August 2012
65 posts
I'll tumblr for ya: poupon: missingsun: Dear fic... →
poupon:
missingsun:
Dear fic writers,
Here is a friendly reminder that there are sexualities other than gay and straight!
Just because a character suddenly finds themselves attracted to a member of the same sex does not suddenly mean “Gee willikers, I guess that means I’m gay!”
I…
“In working on my book, I went to Rwanda in 2004 to interview women who had borne...”
– “The Legitimate Children of Rape” - Andrew Solomon on the historical relationship between rape and pregnancy: http://nyr.kr/RsAKyQ (via newyorker)
This is absolutely heart breaking.
(via delusions-of-mediocrity)
Todd Akin can go fuck himself.
The Wire →
curiousgeorgiana:
serene-quill:
It wasn’t a coat hanger. It was a wire.
The theory was that by inserting the wire through the cervix, moving it around a bit and then removing it, an infection would result and the pregnancy would be aborted. It worked. It was March 1967.
Afterward, after I watched the ‘doctor’ wash his hands with one of those little soaps wrapped in white paper, after he...
my skeleton itches: News from Discworld 2012 →
mapleleafforever:
dduane:
Okay, folks: the word is out.
The new Discworld series “The Watch” (AKA CSI:Ankh-Morpork) has been approved by Terry Pratchett and will go into production with BBC Worldwide.
The GOOD OMENS film is a go: the trailer was shown here (at the Discworld Convention in Birmingham). No…
I’m pretty sure my sibling already knows this… but reblogging it for her anyway!
...
This is Thin Privilege: The "Shame" of Having a... →
thisisthinprivilege:
Trigger Warning: Parental Verbal Abuse
I remember when I was 11 I walked in on my mother who was looking out the window and sobbing so hard I assumed she had seen a puppy, kitten or child get hit by a car. Worried, I too looked out the window and was confused to see no accident, no trauma; just…
That is fucking messed up.
May I have your attention please
darziel:
Holding down a job is not a measure of value.
Attending school is not a measure of value.
Whether or not you can “contribute” to society is not a measure of whether or not your life is valuable and worth preserving.
These are standards held up by a society values money and production over everything else. If you think life has any less value or worth because of an inability to do any...
Mixed Berry Social Anxiety Disorder: I've noticed... →
coelasquid:
beesmygod:
stars-collected:
whitachi:
king-in-yellow:
relvetica:
radiofreealcyone:
jessiray:
zombisexual:
vegan-because-fuck-you:
The meat you put in your MOUTH contains BLOOD (omg no way). It’s not an insult, it’s a literal description of what you are.
If you don’t want to be called bloodmouth then stop eating meat.
Why do I even have to explain…
It’s...
Even My Delusions Are Mediocre: real feminists... →
amandapalmer:
i won’t link to the full review of our show the other night, or even name the publication (if you care, google), because i don’t want to give the writer the satsifaction of the hits. but can i talk for a moment about how incredibly much this pisses me off? thanks, i will….
“We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we...”
– Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
(via babanees)
If you read NOTHING ELSE today, read this.
(via cincosechzehn)
Collection: Someone posted this in a Fat Studies... →
searchingforknowledge:
darkjez:
randomlancila:
I don’t have permission to use their name so I’m going to keep them anonymous, but this BLEW MY MIND.
“I’ve been mulling over where and when I should post this as, while I think it is an important personal testimony that…
pollyscatterhood:
Things that are portrayed as weak and lame but in reality can probably beat the shit out of you and steal your lunch money then spend it on candy:
hufflepuffs
canadians
Yusssssssssssss
MMMMURPHY: doublepistolsandawink: mixedy:... →
cowscratch:
doublepistolsandawink:
mixedy:
sunflower-b-pondicus:
flutterjedi:
mixedy:
my parents aren’t teaching me life lessons.
#i need some adults to TEACH ME SHIT ABOUT LIFE
I’m an adult.
Some shit about life, from a bonafide adult:
even if you get…
Some moar tips!
You are going to live in some shithole places with shithole people. At one point, I lived in the upper...
octobersshadow:
If I ever get published, I’m totally going to read the fanfiction people write about my charaters.
If you're a feminist who understands the...
Escitalopram Wishes and Bupropion Dreams: A... →
cowscratch:
oldnewandthebluestblue:
cowscratch:
birdsy-purplefish:
I have a question for the Canadians out there.
If I’ve heard correctly, you guys have no restrictions on abortion in your country. You don’t put hoops in anybody’s way. No parental permission/notification, no waiting period, no probes, no lectures, no time limits, no…
I think it was in 1987 or something that all...
Reblog if you have an imaginary life inside your...
gallifreyantimelady:
rookandheat:
meet-me-at-221b:
deathfeathers:
hundred and hundreds of AUs
thousands actually
MILLIONS
“Cakes have gotten a bad rap. People equate virtue with turning down dessert....”
– Jeanne Ray (via shetakesflight)
Im really feeling love for cake today.
(via becauseiamawoman)
Because nobody should decline a good piece of cake.
(via momochanners)
Cake and food like it makes us human, in my eyes. We’ve not only found ways to make food easier to make, store, and find, but to... 