Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can mobilize an entire society in violent hate against me.
Language is never neutral.
(Source: genderbitch, via queerkilljoy)
“During the civili rights struggle, Birmingham canceled high school prom for many black teenagers. This weekend, the dance went on for the Class of 1963”
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/living/civil-rights-prom/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
(via lookpeople)
"Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time."
—
- JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)
Rape culture means being more worried about a handful of men being accused of a crime and then proven innocent than helping hundreds and hundreds of actual rape victims over the course of 15 years.
(via justplainsomething)
(via ursinechase)
on a scale from robert pattinson to robert downey jr how much do you like your character
(via firefly-in-the-dark)
Let me explain you a thing.
When I say I adore Misha Collins, I don’t mean because he’s attractive or funny (though that comes into it), I mean because he is a genuinely nice person.
I was at Asylum 10 this weekend, and for Misha’s autographs he wasn’t allowed to personalise things because of time constraints which is fair enough. However, when I was getting mine, I managed to blurt out (I mean it I was shaking really hard) how important it was to meet him, as Asylum 10 was a goal for me not to kill myself.
The second I said that he stopped writing and looked up at me, and his response was:
“You need better goals.” I almost laughed but I was really trying not to cry, so I responded with:
“No. I don’t.” At this point, he reached across the table and grabbed my hand, pen still off the paper. He looked up at me, shaking and almost crying and smiled and said the simplest thing. At this point he let my hand go.
“See you next year?” I nodded, I was shaking really hard and I picked up the picture and went to leave, but he grabbed my hand again and pulled me back a little. He asked for my name and then wrote what it says on the top left hand corner. He squeezed my hand and smiled and then let me go.
(via hellkittenslove)
To all the assholes who are pointing out the existence of female sci-fi to authors me:
Here wikipedia’s list of classic sci-fi authors. Why don’t you give that a nice long gander and see how many of them were really women.
Here is wikipedia’s page on women sci-fi authors. Which says (and I do quote) “In 1948, 10-15% of science fiction writers were female.”
It goes on to say that that number increased to 36% by 1999.
The existence of female authors does not make classic science fiction any less sexist. It means a couple of women braved the waters and managed to make names for themselves.
Which, you know, go them. That’s awesome.
It does not negate my point.
It means you are an idiot who is incapable of basic research.
And you can fuck right off.
Thank you.
Sci-fi franchise: So there are these aliens, right? And they’ve never interacted with humans before, mkay? But they have the -exact- same gender system as the humans. I mean, duh, right? That’d be TOTALLY weird if they didn’t.
(via babysbreathflower)
"That Christ ushered in this new era of life and liberation in the presence of women, and that he sent them out as the first witnesses of the complete gospel story, is perhaps the boldest, most overt affirmation of their equality in his kingdom that Jesus ever delivered. And yet too many Easter services begin with a man standing before a congregation of Christians and shouting, “he is risen!” to a chorused response of “he is risen indeed!” Were we to honor the symbolic details of the text, that distinction would always belong to a woman."
— Mary Magdalene, The Witness (via azspot)
(via aliway)
"I see now that dismissing YA books because you’re not a young adult is a bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the grounds that you’re not a policeman or a dangerous criminal, and as a consequence I’ve discovered a previously ignored room at the back of the bookstore that’s filled with masterpieces I’ve never heard of."
— Nick Hornby, Shakespeare Wrote For Money (via jobberwacky)
(via silencewhippersnapper)
“Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone dissuade me from saying that they were Harry Potter, Twilight and the Hunger Games? “Avatar” may have put butts in theater seats, but you don’t hear about it… ever. No one is immersed in the world of “Avatar” except James Cameron and people who enjoy wearing Na’vi Zentai suits. “The Avengers” was pretty darn huge and, if Tumblr is any indication, a whopping portion of the people driving that fandom online do not possess a Y chromosome. Women engage in fandom to levels that men do not. When women get behind something, their sheer numbers and passion force it into the mainstream. That’s why you can name the actor who plays that werewolf kid in “Twilight” and probably sing at least the chorus to one Justin Bieber song. What do tween boys like? I have no clue. Sports? Probably sports.”—
Brett White, Comic Book Resources (via wandrinparakeet)
and yet men remain the most marketed demographic for just about everything.
(via ohhoechno)
I’m pretty sure the only men who spend more time thinking about DC than women on Tumblr are the men who actually work there.
(via touchofgrey37)
(via imfantasyparade)
Apparently, the word “asshat” has not made it’s way to Ireland yet.
I taught it to my boss today.
/update from Dublin
