May 2011
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Anyone know anything about Canadian law?
criptheatrequeer:
Specifically, getting money that an insurance company owes you?
If so, and you could get in touch with me, I’d really appreciate it.
Signal boosting.
la-methode-bio asked: #alexander rybak is a magic dolphin from outer space
why? xD
why? xD
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“The pirate queen known only as Cheng I Sao, or “wife of Cheng,” started out as a...”
– Brow Beat : A Short History of Lady Pirates
An excerpt from a great piece about female pirates. My favorite story is about Anne Bonny and Mary Read. I might have to buy this pirate book!
(via nicolelee)
LADY PIRATES! They are my favourites! Also Cheng I Sao is probably my favourite pirate...
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“[Trigger Warning for discussion of rape]
Eight percent of college men have...”
– Margo Maine, Ph.D. (Body Wars)
There was a time that, as a person of the male persuasion, seeing this quote made me really mad. It made me mad that women would assume that I was a rapist; it made me mad that rape was becoming ‘my problem’; it made me mad because, frankly, I didn’t think it was...
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“A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a Chicago police officer...”
– Brandon Ross Charged With Murder After Police Fatally Shoot 15-Year-Old Companion
I just…I can’t even wrap my fucking MIND around this shit.
(via radicallyhottoff)
WHAT.
(via thecurvature)
….. WHAT?
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Call for Submissions: The Black Fantastic... →
Tales of Space, Romance and Weirdness on the black hand side
Submissions thru July 30, 2011; publication date: October 2011
Word length: up to 6,000 words
Print edition and online
No reprints
Theme: Speculative fiction (includes science fiction, fantasy and horro) from, about, and pertaiing to members of the African diaspora
Detailed guidelines on website!
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You're Transhuman
afwirzburger:
You’re transhuman; I’m transhuman; most members of technologically-advanced countries are transhuman.
Transhumanism is a phase of human evolution that may or may not lead to posthumanism — it is a transition from the traditional concept of the human being to something that would only be recognizable as human for its emotions or morals or personality. (And what is intrinsically...
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WatchAnother squirrel vid for your viewing pleasure.
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I should not have to cry like this.
torayot:
strikematchlightfiyah:
scarned:
I’m sorry if what I said came out wrong. I’M SORRY IF I LISTED OBAMA AND OPRAH AS EXAMPLES OF POC WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL. I’M SORRY THAT I’M WHITE AND APPARENTLY KNOW NOTHING.
You should be sorry. Your tears do not stroke a fire of sympathy in me.
I am tired. I am losing spoons by the minute here. I’m sorry you think thought that was a powerful...
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Submissions for Transcending Anatomy: A Zine for... →
dunespicecat:
linearbbq:
I’m a college student who identifies as trans and queer. This semester I’m taking a course in peer sexual health education. While the course has been great, I’ve been frustrated with the way trans people are presented, as basically a series of surgery photos — our bodies and sexualities are more…
I may take the survey later, but since many of the questions involve...
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FAQ For Students: Rapture Edition
One professor apparently made a FAQ for his students regarding the impending rapture. I wish some of my professors had such a great sense of humor.
Q: With the rapture coming, should I bother working on my final paper? A: Yes. The odds are you will not be judged worthy of ascent to heaven, in which case your grades will still be a basis of judgment for rewards in this earthly sphere.
Q: What...
Just watched a thing on Fashion TV (it’s a free preview, but if I change my programming I think I want that, and Book TV, because Book TV has Wingfield) and some owner or editor of a magazine said about a stylist who doesn’t do interviews about the celebs she works with that she’s private and classy.
It makes me think about the connection between “private” and...
aesthetictic:
panasonicyouth:
itsinthetrees:
traversability asked:
I’m not trying to be a dick, but I’m not really sure what the deal is with the Hunger Games fandom right now. I’m a white person (a white middle easterner, to be specific, but that’s not important) and if I were to live in the American south and do manual labor, I would be tan. I’d be a tan white person. And my skin would...
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Call for Submissions: Wasafiri New Writing Prize... →
About Wasafiri:
Wasafiri was launched in 1984 at the University of Kent, the brainchild of Susheila Nasta. It derived initially from the activities of ATCAL (Association for the Teaching of Caribbean, African, Asian and Associated Literatures), an association formed in 1978 to bring about a much needed change to curricula in universities and schools and get writers like Derek Walcott, Jean Rhys...
"You think you know me, but you haven't got a...
justsometransguy:
There’s a woman I know who is trans. She’s very femme; I don’t think I’ve ever seen her without make-up or meticulously manicured nails. She loves the color pink. She’s a late transitioner—that is, she was well into middle age before she came out and started transitioning. She has a tendency to take over conversations a bit, especially when she’s excited about the topic being...
kiriamaya:
radicallyhottoff:
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michelledean:
jaimeleigh:
thingsiatethatilove:
Still turning that Roseanne essay over in my mind I find myself coming back to the parts about Roseanne hating other women — the corporate, prissy traitors, the “blondes in high heels who were so anxious to reach the professional level of the men they worshipped, fawned over,...
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“The alienation of the spectator, which reinforces the contemplated objects that...”
– Guy Debord. “Society of the Spectacle” (via rebeccam) 