February 2012
12 posts
Ms. Blaspheming Bitch: The Lie of Language
racismschool:
One of the greatest tricks anyone can use against you is language. If you don’t talk the way they think you should or if you use words they think you shouldn’t, suddenly your point is null and void. This is a trick. This trick is so deep and has been perpetrated for so long…
leadingtone:
J. S. Bach - Aria with Diverse Variations “Goldberg,” BWV 988 Glenn Gould, piano (1955) Text: First publication, Balthasar Schmidt, Nürnberg 1741. Freehand engraving by the publisher.
“I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be...
unknowablewoman:
catch-the-trade-winds:
Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar
Edge.org asked 191 famous thinkers “What is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation?” Daniel Dennett’s choice:
climateadaptation:
“I was told some years ago that the reason why some species of sea turtles migrate all the way across the South Atlantic to lay their eggs on the east coast of South America after mating on the west coast of Africa is that when the...
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She wrote a thoughtful article, and posted it online; It showed she was a thinker, and it showed she had a spine A critical analysis, presented with true class… The geniuses who read it had to comment: “Hey, nice ass!”
With stubborn perseverance, she resolved again to try— She’d interact as mind to mind, or know the reason why— When something’s worth the battle, she could never call...
This is an argument from antiquity. It’s fallacious that something from “old wisdom” is valid just for being the past. Organic food may well stand up on its own in some respects, but using logical fallacies as facetious slogans is hardly productive and at worst, misleading.
I interpret the above as indicating that because organic is somehow more healthful/beneficial/natural, people should...
[TW: Hate, Body Policing, Sizeism] This site exists, KILL IT WITH FIRE NOW!
ladyatheist:
[What this site is about:
This site a no holds barred, blunt approach to the American epidemic of obesity.
It is offensive, crass and barbaric, but more importantly it is the exact type of “in your face” honesty that is missing from the life of most overweight people. This site is not here to make you...
stfurapeculture:
earthismostlyharmless:
I’m still waiting for Tumblr to get over this “Anti-Rape” Fad. It’s getting pretty old.
Douchebag of the day, ya’ll.
Ah yea…sexually exploited individuals are sooo last season.
We found our way and blocked it out: Straight People and The It Gets Better Project
iamabutchsolo:
lexikatness:
iamabutchsolo:
I like the idea of the It Gets Better Project, but sometimes I just feel annoyed when straight people, even straight celebrities I love, make a video. It makes me happy that allies want to be supportive and want to let young queer folks know that we have allies,...
Tucson Unified School District Bans Books
chutneytron:
artemariposa:
sexgenderbody:
(Arizona is trying so hard to be the racist capital of Amerikkka. They might just win the title.)
Remember when Arizona banned ethnic studies in the state’s schools?
Well.
The Tucson Unified school district has succumbed, deciding against fighting the measure, and has complied a list of books that are...
feminist slut: leonebello: feminist slut: I am not ashamed to say I support people…
feministslut:
leonebello:
leonebello:
feminist slut: I am not ashamed to say I support people getting abortions and don’t think people should be shamed for having an…
felixitous:
feministslut:
I believe we shouldn’t have to make statements like ‘no woman wants to have an abortion’ or ‘this is...