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Tumblr, the font size on your quote posts has suddenly become much too large. This is ridiculous. Something must be done.
John Green (via fishingboatproceeds)
fernacular: Welcome to: If Male Superhero Costumes were Designed Like Female Superhero Costumes!
this is magnificent
This is still perfect.
Why Society Still Needs Feminism
Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it’s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we’re walking alone at night.
Because the biggest insult for a guy is to be called a “pussy,” a “little bitch” or a “girl.” From here on out, being called a “pussy” is an effing badge of honor.
Because last month, my politics professor asked the class if women should have equal representation in the Supreme Court, and only three out of 42 people raised their hands.
Because rape jokes are still a thing.
Because despite being equally broke college kids, guys are still expected to pay for dates, drinks and flowers.
Because as a legit student group, Campus Fellowship does not allow women to lead anything involving men. Look, I know Eve was dumb about the whole apple and snake thing, but I think we can agree having a vagina does not directly impact your ability to lead a
college organization.
Because it’s assumed that if you are nice to a girl, she owes you sex — therefore, if she turns you down, she’s a bitch who’s put you in the “friend zone.” Sorry, bro, women are not machines you put kindness coins into until sex falls out.
Because only 29 percent of American women identify as feminist, and in the words of author Caitlin Moran, “What part of ‘liberation for women’ is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? Did all that good shit get on your nerves? Or were you just drunk at the time
of the survey?”
Because when people hear the term feminist, they honestly think of women burning bras. Dude, have you ever bought a bra? No one would burn them because they’re freaking
expensive.
Because Rush Limbaugh.
Because we now have a record number of women in the Senate … which is a measly 20 out of 100. Congrats, USA, we’ve gone up to 78th place for women’s political representation, still below China, Rwanda and Iraq.
Because recently I had a discussion with a couple of well-meaning Drake University guys, and they literally could not fathom how catcalling a woman walking down University Avenue is creepy and sexist.
Could. Not. Fathom.
Because on average, the tenured male professors at Drake make more than the tenured female professors.
Because more people on campus complain about chalked statistics regarding sexual assault than complain about the existence of sexual assault. Priorities? Have them.
Because 138 House Republicans voted against the Violence Against Women Act. All 138 felt it shouldn’t provide support for Native women, LGBT people or immigrant women. I’m kind of confused by this, because I thought LGBT people and women of color were also human beings.
Weird, right?
Because a girl was roofied last semester at a local campus bar, and I heard someone say they think she should have been more careful. Being drugged is her fault, not the fault of the person who put drugs in her drink?
Because Chris Brown beat Rihanna so badly she was hospitalized, yet he still has fans and bestselling songs and a tattoo of an abused woman on his neck.
Because out of 7 billion people on the planet, more than 1 billion women will be raped or beaten in their lifetimes. Women and girls have their clitorises cut out, acid thrown on them and broken bottles shoved up them as an act of war. Every second of every day. Every corner of the Earth.
Because the other day, another friend of mine told me she was raped, and I can no longer count on both my hands the number of friends who have told me they’ve been sexually assaulted. Words can’t express how scared I am that I’m getting used to this.
Because a brief survey of reality will tell you that we do not live in a world that values all people equally and that sucks in real, very scary ways. Because you know we live in a sexist world when an awesome thing with the name “feminism” has a weird connotation. Because if I have kids someday, I want my son to be able to have emotions and play dress up, and I want my daughter to climb trees and care more about what’s in her head than what’s on it. Because I don’t want her to carry keys between her fingers at night to
protect herself.
Because feminism is for everybody, and this is your official invitation.
From IGN.com:The National Association of Theater Owners wants to make movie trailers shorter. The group is pushing for new rules that would limit the length of trailers to two minutes, making them 30 seconds shorter than the current standard.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, exhibitors want more control over how movies are marketed inside their theaters. “Theater owners, who feel the brunt of complaints from the public, believe trailers are often too long and can give away too much of the plot,” says the trade.
The exhibitors think that cutting the length of trailers could increase ticket sales. But the Hollywood studios disagree that a two-and-a-half minute trailer is too long. The trade paper’s sources say the studios “have reacted none too well when briefed on NATO’s plan in recent days.”
The studios currently follow the voluntary guidelines established by the MPAA that keeps trailers at 2.5 minutes, though each company is allowed one exception a year with a single, longer trailer.
Meanwhile, NATO is considering some other new rules too, including holding off on marketing a film until four months before release (with some exceptions). This is presumably meant to keep audiences from burning out on a project before it’s released while also allowing exhibitors to better push the films that are currently in theaters.
I’ve always thought trailers should be no longer than 1 minute and 45 seconds. I love trailers, but I’m tired of seeing the entire plot of a movie I want to see.
I absolutely love this.
ACTUALLY. This myth gets more interesting. These original “double humans” were comprised of two parts—either both parts male, one part male and one female, or both female. This myth is used to explain why some people are homosexual and why some are straight. Yay Classics. I’M LEARNING SO MUCH IN COLLEGE GUYS
This gets better each time it scrolls through my dash.
Whovians have taken over the James Madison University campus….
So this was my campus this morning.
This is why I love JMU.
thx, adriannaisabel!
That Awkward moment when you decide to post a shit-ton of Doctor Who stuff around campus causing people take pictures, post it on tumblr and then it gets REBLOGGED BY THE OFFICIAL DOCTOR WHO TUMBLR for the world to see…?
I’m feeling sentimental.
