May 2013
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An Open Letter to Closed Letters
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Why aren’t you addressed to me? Ugh. I hate secrets.
An Open Letter to Capital Letters: You don’t have a significant purpose. I have just come to accept you over time.
An Open Letter to Love Letters: You’re the only thing keeping pen and paper alive. Godspeed.
An Open Letter to Bloodletters: You probably realized that you were killing more patients than healing them, but you...
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“Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are genuinely good...”
– Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot » Brute Reason (via albinwonderland)
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Feminism Needs Men, Too →
4thwavefeminist:
Male feminist allies may be few and far between, but they are important to the future of the movement, and feminism needs them.
My latest at PolicyMic on the need for and role of men in the feminist movement. Featuring Citizen Radio’s Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny!
Love this!
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Am I the only person whose brain autofills “Hitler” instead of “Hispter” in Taylor Swift’s song 22? “It feels like a perfect night/to dress up like Hit-ler…”
It’s catchy, no?
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How ‘Slut Shaming’ Has Been Written Into School... →
Last month, a New Jersey middle school banned girls from wearing strapless dresses to prom. Administrators claimed that the dresses were “distracting” — though they refused to specify exactly how or why. Parents reacted strongly to the rule; some supported the dress code while others deemed it “slut-shaming.” On Friday, the school compromised by allowing girls to wear single-strap or...
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“If guys were as mad about rape as they are duck face we wouldn’t have a rape...”
– Jamie Kilstein (via the-snake-armed-man)
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Watch These Straight People Answer A Question Gay... →
If every straight person honestly answered this question, we’d wipe out homophobia tomorrow.
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Why The Mandarin needed to be portrayed as he was...
fuckitfireeverything:
or, why the MCU didn’t ruin your favorite supervillain.
below the cut: Iron Man 3 spoilers, discussion of cultural appropriation, narrative arc, and analysis of how ridiculously, wonderfully meta the advertising scheme of IM3 was.
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The way Iron Man 3 handled the Mandarin is just one of the many, many reasons why it’s my second-favorite film in the MCU...
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A TED Talk That Might Turn Every Man Who Watches... →
This is, hands down, my favorite TED Talk of all time.
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This Anti-Abortion Dude Is Awfully Eager To Make... →
I am furious.
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“If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the...”
– A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via howtodresswell)
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U.S. Will Appeal Order on Morning-After Pill →
angryblacklady:
fuckyeahfeminists:
rhrealitycheck:
The Department of Justice said Wednesday that it will appeal a federal judge’s order to make the most common morning-after pill available without a prescription for all ages.
sigh…the fight continues.
I can’t with this country.
flip ALL THE TABLES.
BLAAAAAAAARG.
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Follow Karen Nyberg on Twitter →
fuckyeahfemaleastronauts:
Astronaut Karen Nyberg is planned for launch on the 28th of May. Keep yourself up to date by following her twitter.
