December 2011
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stopitsgingertime:
it must really suck to be a muggleborn wizard though
i mean think about it
you’re just some average kid and you find out you’re fucking magic, hey cool
but then you get shipped off to some dreary castle where all the other kids know shit you don’t and everyone wears fuck-ugly medieval robes and the teachers are decrepit and often homicidal and the classes are ridiculously...
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I would have loved it so much more if River Song had turned out to be Jenny. Although, without all the flirting obviously.
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chubbyhairyandangry:
I don’t think I realised, back in ‘08, just how brilliant Donna is. Like, I think it’s amazing how she just starts challenging The Doctor. It’s not gradual, as they get to know each other better, but straight away she stands up for what she thinks is right and refuses to back down.
Donna is my favourite companion for sure. I was dreading what would happen when they gave...
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Occupy protester 'banned' from flight home for...
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
A member of the Occupy London protests was stopped from boarding his flight home for Christmas after he was found carrying anarchist literature, it has been claimed.
The demonstrator, who is part of the group occupying the empty UBS building dubbed the “Bank of Ideas”, said he was told he would not be allowed on the Ryanair flight to Malaga because the pilot...
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The trouble with not being in work is that I revert to my seemingly natural, if perhaps unhealthy, nocturnal tendencies. I’m not even tired yet. In other news, I have caramel rooibos tea, vanilla fudge and a blanket. My world is a happy place right about now.
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'Planned 49% limit' for NHS private patients in... →
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
MPs: We’re not gonna privatise the NHS, obv Health Secretary Andrew “Tosser” Lansley: loljk. fuck you NHS users.
Hospitals will be able to get 50% of their income from private medicine if this passes. Fuck.NHS hospitals in England will be free to use almost half their hospital beds and theatre time for private patients under government plans.
“Oh I’m...
newageasfuck:
Hello, my brothers and sisters! Today I have something to discuss with you.
That thing is the idea of ‘bad feminists’.
By ‘bad feminists’ I mean feminists who are in porn, wear makeup, wear the Hijab, are stay at home mothers, etc.
What you need to understand is that all of those acts, can be acts of feminism when people do it of their own volition.
If a person chooses to have...
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Why being a person with a uterus isn't working...
Body: Oh, guess what time of the month it is!
Me: Please, god, no--
Ovaries: ALL SYSTEMS GOOOOOOOO!!!
Brain: I quit. i quit. kittens and cupcakes and no one loves me. oh my god salty snacks i am furious
Me: Please, guys, calm down--
Face: TIME TO RUIN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER LIKED ABOUT ME. I'M GROWING MOUNTAINS, BITCHES.
Brain: And now I'm ugly! shbdksdnksbn
Torso: Time to practice labor. cramp this bitch up. GO GO GO GO GO GO
Me: STOP IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
Stomach: lol clothes cant fit you anymore. you are bloated. you are now a balloooooooon!
Me: I hate you all
Brain: I KNOW EVERYONE HATES ME I AM SO DEPRESSED. we need to procreate.
Face: Lol, i'm not done yet.
Uterus: what did i ever do to deserve this?
Brain: you just wait uterus. they're going to make you hold a baby for like 9 months straight.
Uterus: You motherfuckers.
Torso: CONTRACT!
Me: I quit being a person with a uterus, I am now a llama.
Brain: Me gusta.
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Diploma in Occupied Economics →
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
The Tent City University at Occupy London has launched a great new project: an online learning diploma!
An example question:
If wages do not increase at the same rate as prices then workers will need to borrow money to maintain the same standard of living. The ratio of average personal debt to income is a measure of how in debt a society is. In 1980 it stood at 45%....
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My liquid intake for the past three days has been predominately alcoholic, without me ever really getting drunk.
Oh well, I suppose ‘tis the season and all…:s
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10 Ways to Move Beyond Bully-Prevention (and Why...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
By Lyn Mikel Brown
1) Stop labeling kids
Bully prevention programs typically put kids in three categories: bullies, victims, and bystanders. Labeling children in these ways denies what we know to be true: We are all complex beings with the capacity to do harm and to do good, sometimes within the same hour. It also makes the child the problem, which downplays the...
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Rejecting Feminism: A Guide for Cis Men
bitemebeautiful:
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garlandgrey:
Figure out early in life that equality is RAD! Equality, BRAH!
Deign to enter into a conversation about the inequality women face.
Like, almost break something patting yourself on the back for it.
Encounter a woman saying something that rankles you.
Refuse to consider that it rankles you because you were raised to...
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You Should All Follow FeministWhoniverse
I have previously summarised my Tumblr as “mostly Doctor Who and Feminism” so this is MORE than relevant to my interests. Follow them up people! http://feministwhoniverse.tumblr.com/
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feministwhoniverse:
somekindofbecca:
spitfire-in-space:
Bit of Doctor Who I had a MASSIVE problem with
“He followed me home from work every day. Said he wouldn’t stop until I married him.”
WOAH MOFF THAT IS NOT ROMANTIC OR EVEN VAGUELY OK
SINCE WHEN IS STALKING CUTE
I am SO glad someone else picked up on this. Also Madge’s response to him stalking her is something like “I didn’t want to...
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cat-lady-in-training asked: I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have found a fellow feminist whovian. I honestly get so sick of seeing posts saying how fantastic and amazing Moffat is when his scripts are filled with such misogynistic bullshit. It's nice to see someone else pick up on the problematic stuff and not be afraid to criticise the show.
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spitfire-in-space:
Bit of Doctor Who I had a MASSIVE problem with
“He followed me home from work every day. Said he wouldn’t stop until I married him.”
WOAH MOFF THAT IS NOT ROMANTIC OR EVEN VAGUELY OK
SINCE WHEN IS STALKING CUTE
I am SO glad someone else picked up on this. Also Madge’s response to him stalking her is something like “I didn’t want to make a fuss”....
People you will meet in discussions about sexism...
spitfire-in-space:
Mr “Welcome to the real world”. Sexism happens. Always has, always will. Might as well suck it up and deal with it. Try to change society? What are you, mad? I don’t like it either, sunshine, but just be good and don’t make a fuss.
Mr “Oh my god calm down it was a joke”. Everyone knows if you tack “lol” onto the end of a sentence, no one can get mad at you because you were...
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big-green-style:
somekindofbecca reblogged your post: Loose Women should be banned
The answer to shit like Loose Women is not to have an opposing show which genders men with the exactly the same type of…
I wasn’t saying that there SHOULD be a show where guys eat meat and talk shit about women, I was simply making the absurd comparison to show that such a show simply would NOT be allowed to be...
Our Big Green Style CANNOT Be Defeated!: Loose... →
feminismfreedomfighters:
just-smith:
big-green-style:
If Loose Women is allowed to be broadcast then there should be a show where 4 men sit at a table, drink beer and eat meat and talk about how women are fucking idiots for caring about their weight, and how they need to shut the fuck up about periods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZqhY74Qfk…
Masculism is a friend of feminism, and...
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Left it too late to snap up a last minute cheap goose/turkey at Waitrose this year. Damn it.
I saw one woman with two geese and another with three turkeys. THREE! That’s just greedy. Oh well.
In other news, these green olives are making me crave a Martini. I’m not sure I’ve ever even had a Martini before.
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‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians...
vondell-swain:
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redlightpolitics:
‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid:
CAPE TOWN. After 28 years of silently tolerating it, a group of unemployed local musicians have joined forces to release a Christmas single, entitled ‘Yes we do,’ in response to the Bob Geldof inspired Band Aid song, ‘Do they...
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Hairy Legged Lesbian Princess
feministdisney:
“When I was in middle school, the dark, thick hair you see on my legs had only just grown. I was so, so embarrassed by it. I would shave my lower legs but the hair was all over my thighs too. When I had gym class or had to put on a bathing suit, I would cry and feel unbelievably anxious, terrified of what other people would think. I wore long shorts and super high socks to make...