May 2012
1 post
“I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is...”
– “What’s Wrong with First World Problems” (via grrrlstudies)
Sooo…privilege problems? What’s a good replacement? (via seriesofnonsequiturs)
How about just “problems”?
April 2012
24 posts
For the confusèd among you.
Old English (Anglo-Saxon): Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."
Middle English: In þat lond ben trees þat beren wolle, as þogh it were of scheep; whereof men maken clothes, and all þing þat may ben made of wolle. In þat contree ben many ipotaynes, þat dwellen som tyme in the water, and somtyme on the lond: and þei ben half man and half hors, as I haue seyd before; and þei eten men, whan þei may take hem.
Early Modern English: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love!
Modern English: Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
justjasper:
gender equality isn’t about forcing people out of traditional gender roles, it’s about giving people the choice to live their lives how they want to, regardless of whether it meets traditional expectations or not, without being shamed for it
“Human beings took our animal need for palatable food … and turned it into...”
– Greta Christina (Sex and the Off-Label Use of Our Bodies) (via metatheatre, sexisnottheenemy) (via paintupurple) (via nancaia) (via moniquill) (via littlegoldenapple) (via succulentsaskie) (via bebinn) (via politicalcanuck) (via danikathelesbrarian) (via lesbianoutlaw) (via bubonickitten) (via...
“He spent too much time at Harvard”
– Mitt Romney on Barack Obama
Mitt Romney JD (Harvard) MBA (Harvard)
March 2012
58 posts
“Even if we put aside the question of fetal personhood and assume that a fetus...”
– Offensive Feminism, Jill Filipovic (via hymnsuponyourlips-)
There are lots of talented people on tumblr. I,...
Reblogging this.
Ahahahahaha! See what I did there?
“When we [Patrick Troughton and I] attended conventions together in America later...”
– Jon Pertwee, I Am the Doctor (via the-bluest-ink)
I wish I had seen this!
I'm voting for Obama
graceyu:
Because I was horrified to discover that when you said “small government”, you meant “small enough to fit in your uterus.”
