This mug is very accurate to my daily life experiences.
(Source: banxx, via anxieties-alleviated)
“Turns out, booty shaking and stamping your husband’s last name on a product of your own creativity makes a lot of folks question your feminist values. (Beyoncé recently told Vogue UK that though the word “can be extreme…I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I believe in equality.”) Some of the equivocation is no doubt caused by Beyoncé’s slick, pop-princess brand. It is difficult to square the singer’s mainstream packaging with subversion of conventional and sexist views of gender. But ultimately, the policing of feminist cred is the real moral contradiction. And the judgment of how Beyoncé expresses her womanhood is emblematic of the way women in the public eye are routinely picked apart—in particular, it’s a demonstration of the conflicting pressures on black women and the complicated way our bodies and relationships are policed.”
(Emphasis mine)
This is an excellent article on the way Beyonce’s image, her feminism intersects with how we view women, race and feminism, and a women’s ownership of her own body. Also, Beyonce.
This is exactly right. - Paul
Seems like every 6 months or so - maybe once a year - there is a debate about rape jokes. Here’s how it goes:
A dude tells jokes about rape or deals with hecklers in way that includes rape. A woman hears these jokes or is the heckler. She publicly states that she is upset or didn’t like the joke…
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Series I White & Blue Flower Shapes”/ Beyonce, “Run the World (Girls)”
Let us not be too quick to judge our “complimentary” entertainers in subways and other public arenas.
From our friends at Cracked!
Wherein the logic of movie musical worlds are explored, and I wish, more than anything, that I was sitting at that table because FAVORITE TOPIC.
Full Moon Silhouettes
“[This] is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It’s something that I’ve been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.
The video is as it came off the memory card and there has been no manipulation whatsoever. Technically it was quite a challenge to get the final result. I shot it on a Canon ID MkIV in video mode with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L and a Canon 2x extender II, giving me the equivalent focal length of 1300mm.”
Music - “Tenderness” by Dan Phillipson
Ohhh, this is beautiful.
(thanks peggy!)
The moon is huge and lovely. And so is my dear Wellington.
Can someone make a web comic about the anxiety I get when I have to cancel everything because I’m sick? I need to reblog these feelings.
SOMEONE MADE IT. AND IT IS GOOD.
Feelings reblogged.
We unite with Brad Temple to use the power of our black thick-rimmed glasses for good, NOT evil. We promise. Also we scoot around:
How to Clean an Animal or Human Bite, New Purchases, Barnes & Noble Cafe Employees Will Bite You, Naked Threats, RA The Sneaker Pusher, A Very Fancy DSW,…
Learn about when I was bitten by a non-zombie adult human! (Zombie stories for another episode.)
Can someone make a web comic about the anxiety I get when I have to cancel everything because I’m sick? I need to reblog these feelings.
This is the last thing Sky and I shot for Storyboard and I’m glad to report that it is finally live on the Mother Jones site. Jeremy was awesome and his stories/antique items were impressively creepy.
