February 2011
30 posts
"I am not a pretty girl": aqrima: sadydoyle:... →
aqrima:
sadydoyle:
remember.: wow, what the fuck.
oh wow, what the fuck. thank you, sady doyle, for being So Fucking Ableist. i can’t believe this shit. how dare you. just. how dare you.
I can’t speak to anything other than the stuff that I particularly experience. And as I…
January 2011
95 posts
Holy fucking balls on a tobasco sauce soaked pogo... →
tacobuffet:
I didn’t think it was possible to see the most ridiculous thing that has ever been put on a TV screen in my life time—but seriously I can’t even believe this is real—this has to be a hoax by someone to see if people will believe Fox News could possibly actually be this awful. This has to be photoshopped or something and was not actually ever on TV. I must believe this or I will...
That awkward moment when you don’t really have any spoons but you’re trying to work up the energy to go do errands so you turn on some music and then your mom’s funeral song comes on and you’re just like, fuck everything I wanna get drunk
A Letter to a Color
Dear pink,
Do you remember me? I’ve stayed away from you for a long time, but we go way back. You were one of the first colors I ever saw when I opened my eyes. You were all over my blanket, and the little plastic tag the nurses put around my wrist. You were all over my room when I got home, too. All over my furniture and my stuffed animals and my clothes. You were all over my Barbies when...
❒ Single ❒ Taken ✔ Donde está la biblioteca?
chaoticwhim:
Not entirely sure what ‘Donde’ translates as (my mishmash of French and Latin understanding isn’t helping with what I’m guessing is Spanish, lol), but I’m also guessing that biblioteca is library (bibliotheque! possibly spelt wrong there!) so its probably relevant to my life.
It means “where is the library”.
this is also my life
There is an awkward phase of social transition
where you get comfortable accepting yourself as whatever gender you are, but you’re not out to everyone in your life, and then you like, forget that people see you as your birth-assigned gender. And then someone refers to you as a girl (if you are FAAB) and you’re not offended so much as you’re like “wait what?… oh.”
That shit is confuuuusing.
Also there are...
Can I call in "defeated" to work?
One of the most important people from my childhood is dying and I don’t have any way to reach her and her daughter is posting updates on Facebook but they just keep getting worse
My house hasn’t had running water for going on two weeks now because you cannot get a fucking plumber to show up in this neighborhood and I’ve been wearing dirty clothes to work because yesterday was my...
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Random things about my gender
Self-indulgent tl;dr to follow:
1. I don’t know what my gender is
2. I don’t think I am multigendered or genderfluid; my gender doesn’t fluctuate much
3. I prefer a masculine gender expression these days
4. I really love women’s clothes and makeup and jewelry and I think they are cute, but I feel intensely uncomfortable in them
5. I used to be okay identifying as a...
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Why Whiteness Matters
“Why should I feel guilty for crimes committed before I was even born?” This is a common question used to derail discussions about white privilege. Let’s talk about why it’s bullshit. I am white. One of the privileges that I am afforded as a white person who is not a recent immigrant is relatively easy access to information about my family history. Because of this, I know...
“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– PostBourgie (via glamaphonic) (via monkeyknifefight) (via falulatonks) (via pikitis, meowsense) (via robot-heart-politics) (via aprilseye) (via feministindianmanifesto)
“Diets do not lead to permanent weight loss for the vast majority of people. Not...”
– Diets Don’t Work, But… « Shapely Prose (via cuppy)
This cannot be reblogged ENOUGH
(via teacakesfortrashbags)
Today is normally my day off
but the kids I babysit have a snow day so I told my boss I can work “if the trains are running okay.”
Woke up to find my train to work is completely suspended
yisssss
(Well, not yisss for all the other people who have to get to work, but my boss is understanding, so yay)
That awkward moment when you get triggered by...
“My sister Christi had a baby when I was 17, and I had just heard about crib...”
– Johnny Depp (via tenebrific)
Based on what I know about co-sleeping I’d say Johnny’s instincts were spot on.
“Skinny, socially privileged white people get to draw this neat little circle....”
– Dr. House (via heyfatchick)
For context: the episode was about autism. Very few people have the balls to say “Look, don’t pity people with autism.” When I heard this bit in the show I may or may not have stood up and applauded no one in particular.
Feminist Indian Manifesto: sexartandpolitics: Have... →
sexartandpolitics:
Have you ever stood in a line for 4 hours only to be told that you need to go home and get a document and come back tomorrow?
Can you imagine doing that with children? How about kids who have only eaten sugar out of the vending machine because you’ve been standing in the…
I have done this SO MANY TIMES. It sucks even more than it sounds like.
Jasie likes stuff!: an actually good comment on... →
tropigalia:
“There is still a lot of social stigma attached to thrift stores, which is unfortunate. However, I actually think it is those who are more privileged who have an easier time getting past the stigma of thrift stores — that is, those who have status ‘capital’ to burn. It’s cute for…
I find this to be true of a lot of things associated with both poverty and “green”...
Black Mother Jailed for Sending Kids to White... →
firesandwords:
Black Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to White School District
An Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live. Kelly Williams-Bolar was sentenced by Judge…
lawl you guys we have a black president so obviously racism is over forever right??
So angry right now.
silverfuck:
WHAT IF YOU CAN’T TELL IF THERE’S A DOT BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY SMUDGES AND FLECKS OF DIRT ON YOUR MONITOR
IS THAT PROOF THAT YOU ARE CLINICALLY A SLOB? VIA SCIENCE?
Bitch, please.: Spoon Theory is not owned by any... →
sugaredvenom:
One of my best friends has a serious social phobia that is massively triggered by phones. She’s had therapy for it, after it reached breaking point for her after a relative died.
The point is, that if I ask her to call someone and she says “I don’t have the spoons to do that today, I already made…
bite the hand that feeds: fuckyeahftms:... →
fuckyeahftms:
nowisgreater asked: Research to prove trans guys have physically male brains and vice versa for trans women is not “promising”. It may appear so on first glance, because then there would be “proof” that it’s not all in our heads, but it is just as oppressive as insisting…
“I talk about the landing at Jamestown, and about the pilgrim fathers coming over...”
– Ward Churchill, Listening To The Land (via cuntymint)
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Anyone else triggered as fuck by classism?
[Trigger warning for discussion of classism, ableism and fat hate]
I just went poking through a body-positive Tumblr, which yay, but they were reblogging and responding to people who were like “Oh look another fat person I will have to support with MY TAXES” and that kind of thing triggers the shit out of me and I can’t breathe, can’t think about anything except how a...
Bitch, please.: Offensive Vegan Bingo →
krona:
“Are you saying we should eat HUMANS then? Cos they’re animals too!”
“I can afford/eat/access a vegan diet, so everyone else can”
“Cultures that slaughter animals to eat are so barbaric/uncivilized/unevolved”
“You can’t care about animals if you eat them”
“My position is arbitrary…
guys I can't even
My favorite teacher, who I knew from second grade through high school because she taught the “gifted” class, who was basically one of my favorite people from my entire childhood, is very ill. Today I found out she is too sick to even answer the phone without someone to hold it up to her ear. I haven’t called her because I don’t have a working cell phone now and my...
Occasionally I feel compelled to say this
Because I spend so much time writing about how uncomfortable I feel being called a “woman” or a “girl”, and because I spent so much of my life resenting people’s attempts to make me a girl, while at the same time resenting girls for being more “successful” at being female than I am…
…I occasionally feel the need to remind people that I think...
STFU Binarists: Binary-Gender Privilege →
nonbinary:
Something I did about 6 months ago. Not exactly binarism, but a lot of people don’t think about that there actually is privilege in having a gender in the binary, even if you aren’t cis or “gender normative” or whatever else. Feel free to suggest your own.
You can reasonably expect that…
words to describe your gender not only exist in every natural language (and constructed...
What To Do If You Are Flat Like A Ken Doll: On... →
boygirlboigrrrl:
I’ve been seeing some anger going around tumblr at folks who spend all their time blogging about minute linguistic differences, symbolic abuses of privilege, the other globally insignificant hardships of their daily lives. Now, I know that I’m not really big enough to be the actual target, but I…
“There are a lot of different ways to save a life.”
Preach.
Reblog if you love Fat Acceptance
atchka:
I want to follow you (even if your blog is not FA-related).
guys I am too tired tonight
and honestly more interested in thinking about the fun evening I had with a friend making inappropriate vagina jokes tonight, and about the groceries I’m gonna buy tomorrow, and about the books I’m gonna get from the library Saturday*.
BUT I HAVE LOTS MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS EXTROVERT PRIVILEGE THING. STAY TUNED.
*Incidentally does anyone have any recommendations for books by Native...
Chaotic Whim: Is extrovert privilege a thing? →
awkweirdperception:
elfstaranymore:
nethdugan:
unicornsareace:
etrehumain:
zurik:
Or do I just think its a thing as an introvert that gets very tired of social norms that seem tailored to extroverts?
Like small talk. And the expectation that you’re supposed to be able to communicate well vocally (introverts do…
I definitely think it’s a thing. I was actually talking with a friend...
Chaotic Whim: Is extrovert privilege a thing? →
nethdugan:
unicornsareace:
etrehumain:
zurik:
Or do I just think its a thing as an introvert that gets very tired of social norms that seem tailored to extroverts?
Like small talk. And the expectation that you’re supposed to be able to communicate well vocally (introverts do…
I definitely think it’s a thing. I was actually talking with a friend today about how extrovert...
i'm a priest teenager on a tower of dust.: when... →
fiercelynative:
et-tu-dionysus:
I want to point out that while I totally agree with the above statements about how impractical veg* diets are for lots of people for legitimate reasons, the OP was saying how it pisses them off when the only excuse a person has for eating animal products is that they like it, e.g. “pathetic excuses”. Obviously if you have real reasons to eat cheese, that...
Stuff Sick People Have to Put Up With: I am... →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
Yes. You read that right. No, that’s not a typo or a mistake.
My medication alone is priced at between $2,089 and $2,563 per month.
I earn between $15,000 and $23,000 per year.
Obviously you can see the problem here. The total out-of-pocket cost of my medication alone exceeds my entire annual…
To everyone except the OP: READ THIS BECAUSE IT IS...
How You Shop When You Are Poor →
jkirchartz:
jemimaaslana:
elfstaranymore:
I had to put this behind a cut because it’s way long for Tumblr, but I really hope you’ll read it because I think it’s a very important post.
I started discussing this a little bit here, but I wanted to expand on the idea of how shopping on a very tight budget works, because obviously some people have no idea. I will add the caveat that this is how...
oh hey Tumblr, I'm spammin' up Tumblr :D
So after my poor-shopping-thing and my “I wanna be a girl but wait I am a girl but no I’m not” thing I have like 75 new followers. I wouldn’t comment on that except I’m like, holy shiiiit there are a lot of you. And also because I wanna be like, SORRY THAT YOUR REWARD FOR FOLLOWING ME IS A STRING OF POINTLESS SPAM. Normally I am less irritating and more apt to use the...
Trying to explain MLK to the kid I babysit
(Note: This kid is nonverbal and communicates using a computer with specific phrases programmed into it, so she has limited ways of expressing herself. I swear we’ve given her words other than “Why” though. This was just a very “why” kind of topic.)
J: I go to school at [name of school]. Monday. Why?
Me: Oh, why didn’t you go to school today?
J: *nods*
Me:...