January 2012
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Today in "I didn't know they were Black!!": Ludwig...
misssynph:
theafrosistuh:
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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making Spain their capital—for some 800 years.
In order to make such a substantial statement, presentation of...
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“Although most boys figure out how to bring themselves to orgasm by age thirteen,...”
– Dorian Solot, I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide. (via feministhistorian)
I don’t know if this is our cue to talk about our own experiences but - um, I figured out how to masturbate and even have an orgasm entirely on my own, at a relatively early age for girls, and I seriously...
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What is a feminist's worst nightmare?
feministdisney:
One meme-ish thing I do not like that occurs within/outside the feminist movement is the “feminism’s worst nightmare” thing. I edited it out of the title of the last piece I re-blogged.
It just seems to perpetuate this notion that the worst things feminism has to handle/the biggest concerns of feminism are things that concern the otherwise decently well-off, white cisgender...
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I found a really really great sexuality test. Post... →
ryoup:
odieodie:
You scored 64 Heterosexuality, 66 Homosexuality, and 4 Asexuality!
Hmm, while I don’t really dispute this, I kind of had a problem with this phrase:
A higher asexuality score means that you place a bigger emphasis on the emotional aspects of a relationship and less on the physical.
Now, as you may see, my score on that aspect? Super damn low. However, I hardly think this...
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megkips replied to your post: megkips replied to your chat: The process by which…
Puel how many novels do you guys HAVE that’s what I want to know
…sufficient. Probably not as many as you think, but still. Sufficient.
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megkips replied to your chat: The process by which Mith and I end up accidentally committing plot.
“honey, are we writing another novel?” ONLY YOU TWO, I SWEAR.
To be fair, the novel part is a relatively recent development. Before that it was mostly short story sequences! …that added up to tens of thousands of words (and nearly 250 years) of cockblock and Character Development and Changing...
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marthur replied to your chat: The process by which Mith and I end up accidentally committing plot.
YOU GUYS
IT KEEPS HAPENING, WHAT CAN I SAY.
Other than “cockblock makes the world go ‘round,” I mean.
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The process by which Mith and I end up...
Me: Mith Mith Miiiiiiiiiiiiiith, these characters give me ~feelings.~
Mith: I know what you mean, the interplay between them is --
Me: No. I mean I want them to make out RIGHT NOW. Because this character has THIS QUALITY and that character has THAT QUALITY and it would be so amazing and and and how does it happen the first time, can we write that.
Mith: Yes. Yes we can.
Me: Okay, how does it start?
Mith: Well, it has to happen after [insert event here].
Me: Yeah, and there's a lot of stuff they have to work out after that...
[LENGTHY DISCUSSION GOES HERE]
Me: -- so now the external pressure is through the roof and complicating what they want from each other and -- honey, are we writing another novel?
Mith: ...ehe.
Me: ...okay, so let's talk about the political structure some more...
The characters in question: don't end up making out until at least 40k in, if not even longer.
GO TEAM COCKBLOCK.
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Lesbian Themed Booklists →
goodlesbianbooks:
For your general perusal, these are all the current, completed niche booklists we have put together. If you know of any books that should be on one of these lists and isn’t, please let us know!
Asexual Lesbians/ Asexual Women in Fiction
Lesbian Christmas Fiction
Lesbian Fairytale Fiction
Lesbian Historical Fiction
Lesbian Knights in Fiction
Lesbian Librarians in Fiction...
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“To really examine how incredibly messed up this is for Amy as a character, you...”
– The Dangers of Mystical Pregnancy as Entertainment by Crystal Coleman, in Persephone Magazine (via feministwhoniverse)
This is a really good encapsulation of many of my problems with Series 6 of Doctor Who, and also of how Steven Moffat sets up really awesome female characters and then writes...
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What Cannot Be Unseen: Fail in Writing, and How...
tinyloudmoron:
saathi1013:
teamvalkyrieftw:
So, there’s an arrow in the FedEx logo.
Take your time.
For many people who don’t see negative space well, the arrow may not have ever been apparent. However, some people spot the arrow, and some people will forever see the arrow. They cannot un-see the presence of the arrow.
How does this apply to storytelling? LiveJournal user innerbrat...
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qichi replied to your post: I was about to make a post to the effect of “wow, how much is Homestuck fandom going to lose its shit over the latest update?”
it’s glasses, puel!!
This is going to become the new meme, isn’t it.
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I was about to make a post to the effect of "wow,...
…but then I remembered that Homestuck fandom takes losing its shit to levels that require the intervention of the FBI’s Missing Persons division.
In other news, I can’t decide if I like Dirk or the autoresponder more. Or maybe I just adore both of them, I think that works too.
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“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X)
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Trigger Warning: The Truth. →
daisysnotebook:
I worked at a Southern California psychiatric facility where I had hands-on experience taking care of victims of traumas. I worked with veterans, rape and domestic abuse victims, and others who were victimized by violence.
I’ve personally witnessed triggers in several different people. I’ve seen hysterical crying, vomiting, sweating, panting, and people have flashbacks of...
things i wish people would give a shit about as...
aimsme:
jackpendragon:
kungfucarrie:
brogigayo:
rights for queer people
rights for poc
rights for transgender people
rights for people with disabilities
working to end hate crimes instead of working towards laws that only have an effect after people are fucking raped and murdered
Seriously though
(don’t trans* people fall under queer? I always thought we did whoops)
but yes
this
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“It’s not hard to see the argument’s appeal, though. Simply in GOP Southern...”
– Mobutu Sese Seko, “Obama Is Stupid”: The Stupid Thing Conservatives Love To Say, GQ (via ragnell)
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Feminist history is complicated.
feministhistorian:
One thing I’ve noticed over the past year is how feminist history is either seen as good or bad. There is no discussion on how the feminist movement actually was. Feminist history is not all good or all bad. No one person is all good or all bad. They are complicated and able to hold contradictory views. It has been over simplified to “1st and 2nd wave feminist were bad and...
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After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to... →
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stfuconservatives:
motherjones:
“The Way It Was”: Abortion in the US before Roe v. Wade.
I’m just going to post this as often as possible until pro-lifers read it: abortion rates are the same everywhere, whether abortion is legal or not. 70,000 pregnant people die every year from unsafe abortions, and 5 million more are permanently injured or mutilated by them. KEEP IT...
