I need to be uncomfortable in my privilege because in discomfort there is learning.
love it.
Wall Street is writing its own regulation bill — RT USA
Bank lobbyists have a direct influence on financial legislation drafted in Congress, and are in some cases even writing the measures themselves. Citigroup this month drafted a regulation bill that has already passed through a House committee.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
Oh my….this makes me think of one person….
(via kittymarx)
Ten years ago this month, I came out as gay.
Bryan Fischer says forced drowning ‘would be better’ than inclusion in the Boy Scouts
Anti-gay Christian radio host Bryan Fischer has tweeted his distaste at the decision to allow gay members into the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), tweeting a bible reference suggesting drowning would be better than inclusion.
(Source: projectqueer)
do you ever just look at children of couples in films or television shows and go
no
you are genetically impossible
that is not a dominant allele
we are too damn smart
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People are far too concerned with the sexual orientation of people they aren’t having sex with.
(Source: tobagogray, via lets-go-lesbos)
New Followers!
Don’t be afraid to say hi! I love to hear from you!
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Looks like you’re a little trapped, huh, Sweetheart? A few hours like that should teach you not to touch my property without my permission.
I understand this predicament.
See Zack. Ropes! ROOOOPES! :D
(Source: georgeswift)
Man uses American flag to assault civil rights activist.
1976.huh.
Well now…
this is like something a political cartoonist would draw as a heavy-handed metaphor for race relations in the US
EXCEPT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
But racism was oh so long ago.
LOL…but this was in my lifetime, though.
I believe that there are a small group of women who hate men just for being men. I believe that the textbook definition of the word misandry fits that description. I believe there are bad things that happen to men. I believe those issues should be addressed. I do not believe that a fringe group of women who hate men can be blamed for those issues.
Misandry was a dead word until recently. A group of men who feared the progress of feminism revived the word and used it to undercut the movement. They like having the power being a man provides and they don’t want to lose that. So they created a movement, found a bunch of legitimate issues that affect men, and tried to blame women for those issues. They called this misandry. It’s like conservatives using buzzwords like “death panels” to make people fear health care. They let people assume it meant Obama wanted to kill your grandma. They let their cute little phrase infect the minds of good people and convince them of falsehoods.
People are telling me that men cannot report rape without getting laughed at. They say this is misandry. It is the fault of women who hate men. But that just doesn’t make any sense to me. When I seek a logical explanation, it seems more likely that this is because men are supposed to be strong and women are supposed to be weak. And rape has been viewed as something that happens mostly to women. So if it does happen to a man, they must be weak. How did this idea of men=strong and women=weak start? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t because of misandry. It is an ancient patriarchy collapsing in on itself.
Feminism is about fighting inequality. It’s about erasing the strong/weak perception ingrained into our society. Misandry, as the term is often used today, is about trying to blame women for anything bad that happens to men.
If you want to fight to fix issues that affect men, go for it. But I would really consider distancing yourself from this term. It is used to evangelize folks into a movement that is very problematic. A group that can’t handle scrutiny of their comic books and video games, so they send death and rape threats. A group that calls women sluts and think they ask for rape if they show too much cleavage. Those are the people who coined this term, and you should want nothing to do with them or their language.
This is the best explanation of this issue I’ve ever seen, so I’m reblogging it.
(Fun fact: Firefox spell check doesn’t think misandry exists either. But then it also doesn’t think Firefox exists.)
(via lets-go-lesbos)
why the fuck cant we text the police
lets say there is a murderer in ur house and you’re hiding behind your sofa and you do have your phone with you but you can’t call the police because the murderer might hear you
Courtesy of The Stigma Project.
Reblogging again because I’d like this to get some more exposure.
(via thenewwomensmovement)