May 2012
48 posts
Things That Always Will Be Great
abloodymess:
Robots
Dinosaurs
Tacos/Salsa/Guac
Butts
Space
Comeuppance
Juice
April 2012
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joanwatstone asked: It is though, and generally the same people that are calling Girls out are calling these other shows out. You can watch and enjoy a show while still seeing it's faults and open sexism. I see shows in my fandoms like Glee,Doctor Who,Sherlock, and Supernatural being called out as cissexist, sexist, and racist on my dash all the time. So the hate being sent towards this show isn't unique....
joanwatstone asked: Really? I guess that is easy to say if you aren't someone who is hardly ever represented on tv and even denied the ability to audition for non-gender or racially ambiguous roles. Exactly who is being ignored and held down for this so called feminist victory? I want the chance to see someone I can relate to on televison,but I won't settle at seeing just me I want to see everyone...
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Girls →
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lo-phi:
The backlash to this show seems to me to be the fact that it is about 20-something white girls that are educated and entitled. So, why does no one care when another show about entitled white men pops up (like 90% of shows are)?
Because Radfeminists expect all women to be happy that we are finally being represented in the media.
But it’s not all women, it’s just...
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Girls
The backlash to this show seems to me to be the fact that it is about 20-something white girls that are educated and entitled. So, why does no one care when another show about entitled white men pops up (like 90% of shows are)?
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No homework.
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream, and Thelma & Louise.
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A good many times I have been presented at gatherings of people who, by the...
– C.P. Snow’s legendary 1959 lament, cited by mathematician Ian Stewart, who argues that understanding the 17 equations that changed the world is form of basic modern literacy. (via explore-blog)
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The more people hold beliefs that others expect them not to experience negative...
– Feeling bad about feeling sad: the role of social expectancies in amplifying negative mood (2012) by Bastian et al.
Interesting paper about how our perception of how others expect us not to feel negative emotions ends up making us experiencing more negative emotions.
As the authors say:
One does...
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Today I got a rejection for a job I did not apply for, from a company I’ve never heard of. I guess they just wanted in on the action.
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kindymaling:
no sorry santorum you have to carry your dead presidential campaign to full term
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