January 2012
160 posts
December 2011
81 posts
IMPLACABLE: more fury. [TW TRANSPHOBIC MURDER] →
polerin:
glyttr:
I really wish I could write more about Shelly Hilliard’s murder (and the apparent trend of setting trans people on fucking goddamned fire) and violence against trans women in particular; but I can’t do it without either going in to a crying fit or panicking to incoherence. Did I mention that Shelley and I were pretty much neighbors? Just take a moment and think about that...
You guys remember the puppy we found on Christmas...
fuckyeahtattoos:
baaconnn:
This one:
Well, I took him to the vet yesterday. Got his first shots, looked for a microchip (none), and we were on our way. Last night though, he got sick a couple of times and then wouldn’t eat this morning so I took him back to the vet. She felt a lump in his stomach so she took an x-ray and found that his intestines had flipped and he needed emergency surgery...
Going to a vegan potluck 50's-early 60's themed...
Decided we’re making vegan swedish meatballs (the kind with grape jelly!) and pineapple upside down cupcakes.
YES. I fucking love themed parties!
“FEMME SHARKS DON’T EAT OUR OWN.
FEMME SHARKS LIKE TO EAT THOUGH
FEMME SHARKS...”
– femme shark manifesto, written by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha http://www.myspace.com/leahlakshmi/blog/422741071 (via ourchangingsky)
look at this petition →
tigerhunt:
apparently a nine year old autistic boy was stuffed into a gym bag with a tightened drawstring as punishment, and this wasn’t the first time it’s happened
and the mother has no guarantee it won’t happen again, and the teacher is still employed
again this is not the first time that this kid was stuffed into a bag AT SCHOOL BY A TEACHER because he’s autistic
and the mother didn’t...
I just started watching Sherlock
I totally get it, Tumblr Fandom.
Man at bar ribs cop, 'Aw, you suck at darts'; cop... →
anarchyagogo:
A man at a bar in Murrieta, California ribbed an off-duty cop that he ‘suck[ed] at darts,’ the cop, 42-year-old Dayle Long, reportedly responded by pulling out a gun and executing him in front of a shocked crowd in an incident one man described as ‘the most horrific scene I’ve seen in my entire life.’ Patch.com reports:
Chris Hull, a 39-year-old Temecula resident, said he...
Feminist texts written by women of color -... →
fearandwar:
mylifeasafeminista:
This list is stil a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted. I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me. Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list. Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go back to this original post and make sure to include them. Thanks and enjoy!
Books
Women,...
“A paradox of depression is that sufferers yearn for connection, seem bereft...”
– Speaking Of Sadness, David A. Karp (via vulgarvulgar)
Perfect distillation of a huge concern.
(via frass)
All the time.
“I believe in trans people. I believe in us because we have been honest, at least...”
– little light, holding on (via kiriamaya)
Loved meeting, and drinking with littlelight sooo much <3 (via whencylonsdream )
“Femme queerness is a sustained gender identity, a chosen rather than assigned...”
– Femme: feminists, lesbians, and bad girls (via fuckyeahfemmes) (via yellowbeesteward) (via kalemason) (via -osito) (via fuckyeahhardfemme) (via circlethatari)
pompadoursandpincurls:
nudiemuse:
soydulcedeleche:
praisethelorde:
soydulcedeleche:
that awkward squat you hafta do to get extra-tight jeans to settle correctly in the crotch area. :|
Oh you squat ? I jump …
i squat, then jump lol
I crouch, wiggle. Squat, wiggle.
Crotch grab for good measure.
presented without commentary. :)
I shaved my armpits to compare them because Ive had weird pains in the left one and now they itch MOTHERFUCK make it stop
‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians...
tranquality:
redlightpolitics:
The news that cracked me up this morning. I checked on YouTube but I haven’t found the video which I am looking forward to. ‘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,...
get busy living or get busy dying: Driving as... →
pompadoursandpincurls:
So I don’t know how many people do this (obviously many people don’t have the ability/privilege of doing this) but
Sometimes when I’m really depressed or losing my shit, just getting in my car and driving around aimlessly helps.
My theory is
I think it’s because I feel the overwhelming need to…
Driving is also something we’ve been socialized in this...
1 tag
HAY tumblr this is a fundraiser happening in... →
plz come, donate monies, or donate a fun item to the silent auction. One of those rad people is my wife. The other is my good friend Owen. Both are beautiful human beings.
I'm still figuring it out: trigger warning for... →
youarenotyou:
cuntflavor:
flaxfox:
akagoldfish:
b-mommy:
thefuckwouldisaywhatfor:
I will never, never, put a fucking trigger warning on anything. Ever.
Do you read the newspaper? Do you watch movies? Do you go on the internet, ever?
If you are so…
gURL dot com
pompadoursandpincurls:
quaintrellle:
pre-angelfire
pre-geocities
pre-deadjournal
pre-livejournal
pre-facebook
pre-twitter
pre-tumblr
(post bolt.com though)
my internetting probably owes a lot to gURL/gURLpages
LOVED IT.
p.s. is there anyone AT ALL that remembers teenopendiary?
I started using regular open diary in like 2000 or something, and never used TOD.
whencylonsdream:
transfeminism:
Former Macy’s Worker Turned Social Conservative Darling: ‘There Are No Transgenders in the World
When Natalie Johnson saw a young transgender woman entering the dressing room at a Texas Macy’s, she moved swiftly to interrupt her, telling her that she was in the wrong place.
“I had to just be straightforward and tell him [sic], ‘You’re a man,’ and of course...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Sufjan Stevens (38)
Strike Anywhere (36)
Chris Bathgate (17)
Wingnut Dishwashers Union (14)
Wye Oak (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
