19 6 / 2013
James Gandolfini has died in Italy at the age of 51 of a possible heart attack. According to HBO reps, he was on vacation at the time.
Aw. He was whacked by his own heart.
(via brashblacknonbeliever)
19 6 / 2013
Autism and "Fuck Your Shit": Safety Tips for Men
Men, are you worried for your own safety because misandry?
You need to accept that misandry happens in the real world and take some precautions.
Take a self defense class, they’re only a couple hundred dollars a month.
Don’t go out after dark unless you have a…
The perfect response to anyone who says misandry is just as bad as misogyny.
18 6 / 2013
I saw this post among the slew of comments on this Planned Parenthood post regarding the decision on the after 20-week abortions ban in Arizona.
It was nice to see a conservative man standing up to the anti-choice bullies on the page.
This is what happens when a conservative meets this little thing I like to call “reality.”
Though I was skeptical from the first couple of sentences, it ends up pretty awesome and insightful.
Nah, fuck this guy.
It shouldn’t take someone he cares about going through something that awful to suddenly make him wake the fuck up and see women as people.
Same goes for the woman who was pro-life until SHE had to watch her baby die a terrible death. Cause up until that point, she was totally fucking for OTHER women going through it.
I hate this sort of republican logic, that something is only relevant until it directly affects them. Like all of these republicans who suddenly change their position on gay marriage because their kid comes out of the closet. Or John McCain being against torture because HE was tortured.
It should not take you personally experiencing something to have some goddamn empathy.
Are you aware you’re saying “this person’s coming round to a way of thinking that benefits the human race wasn’t done in a way I agree with and thus is null and void”
Because that is literally what you are saying
OR!
Maybe I’m saying that it’s really sad that such terrible things had to happen to someone this guy personally cared about in order for him to be able to express empathy for people he isn’t personally connected to.
Maybe THAT was the point and you missed it.
Honestly, I think if I knew this guy when he was pro-life, and then encountered him much later to find him completely pro-choice, I’d be pretty dumbfounded. I’d feel invalidated from the disagreements we would have had before, and angry that it took something personal to him, not the well-being of millions of people he doesn’t know, to change his mind.
But since that’s not the case, I have to admit my respect for him, in a way. It takes a lot to make someone completely change their position on issues like this. I wish people could have empathy to begin with, instead of changing their beliefs based on their own experiences. But if it benefits me, and helps to advance the causes that will contribute to my well-being, and that of millions of others, then I can’t turn around and reject it. I can’t afford to do that right now.
So in 20 years, maybe? Yes, fuck this guy. But for now, I have to grit my teeth and applaud him.
I’m not trying to be confrontational but this guy does not deserve an award for FINALLY seeing women as people or pointing it out to other conservatives (who will just ignore him until someone THEY love goes through something like this).
Like, really, what is he doing for us? What is he contributing to your or my or any woman’s well-being?
He most certainly isn’t voting for politicians who are pro-choice, since very few elected republicans are and he’s STILL a conservative at the end of the day, by his own admission. I don’t believe this guy is a single-issue voter so he’s still voting for conservatives, who, at the end of the day, are in positions of power that are capable of removing our rights.
So, really, what exactly is he doing to help me? Writing a Facebook comment doesn’t help me. Him not voting for politicians who hate women is what will help me and I’m not ready to believe he’s prepared to stop doing that.
Didn’t you know that whenever a man takes a halfway decent position on an issue that shouldn’t be political but is, they win all the awards? I agree with you completely. I barely even believe in “coming around.” How long has this dude been anti-choice? He can’t undo that damage by posting any number of posts about his great realization.
18 6 / 2013
Cathy Brennan, radical “feminist” terrorist, has set her sights on a young black activist in Baltimore County, MD. Phylicia Sampson is being taken to court by Brennan, a notorious harasser of trans women and their supporters. Sampson is a recent college grad with few resources, no car and no way to fight back without your help.
As a community, we’ve suffered Brennan’s assaults for a long time—her blog is the best known for outing trans women’s personal information. She believes trans women are men who are infiltrating the feminist community and expends her resources fighting them. The idea that she is now taking her harassment to a legal venue is horrifying. That she has selected a young black woman with few resources to fight back is repugnant.
We can’t let Cathy Brennan get away with this! Share Phylicia’s campaign on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram. Here are some things you can do TODAY to help:
- Tell your friends why it is important that they donate to this campaign.
- Donate what you can.
- Write to your favorite feminist blog and ask them to cover this campaign
SUPER. DUPER. SIGNAL BOOST Y’ALL.
(via joanwatsonss)
17 6 / 2013
THE EMPIRE OF FEAR!: Alright, I'm going to say my piece now.
*readies soap box*
I got upset after a series of posts that I felt were racist against those of European decent. I have received some comments about my rant, most of which were sarcastic and judgmental. Allow me to make my point.
Throwing stones at…
White people who are suddenly Latin@ when they say/do something racist. That shouldn’t be one of the advantages of being Latin@.
17 6 / 2013
Red Light Politics: Next time I hear yet another remark about an Artist of Color’s ego...
Next time I hear yet another remark about an Artist of Color’s ego (notably, they are almost always Black), I’m gonna make posters with these statements from Adele about how she wants to “buy a gun and open fire” because she has to pay so much in taxes:
I’m mortified to have to pay 50%!…
I didn’t even know she said this. She can’t live on 4 million? She should go shoot herself.
16 6 / 2013
"Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time."
(via stfueverything)
16 6 / 2013
ALL RISE FOR THE FEDORA NECKBEARD NATIONAL ANTHEM
And this is when I begin to vomit. “The time has come to fuck your shit up”
This song… it’s just so bad.
I thought MRAs were so clever? What happened boys?
Maybe they think sucking at life proves that women are superior, so feminism oppresses them and they’re the ones who need empowerment.
16 6 / 2013
With Father’s day fast approaching, I would like to send a shout out to the people typically ignored on days like this:
- To the people with abusive fathers
- To the people absentee fathers
- To the people who don’t know their fathers
- To the people who cut their fathers out of their lives
- To the people with conflicting feelings about father’s day because their own father was a piece of shit but other men they know and love are awesome dads
- To the people who learned how not to be a shitty dad by not doing what their father did
You are not alone. If you don’t want to celebrate father’s day or you don’t want to talk to your father, that’s perfectly fine. Do whatever it takes to make sure you are healthy and happy.
13 6 / 2013
THE EMPIRE OF FEAR!: bookishboi: mapsandpassports: I am a white female, I know I am...
I am a white female, I know I am privileged or at least more privileged than some people of colour and I am fully aware of the amount of opression and racism people of colour get and have gotten in the past, but the same way you didn’t choose your colour,…
(Source: mariathne)
13 6 / 2013
Members of Congress are living off food stamps for a week to protest Republican cuts. It’s a challenge for them, but GOP cuts would hurt millions of everyday Americans.
or
get this
instead of this “omg these poor rich people gags”
they can make up the money from cuts for a week from their own salaries and give that directly to poor people so they can eat
NOVEL IDEAAAAAAAAAA
^^^^^^^
“protesting”
This is probably just me, but I feel like they’re mocking me. It makes me livid that they’re going to “pretend” to be poor to show why they’re shouldn’t be cuts, but they then get to go back to their lifestyle. I live this lifestyle. I have to make the small amount of food last. They don’t. They do this for a week and then they’re done. They get to go back to their paychecks. They get to go back to their salaries. They get to go back to their extravagant lifestyle of being able to buy fresh fucking fruit. I have to splurge, keyword splurge, on fresh fruit. I have to hope my blood doesn’t turn into ramen. (That’s a joke, or should have been. I’m not funny when I’m angry.) It’s just unfair that they’re going to live this lifestyle one week instead of listening to me. There is not reason for them not to just listen to us. They just want to seem like heroes for living this lifestyle for one week, while I’m vilified for living this lifestyle my entire life.
(via brashblacknonbeliever)
13 6 / 2013
Racist white Florida woman screams slurs at Dunkin’ Donuts workers in video she posted online
A Florida woman filmed and shared a video over the weekend featuring a first-person view of her screaming racist insults at Dunkin’ Donuts workers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida over a request for free food that was not immediately granted.
The woman, identified by The Smoking Gun as 27-year-old Taylor Chapman, visited the eatery a night prior and demanded to have her meal price refunded when her cashier was slow to hand over a receipt. Another associate asked her to return the next morning and speak with a manager, which supposedly led to the confrontation seen on the video.
“This shit’s about to go live, bitch!” Chapman screams at a female employee. “Right on Facebook, ’cause I already posted what your dumb ass did last night, so I hope you’re happy with your little fucking sand n—er self… I’m about to nuke your whole fucking planet from Mars. You think ya’ll are tough, big fat Arabs bombin’ the trade center? I’ll show you tough.”
She also called the employee “a complete cunt sand n—er whore,” and shouted: “I just want my bacon crispy and my people to be nice.” Chapman is even heard on the video wishing the footage gets “a million fucking hits,” which is likely a low estimate of the views it will get thanks to all the media attention since Monday.
“I literally can’t wait to post this on Facebook just as soon as we’re done,” Chapman continues. “Hi Facebook! This is what you have to do, in life. It fucking sucks. Blow my brains out.”
Her Facebook and LinkedIn accounts have subsequently been taken down.
The employee who remained calm and continued talking to the woman throughout the ordeal is 18-year-old Abid Adar, according to The Smoking Gun. He makes $8 an hour.
“We are aware of the video and the situation that occurred at the Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant located in Fort Lauderdale,” a Dunkin’ Donuts spokesperson explained in a prepared statement. “We commend the franchisee’s crew member for handling this difficult situation with grace and patience. We believe this is a powerful example of great customer service and the respect our crew members have for our guests.”
This video, which contains NSFW language, was published to YouTube on June 8, 2013.
Hey guys, I thought I would add something onto here.
The poor kid who had to deal with this crazy bullshit just graduated high school and is going to start college in the fall.
He currently makes 8$ an hour.
There’s a man in TX that wants to help this kid and the other poor girl Taylor Chapman verbally assaulted. He started a IndieGoGo fund here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sorry-abid-adar-and-nithi
The money will be split between the boy and the girl equally.
I’ve seen what Tumblr is capable of, let’s help them out.
(via crackerhell)
13 6 / 2013
don’t jump into that white light kitty! the window is not open wide enough and if you try to jump onto the ledge you may fall!
