May 2013
Gif's inventor says ignore dictionaries and say... →
warrenellis:
The BBC has spoken. It is settled. Official.
“When women are sexualized, it reinforces the idea that women exist just for a...”
– SPARK at the 57th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (via misterbone)
words, words, words: shewalkslikethunder: oh all... →
shewalkslikethunder:
oh all my tags on that john cho post got deleted. hmm.
oh well i guess it deserves its own post
basically what i was saying was that john cho has not been pulling any punches in interviews and shit lately and i am INTO IT
honestly i think it’s the only way things are…
“When I was a kid, you know I immigrated to the States in 1978, and I’m six years...”
– John Cho (x)
The only Asians I remember seeing on mainstream TV when I was a kid were Sulu on Star Trek, nameless Asians loading trucks in the background or dying on MASH (which was all about funny lovable white US Americans waging war on Asians), and the “ancient Chinese secret” Calgon laundry...
1/4 of tumblr: OH MY GOD GUYS THEY ARE GOING TO BUY TUMBLR
1/4 of tumblr: OH MY GOD THEY BOUGHT TUMBLR AND ARE GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING
1/4 of tumblr: WHO THE FUCK CARES, THEY AREN'T CHANGING ANYTHING ANYWAYS
1/4 of tumblr: yo wtf how is this fucking site 1.1billion dollars we literally post porn and doctor who all day
@_@: icedcherry: largepizza: Hello friends! I... →
icedcherry:
largepizza:
Hello friends! I don’t know how to introduce this so I’ll just get straight to the point. A friend of mine’s mother was diagnosed with leukemia and at this point, the only option is surgery. But here’s the problem: it’s way too expensive and they cannot afford it on their own. It would mean a lot to her and her family if you could donate a few dollars. And if you...
For Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox, There Is... →
transitiontransmission:
Inside the cage, Fox was free.
Outside, she was caged.
The past month had plunged Fox back into depression, after she became the first openly transgender athlete inmixed martial arts and the most prominent in a professional sport since the tennis player Renée Richards in the 1970s. Fox did not control the timing of the revelation, which came in a Sports Illustrated...
No matter who you follow, Doctor Who will always...
“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women,... →
eschergirls:
I often tell people that I’m the biggest self-aware misogynist I know.
I was writing a scene last night between a woman general and the man she helped put on the throne. I started writing in some romantic tension, and realized how lazy that was. There are other kinds of tension.
I made a passing reference to sexual slavery, which I had to cut. I nearly had him use a gendered...
Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can...
sheresists:
Language is never neutral.
“The possession of the greatest riches does not resolve the agitation of the soul nor give birth to remarkable joy.”
- Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?
ami-angelwings:
literaryreference:
You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he wants to be your friend. But then, then comes the fateful moment where you find out that all...