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Apr

When you have a daughter and you say to her, ‘Look, things are not going to be fair for you. People might treat you in a certain way because you’re female. Might say this thing or that thing.’ That’s kind of easy. When you’re saying to your boys, ‘Okay, there’s a certain kind of privilege that comes along with being a white man and you should not take that.’ That’s a kind of craziness. That’s asking them to be different from people – certainly different from the macho men who they might see on TV or hear around them. I just felt like the payoff ultimately was going to be so great.
Anna Quindlen on raising feminist boys. [full interview here] (via nprfreshair)

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23

Apr

The Coquette: The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)

Newsweek:

1. Fine Arts

2. Drama and Theatre Arts

3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts

4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design

5. Architecture

6. Philosophy and Religious Studies

7. English Literature and Language

8. Journalism

9. Anthropology and Archeology

10. …

Amen

Love a #2 most useless grad

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Apr

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29

Mar

A baffling, infuriating trend has cropped up in reviews of The Hunger Games: critics bodysnarking on Jennifer Lawrence. “A few years ago Ms. Lawrence might have looked hungry enough to play Katniss,” writes the New York Times’ Manohla Dargis, “but now, at 21, her seductive, womanly figure makes a bad fit for a dystopian fantasy about a people starved into submission.” The Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy comments that Lawrence’s “lingering baby fat shows here.” And—most bluntly—Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells calls Lawrence a “fairly tall, big-boned lady” who’s “too big” for Josh Hutcherson, who plays Katniss’s romantic interest. (In case the message didn’t come through: Wells thinks Jennifer Lawrence is BIG. He also thinks we should be wary of “certain female critics” who “may be susceptible to the lore of this young-female-adult-propelled franchise.”)

Jennifer Lawrence Is Not “Too Big” to Play Katniss (via usakeh)

“if critics are going to pick on a 21-year-old woman for not being skinny enough for a fantasy film, why haven’t they been more consistent in their critiques of actors’ bodies? I haven’t seen much concern about Liam Hemsworth’s muscular frame, even though his character in The Hunger Games occupies the same food-strapped world as Katniss.” (via dupery)

God help us all if this girl is being described as “big-boned” or is being criticised for her “lingering baby fat”.

(via -saturdaynightlive)

For fuck’s sake.

(via notnadia)

Jesus H Christ. First of all — the girl runs around the woods all day hunting and then eating meat! I thought she looked like someone who gets exercise and eats a high protein diet! 

Interesting too, how no one is saying Gale or Peeta aren’t thin enough — it’s always the ladies!

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this is revolting.

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21

Mar

feeling pretty feministy this morning. Maybe because I got up and worked out before 7 and I’m feeling like a badass. 

feeling pretty feministy this morning. Maybe because I got up and worked out before 7 and I’m feeling like a badass. 

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20

Mar

onlysatisfied: Man, I love this picture, but the Sports Illustrated photo-gallery it’s been posted in made me want to punch a kitten. Hey, SI, thanks for labelling all female hockey fans ‘Puck Bunnies’  Hockey fans come in all shapes and sizes, buy few are as passionate as the league’s female fans (aka - Puck Bunnies). Whether it’s proposing to a player through the boards or painting their stomachs with the name of their favorite team, these ladies are not shy about expressing their devotion. In this gallery, SI pays tribute to the NHL’s Puck Bunnies.Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1203/nhl.female.fans/content.1.html#ixzz1ocvAMtCQ Really bros? Firstly, fuck you. Secondly, so what if I am attracted to a hockey player, does that make my interest in hockey any less sincere? Does it make my knowledge or opinions any less valuable? Whatever you like about hockey, whether it’s the skill, the violence, or the players’ amazing hockey asses, that’s fine. As long as every person there is enjoying themselves, who cares? This photo-gallery demeans female hockey fans, not by showing them having a good time, and expressing their attraction to hockey players (and seriously, look at that picture, those girls are having the time of their lives at a hockey game which is awesome) but by suggesting that this is the only role that women can play in hockey. By labelling female fans ‘Puck Bunnies’, they’re separating female fans from male fans and making judgements about the way they can interact with the sport. Furthermore they’re insinuating that female hockey fans only appreciate the players, not the sport itself, and therefore are inferior to the ‘real fans’, who can either be men, or women who go out of their way to protest that they’re not ‘puck bunnies’.  So SI, this is bullshit. Not because there is anything wrong with any of these photos, but because you’re using them to perpetuate a damaging stereotype which prevents female sports fans, and female athletes from being taken seriously. And that’s not cool.  If you want to make a complaint to Sports Illustrated, they have a Contact Us form here. I would encourage people to contact them, because this misogynistic crap is not ok. 

onlysatisfied:

Man, I love this picture, but the Sports Illustrated photo-gallery it’s been posted in made me want to punch a kitten. Hey, SI, thanks for labelling all female hockey fans ‘Puck Bunnies’ 

Hockey fans come in all shapes and sizes, buy few are as passionate as the league’s female fans (aka - Puck Bunnies). Whether it’s proposing to a player through the boards or painting their stomachs with the name of their favorite team, these ladies are not shy about expressing their devotion. In this gallery, SI pays tribute to the NHL’s Puck Bunnies.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1203/nhl.female.fans/content.1.html#ixzz1ocvAMtCQ

Really bros? Firstly, fuck you. Secondly, so what if I am attracted to a hockey player, does that make my interest in hockey any less sincere? Does it make my knowledge or opinions any less valuable? Whatever you like about hockey, whether it’s the skill, the violence, or the players’ amazing hockey asses, that’s fine. As long as every person there is enjoying themselves, who cares? This photo-gallery demeans female hockey fans, not by showing them having a good time, and expressing their attraction to hockey players (and seriously, look at that picture, those girls are having the time of their lives at a hockey game which is awesome) but by suggesting that this is the only role that women can play in hockey.

By labelling female fans ‘Puck Bunnies’, they’re separating female fans from male fans and making judgements about the way they can interact with the sport. Furthermore they’re insinuating that female hockey fans only appreciate the players, not the sport itself, and therefore are inferior to the ‘real fans’, who can either be men, or women who go out of their way to protest that they’re not ‘puck bunnies’. 

So SI, this is bullshit. Not because there is anything wrong with any of these photos, but because you’re using them to perpetuate a damaging stereotype which prevents female sports fans, and female athletes from being taken seriously. And that’s not cool. 

If you want to make a complaint to Sports Illustrated, they have a Contact Us form here. I would encourage people to contact them, because this misogynistic crap is not ok. 

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19

Mar

jamesdeandaily:

James Dean with his gift from Elizabeth Taylor, a kitten he named Marcus.

I think he loved that kitten and was as close to that kitten as anything else in life.

- Elizabeth Taylor

real men love kittens. 

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17

Mar

fuckyeahfeminists: If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d F-ck a Senator” - Oklahoma Senator Judy Eason McIntyre #trustwomen

fuckyeahfeminists:

If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d F-ck a Senator” - Oklahoma Senator Judy Eason McIntyre #trustwomen

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16

Mar

coketalk: The Skybar at the Mondrian has been completely gutted. I spent some of the best nights of the last decade down there. Damn. It’s the end of an era, bitches. Don’t Worry, Coketalk- I work there. You can head back to the 12th douchiest spot in LA in mid may.

coketalk:

The Skybar at the Mondrian has been completely gutted. I spent some of the best nights of the last decade down there. Damn.

It’s the end of an era, bitches.

Don’t Worry, Coketalk- I work there. You can head back to the 12th douchiest spot in LA in mid may.

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15

Mar

PA Gov Tom Corbett to women on anti-choice ultrasound bill: "Just close your eyes."

theriotmag:

jessicavalenti:

For fucking real.

“I don’t know how you make anybody watch,” Corbett said. “You just have to close your eyes.”

Close our eyes and think of England The Keystone State, then?  Fuck you.

Wtf????

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