December 2011
11 posts
“I find it astoundingly privileged when anti-s/m people talk about how, for...”
– Amanda Forest Vivian, “Hurt, Power, and Disability.” The link goes to an excellent, excellent post about what BDSM can mean to people with disabilities. (via neurodivergentsexuality) This, so very much this. I’ve been trying to write a sensible response here, talking about how so very many levels...
Dec 31st
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Hugo Schwyzer on how men react to impassioned... →
I really enjoyed this piece, but I’m aware that Hugo Schwyzer is controversial. I’m not very familiar with his background, and I haven’t been able to find sources on some of the criticisms I’ve seen of him on tumblr,  but I’d love to read them if anyone would like to message me links. I think this particular piece is fantastic, and very, very relevant, so I hope you...
Dec 29th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 11th
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Barack Obama, I am disappoint.
Here’s the deal: I know I’m voting for Obama in the next election. I don’t have any other damn choice. Whoever gets nominated on the Republican ticket is going to be insane on women’s reproductive rights, and Obama will look good by comparison. I recognize that. I am also really, really unhappy about it. The decision he supported this week regarding Plan B was...
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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criminally-vulgar asked: Have you seen Peter Dinklage's photoshoot for GQ? So what, they just decided to dump a naked woman in his lap and have her submissively reclining before him, so the photoshoot can fit GQ's high flesh-baring standards?! I don't even know why the pictures make me so sick and angry, I realise that I should be used to this kind of stuff, but from time to time something happens. Felt the...
Dec 8th
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Men Get Raped Too- A response. (TW)  →
just-smith: Just Smith.: More Rape Profiling stfusexists: stfusexists: saltxwater submitted this to me, asking the totally legitimate question, ”How big of a douche does someone have to be to get offended by Sexual Assault Awareness Month?” The answer? This big. This is what the sign in question looks like: You know, I just checked back in on this post, and something about this last...
Dec 7th
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Wherein Michele Bachmann is confronted by an...
alexandraerin: tithenai: gailsimone: cafemicaela: grantaires: cognitivedissonance: And it’s just as fantastic as it sounds: Watch the video: The look of shock on her face is incredible. Elijah is brave little man, and I commend him. dude i’d be so scared if she put her face that close to mine seriously all the sudden lady grabs my kid also what a quality little human...
Dec 6th
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STFU, Conservatives: THIS BLOG IS NOT RON PAUL... →
paxamericana: Ron Paul wants to define life as starting at conception, build a fence along the US-Mexico border, prevent the Supreme Court from hearing cases on the Establishment Clause or the right to privacy, permitting the return of sodomy laws and the like (a bill which… Every time someone who identifies as a liberal says that they’d vote for Ron Paul, God kills a kitten.
Dec 3rd
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STFU, Sexists.: saltxwater submitted this to me,... →
stfusexists: saltxwater submitted this to me, asking the totally legitimate question, ”How big of a douche does someone have to be to get offended by Sexual Assault Awareness Month?” The answer? This big. This is what the sign in question looks like: And you know, I think Sir Douchington is… Someone should point out to him that the figures on that poster are not gendered. So if he...
Dec 2nd
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