“What’s the worst thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term ‘mangina.’ Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up.”

 

Full frontal feminism: a young women’s guide to why feminism matters

By Jessica Valenti

(via thehaoleone)

If you try to tell me that feminism doesn’t matter any more, I will punch you in the genitals. If you try to tell me that your gender identification, biological makeup or age makes you exempt from being a feminist because it does not apply to you, I will apply various hardware tools to your genitals according to what will make them hurt the most. Let’s paraphrase Daniel Radcliffe’s views on LGBT rights here to feminism: You don’t have to be female to care. You just have to be human.

(via somedreamingstate)

The reason why some people choose not to identify with feminism is quite complex but let me see if I can attempt to explain why:

If you try to tell me that feminism doesn’t matter any more,      I will punch you in the genitals.     If you try to tell me that your gender identification, biological makeup or age makes you exempt from being a feminist because it does not apply to you,     I will apply various hardware tools to your genitals according to what will make them hurt the most.     Let’s paraphrase Daniel Radcliffe’s views on LGBT rights here to feminism: You don’t have to be female to care. You just have to be human.

(via offtohogwartsinthetardis)

nevver:

nevver:

thepoliticalnotebook: Something about politicising small children like this really makes my skin crawl.  Kids should be playing in parks or school, not standing on the pavement amongst outside (in the bitter cold in this instance judging from the way this child is dressed) some bank holding a sign for a cause they are too young to understand. 

thepoliticalnotebook:

Something about politicising small children like this really makes my skin crawl.  Kids should be playing in parks or school, not standing on the pavement amongst outside (in the bitter cold in this instance judging from the way this child is dressed) some bank holding a sign for a cause they are too young to understand. 

(via fuckyeahmarxismleninism)

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

New York City: NYPD suppress the free speech of the 99%. Two Occupy 4 Jobs activists were grabbed and arrested after protesters carried out mic checks inside union-busting Whole Foods and Walgreens stores in Union Square on Martin Luther King Day, January 16, 2012.

Photos by Brenda Sandburg

Its sad that this has to be explained.  While you have the right to freedom of speech, expression, association, assembly etc., that does not mean that those rights override the rights of others. 

Those rights do not entitle you to override others rights to not have an angry mob of hippies protesters (especially protesters armed with megaphones) yelling, screaming, screeching mindless slogans singing tunelessly, intimidating staff and customers and causing other kinds of nuisance inside their property if they don’t want them there.

While it would be suppression of free speech for the police to arrest you for expressing a grievance in a public space or your own property, it is not suppression of free speech to ask the police to remove a bunch of dickheads with microphones protesters trespassing your store.

If you have a grievance with Whole Foods protest in your own or public property, on the pavement outside the store for instance. 

Disruptions to the supply of Carbon Dioxide? Seriously?

theagevsheraldsun:

Andrew Bolt would probably blame this on the carbon tax.  Or call it proof that global warming is a myth.  Or something.

Bob Brown would probably take it as evidence that his carbon tax is working. 

See how easy and unconvincing strawman arguments are? 

(Source: insanelygaming, via daftdante)

theagevsheraldsun: As usual, the Herald Sun is… know what? Fuck the Herald Sun. Fuck it with a big pointy stick. Fuck you too, Murdoch. Fuck you and your pointless, small-minded, right-wing, hate-filled, fear-mongering, alarmist, knee-jerk reactionary turd of a rag not even you can bring yourself to call a newspaper. If you can’t see past paying $2 extra a week for groceries in return for a real plan for a clean energy future, then fuck you sideways with an armful of deckchairs. That is all. It’s interesting that you feel that it is the right wing and Murdoch newspapers that are hate filled and reactionary, given that in the next paragraph you suggest that people who disagree with you on the carbon tax be fucked sideways with an armful of deckchairs. I disagree with the carbon tax and many other greens/labor policies, but I don’t recommend sexual capital punishments (metaphorical or otherwise) for those who think otherwise.  And you would be hard pressed to find a News Limited article that suggested such punishments for individuals who disagree with their political opinions. That is all.

theagevsheraldsun:

As usual, the Herald Sun is… know what? Fuck the Herald Sun. Fuck it with a big pointy stick. Fuck you too, Murdoch. Fuck you and your pointless, small-minded, right-wing, hate-filled, fear-mongering, alarmist, knee-jerk reactionary turd of a rag not even you can bring yourself to call a newspaper.

If you can’t see past paying $2 extra a week for groceries in return for a real plan for a clean energy future, then fuck you sideways with an armful of deckchairs.

That is all.

It’s interesting that you feel that it is the right wing and Murdoch newspapers that are hate filled and reactionary, given that in the next paragraph you suggest that people who disagree with you on the carbon tax be fucked sideways with an armful of deckchairs.

I disagree with the carbon tax and many other greens/labor policies, but I don’t recommend sexual capital punishments (metaphorical or otherwise) for those who think otherwise.  And you would be hard pressed to find a News Limited article that suggested such punishments for individuals who disagree with their political opinions.

That is all.

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The Australian Law Students’ Association (via sprinkledwords)

marxisforbros:

christmasrocksmysocks:

Why do I have to be interested in things that are so boring to everyone else?

And why does “and where are you hoping these classes will lead you?” have to be the first question people ask when I tell them what I’m studying

I AM TRYING TO SPEND MY YOUTH BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING AND IF I END UP A CHECK OUT CHICK IN MY FORTIES AT LEAST I WILL KNOW THAT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THINGS THAT I LOVE AND THAT I SPENT MY DEGREE LEARNING ABOUT THINGS I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT

And hey, if it turns out that your vanity degree has left you with a debt you can’t afford because you failed to think ahead you can go and occupy wall street.

(Source: catullusrocksmysocks)

nighttimemilk asked: You actually used the words "vanity degree" with even a hint of seriousness, have you ever derived an ounce of satisfaction from knowledge in your life, short of the thrill it may give you to know that said piece of knowledge may be traded in for monetary gain at a greater value than it cost you?

van·i·ty:Denoting a person or company that publishes works at the author’s expense: “a vanity press”.

Bachelors degrees cost anywhere between 8 and 30,000 dollars, more if you live in the united states. 

While I do gain satisfaction from knowlege, I do not value it to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.  So I chose to aquire saleable knowledge and skills from my degree, and did things that interested me in my electives.

Personally I think it is a fairly stupid decision to do a degree only because the content interests you, because that knowledge ends when your course does.  Why not plan ahead and find something that interests you can that you can make a career out of.  That way you can spend your entire life doing something that interests you, not just your youth and education. 

This is only my opinion however, you can attempt to change it if you wish.

PS: Nice blog btw, I too enjoy the work of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.