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"I have never seen no church refuse tithes from their LGBT members"

@MichaelEDyson on religion being used to against equal rights (via newwavefeminism)

steinkind:

it’s the wrong doctor, but at least it’s a doctor. 

I’ll accept this.

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"Few things make me as angry as the anti-vax crowd. They are willfully ignorant jackasses and people die because those dipshits are too high on their damn I-KNOW-BETTER-DON’T-TRUST-BIG-PHARMA horse to listen to actual fucking science. I also don’t understand why to them autism ranks higher on the DO NOT WANT scale than measles and tetanus, etc. I’d rather have a neuroatypical child than a dead one, thanks."

scarygodmother

I love you guys.

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This forever.  As someone just barely on the spectrum I’m much happier there than 6 feet under.

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“I’ve got a better idea! Let’s do some cultural appropriation for our wedding”

Seriously this is the most ridiculous shit I’ve ever seen.

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yourenotsylviaplath:

sentry-the-defiant:

I support straight normal marriage.

Dear Sentry - The - Defiant

I saw this post, and decided to go on your blog for more of your opinions on gay marriage. However, your blog didn’t contain a lot of opinions on gay people. What it did contain was this picture:

And this one:

And this one:

So my question to you would be, if you’re ok with these women getting it on camera so you can jerk off to it and think about how macho you are, why aren’t you ok with them getting married?

Sincerely, Yourenotsylviaplath

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steinkind:

HAPPY TOWEL DAY EVERYONE!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day 

:D

Happy Towel Day!!

racebending:

Context:  Avatar: The Last Airbender martial arts consultant Sifu Kisu posted this meme on his tumblr earlier today.

peachfizztea:

…as someone associated with Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra—both series that contain very strong girls and women—this post comes as a disappointing surprise.  Jokes that encourage and facilitate stereotypes used to oppress certain parts of society are not funny.

Party foul, Sifu Kisu, party foul.

I really wish Sifu Kisu hadn’t posted this image.  It isn’t funny, unfortunately,  it’s sexist.  (Also, heterosexist!)  Jokes like these are used, as peachfizztea pointed out, to reinforce stereotypes about women as weak and helpless and in need of a man.  They contribute to a culture that still discounts the value of women, even in series like Avatar.  (eg. there have never been action figures made of the female characters in the series, every time a female character is popular it is seen as a surprise that defies “conventional wisdom, etc.)  *sigh*

Also, I wanted to state that a big part of being a dedicated fan is being willing to call out aspects of fandom that are problematic.  Being able to tell Sifu Kisu, whom we in the fandom all respect, that this image is problematic is not about besmirching his character or the franchise’s character, but simply pointing out that jokes like these have a clear and hurtful impact.

P.S.:  To the person who wrote “And of course, some girls don’t have a sense of humor. Surprise surprise!”   In what world does it make sense for people who are impacted by sexism in their daily lives, on a systemic scale, to be amused by jokes like this?   Yeah, can’t they just take a joke?

Perfect post.

"Because equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition it is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman that is confronted with it. We NEED equality. Kinda now."

Joss Whedon when asked why he writes strong female characters.  (via itscandidlycara)

except all of his “strong female characters” almost always end up being waifs who have had traumatic experiences and/or will have them later, in awfully fetishistic ways

so yeah let’s stop patting this asshat on the back

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good point. quote sounds nice in theory… but Joss Whedon falls short in practice. 

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"

From birth we’re taught that we’re owed a beautiful girl. We all think of ourselves as the hero of our own story, and we all (whether we admit it or not) think we’re heroes for just getting through our day.

So it’s very frustrating, and I mean frustrating to the point of violence, when we don’t get what we’re owed. A contract has been broken. These women, by exercising their own choices, are denying it to us. It’s why every Nice Guy is shocked to find that buying gifts for a girl and doing her favors won’t win him sex. It’s why we go to “slut” and “whore” as our default insults — we’re not mad that women enjoy sex. We’re mad that women are distributing to other people the sex that they owed us.

Yes, the women in these stories are being portrayed as wonderful and beautiful and perfect. But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.

"

David Wong, 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women (via chirart)

That last line is right on the money.

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