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"When men feel inconsequential, it’s easier to blame women than it is to confront patriarchy-the true source of the diminishment and lack of meaning in so many men’s lives. When men feel unloved and disconnected, it’s easier to accuse women of not loving them well enough than it is to consider men’s own alienation from life. It’s easier to think of women as keeping men from the essence of their own lives than it is to see how men’s participation in patriarchy can suffocate and kill the life within themselves. It’s easier to theorize about powerful, devouring mothers than to confront the reality of patriarchy.

Beneath the massive denial of men’s power and responsibility and its projection onto women is an enormous pool of rage, resentment, and fear. Rather than look at patriarchy and their place within it, many men will beat, rape, torture, murder, and oppress women, children, and one another. They will wage mindless war and offer themselves up for the slaughter, chain themselves to jobs and work themselves to numbed exhaustion as if their lives had no value or meaning beyond controlling or being controlled or defending against control, and content themselves with half-lives of confused, lost deprivation. What men lack, women didn’t take from them, and it isn’t up to women to give it back."
— Allan G. Johnson (via wretchedoftheearth)
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callingoutbigotry:

archiemcphee:

Who is that cheerful man with the adorably double-braided beard and why is he dressed up as a Japanese schoolgirl? Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft has the scoop: This is Hideaki Kobayashi and he’s known (and rightfully so) as “Sailor Suit Old Man.”

Recently, Japanese sites and Twitter users in Tokyo have spotted an old guy dressed in a sailor style school uniform—a truly unusual sight to behold. People were amused. People were baffled. What the hell was going on?!

Japanese site IT Media met Kobayashi and asked him the question on everyone’s mind: Why do you dress like a Japanese schoolgirl?

“That’s a difficult question,” said Kobayashi. “It’s not really something I’ve thought too deeply about. Hrm. I guess it’s because sailor suits look good on me?”

We hope Mr. Kobayashi has some inkling of just how awesome he is. We can’t stop smiling as we look at these photos. Head over to Kotaku to learn more about “Sailor Suit Old Man,” our new hero of Japanese weirdness.

“why do you dress like that?”

“because it looks good on me”

perfect answer

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"You don’t know anything about my life"
— White proverb (via biggadjeworld)
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asexual-not-a-sexual:

Here is a brief guide to some of the important things you never learned about in sex ed. 

  • Debunking myths about anatomy 
  • Brief overview of sexuality and gender (More complex version here)
  • Slut-shaming and consent
  • Various types of birth control (with at least 95% effectiveness) 
  • Masturbation 
  • Lube
  • Sex toys

Ebook for sharing is [HERE] (I’m sorry I just really love making ebooks…)

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masquerade-girl:

otherparenthesepleasespecify:

snapangelapp:

Introducing Snap Angel, the world’s first cloud based, personal safety application. 

Snap Angel is a mobile application that allows you to upload images and texts to the cloud whenever you find yourself in a situation where you feel your safety might be compromised. Snap Angel will keep these images and texts safe and secure, and record the location where they were taken, giving you the peace of mind of knowing that someone else knows where you are and who you are with.

Snap Angel is quick and easy to use. After taking a picture or sending a text with Snap Angel, it is instantly transmitted to cloud servers without requiring you to select names and phone numbers from your address book. Open the app. Take the picture. It’s sent to Snap Angel, automatically. The evidence is in the cloud, off your phone, where you need it. 

Snap Angel could save lives. Don’t be embarrassed to protect yourself. You have the right to enhance your personal safety. 

Now available in the app store

Guys, this is a big deal.

This app could genuinely save your life.

The person who developed this app is the husband of my doctor. It was just released, and she asked if, since I know my way around the Internet, I could help spread the word. I, of course, said yes. Now I need your help to get this going around. 

Just for some background information, the guy who developed this got the idea after watching some specials on missing persons cases. He kept hearing about these cases where college students or young women or what have you were abducted or went missing or were killed because no one knew their whereabouts, and he couldn’t stop thinking that he should do something about it. So he got the idea for this app. That was a few years ago, and after ages of development, now it’s finally complete and on the market. 

The above explains pretty much how it works. Just open the app, snap a picture (or, if you’d prefer, record something in text - a license plate number, a landmark, whatever), and that’s it. It doesn’t keep it on your phone, it doesn’t auto-send it to anyone (so you don’t have to worry about false alarms), and literally no one can access it. What does it do? It uploads it (and backs it up securely) to the Cloud. And keeps it there. This information will stay there and be inaccessible unless something happens to you. And if it does, a police/court order is what can allow that data to be released. When that happens, whatever picture you took or text you wrote will be available to the police, along with the location it was taken or made at. You’ve just given yourself a huge chance to actually be found and helped, just by clicking two buttons. 

There is no reason not to get this app. It costs a measly $1.99 and it could save you or anyone you know. Just take a look at the FAQ. 

The app is available for iPhone and could add an Android version if enough people ask for it. Please, please, share this information and spread the word!

Whoa, seriously a big deal.

This needs to have way more notes.

Downloading ASAP.

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totallytaba:

racialicious:

Parks and Recreations’ Aziz Ansari shuts down a microaggression on the Golden Globes’ red carpet.

(H/t yayponies)

-Giuliana Rancic: Maybe you can show me [a few dance moves]. I think you have good rhythm. 
Aziz Ansari: I have good rhythm? Based on my chocolate skin tone?
Giuliana Rancic: [laughs] No, not based on your very beautiful—
Aziz Ansari: Indian men know how to dance really well. I know it’s a stereotype… This is a move called “What?! That’s racist, don’t say that again.” 

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"My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude."
— Warsan Shire (via warsanshire)
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