May 2013
84 posts
“Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that...”
– - JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)
youngblackandvegan:
If you adopt black children
And you’re not black
Learn how to do their hair
Seriously
For all the women I have loved who were dragged...
aiffe:
I’ve read a lot of great essays about how fandom is female-majority and creates a female gaze and a safe space for women and etc. But spend five minutes in fandom and you’ll have an unsettling question.
Why does a female-majority, feminist culture hate female characters so much?
It’s not a question of if it happens. You know it does. You can go into any fandom and see it. Some fandoms...
The TMI Hijabi: I make sincere duaa to Allah... →
tmihijabi:
…that instead of just worrying about whether or not our wudhu is valid because we wear a certain kind of nail polish, we also look into the long term affects of using harsh chemicals on our body (and even harsher chemicals to remove it).
…that instead of just worrying about whether or not our…
: No Second Chances →
humanrightswatch:
Antonio Cerami came to the United States from Italy with his family when he was 12 years old, as a lawful permanent resident. In 1984, he met Cristina, who is a US citizen, and they were married in 1992. Antonio became stepfather to her four children, and the couple had a son of their own.
…
the spaghetti doesn't stick: Please help me save... →
batchix:
minaspeak:
Hey everyone. I’ve been super busy working, and now I’ve hit another snag.
This is my kitty. He needs some major surgery to correct urinary issues he has been having. If he doesn’t get them fixed, he will either be put down, or will die from associated complications.
For several reasons, I cannot go into debt to do this. I do not get paid enough at my job (full time) to...
iguanal:
Gangnam style has 999,901,298 views
The video is 4:13 min long
Thats a total of about 4,249,580,516.5 viewing minutes
or about 71,020,258 hours
or about 2,959,177 days
or about 8,102 years
Civilization emerged about 5,000 years ago, to put that in perspective.
This is the awesome!
Please help find my friend Joey Ross aka Tumblr...
negritaaa:
the-bitch-goddess-success:
porcedex:
tishrex:
kelligray:
suicideisselfexpression:
Apparently he didn’t make it home last night, and he’s missing.
If if you live in Philadelphia and see or hear anything from him or about him, please contact 267-252-4447 or 856-577-4719.
http://deadsarx.tumblr.com/
What!!! Joey where are you!!
Philly humans.
Eyes out Philadelphia.
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“Things that might seem outdated for popular feminism may actually be points of...”
– Jalondra A. Davis in an absolutely fantastic post on A Practical Wedding (via rachelwilkerson)
: Reblog if you're a girl that likes any of the... →
ghostlyavenger:
gallifreyan-pizza:
X-Men
Avengers (that includes any of the individual characters movies)
Batman
Star Trek
Star Wars
And pretty much anything that’s action or targeted to guys
A guy friend of mine today said it was weird that my friend had all the X-Men…
What would happen if you were born in space? →
Sex in space is one thing. But babies in space?
Keyboard Smash Writers!: Location, Location,... →
writeworld:
sunshineboi94 asked: How important is location to a story? I’m asking about specific location, not setting. I know landscape, climate, and environment can all be important details but is it necessary to give an exact location to your story? Personally, I feel like it makes it…
Reblog if you think reading is cool.
freydis-frostrose:
aroundthesunlikeateddybear:
My little sister is having a little trouble with a person at her school because she likes reading and this person deems it ‘not cool’.
I want to prove to her that there are lots of people who love reading and think it is very much cool :D
A little reblog would be amazing! Thank you!
Tell your sister that reading is THE coolest! And to kick the...
put on your war paint: bookelfe: I would like to... →
bookelfe:
I would like to start an official movement to replace the prevalence of manpain in fiction with granpain.
A grandmother’s boyfriend is left dead in her apartment. She cradles the body tenderly. Her face hardens. SHE WILL GET HER REVENGE.
A grandmother stands on a roof, in a…
Here's how radiation from this atomic bomb test... →
This nuclear blast went off in 1946 at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia. How did some of the radiation get back to the United States? Why, we imported it, of course!
A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote... →
If that’s not a story idea, I dunno what is…
Spoken in the ice age, these words might actually... →
The sentences above are special. According to newly published research, they comprise words that have been passed down for millenia, from a language that all but disappeared toward the end of the last ice age. What remains of that tongue are words like the ones above – words that mean the same thing today, and sound almost exactly the same, as they did 15,000 years ago.