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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:35 -0400

highmess: I’M SO PUMPED FOR NO REASON

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:17 -0400

highmess:

I’M SO PUMPED FOR NO REASON

ratikideewani: Lootera - Ranveer Singh | Sonakshi Sinha

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:48 -0400

ratikideewani:

Lootera - Ranveer Singh | Sonakshi Sinha

"When women are sexualized, it reinforces the idea that women exist just for a man’s needs. … Even in..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:05 -0400

“When women are sexualized, it reinforces the idea that women exist just for a man’s needs. … Even in princess movies, however harmless they may seem, still show girls sexually. In G-rated movies, female characters look just as sexy or revealing as they do in R rated movies, a study shows. These characters, with busts big and waists small, ride off into the sunset at age 16 with a prince they barely know.””

- SPARK at the 57th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (via misterbone)

dionthesocialist: No respect for racists. No sympathy. No patience. No understanding. Nothing. They...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:41 -0400

dionthesocialist:

No respect for racists. No sympathy. No patience. No understanding. Nothing. They don’t get to deny entire groups of people their humanity and still expect to have their humanity respected.

angrywomenofcolorunited: It’s funny how these white girls are telling other POC that they can’t...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:57 -0400

angrywomenofcolorunited:

It’s funny how these white girls are telling other POC that they can’t dictate their own cultures, but somehow they can dictate our cultures, picking and choosing what ever they fucking like.

And I’m sitting here thinking hmmmm… where have I seen this before?

Oh yeah, European colonization.

"If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven...."

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:01:04 -0400

“If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.”

- Isaac Asimov (via politicalprof)

Horrifying new trend: Posting rapes to Facebook

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:01:11 -0400

Horrifying new trend: Posting rapes to Facebook:

mohandasgandhi:

It’s worse than you think it is.

The lesson in all of it still doesn’t seem to be about rape. Rather, it’s not to get caught bragging about it.

thedailylovejournal: “You must be Stanley..” + Marlon Brando in...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:12 -0400

thedailylovejournal:

“You must be Stanley..” + Marlon Brando in Streetcar Named Desire.

amplifiedattire: Robot(?) leggings by Balenciaga. [Source]

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:44:42 -0400

amplifiedattire:

Robot(?) leggings by Balenciaga. [Source]

neurosciencestuff: Giving White People The Illusion Of Darker...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:48 -0400

neurosciencestuff:

Giving White People The Illusion Of Darker Skin Makes Them Less Racist

An optical illusion can change the implicit biases of Caucasian people against people with darker skin, according to a study published in the August 2013 edition of Cognition.

The research, a collaboration between Royal Holloway University of London, the Central European University in Budapest and Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, analyzed the implicit racial biases of 34 Caucasian participants, then subjected them to something called the Rubber Hand Illusion, where they watched a rubber hand being touched by a paintbrush as they felt their own hand being stimulated out of sight. The illusion creates the sense that the fake hand is part of the subject’s body, even when it’s of a completely different skin color.

The more the participants felt like the darker skinned fake hand was their own, the less racist they came off in a second implicit bias test.

In another test, participants underwent the same process, but some saw a white hand, while others saw a dark hand. The implicit bias test showed that the opinions of those who saw the white hand didn’t change, while again those who felt ownership of the darker hand felt less racial bias.

“Across two experiments, the more intense the participants’ illusion of ownership over the dark-skinned rubber hand, the more positive their implicit racial attitudes became,” the authors write.

“It comes down to a perceived similarity between white and dark skin,” lead author Lara Maister of Royal Holloway University of London said in a press statement. “The illusion creates an overlap, which in turn helps to reduce negative attitudes because participants see less difference between themselves and those with dark skin.”

The study suggests that racial biases aren’t necessarily cemented by adulthood, but that they can be altered. “Changes in body-representation may therefore constitute a core, previously unexplored, dimension that in turn changes social cognition processes,” the authors write. They suggest that future research into different social groups and stereotypes could expand on their work, since this research only explored the attitudes of white individuals.

yennasollapoghirai: seulementpourlesamoureux: yennasollapoghira...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:59 -0400

yennasollapoghirai:

seulementpourlesamoureux:

yennasollapoghirai:

romy7:

Ranveer Singh

i am going to die

i am literally going to die because of this man

WHO SAID YOU COULD DO THIS TO ME THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING

i will probably reblog this 5 times today

FUCKING SEXCELLENT FACIAL HAIR

Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:37:01 -0400

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

antisjschool: logicwizard: Oh No, A White Person Did a Thing: A Tale of Tumblr Social Justice Oh...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:36:56 -0400

antisjschool:

logicwizard:

Oh No, A White Person Did a Thing: A Tale of Tumblr Social Justice

Oh No, I Have Every Privilege Afforded to Me but Still Play the Victim at Every Turn: A Tale of Tumblr Anti-Social Justice

"The “wives, sisters, daughters” line of argument comes up all the fucking time. President Obama even..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:39 -0400

“

The “wives, sisters, daughters” line of argument comes up all the fucking time. President Obama even used it in his State of the Union address this year, saying,

“We know our economy is stronger when our wives, mothers, and daughters can live their lives free from discrimination in the workplace, and free from the fear of domestic violence.”

This device, which Obama has used on more than one occasion, is reductive as hell. It defines women by their relationships to other people, rather than as people themselves. It says that women are only important when they are married to, have given birth to, or have been fathered by other people. It says that women are only important because of who they belong to.

Women are not possessions.

Women are people.

”

- The Believer Logger: I am not your wife, sister or daughter (via sonicy0uth)

z1c: being 20+ on tumblr

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:51 -0400

z1c:

being 20+ on tumblr

angryasiangirlsunited: foervraengd: Saying that people of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:00 -0400

angryasiangirlsunited:

foervraengd:

Saying that people of color cannot show any visible blushing is a big fat myth that only proves how little people actually know about skin tones.

I have seen a lot of skin-tone palettes that includes dark skin, but it is very rarely put in use as examples. And many times I’ve found them to only appear monochrome, while darker skin tones are just as rich in tone variation as fair skin.

And just to be extra nice, I even added the basic colors I used in these two examples. A big protip is to start with the darkest tone as a base and then work to light tones. Use the highlights sparingly, they should not be large but more like small spots. Dark skin is more “reflective”, meaning small highlights pop out more than on lighter skin tones.

I made this set mainly for all the anime artists out there who probably would love to color more poc characters but don’t really know if it’d work out as kawaii as their usual stuff.

News flash: it’s drop-dead super kawaii in all skin tones<3

Racist fuckers better read this shit.

angryasiangirlsunited: voguedissent: dhpoco: Heck Yeah! FUCK...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:09 -0400

angryasiangirlsunited:

voguedissent:

dhpoco:

Heck Yeah!

FUCK YEEEEESSSS

“Your Asian wasn’t quiet”. Damn right. She was complex, she is complex and she was and is beyond you and the racist perception of her.

bearcuts: a few little msb doodles from february i haven’t put...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:34 -0400

bearcuts:

a few little msb doodles from february i haven’t put up here yet!

hollywoodlady: James Dean

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:25:35 -0400

hollywoodlady:

James Dean