Whenever someone talked to me for the first month
*thanks riley
this is a torch song.
This woman is reading. IS THIS FEMINIST?
No. The Western canon is white and male-dominated. This woman is lending her support to structures of male domination as embodied within the academy. Also, she is standing under a ladder, which means seven years of continued sexist oppression. PROBLEMATIC.
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Keep watching till the very end. It’s bloody brilliant, not to mention very moving.
The Loneliest Whale in the World.
In 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem:
She isn’t like any other baleen whale. Unlike all other whales, she doesn’t have friends. She doesn’t have a family. She doesn’t belong to any tribe, pack or gang. She doesn’t have a lover. She never had one. Her songs come in groups of two to six calls, lasting for five to six seconds each. But her voice is unlike any other baleen whale. It is unique—while the rest of her kind communicate between 12 and 25hz, she sings at 52hz. You see, that’s precisely the problem. No other whales can hear her. Every one of her desperate calls to communicate remains unanswered. Each cry ignored. And, with every lonely song, she becomes sadder and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in despair as the years go by.
I need to go talk to some frozen yogurt about this.
(Source: erickimberlinbowley)
my skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.
"Most girls are stupid" →
In last week’s Game of Thrones, Arya told Tywin Lannister that “most girls are stupid.” When we heard that line, were we supposed to think, “This is why Arya is awesome”? After watching The Prince of Winterfell, I can’t help but think that the answer is “yes.” While the books series presents a huge range of dynamic and well-developed female characters, the show writers seem determined to edit the story so that all normal women seem weak and worthy of disdain. Girls, like Arya, who fight to throw off femininity and become “one of the boys,” are the only ones who are really strong or worthy of respect.
Although some of the show’s changes to the story have been positive and potentially even improve on the novel, many edits in the last few episodes have reduced the series’ selection of varied, challenging female characters into cliches and walking confirmation of the idea that “most women suck.”
this is really excellent.
SAD. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, MO and killed 161 people. On Monday, President Obama was in Joplin where he delivered a speech to the Joplin High School graduating class of 2012. “The road has been hard and the day has been long, but we march, and we march together,” said Obama. “And you’re leading the way. Because you’re from Joplin.”
(Via AP)
Most perfect use of this meme.
