January 2012
On patriarchy.
malingos:
Like, y’all.
What do you think ‘ending the patriarchy’ is all about?
The struggle to end gross gender bullshit isn’t just about fighting for the right of women to transgress traditional gender roles or be more traditionally masculine. It should also be about striving so that people of any and all genders can be as feminine as they goddamn please.
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MMW: How are Muslim Women Doing in Political... →
muslimfeminists:
Muslim women are not only “the other,” as we have explored in a previous post, but they are only a source of objectification and appropriation. Let me explain. Depictions of Muslim women in recent political cartoons serve mainly two purposes: they are political commentary (on terrorism, “barbarism,” extremism), and they are also a resource in the politics of fear. Muslim women...
hear my beaten heart exclaim: The real reason... →
abaldwin360:
In December of 2011, it was reported by Digital Music News that the creators of MegaUpload were rolling out plans for a new cloud based music service that had the potential to change the music industry.
Called Megabox, it would have created an alternative to record labels…
John Green's tumblr: How to Run a Business That... →
fishingboatproceeds:
So Hank and I run or help run several businesses at the moment: Vidcon, DFTBA Records, the juggernaut that is 2-D Glasses, ecogeek, vlogbrothers, scishow, and crashcourse, as well as administering the nonprofit Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck. These are not huge businesses…
midsummersunshine:
Islam doesn’t support sexism. The system made it up. If you’re going to tell me that women can’t work because it’s how your Islamic teacher taught you, Khadija bint Khuwaylid was Islamic prophet Muhammad’s wife and she was a successful businessman.
lebaneze-breezee:
mcakeface:
There is a special place in Hell for the people who price college textbooks.
Accurate
Let's Be Clear, Ron Paul Fucking Sucks. Here Are... →
“Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory...”
– President BARACK OBAMA (via inothernews)
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“Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren’t. They...”
– Julian Barnes (via prima-volta)
“ “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.” ”
– John Maeda, Japanese-American graphic designer, computer scientist, university professor, and author, The Laws of Simplicity (pdf), MIT Press, 2006 (via meanderingwind)
