(Source: angels-and-angles)
Can we talk about how happy I am that I Tumblr Saviored Glee?
Because I loooooove all of the people I follow who blog about Glee but holy fuck almighty I hate that show and generally detest anyone who apologizes for inexcusable behavior of a character because they’re just tooooooo fuckable and I don’t like the slimy feeling I get when I watch gay become a gimmick for straight people to feel better about themselves.
I used to like the show too. And it just got… kinda… not for me.
It’s like if Lady Gaga got a show.
And awkwardly attempted to talk about or completely ignored race.
While feeling awesome about being able to use ‘trans’ to gain popularity.
Maybe I need to watch more of it to gain the full scope but I’ve watched a bunch of it and I just really don’t want to anymore.
(Source: reallyreallyokthen)
The problem that needs to be fixed is not kick all the girls out of YA, it’s teach boys that stories featuring female protagonists or written by female authors also apply to them. Boys fall in love. Boys want to be important. Boys have hopes and fears and dreams and ambitions. What boys also have is a sexist society in which they are belittled for “liking girl stuff.” Male is neutral, female is specific.
I heard someone mention that Sarah Rees Brennan’s THE DEMON’S LEXICON would be great for boys, but they’d never read it with that cover. Friends, then the problem is NOT with the book. It’s with the society that’s raising that boy. It’s with the community who inculcated that boy with the idea that he can’t read a book with an attractive guy on the cover.
Here’s how we solve the OMG SO MANY GIRLS IN YA problem: quit treating women like secondary appendages. Quit treating women’s art like it’s a niche, novelty creation only for girls. Quit teaching boys to fear the feminine, quit insisting that it’s a hardship for men to have to relate to anything that doesn’t specifically cater to them.
Because if I can watch Raiders of the Lost Ark and want to grow up to be an archaeologist, there’s no reason at all that a boy shouldn’t be able to read THE DEMON’S LEXICON with its cover on. My friends, sexism doesn’t just hurt women, and our young men’s abysmal rate of attraction to literacy is the proof of it.
” The Problem is Not the Books by Saundra Mitchell (via albinwonderland)This bitch.
“Faith, Family & Freedom Tour”
Yikes.
…The Catholic ghetto?
Actually, forget focusing on that. Each of these frames is uniquely horrifying.
(Source: zoekazans)
Alaska Rep Says Women Should Have To Get Man's Permission To Obtain an Abortion
Oh. I didn’t realize it was 1850 again.
(Source: rhrealitycheck)
Girl Talk: NO, CATCALLING IS NOT A COMPLIMENT, AND HERE’S WHY
A little lengthy but worth the read. (*cough* especially for you Cristina *cough*)
GREGORY: Do you think that there is something of a war on women among Republicans?
McCAIN: I think we have to fix that. I think that there is a perception out there because of how this whole contraception issue played out — ah, we need to get off of that issue, in my view. I think we ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives and make that clear, and get back onto what the American people really care about.
(by ThinkProgress6)
The Republican candidates for this election have been beyond offensive and horrifying; I respect that McCain said this. (And I don’t think I’ve ever reblogged a Republican quote with any approval or respect before. First time for everything.)
psh, that’s just absurd.
(Source: missrep)
