May 2013
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Graduate School Glimpses
So far, I’ve been having a wonderful time in grad school. I’d heard that it was going to be terrible so I was initially prepared to weather the worse but I was pleasantly surprised to find that rather than the hectic classes everyone said to be ready for,… View Post
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Ever wish you could just turn off your brain and just be for a while?
Me too.
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bemusedlybespectacled:
if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit
just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin
ḱerberos means “spotted”
that’s right
hades, lord of the dead,...
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Where Nafiza Makes Up a (Very) Short Summer...
Guys, I have completed my Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge. I set it at 150 books and last week, I managed to complete it. You’ll ask me why I set such a low number when I can easily read twice that and there is a reason for that. I am going to be… View Post
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“Assata Shakur is not a terrorist. She was shot with her hands in the air, and no...”
– Not Your Daddy’s COINTELPRO: Obama Brands Assata Shakur “Most Wanted Terrorist” (via jayaprada)
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Elizabeth Smart: Abstinence Education Teaches Rape... →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
TW: Sexual abuse
Elizabeth Smart became a household name after she was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, UT at the age of 14 and held in captivity for nine months. She was forced into a polygamous marriage, tethered to a metal cable, and raped daily until she was rescued from her captors nine months later. Smart was recovered while she and her kidnappers were...
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“Lending a book to a friend always seems like a wonderful idea. You get to feel...”
– Contract for Potential Book Borrowers (via bookriot)
Woman: I'm smart
Patriarchy: Well you're probably ugly then
Woman: I'm creative
Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right?
Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments
Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them
Woman: I have value
Patriarchy: Not if you're ugly lol
Woman: I'm conventionally-attractive & posted selfies on my blog
Patriarchy: I'm so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men doesn't mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don't you read a book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut
The effects of unchecked criminalization: Teen... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
This is what the school-to-prison pipeline looks like. This is how black youth criminalized.
She was doing a science experiment
She’s being charged as an ADULT
She’s being charged with a FELONY
If this all goes the way the prosecution wants, this young woman will be LEGALLY discriminated against for the rest of her life. No voting, housing discrimination, employment...
“I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.”
– Rumi (via dulcetdecember)
“Society has allowed rapists to define what resistance is: screaming, crying,...”
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A section of the article “How I became a rape victim”
(via sociolab)
BOOM, rape culture at work… Can I also add, when you are in a situation that involves rape or you think might involve rape or looks like it might involve rape in a few minutes, its usually pretty scary to scream and kick…...
“Surprisingly, Islam is now condemned for not giving women their rights, but in...”
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Md. Mahmudul Hasan, “Feminism as Islamophobia: A review of misogyny charges against Islam”
(via jatigi)
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April 2013
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