July 2011
Feminism 101: Helpful Hints for Dudes
grrrlpower: 1. Every woman is an expert on her own life and experiences. 2. No woman speaks for all women. 3. No woman speaks for all feminists. 4. Because of the way cultural dominance/privilege works, marginalized people are, by necessity and unavoidability, more knowledgeable about the lives of privileged people than the other way around. Immersion in a culture where male is treated as the...
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I need to not be on Twitter for a while.
Otherwise I’m just gonna get really angry and rage out at people.  The only acceptable reason to beat your girlfriend is in a BDSM context, and only if you’ve both agreed to it. Otherwise, fuck no. Angry Alyssa is angry.
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“But how will my son know he’s a boy unless he learns all the ways he’s different...”
– Growing Up Free: Raising Your Child in the 80s by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Submitted by queer14 (via lgbtlaughs)
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THIS IS THE FIFTH THING THAT I'VE SPILLED DOWN MY...
Today in why Alyssa shouldn’t be allowed to drink things. Or eat. Or be in public. Blue freeze pop. Milk. Water. Flour. Now orange juice! This is the last straw.
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I need three good reasons why Steven and I...
Between the two of us, we could furnish a nice sized house, no problem. Can we pleeeeeaseeee just do it? 
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Recipe: One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes for Two
sunset-vine: Although sometimes you may want all 24 cupcakes from the recipe, your body will say otherwise. How Sweet It Is, one of my personal favorite food blogs, came up with an easy solution to satisfying your sweet tooth without sabotaging your diet. Recipe makes two, perfect for you and your love. Recipe and pictures here. One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes for Two Recipe from How...
Jul 30th
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Today in things I will never admit:
I did not just tumble (ha. immediately typed ‘tumblr’.) down a flight of stairs onto a wooden lamp/table thing. Nosiree.
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“C’mon, Steve, it’s just a vagina. I have a million of ‘em.”
– The highlight of my dream last night.
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I've just read the 'Male Feminists' article on...
lawsonry: entropyforever: opiumdenmother: I should have stopped at the end. I don’t know why I bother to make myself so angry by reading comments on articles like that. It is always, always, always full of men sitting there going WUT ABOUT TEH MENZ!?!?!?? because they don’t care enough to try and read the fucking article. They see the word ‘feminism’ and immediately start complaining about...
Jul 30th
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“Real women wear high heels and skirts. Or not. Real women are feminine and...”
– Hanne Blank (via prettywidows)
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sociology pdfs
lawsonry: entropyforever: thisisimportantstuff: Albert Camus - The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt  Betty Friedan - The Feminine Mystique  B.F. Skinner - Walden Two  C. Wright Mills - The Sociological Imagination  Emile Durkheim - Suicide  George Herbert Mead - Mind, Self, and Society: From the Viewpoint of a Social Behaviorist  Max Weber - The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of...
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spanish riceeeee
crunchy spanish riceeeee.
Jul 29th
“Too many of us still believe that “self-respect” for a woman means chastity and...”
– Hugo Schwyzer (I want my daughter to grow up in a world in which all men are safe, responsible, reliable — The Good Men Project Magazine) women aren’t commodities women aren’t commodities women aren’t commodities (via sexxxisbeautiful)
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sunekdokhe: Latin abbreviations for Texting and Internet use! iramofthecolumns: cincosechzehn: inhishands: ksbrigid: If you are a rational person, you’ll tell me this is totally, completely useless. I know it is. Unless “enjoyment on the grounds of delightful geekiness” is a form of “usefulness”.  Which, I submit, is definitely a usefulness. I… actually don’t even know the regular...
Jul 28th
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golden-notebook: Hot Guys in Henleys This is a real Tumblr and that makes me happy. This is proof that the universe loves us. And men in Henleys. Yesplease.
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“If I stop drinking the coffee, I’d stop doing the walking & the words...”
– Lorelai Gilmore (via withmywholeheart) Make it Diet Coke. (via thenakedfemme) This is for @randomchrysanthemum, because it describes her and I’m also 99% sure it’s from one of those shows she watches all the time, the one with the mom and daughter who go to college together or something. TV IS...
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fyeahwriterleopard: (submitted by bookspazz)
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I FUCKING HATE THIS UTI.
FUCKING HATE IT. AND I CAN’T SEE A DOC TILL TOMORROW AT THE EARLIEST. FUCK THIS SHIT.
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“I consider myself a feminist, but I know feminism is not mine. That doesn’t mean...”
– Can a Man Be A Feminist? My Personal Journey into Male Feminism | Lawsonry (via golden-notebook)
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teandumplings: 15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent deliramentum: No Grief Bacon for me, please. nevver: 1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian) The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage. 2. Yuputka (Ulwa) A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin. 3. Slampadato (Italian) Addicted to the infra-red glow of tanning...
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Don't play with a girl's heart, she only has one....
holymotherfuckingshitballs: this.
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