December 2010
kiriamaya:
In the early eighties, there was a report, written for the US Government, called Technology on the Social and Ethical Aspects of Transsexual Surgery. This report argued that transition-related treatments were medically unnecessary. As a result, consideration of federal and state aid for trans people was dropped, and private insurance companies quickly followed suit, disingenuously...
“A second reason, however, was that I am indebted to the British welfare state;...”
– JK Rowling, on why she pays full taxes to Britain rather than using loopholes or emigrating to another country. (via adnascentia)
This!
“This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the...”
– Joss Whedon’s statement to E! News regarding the Buffy rebootR. (via ipomoea)
ROFL The man has a sense of humour. Gotta love that :-D
I would like your thoughts on an issue:
sheresists:
trastorn:
I understand the need to avoid language that is harmful in various ways, whether it be racist, sexist, ableist and so on. Like everyone, I have my issues with problematic language and I am working on that. But where is the line? Where does calling others out cross from seeking to limit harm to others to limiting freedom of speech?
When I get frustrated about how...
You can't justify your *isms with your own...
justjasper:
Being non-neurotypical doesn’t mean you can get away with ableism. If you slip up and use an ableist slur, note your mistake (we all make them). Apologise if you need to. “I’m not ableist because…” or “maybe it was ableist but it’s okay because…” bawing does you no favours. Neither does an attempt to justify your accidental or casual ableism with “well if progressives are too...
“Read the labels on your soy milk and the groovy multi-grain flakes you pour it...”
– Lierre Keith, The Vegetarian Myth, pg. 114 - 115 (via cuntymint)
cone sold stober: [TW for fat hatred] →
definatalie:
memily:
fmylife:
Today, I finally went running to help me start losing weight. I got 50 metres before someone in a passing car shouted out “Run fatty, run”. I can’t work up the courage to go for a run again. FML
Yeah, this is shit. Fuck this planet, I swear.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I SAY I AM SCARED OF EXERCISING IN PUBLIC. Did you know some gym machines are...
Song of Solomon Transformed My Life →
ilykadamen:
Young people are more isolated from adults than they’ve ever been. Unless you’re an adult who is getting paid to somehow be involved with young people, chances are most adults have no contact with young people that they’re not related to. And the isolation is kind of structural and it’s very deep and it’s very visible. It’s basically divided the country into people who have daily...
I normally don't do this, but...
haterina:
kalamah:
I kept my silence when an intersex tumblr insisted that all intersex people were binary-identified (as in only men or women in gender identity) even though I knew it was a false assertion, and when the person who ran the tumblr told a genderqueer intersex person that they were a lying troll. I stayed quiet when another tumblr was offensively dismissive of linking to...
mry:
jemimaaslana:
mry:
jemimaaslana:
mry:
[Bold mine]
I CAN?! Jesus Christ on Drugs, then why the fuck have I always been told I have to pay for that shit myself? hfdjks, be right back, I off to seek some goddamn help that I thought I wouldn’t be able to pay for, but now might be. FUCK YEAH, SO HAPPY.
Ahem. Other than that: yeah, it makes you think.
That being said, my favourite...
The White Man
andreaisace:
I think that people need to remember that often, when “the White man” is uttered from a minority’s (or anyone’s, really) mouth they are not necessarily accusing all White people of something, but rather are speaking about those who are oppressive. I mean, I could be completely wrong in this, but that is how I see it. When I read African-American poetry or hear an impassioned speech...
mry:
jemimaaslana:
mry:
jemimaaslana:
inessita:
I read the article about how Germans see the US and and the comparison of the US with the EU. And even though I understand the intention of the article, I can’t get over certain things. Like:
“Everybody in the European Union has cradle-to-grave access to universal medical and a dental plan by law.”
What does the author mean by dental...
mry:
jemimaaslana:
inessita:
I read the article about how Germans see the US and and the comparison of the US with the EU. And even though I understand the intention of the article, I can’t get over certain things. Like:
“Everybody in the European Union has cradle-to-grave access to universal medical and a dental plan by law.”
What does the author mean by dental plan? When I go to the...
inessita:
I read the article about how Germans see the US and and the comparison of the US with the EU. And even though I understand the intention of the article, I can’t get over certain things. Like:
“Everybody in the European Union has cradle-to-grave access to universal medical and a dental plan by law.”
What does the author mean by dental plan? When I go to the dentist, I pay, by far,...
But I guess, saying nobody can fucking choose...
Yeah. That’s how it works, when ignorant jerkwads decide they know what’s in the heads of every single person in the whole wide world.
Fucker.
anozira asked: Listen, I'm sorry to have offended you with my post, but please, taking a positive thing and turning it so negative just isn't necessary. A lot of people are taking it completely out of context, I wasn't stating that anybody is choosing to be unhappy. I know that nobody chooses that. My post was for those to which it applied to, and obviously, it doesn't apply to you. So just...
anozira asked: Listen, I'm sorry to have offended you with my post, but please, taking a positive thing and turning it so negative just isn't necessary. A lot of people are taking it completely out of context, I wasn't stating that anybody is choosing to be unhappy. I know that nobody chooses that. My post was for those to which it applied to, and obviously, it doesn't apply to you. So just...
people who are depressed don't choose to be that...
theoceanandthesky:
stop telling them to “CHOOSE to be happy.” who the fuck would choose depression?
Yeah. Pretty much what I was trying to say. I just can’t be concise. Good thing you could >.<
Trans 101 →
spectrumnaut:
From Binary Subverter
You are human. You are worthy of respect. You deserve to be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. There is nothing inherently wrong with your gender. You are not broken, you are not disgusting, you do not deserve to be hurt.
You’ve been brought up and live in a world that’s designed to erase and demonize your existence, you’ve probably internalized a...
Awwww, we got home from IKEA and the kitty had...
Today, December 27th, marks the memory of the...
Female Bankers Told to Wear 'Flesh-Colored'... →
tiaramerchgirl:
carnivaloftherandom:
theoceanandthesky:
guerrillagirlsontour:
“…no colored artificial nails, no visible tattoos, no piercings, no flashy jewelry and please do wear flesh-colored underwear only!”
hahaha imagine a woman gets like, a strike or whatever, for wearing black underwear.
uh, how do you know what colour my underwear is?
ridiculous.
By this standard, if I...
Nothing about us without us! Except abortion...
imissedtumblr:
I see we’re doing another round of “How dare disability rights activists not talk about abortion in a way that 100% follows my personal definition of pro-choice! Don’t you know if you say anything about disability narratives and abortion as being problematic you hate women?”
Yay, my favourite time of year!!!!
The latest includes this gem: “Curious to see how many of these...
REBLOG if, you have NEVER actually FINISH an...
tranzient:
randomfairytale:
ishyou:
kimpoy06pao:
lol thought it was only me ^^;
I started to wonder where my erasers are :\
you can finish an eraser? what is this?
A myth, surely. Erasers go to the Great Beyond when there’s a little more than half of them left. Everybody knows that!
“I’m not gonna trust you until you’re as willing to be changed and affected by my...”
– Victor Lewis, on trusting white people (via jazzonia)
My father's getting married
I don’t know how to feel about this.
It’s been just over a year since my mum moved out. December 11th 2009 she moved out. March 19th 2011 he’s getting married to the mistress for whom he dumped my mum.
It’s… very soon.
And I really don’t know how to feel.
Some news to get just before Christmas…
Pizza + kitchen counter + dog = sticky floor
Sticky floor + pizza-liking dog = clean floor
Yeah. We made pizza last night. To have something completely non-Yule-ish before it all began today.
After dinner we’d taken out the dishes and placed the remains of the pizza on the kitchen table to be packed away for later use (we know we’re not gonna want to cook anything the day after Yule >.<) and mum and I were just quietly...
Reblog if you're pretty sure that you'll be on...
pianycist:
but-for-the-grace:
evil-con-carne:
holmesiandeduction:
threeoctopusesandanotter-:
thatbluebox:
liarsandlovers:
sillymuggletumblrisforwizards:
jonasinconcert:
I’M REALLY NOT.
Of course.
Hayul no. I’ll be on BBC America all day, and pacing while waiting for the Christmas episode.
Honestly? Yeah, I probably will.
me me me
Tumblr Smithmas party on...
“It has been speculated and skämtats about what really happened in Assange case....”
– Chrome’s translation of Julia Shott’s contribution to #talkaboutit
Something may be lost in translation but I think this is a poignant way of saying so much with so little.
(via jhameia)
PSA: The Swedish word “skämtats” should be translated with “joked”.
fucknojezebel:
You think you just need an apartment and cooking skills to be a good parent?
I think you’re 19 and an idiot.
No, but having a place to live and being able hold down a job and manage one’s finances is an established base to do it from, which she (I presume it’s a women) she seems to be saying the way I’m reading it.
And calling that person an idiot and...
May I just say that if you don't like the word...
Relationships Are Like Ice Cream and I Just Don't...
iced-chai:
I just wrote this really long entry but it’s actually really painful. I’ll just post the first three paragraphs and leave them be, mostly because I’m fond of my ice cream metaphor:
I work with five people who are between the ages of 21 and 27ish. Of the five, I know the relationship status of four of them and it is either married, engaged, or “my boyfriend knows I want to be engaged...
http://lipsbetweenthehips.tumblr.com/post/240554914... →
krona:
ariaria:
krona:
lipsbetweenthehips:
geeklust666:
holy shit…
IT’S A FUCKING HORSE!
So.. Daniel Radcliffe is a little bit hot.
Also, uncircumcised.
That’s the trend over here ;)
I know I’m probably going to get a few disbelieving stares, but… the bloke does absolutely nothing for me. Yeah, I can step back and consider for a moment that he does appear to live...