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thesylverlining: Can I just say how cool it was that both of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:52 -0400

Can I just say how cool it was that both of these superheroines’ personalities and powers were explored in this episode? And how well it was done?

Starfire was not shamed for being emotional. Her powers come from her emotions.

Raven was not shamed for suppressing her emotions. Her power requires amazing control.

They both. Work. They are both different kinds of strength, and they are both heroic and powerful and good. And they each learned from the other, and helped each other out by seeing from each others’ perspective, and finding the value in their differing approaches! Wow!

Fuck yes, this is how you write super-ladies, okay. There’s more than one way to be a “strong female character.” There’s all different kinds of strength. Why don’t more people GET this?

How ‘Slut Shaming’ Has Been Written Into School Dress Codes Across The Country

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:56:24 -0400

How ‘Slut Shaming’ Has Been Written Into School Dress Codes Across The Country:

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 see-through-strap dresses.

This is no isolated incident in the United States. Across the country, young girls are being told what not to wear because it might be a “distraction” for boys, or because adults decide it makes them look “inappropriate.” At its core, every incident has a common thread: Putting the onus on young women to prevent from being ogled or objectified, instead of teaching those responsible to learn to respect a woman’s body. Here are five other recent examples:

1. A middle school in California banned tight pants. At the beginning of last month, a middle school in Northern California began telling girls to avoid wearing pants that are “too tight” because it “distracts the boys.” At a mandatory assembly for just the female students, the middle school girls were told that they’re no longer allowed to wear leggings or yoga pants. “We didn’t think it was fair how we have all these restrictions on our clothing while boys didn’t have to sit through [the assembly] at all,” one student told local press. Some parents also complained, leading the school’s assistant principal to record a voicemail explaining the new policy. “The guiding principle in all dress codes is that the manner in which students dress does not become a distraction in the learning environment,” the message said.

2. A high school principal in Minnesota emailed parents to ask them to cover up their daughters. A principal in Minnetonka, MN recently wrote an email telling parents to stop letting their daughters wear leggings or yoga pants to school. He says the tight-fitting pants are fine with longer shirts but, when worn with a shorter top, a girl’s “backside” can be “too closely defined.” The big risk of having a defined backside, he thinks, is that it can “be highly distracting for other students.”

3. Two girls in Ohio were turned away from their prom for being “improperly dressed.” Laneisha Williams and Nyasia Mitchell were barred from prom this spring for wearing dresses that administrators considered “too revealing.” The girls say that they didn’t believe they were violating a dress code that said dresses couldn’t be too short or show too much cleavage. But one administrator told local news that the high school girls were only allowed to wear dresses that had “no curvature of their breasts showing.”

4. A kindergarten student in Georgia was forced to change her “short” skirt because it was a “distraction to other students.” It’s hard to imagine that a kindergartener’s outfit could be “a distraction to other students,” but a mother in Georgia told locals news there that her daughter had been outfitted in someone else’s pants — without parental permission — after the principal deemed the skirt the young girl was wearing too short.” The girl had apparently wore the skirt, and accompanying leggings, just one week before without incident.

5. Forty high school girls were sent home from a winter dance in California after “degrading” clothing inspections “bordering on sexual harassment.” A school board member’s daughter was among the 40 girls turned away from Capistrano Valley High’s February dance for wearing dresses that either exposed their midriffs or were cut too low. Before the dance, girls were apparently required to flap their arms up and down and turn around for male administrators’ inspection. The school issues image guidelines for appropriate dress on its website — though the images were nearly all of women, and the only male image depicted proper attire. One girl alleges that the principal told her, “Not all dresses look good on certain body shapes.” A grandmother of one of the girls who was turned away from the dance also said that a teacher remarked about her granddaughter, “What mother would allow her daughter to wear a dress like that?” Apparently the school did receive some praise, though, from the parents of two male students.

When most Americans think about “rape culture,” they may think about the Steubenville boys’ defense arguing that an unconscious girl consented to her sexual assault because she “didn’t say no,” the school administrators who choose to protect their star athletes over those boys’ rape victims, or the bullying that led multiple victims of sexual assault to take their own lives. While those incidences of victim-blaming are certainly symptoms of a deeply-rooted rape culture in this country, they’re not the only examples of this dynamic at play. Rape culture is also evident in the attitudes that lead school administrators to treat young girls’ bodies as inherently “distracting” to the boys who simply can’t control themselves. That approach to gender roles simply encourages our youth to assume that sexual crimes must have something to do with women’s “suggestive” clothes or behavior, rather than teaching them that every individual is responsible for respecting others’ bodily autonomy.

chocotaur: minnesotabetsyville: girljanitor: bashi-bazouk: p...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:41:00 -0400

chocotaur:

minnesotabetsyville:

girljanitor:

bashi-bazouk:

peppercyanide:

sisterwolf:

via

I never even

c

wow

How did they get away with that

AH

I LOVE THIS

What do you mean how did they get away with it?

History isn’t one straight line progressing towards a liberal society.

Look how much Americans attitudes have changed between 1980 and today. 1980 was the first time most very religious people voted, they abstained before that at the behest of their churches. Now they dictate policy at every election.

In my family photo album there are pictures from the 20s of a woman called ‘uncle bob’. She dressed in men’s clothing, and had a ‘companion’. This was a rough industrial town, they were working class, nobody cared. It was her business.

This is why politics is important - the moment you think everything is better today than it was in the past, you let other people take control of the direction society goes in - with you sitting back presuming we’re going forwards.

reblogging for the commentary

There is a really interesting history of transgendered individuals during Westward Expansion of the United State. (1840s-1890s) There are also a couple of good books about gender identity and sexuality during the time of the American Frontier

Yeah, all of this is good knowledge, but this is

http://eves-rib.deviantart.com/art/Early-twentieth-century-couple-182158312

a manip of

http://www.flickr.com/photos/valerianasolaris/3417560540/

xiaopa25: “Hi,SourWolf : )”

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:43:54 -0400

xiaopa25:

“Hi,SourWolf : )”

jalmotaesseo: karcrazy: emikafett: In health class today, we...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:43:33 -0400

jalmotaesseo:

karcrazy:

emikafett:

In health class today, we got a “what should you say back to somebody who tries pressures you into sex” worksheet. This is what I wrote. And below, what it says, in case you’re having trouble with the picture or reading my handwriting.
“Come on, just this once.” - I’d rather have pizza and watch a movie.
“What could it hurt?” - You, if you keep pestering me.
“Everybody’s doing it.” - Too bad I’m not everybody.
“If you loved me, you’d let me.” - If you loved me, you’d buy me Supernatural on Blu-Ray. Hand ‘em over.
“I promise we’ll use a condom every time.” - *stares blankly until partner gets uncomfortable and leaves*
“No one has to know.” - No one has to know if I murder you.
“What are you afraid of?” - Spiders, needles, wasps, clowns, heights, murderers…
“Don’t you love me enough to have sex with me?” - No.
“You’re just chicken.” - *starts twitching wildly, making chicken noises, and flaps arms like wings*
“Don’t you want to know what it’s like?” - Not with you.
“Everyone knows you’ve done it before.” - I’d think I’d remember something like that.
“Maybe you just don’t like boys.” - Yes, I’m a lesbian.
“Put out or get out.” - Okay, bye.
“I’m clean, I promise.” - Maybe you should take a bath, then, just to be sure.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW FUCKING BRILLIANT THIS IS OH MY GOD

ALL THE YES.

excalipoor: 20th anniversary for PR

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:48 -0400

excalipoor:

20th anniversary for PR

mrxdgrafiti: Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger: 10 Years Later. or as I...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:26 -0400

mrxdgrafiti:

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger: 10 Years Later.

or as I call it…

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger: The Mid-Life Crisis!!

trumpeteroftheswan: so i saw a post of all the sprite progressions of various pokemon through the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:34 -0400

trumpeteroftheswan:

so i saw a post of all the sprite progressions of various pokemon through the years and snorlax looks like he spent all his time trying to sit up

like

alright let’s do this

rrRHRGG

wow no that was exhausting
ok baby steps time

ok so far so good

grgrhgh—

GGHRHGHGGHGHHH

AW GOD DAMN IT

maybe if I—

wait

…

successsssssss

“Don’t what?”

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:12 -0400

“Don’t what?”

This is about my some day daughter already stained with...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:59:50 -0400

This is about my some day daughter already stained with insecurity, asking me “Mom, will I be pretty”. And I’ll wipe that question from her mouth like cheap lipstick and say:

ALRIGHT YOU LITTLE SHITS

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:59:20 -0400

disrespectful-dyke:

fallenangelflonne:

rosenkristall:

TUMBLR AND IT’S FUTURE IS AT STAKE HERE

SIGN AND REBLOG IF YOU WANT TO SAVE TUMBLR FROM YAHOO

SIGNAL BOOST

Yahoo purportedly wants to incorporate its products as features of the site. I don’t know about you, but… Yahoo’s products are pretty shitty and I’d rather not be forced to use them if I want to continue using this site

saw this in the newspaper and it scared the shit outta me

"Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are genuinely good guys who just don’t..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:53:09 -0400

“Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are genuinely good guys who just don’t understand why their comments might be unwelcome. Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are creepy predators. Most are somewhere in between, and guess what? I don’t know you, I don’t know your life, and I have no idea if you’re going to leave it at “Hey, you look good in that dress!” or follow it up with “But you’d look better without it! Har har! C’mon, where’re you going? I know you heard me! Fucking cunt, nobody wants your fat ass anyway, bitch.”

When you compliment a random woman who doesn’t know you, no matter how nice you are about it, there’s a good chance she’s going to freak out internally because for all she knows, you could be that latter type. And I get that it’s really unfair that women would just assume that about you. I get that it sucks that sometimes, expressing totally reasonable opinions like “hey you’re hot” will make women terrified of you or furious at you. That’s not fair.

But if you’re going to lay the blame for that somewhere, for fuck’s sake, don’t blame the woman. Blame all the guys who have called her a bitch and a cunt for ignoring their advances. Blame all the guys who may have harassed, abused, or assaulted her in the past. Blame all the people who may never do such a thing themselves, but who were quick to blame her and tell her to just get over it. Blame the fact that if she stops and talks to you and then something bad happens, people will blame her for stopping and talking to you.”

- Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot » Brute Reason (via albinwonderland)

This gif works for everything

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:24:11 -0400

octo-oblivion:

Forgot homework.

Left front door open.

Trying to understand fandoms for the first time.

Look at all the fucks I give.

What the fuck is this.

Someone makes a joke but no one gets it.

Plans for the future.

Condom bursts.

“Sure, Why not!”

It’s canon.

“Who cares?”

Life.

The Mortal instruments + Runes

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:21:32 -0400

The Mortal instruments + Runes

cassandrajp: Sebastian from The Mortal Instruments (written...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:46 -0400

cassandrajp:

Sebastian from The Mortal Instruments (written by@CassieClare!)

Is his personality nature or nurture - or both?!

steveholtvstheuniverse: every achievement in cinema history has...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:17:05 -0400

steveholtvstheuniverse:

every achievement in cinema history has led up to this moment

cassandrajp: cassandraclare: So Cassandra Jean has finished...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:12:05 -0400

cassandrajp:

cassandraclare:

So Cassandra Jean has finished the complete Shadowhunter Tarot, so for the next … seventy-something days I’ll be posting a card a day (okay, maybe not every day — I tend to get distracted!) in order, from the first card to the last. Some will be under spoiler cuts; some you’ll have seen before — I’ll explain why each character has the card they have.

We’ve moved on from the Major Arcana to the minor Arcana — the first suit is the suit of Rings, which takes the place of the suit of Pentacles. The Ace of Rings shows Meliorn and the Seelie Queen: the rings are the gold leaf rings the Seelie Queen gives to Clary and Simon in Lost Souls so they can hear each other’s thoughts.

All the Rings in this suit are family rings except this card, and one other.

I had fun trying to think of a natural but evil looking throne for the Seelie Queen. (Not that she’s evil but… she isn’t really good is she? lol) So I decided on one made of thorny antlers.

assilikesbowties: too soon? maybe

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:11:16 -0400

assilikesbowties:

too soon?

maybe

twoearsandaheart: so what i’m getting from my dashboard is that...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:04:59 -0400

twoearsandaheart:

so what i’m getting from my dashboard is that zachary quinto and chris pine skipped the dramatic love affair and hollywood marriage and honeymoon periods and moved straight to being old married grandpas together, complete with combovers and Mr. Rogers sweaters and fierce scrabble competitions and reminiscences over scrapbooks.

maisewilliams: It’s @Maisie_Williams with Mini Maisie!...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:02:51 -0400

maisewilliams:

It’s @Maisie_Williams with Mini Maisie! #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/qSWPQjgqzY