May 2013
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disabledbyculture:
“Digital literacy…has the potential to give birth to new forms of readings that, while reminiscent of earlier practices, are also likely to produce new forms of creativity at the expense of some of the older ones. The book as an object is not likely to disappear anytime soon, but it is also clear that it is no longer the sole or even the primary object for the production of...
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feministsociology:
“Compulsory able-bodiedness is not only central to the narrative of Avatar, but was also a key part of its production. Although there is not a single frame in which Jake Sully’s human body walks, an ambulatory actor (Worthington) was nevertheless cast. To provide the appearance of a paraplegic’s atrophied legs, director James Cameron commissioned the production of prosthetic...
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themindislimitless:
“It is a problem when religious symbols become widespread and therefore lose their religious significance. But the fear of dilution isn’t really an issue here — the bindi has lost whatever religious significance it once had to Hindus some time ago, and is now used mostly for decoration. Madonna and Gwen Stefani didn’t turn the bindi into a fashion statement when they...
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somethingaboutfailureandhomo:
“The appropriation of BDSM imagery is problematic because while community members understand that it is important to be sensitive to the needs, boundaries, and rules of players in order for a scene to function fairly and enjoyably, mainstream porn is primarily about getting off as quickly as possible. Add to that a disgraceful lack of sexual education (both in...
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riotingfeminist:
“Questions of gender rights and gender justice are not new to the Middle East, and neither are struggles that we now read under the sign of “feminism.” In fact, a large portion of the laws that are often regarded as oppressive to women and LGBTQ Arabs and/or Muslims are relatively new. They were introduced to the region via the Napoleonic code and the codification and the severe...
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DOCUMENTARIESSS →
annabritannia:
Here is a documentary about the ancient Arab trade-routes.
Here is one titled “Weapons That Made Britain”.
Here is one that is a re-enactment of life on a British farm in the 1700s.
Here is one about Genghis Khan.
Here is the series “Ancient Discoveries”;…
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Watch
Before Midnight Clip: “First Love”
Jesse and Celine have a conversation about first loves
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kittensandscience:
““I had insisted on half women on board [the Enterprise]. The network came to me and said, ‘You can’t have half women. Our people say it will make it look like a ship with all sorts of mad sexual things going on – half men and half women.’ So we argued about it like a poker game and they finally said, ‘Okay. We’ll settle for one-third women.’ I figured one-third women could...
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Star Trek Into Darkness writer apologises for... →
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specialedition87:
Damon Lindelof promises to be “more mindful in the future” after complaints from fans.
GOOD.
All writers of television shows and movies should take basic feminism classes by law.
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floralstyles:
my advice for ppl who are going to start looking at colleges
don’t
pray to god you marry rich
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Why aren't more people freaking out about the new...
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dancepunksnotdead:
You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?
It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift
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chinkerbelle:
Reasons I grab my boobs
running upstairs
running downstairs
running
stoked on life
scared
walking through my house in the dark
bored
boobs
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ninako:
“Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone dissuade me from saying that they were Harry Potter, Twilight and the Hunger...
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barbrastreisandvision:
coco chanel was a nazi
i say this with no hyperbole whatsoever
she literally worked for the nazis and benefitted from jewish shareholders in chanel being sent off to concentration camps when their share came into her possession
parisian consumers actually refused to buy a lot from her own ranges after 1940 because she was an infamous collaborator but british and...
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“It’s a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell them you’re hurt.”
– Tom Gates (via arabarabarab)
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nowherezone11:
“That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the ‘war on terror’ will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week’s big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined. The military historian Andrew Bacevich has spent years warning that US policy planners have adopted an explicit doctrine of ‘endless...
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amytisofmedia:
“The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country. It’s funny and hormonal and slapstick (American Pie), it’s potentially uncontrollable, maniacal/homicidal (American Psycho), it is adulterous and is insatiable (American Beauty), it is fun and social (American Graffiti) and it is entrepreneurial (American Gigolo). But women? No. NC-17. XXXX. Stop it...
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amytisofmedia:
“If that’s making you happy that’s brilliant. You know? People shouldn’t be so snobby. To say that “Beethoven is great but 2 Unlimited is crap” I think is rubbish because it’s just not that simple. It’s like saying “filet mignon is brilliant food but bananas are stupid to eat!” It’s not! You need all the different things.”
— - One of my favourite Björk quotes on Musical Snobbery...
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"Remember when Sweden had Eurovision..."
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walanghiyaa:
“Every time we see a stranger smile he is either drunk or insane. Our daddy’s don’t have titties but they still can stay at home”
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sararye:
THIS IS BASICALLY ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ESC
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sararye:
allthegleefeels:
DO YOU HEAR THAT AMERICA??? THIS IS EUROPE NOT GIVING A FLYING FUCK ABOUT YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A GUY IN A WEIRD SEXUAL TENSION WITH HIS SHADOW IN A GLASS CAGE AND DRUNK GREEKS AND A SINGING JESUS AS WELL AS A SINGING CUPCAKE AND AN ITALIAN THAT MELTS THE HEARTS OF THE ENTIRE CONTINENT AND A FREAKING GAY TENOR VAMPIRE. YOU CAN’T TOP THAT, SUCKERS
