do this too.

well then you motherfuckers need to stop wearing jeans, watching tv, eating our food and wearing clothes of ours, stop using cell phones, and pretty much anything your “culture” hasnt contributed to.

the shit can go both ways, and i can wear what ever the fuck i want, just like you can.

although, i wouldnt wanna wear that shit because WHY would i need to.

people on here are fucking idiotic.

-_-

Thank you seeing—pink—elephants for your insightful commentary. We’ve all been dying to hear it.

Okay. Listen.

Literally every part of this picture says “Your shit was forced on us”

Remind me where in history we forced you to dress like us in boarding schools meant to exterminate your cultures.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:24:54 -0700

thepoliticalfreakshow: Good night, everyone!

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:20:38 -0700

thepoliticalfreakshow:

Good night, everyone!

"In the 101 top-grossing family films…from 1990 to 2004, of the over 4,000 characters in these films,..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:09 -0700

“In the 101 top-grossing family films…from 1990 to 2004, of the over 4,000 characters in these films, 75% overall were male, 83% of characters in crowds were male, 83% of narrators were male, and 72% of speaking were male. When the American Psychological Association commented on this research, they said, ‘This gross under-representation of women or girls in films with family-friendly content reflects a missed opportunity to present a broad spectrum of girls and women in roles that are non-sexualised.’”

- Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, pages 69-70, 2010. (via bitemebeautiful)

Power Structure of Oppression

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:51:14 -0700

Power Structure of Oppression

aragingquiet: If one more person tells me it’s okay that Kida isn’t in the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:12:03 -0700

aragingquiet:

If one more person tells me it’s okay that Kida isn’t in the princess lineup because her movie didn’t do well and didn’t have songs like the other princess movies, I’m going to point out that motherfucking Alice shows up on merch with other “princesses.”

nadirpoint: princessfreakazoid: whatidontwantiwaste: neutroi: princessfreakazoid: okay so we...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:57:37 -0700

nadirpoint:

princessfreakazoid:

whatidontwantiwaste:

neutroi:

princessfreakazoid:

okay so we have chivalry, what’s it called when women do nice things for men because they feel like they have to? what’s the word for that?

common courtesy?

fear

aaaaaand nailed it

oh shit son!

"Everyone knows that until you’re legal, you’re not flammable."

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:50:08 -0700

“Everyone knows that until you’re legal, you’re not flammable.”

- Stephen Colbert (via imagesanddialogues)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:05 -0700

thenewwomensmovement: thescarletwoman: thisisrapeculture: xtre...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:59:47 -0700

thenewwomensmovement:

thescarletwoman:

thisisrapeculture:

xtremecaffeine:

and-other-good-intentions:

So I saw a post on how American Apparel markets unisex clothing, but I couldn’t actually find a unisex section on their website. I did however notice this. The sweatshirts one is particularly illuminating.

Selling men’s clothes to men, and selling women’s bodies to… ?

American Apparel is really fucking horrible for many, many reasons, but here’s another example.

American Apparel’s advertising is a PERFECT example of the way that we sell products to men through advertisements and sell women’s bodies to men even though they’re being used in advertisements for women’s products. It’s a fantastic example of how the female body is treated differently than the male body, how it’s seen as intrinsically sexual, and how this is totally normalized within our culture. To be clear: i’m not saying there’s anything wrong with women’s bodies being sexual, or women being seen as sexual beings. We are sexual beings! What I am saying is that there’s something deeply problematic when that sexualizing is only happening for women, and when that sexuality turns into objectification through a male gaze. To illustrate, here’s a screencap from the AA homepage right now:

because a picture of a woman’s ass that she is spreading with her fingers and the slogan ‘get wet’ is not an objectification of women’s bodies for the male gaze AT ALL, and we would totally see these types of images and ads for male swimsuits too! -________-

Yeah, if you’re still spending your money there, stop.

kieradoe: indiancrownaffair: eat-lay-grub: indiancrownaffair: ...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:47 -0700

kieradoe:

indiancrownaffair:

eat-lay-grub:

indiancrownaffair:

thirstrani:

“you’re khan? are you sure? you look like a baiganbharta cucumberraita to me” - mohini

BAINGANBHARTHA CUCUMBERRAITA IS OFFICIALLY A THING

SABASH

also adding more khans

Aamir Khan would’ve been great as Khan, seriously.

agreed

all I can say is JJ Abrams really lost out with this casting

Man… no disrespect to the rest of the wonderful Khans up there, but I would’ve been here forever if Aamir was cast, to be quite honest. -sigh-

stupidfuckingquestions: What do network executives consistently...

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:56:12 -0700

stupidfuckingquestions:

What do network executives consistently get wrong in comedy? (x)

vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:42:24 -0700

vegansanfrancishet:

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

interstellargeek: Khan’s character was essentially supposed to be the product of eugenics. Having...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:44:07 -0700

interstellargeek:

Khan’s character was essentially supposed to be the product of eugenics. Having Khan, the most superior of the “augments” being non-white in the 1960’s when eugenics was synonymous with “white supremacy”…it was a big deal.

It was just another “fuck you” to bigotry that Gene Roddenberry threw into his show.

mmanalysis: thehappysorceress: theresthedoorspaceman: katewill...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:55:18 -0700

mmanalysis:

thehappysorceress:

theresthedoorspaceman:

katewillaert:

→ Play The Interactive Version!

The nifty interactive version was coded by my friend @mentalguy. Or if you to print it out, download the PDF (page 1 / page 2).

The Modern Superhero Comic Event Picker was inspired by an episode of the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast in which they joked about someone making a “grim n gritty wheel.” I decided to give it a shot, but it ended up transforming into a modern age gimmick generator — because what is grim n gritty now, other than another gimmick?

This is so amazing guys. Inspired by something Sue and I were talking about on an old episode of 3 Chicks (specifically regarding the nu 52) Kate took us to heart and HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.

So fun.

More than a little bit awesome, here.

Numbers 3 and 8 need to be retired for a while because most people can’t seem to write them well.

"In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:49:52 -0700

“In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010).

Most minorities, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite differently. Colorblindness creates a society that denies their negative racial experiences, rejects their cultural heritage, and invalidates their unique perspectives.

”

- Monica Williams, Ph.D for Psychology Today, “Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism (via willworkforwords)

acousticrivers: Where have all the women gone in...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:50 -0700

acousticrivers:

Where have all the women gone in movies?

Despite the success of ‘Bridesmaids’ and other female-driven movies, female representation in films is at its lowest level in five years, a USC report says.

There’s one mountain in Hollywood that even “The Hunger Games’” scrappy heroine Katniss Everdeen hasn’t been able to move: the number of roles for women.

Despite the success of recent female-driven movies such as “Bridesmaids” and the “Hunger Games” and “Twilight” series, female representation in popular movies is at its lowest level in five years, according to a study being released Monday by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the U.S. box office in 2012, the study reported, 28.4% of speaking characters were female. That’s a drop from 32.8% three years ago, and a number that has stayed relatively stagnant despite increased research attention to the topic and several high-profile box-office successes starring women.

“There is notable consistency in the number of females on-screen from year to year,” said USC researcher Marc Choueiti. “The slate of films developed and produced each year is almost formulaic — in the aggregate, female representation hardly changed at all.”

When they are on-screen, 31.6% of women are shown wearing sexually revealing clothing, the highest percentage in the five years the USC researchers have been studying the issue.

For teen girls, the number who are provocatively dressed is even higher: 56.6% of teen girl characters in 2012 movies wore sexy clothes, an increase of 20% since 2009.

The USC researchers said these trends persist because those working in Hollywood believe attracting a male audience is the key ingredient to box office success.

“Industry perceptions of the audience drive much of what we see on-screen,” said study author Stacy L. Smith. “There is a perception that movies that pull male sell. Given that females go to the movies as much as males, the lack of change is likely due to entrenched ways of thinking and doing business that perpetuate the status quo.”

Female characters are more prevalent — and less likely to be sexualized — in movies written and directed by women, according to Smith.

A study USC released in January in conjunction with the Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles found that women have made more inroads in those kinds of behind-the-camera jobs in independent film and documentaries than they have in big-budget studio movies.

But it’s typically the studio movies that drive the box office — and shape audiences.

“Some depictions of females on-screen can have unintended and negative consequences for viewers,” Smith said. “Every voice deserves a chance to be heard and every story a chance to be told. At the moment … that does not seem to be the case in popular film.”

— Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times

"The invisibility of gay characters isn’t neutral; it’s negative, and represents a glaring double..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:43:30 -0700

““The invisibility of gay characters isn’t neutral; it’s negative, and represents a glaring double standard. After all, many a heterosexual romance has played out on the Star Trek screen, often involving notorious ladies’ men like Kirk and The Next Generation‘s Commander William Riker. The omission of a simple homosexual storyline, regardless of how many interspecies or interracial or almost-homosexual romances have been featured, is still very much a point of concern. We are, after all, still living in the 21st century, not the 24th, and it would still be significant to see an LGBT officer serving on the bridge today, much as it was to see a black woman in the ’60s when civil rights battles were being waged.””

- http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/star-trek-lgbt-gay-characters/?cid=co7935784 (via wherenowomenhavegonebefore)