May 2013
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April 2013
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akodomaforest:
In 2008 white men represented a plurality of all U.S. prisoners. They made up 36% of the prisoners in all of our state and federal prisons, numbering 562,800 men in total. That’s more than all women (6.8%, 105,252 people) and Hispanic/Latino men (19.2%, 295,800 people) combined.
Does that say something about how American white boys are socialized?
Gee, I wonder.
Actually,...
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“What kind of world do we live in when young men are so proud of violating...”
– “In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
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“In spite of the fact that women are now earning the majority of college degrees,...”
– From the Center for American Progress
Fact Sheet: The Wage Gap for Women The Consequences of Workplace Pay Inequity for Women in America
(via aauwpress)
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March 2013
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Surnames Master Post.
phoeberpc:
Surnames are just as important as given names. So, I compiled a list of the websites I use to find my surnames.
English Surnames
Dutch Surnames
Spanish Surnames
Scottish Surnames
German Surnames
Italian Surnames
Irish Surnames
French Surnames
Scandinavian Surnames
Welsh Surnames
Jewish Surnames
Surnames By Ethnicity
Most Common Surnames in the USA
Most Common Surnames in...
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Why do you have to bring up race? →
sinidentidades:
70 Percent of Anti-LGBT Murder Victims Are People of Color
While people of color make up about 30 percent of the United States’ population, they account for 60 percent of those imprisoned.
Report: Immigration Status aRace Affect Domestic Workers’ Pay
Once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders. The U.S. Sentencing Commission stated...
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Things that tick me off royally
emysabath:
So, sometimes when I have a headache, my brain does math at me instead of letting me sleep it off. Today, my brain wanted to talk about inflation, wage stagnation, and the ballooning cost of tuition.
First of all, inflation. Inflation is basically the rate at which the value of currency drops. A slow, steady inflation rate is fairly normal, and nothing to be concerned about by...
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February 2013
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For all the women I have loved who were dragged...
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aiffe:
I’ve read a lot of great essays about how fandom is female-majority and creates a female gaze and a safe space for women and etc. But spend five minutes in fandom and you’ll have an unsettling question.
Why does a female-majority, feminist culture hate female characters so much?
It’s not a question of if it happens. You know it does. You can go into any fandom...
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“Not every white person is a racist, but the genius of racism is that you don’t...”
– —Mychal Denzel Smith, “White People Have to Give Up Racism” (via thenationmagazine)
A very good definition of privilege.
(via blueandbluer)
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Who wants to help me with my homework?
sadinasaphrite:
My assignment this week for my Psychology of Gender class reads: “Ask 10 men and 10 women to describe a time when they felt happy. What were their reasons? What differences and similarities existed between the men and women?”
Well, I’m on Tumblr. I don’t know twenty people. So I’m gonna throw it out to you people! If you want, respond with your gender and a time you felt happy....
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Half of America Is Officially Poor According To... →
anarcho-queer:
While it’s no surprise that nearly 50 million Americans live below the poverty line, new statistics from the US Census show that almost 100 million others are counted as low-income citizens, making half of the population of America officially poor.
The latest figures out of the US Census Bureau show that in addition to the 49.1 million Americans who fall below the official...
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The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of... →
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“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their...”
– [x] (via neighborly)
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“To be white, or straight, or male, or middle class is to be simultaneously...”
– Michael S. Kimmel, in the introduction to the book, “Privilege: A Reader” (via thinkspeakstress)
January 2013
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"Why there's no such thing as 'reverse racism'"
feministdisney:
an asker suggested that some of you might find this piece very instructional, and I agree.
deranged-plague:
No such thing as “reverse racism”
Tim Wise just wrote a great diary on right wing racism. As usual, though, in the comments some folks started claiming that white folks could be the victims of “racism” too. Even though I thought, from Tim’s article, that the...
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kaalashnikov:
having ocs is weird
some of them are just like ideas and concepts while others are like people living inside your head demanding a nice room and snacks and attention and occasionally they poke you in the feelings when you’re least expecting it
some of them you spend forever coaxing out from a dark corner of your mind with some candy and some of them are always up in your...
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“For me, the most important insight that feminism has given me is that we do not...”
– The Role of Feminist Criticism » Brute Reason (via brute-reason)
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“In addition to those who have no health insurance coverage, tens of millions of...”
– T.D. Reid, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care (via sociohealth)
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Rebloggable: two pieces of writing advice that...
neil-gaiman:
Thank you for posting some advice to writers. I’m doing a group presentation for a “writers on writing” assignment in a composition theory course and although I know that no two novels are written using the precisely same method, I was wondering overall what processes work for you, whether it be in first drafts or your editing process. :)
veg-r3
Normally my methods are...
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More Proof That History Isn’t Made Up Solely Of... →
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tw: rape. If You Are a Woman or Care About Women...
veaghan:
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December 2012
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“People are much less likely to be convicted of murdering a prostitute than of...”
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Raymond, K., Brothels and safe red light areas are the only way forward, in The Observer. December 17 2006.
(via gynocraticgrrl)
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Language for those writing ESL characters
fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment:
This guide published by Cambridge University details areas of difficulty and potential mistakes for those learning English as a second (or third, fourth, etc) language based on their native language. I found it immensely helpful when I was writing a native German speaker who spoke in English throughout the story.
Many thanks!
- Pen
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“Let’s examine this:
Miss is a word for a woman that has not been married.
...”
– Laila Alsabahi (via goodpeopledosomething)
I remember some gobshite in the bank tried to tell me I couldn’t be down as Ms. because that was for divorced women. like, what. I can decide which title I get, asshole. This was another woman, too. We do love internalizing that shit.
(via esmeweatherwax)
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FROZEN
disneyforprincesses:
doctorcanon:
I’ve seen the concept art, alright? She white, pretty, thin…like most female protagonists. Grow up, right? It’s a Disney Film, it’s not that big of a deal, right? So feeling left out when it comes to race representation isn’t that big of a deal? When things like The Avengers, Tangled and Harry Potter become so popular and all children see are White People...
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“Somebody told a real life woman that her skin was too brown to play an imaginary...”
– Wyatt Cenac [x] (via modernmonkeys)
Stuff like this is why it’s so important to understand institutional racism. Tolkein was racist, because his entire culture at the time was pretty openly racist, it wasn’t something special about him or a reason to stop loving his books. But if we... 