February 2011
“When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding...”
– Sandi Toksvig
(Sandi Toksvig is the one who pointed out to me that the Bayeaux Tapestry was made by women. She is incredibly awesome.)
(via ladiesmakingcomics, learninglog)
Sandi Toksvig is one of my favourite guest panelists on Q.I. She absolutely is awesome. (I just watched the ‘History’...
“Sexism in 2011 is a different, more subtle beast, which shows itself in...”
– Fuck Yeah, Gender Studies!: Why sexism is no laughing matter, despite what the boys might say
Read the full article ^
(via blackandwhitestriped)
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Favorite sea animal?
Favorite sea animal?
Answer here
“I like clothes and make-up, I like the transformation… But a lot of men had...”
– Noel Fielding (via thejigsawtimes)
January 2011
Love Capitol L - The Max Levine Ensemble
I woke...
reading old poetry makes me feel like shit
fuck nostalgia, but also fuck terrible writing
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My name escapes their minds: On criticism of... →
thejuthikakid:
People are allowed to criticize religion and they will do so as much as they want to.
People are allowed to criticize extremists and they will do so as much as they want to.
Do not say hateful things which exploit a minority in your criticism. Do not group all people together in your criticism.
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Woah flashbacks
A year ago I was in a totally different place and holy shit. It’s the pits of my stomach and the best feeling in the world. Ready to light February on fire again.
Fuck Yeah, Gender Studies!: More on Disney... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
I’ve had a couple of messages pointing out how i was OH SO WRONG to suggest that Disney Princesses make bad role models because, among other reasons, they’re all white.
My bad—they’re not all white.
Jasmine is a princess. And is not white. She is from somewhere in the Middle East, “Arabia”, Where They Cut Off Your Ear If They Don’t Like Your Face (yes, actual lyrics...
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I Hate This Mess: You know what's like the... →
mcqueens:
hopesichord:
When I was in high school, I read this anthology of human rights documents for funsies, because I’m a nerd and my bookmark, at age fifteen, was a copy of the Genocide Convention article two, otherwise known as the definition section. I spend a lot of time thinking…
