February 2012
10 posts
Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
somepolitics:
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally...
Rainne Cassidy: What I don't like about Tumblr is... →
rainnecassidy:
You may disagree with me. That’s your right. However.
I see posts on Tumblr from people making comments about all the friends they’ve made and so forth. I don’t feel that I’ve made any. Sure, I follow a bunch of people who make kickass graphics, but I don’t feel like most of you are my friends~…
(The site itself allows 13 years of age and up users, but a lot of people who...
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jephjacques: UN Hearing On AI Rights →
jephjacques:
The subject of this debate is whether AIs are “people-” whether they possess the same degree of personhood as humans, and whether that entitles them to the same rights.
You have heard all the arguments for and against the consciousness, intelligence, free will, and cognition of artificial…
This made me bawl unabashedly.
A veteran pseudo-fictioneer.: lol tumblr →
niqaeli:
beermuda:
Every single time someone makes a post about how all m/m is fetishizing and anyone who writes it is a cesspool of internalized misogyny I just have to laugh. There are definitely some problematic aspects of m/m slash and definitely some people who do (some admittedly) fetishize m/m relationships. If you do the stuff on this list, you should probably check yourself. Hard.
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DD.tumblr: On Young Wizards fanfic and Sherlock... →
dduane:
I had an inquiry from a follower about this a week or so ago, and thought that it might be smart to make the response public, as it may answer some folks’ questions later.
Hi! I was wondering what your opinion is on fanfiction? Because I was thinking of writing a Sherlock/Young Wizards …
Legitimately howling with laughter at the Voldemort vs. Lone Power thoughts. I’m seeing...
FACT: Demisexuals go into heat every seven years,...
char*: Lament of the Delicious Librarian →
jessiechar:
I worked at a small Mac software company from 2008-2010 called Delicious Monster, founded by Wil Shipley and Mike Matas. Most people know the company for its hit software Delicious Library, but most people know me from the infamous booth at the 2009 Macworld Expo.
My boss Wil didn’t even…
January 2012
16 posts
The GQ Tumblr: Himanshu Suri of Das Racist... →
gq:
Moderator: “What’s a mixtape?” Suri: “Well, we all liked the same girl, so we made a tape with all our favorite songs on it, and we gave it to her with a note that had Himanshu, Victor, and Ashok and three boxes and ‘who do you like?’ And she put in a fourth box and checked ‘Arcade Fire’.”
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“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– (via thechocolatebrigade)
Sadly, this is a PC version of what you usually hear. “Bitch” or “lesbian” are probably more common than “friend zone”, but the latter response is more insidious, as the people who fall back on that excuse tend to feel self-righteous about it.
(via slaneofthought)
Or...
If you don't like seperation of church and state,...
Maybe Days: If speaking up means breaking The... →
maymay:
Posts about abuse in the BDSM Scene are making their way through the blogosphere, and they’re predictably heated thanks to certain facets of domist rape culture present there. The first comment was from a self-identified 28 year old female bottom, who said:
wow…traumatized?? i think…
Cassandra Clare: On thwarting →
cassandraclare:
*spits up Coke with giggles* Oh well. I shouldn’t be drinking Diet Coke this late at night anyway. Bad for the sleepening. :)
There really is a real Law about why parabatai can’t fall in love. If you want the absolute God’s honest truth on a platter, it wasn’t something I thought about when I…
Flouting Magnus: very much not recommended.
Fashion It So: Special Report: Star Trek: The Next... →
sttngfashion:
Oh shit, y’all
When we first heard that this was A Thing, we were ever-so-excited. Would it be hilarious? Definitely. Would it be sexy? …probably not. Would everyone be fully functional? YOU BET. So I downloaded it and set to watching.
Before we dive in, I do want to mention that this post…
December 2011
4 posts
The Physics of Fan-Fic Sex
mallamun:
I. love. smut.
However, I have noticed a few… puzzling… recurrences in my preferred genre. Now, it has been scientifically proven that slash fic releases the same chemicals in the brain as eating chocolate does, and it has also been scientifically proven that chocolate releases the same chemicals in the brain as love/sex, ergo, reading fan fiction is neurologically akin to falling in...
bedtime story: once upon a panini sandwich
gyzym:
right okay so i was writing ironfries a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY BEDTIME STORY, only i totally got sidetracked because there’s cooking in that story and, well. and i need to tell you guys about tony, jaime, and panini sandwiches.
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November 2011
13 posts
Maureen Johnson: ASK AUNTIE MJ: ONE FLEW OVER THE... →
maureenjohnsonbooks:
saidreadertorider asked you:
Dear Auntie MJ, recently one of my best friends has started treating me like I’m insane because I talk about my characters as though they’re real people. How do I explain to him that I understand the line between fiction and reality but I like…
This is why I save most of my chattering about the opinions of my characters for other...
“Lack of motivation” is a generally misunderstood symptom of depression. It does...”
– Maud, There’s Good News and Bad News. And Fat News. (Shakesville)
Wow, I have never seen this phenomenon explained so well and so accurately before.
(via autumnyte, kiriamaya)
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“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
Boonoonoonoos: Bucharest Drinking Team Comes to... →
boonoonoonoos:
Saturday, November 12th, 2011, 9:30pm
Concert in North Oakland (@ San Pablo & 66th St.) Featuring…. Bucharest Drinking Tea (Romanian party music from Seattle) Inspector Gadje (Balkan Brass Big Band) Fanfare Zambaleta — (Traditional Balkan Brass Band, led by Greg Jenkins) Black…
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Maureen Johnson: ASK AUNTIE MJ: FORWARD, HO! →
maureenjohnsonbooks:
hpsummer asked you: I have a habit of restarting about every 5000 words. I reread what I’ve written and cringe. This causes me to start over. Any advice?
My darling hpsummer,
Auntie MJ has some very simple advice for you: stop rereading. That should do the trick.
Let me tell you about a…
Sometimes I read back and place in the text something like [Note: Replace...
October 2011
39 posts
backmasking
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. the instinctive tendency to see someone as you knew them in their youth, a burned-in image of grass-stained knees, graffitied backpacks or handfuls of birthday cake superimposed on an adult with a degree, an illusion formed when someone opens the door to your emotional darkroom while the memory is still developing.
My sister is only two years younger than me, but...
Kentucky Is Amazing: Kentucky Appellate Court... →
kentuckyisamazing:
Apparently, there is a Kentucky statute requiring the presence of “Almight God” in all security efforts, which is always good to know. Presumably, He might not otherwise choose to be involved.
State law requires the Office of Homeland Security to publicize God’s benevolent protective powers in…
… that sounds about right on the sensitivity training course....
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ambedo
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. a kind of melacholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details—raindrops skittering down a window, tall trees leaning in the wind, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee—which leads to a dawning awareness of the haunting fragility of life, a mood whose only known cure is the vuvuzela.
PAX Valkyrie: No Flat Girls: How Allies are Born →
paxvalkyrie:
This is a story about gamer culture, casual sexism, the silence of friends, and its fallout - more or less in that order. Firstly, context. I’m a recent graduate working as a game designer for a social games startup in New York City, and I identify strongly with other students and alumni who…
“There is a moment early on in puppet comedian Jeff Dunham’s new Comedy Central...”
– Review of Jeff Dunham Controlled Chaos Stand up Comedy Special (via somebodygoofed)
One of the points of contention that my best friend and I have. He likes Jeff Dunham (and doesn’t like the ACLU). Agh. I love him but.
Reblog if you don't care if someone is...
My followers better all reblog this.
There should be more notes
REBLOG FOLLOWERS.
Or asexual.