February 2012
86 posts
Male comic book artists who have never seen a...
Stttoooooopppppp.
Guys. Hey, guys. Guys! I figured it out.
Camille Paglia is a sociopath.
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In our society, women are taught that it's not...
Also why we are sometimes afraid to say it at all.
WARNING! if you see a link claiming to link to the...
new wave feminism: On Non-Blacks being Black... →
pssincerelyadventure:
See here…..
My mostly white women and gender studies class, after reading the Combahee River Collective, wanted to know if they could be Black Feminists because they cared about all those issues and wanted to end oppression and liberate women etc..
I said no. I stand…
I would listen, with heart eyes.
I just wish people of privilege could just be content with...
Jezebel writes about the lobby group four friends... →
katemckenna:
Four months ago, four friends and I created a lobby group for equal access to abortion care on PEI. And today we’re on Jezebel. And tonight, we drink!
PRRO forever!
Distant 'Waterworld' is confirmed →
katemckenna:
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere.
If you really think comprehensive sex education is...
sinidentidades:
Get.
Out.
Get.
The.
Fuck.
Out.
I only WISH it would.
“Nationalism’s in love with patriarchy because patriarchy offers it women who’ll...”
– Shereen Essof, South Africa: patriarchy, paper, and reclaiming feminism (via genderacrossborders)
“How does a white woman claim to be the victim of yellow fever? I know, it’s so...”
– Elisha Lim breaks down the ridiculousness of another manifestation of white female privilege—being a “victim” of the “sexual sway” of women of color, in this particular case, of Asian women—at the R today. (via racialicious)
Gah, I hate criticizing the (mostly white male NERD) obsession with Asian...
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My Adventures In C Continue Onward...
I couldn’t quite complete my assignment (passed it in anyway, after much banging my head against the desk), but I do feel as though I have learned quite a bit in the last 4-5 days, and I think I’m going to dedicate some more time to learning the (well, it’s dying ANYWAY) language.
Programming in C for the first time.
skyivories:
natashasquires:
QUESTIONING MY LIFE DECISIONS
Welcome to a land of segfaults, null terminators, and pointers. But mostly the first one.
This first project is handling a bunch of strings shoved into a node and structuring a doubly linked list. I am actually going to die (from my brain exploding).
“In fact, the core problem is the idea that somehow the site has less value or is...”
– Elizabeth Giorgi at the Mary Sue explains why the media coverage of Pinterest sucks. Also - I like Pinterest lots. (via jenmyers)
If I hear "Alpha Male" describing the characters...
TOTALLY ALPHA BRO
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Programming in C for the first time.
QUESTIONING MY LIFE DECISIONS
Are we special, or just weird?: Girls and... →
wayfaringthroughthegalaxy:
Dear females of all ages,
Here is living proof that you don’t have to dress like a desperate, cheap whore to look pretty and utterly beautiful (Note: I am not calling all girls whores. I am only saying that some dress LIKE whores…I have respect for women…
DEAR FEMALES.
FEMALES
FEEEEEEEMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLEEEEEESSSS
new wave feminism: deliciouskaek: deejaybird: A... →
deliciouskaek:
deejaybird:
A Hottentot woman known as Saartjie Baartman was lied to — told she would become wealthy if she showed up in Europe to be exhibited in a sideshow attraction in European circuses under the name of the Hottentot Venus. What was of interest to her viewers was…
“Wow, it’s as if your terrible attempts at satire were only one tiny part of the...”
– Reddit user veerserif destroying TheAmazingAtheist. [Reddit]
Flawless Victory.
(via thenoobyorker)
DAAAAAMN.
(via paenulae)
I haven’t been on r/SRS in a while. BIGGEST MISTAKE. ugh this is too good.
I'm serious, so listen:: Ways Gender-Privileged... →
meeca:
(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).
Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “ho”, “slut.”
Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion…
LARES 'mirror ball' sat will test Einstein's... →
unexpectedtech:
You don’t have to be big to challenge Einstein. A pocked ball just 36 centimetres wide is the latest space probe tasked with measuring general relativity, one of the cornerstones of modern physics.
The Laser Relativity Satellite, or LARES, is a tungsten sphere with reflectors mounted in 92 holes punched into its surface. It is due to launch from Kourou, French Guiana, on a new...
