Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate

Punishment for rape in Ancient Rome: Rapist's gonads were crushed between two stones.

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:21:25 +0400

Punishment for rape in Ancient Rome: Rapist's gonads were crushed between two stones.
Punishment for rape in America in 2013: 1-2 years of jail and victim-blaming, rapist-sympathetic media coverage.

"A List of “Men’s Rights” Issues That Feminism Is Already Working On Feminists do not want you to..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:53:23 +0400

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A List of “Men’s Rights” Issues That Feminism Is Already Working On

Feminists do not want you to lose custody of your children. The assumption that women are naturally better caregivers is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not like commercials in which bumbling dads mess up the laundry and competent wives have to bustle in and fix it. The assumption that women are naturally better housekeepers is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to have to make alimony payments. Alimony is set up to combat the fact that women have been historically expected to prioritize domestic duties over professional goals, thus minimizing their earning potential if their “traditional” marriages end. The assumption that wives should make babies instead of money is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want anyone to get raped in prison. Permissiveness and jokes about prison rape are part of rape culture, which is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want anyone to be falsely accused of rape. False rape accusations discredit rape victims, which reinforces rape culture, which is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be lonely and we do not hate “nice guys.” The idea that certain people are inherently more valuable than other people because of superficial physical attributes is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to have to pay for dinner. We want the opportunity to achieve financial success on par with men in any field we choose (and are qualified for), and the fact that we currently don’t is part of patriarchy. The idea that men should coddle and provide for women, and/or purchase their affections in romantic contexts, is condescending and damaging and part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be maimed or killed in industrial accidents, or toil in coal mines while we do cushy secretarial work and various yarn-themed activities. The fact that women have long been shut out of dangerous industrial jobs (by men, by the way) is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to commit suicide. Any pressures and expectations that lower the quality of life of either gender are part of patriarchy. The fact that depression is characterized as an effeminate weakness, making men less likely to seek treatment, is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be viewed with suspicion when you take your child to the park (men frequently insist that this is a serious issue, so I will take them at their word). The assumption that men are insatiable sexual animals, combined with the idea that it’s unnatural for men to care for children, is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be drafted and then die in a war while we stay home and iron stuff. The idea that women are too weak to fight or too delicate to function in a military setting is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want women to escape prosecution on legitimate domestic violence charges, nor do we want men to be ridiculed for being raped or abused. The idea that women are naturally gentle and compliant and that victimhood is inherently feminine is part of patriarchy.

Feminists hate patriarchy. We do not hate you.

If you really care about those issues as passionately as you say you do, you should be thanking feminists, because feminism is a social movement actively dedicated to dismantling every single one of them. The fact that you blame feminists—your allies—for problems against which they have been struggling for decades suggests that supporting men isn’t nearly as important to you as resenting women. We care about your problems a lot. Could you try caring about ours?

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- Lindy West (via notaprincessdestinedtobeawitch)

Guys. You need to read this.
(via abaldwin360)
good read but i still do hate mras soooo
(via glittertitties)

theclevertimelord: carprediem: allthefandomfeelings: For...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:24:54 +0400

theclevertimelord:

carprediem:

allthefandomfeelings:

For those who don’t get the joke, that wizard in the bottom gif is played by Sylvester McCoy aka the Seventh Doctor.

holy fucking shit i never connected this

tickle-me-dalek: When I last stood on this beach on the worst...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:56:55 +0400

tickle-me-dalek:

When I last stood on this beach on the worst day of my life, what was the last thing you said to me?

I said “Rose Tyler.”

Yeah, and how was that sentence going to end?

everybody-loves-to-eat: -

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:28:24 +0400

everybody-loves-to-eat:

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kateordie: stuff-and-shenanigans: …I think I just found my new...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:32:21 +0400

kateordie:

stuff-and-shenanigans:

…I think I just found my new favorite photo of Neil and Amanda

Yay

lightspeedsound: manybodies: lightspeedsound: lunapics: thesh...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:03:50 +0400

lightspeedsound:

manybodies:

lightspeedsound:

lunapics:

theshells:

I can’t stop laughing at Harry running the fuck away, the boy who lived ladies and gentlemen.

….You realize, of course, that Hermione Granger lit a teacher on fire when she was eleven, and kept a person alive in a jar for a year when she was fourteen, and studies dark and forbidden magics for kicks, and is one of the brightest and strongest witches of her era. If she came at me, even wandless, I would aparate to Neptune to get away from her.

Hermione Granger also:

punched Draco Malfoy in the nose for being an idiot

purposefully performed a confundus charm on whatshsface WHILE HE WAS FLYING just so Ron would win (omfg that is so fucking dangerous)

literally pulled a fucking Bourne Identity on her parents and managed to set them up in fucking Australia (jesus christ she literally made it so that she NEVER EXISTED wtf that’s so fucking 007)

Convinced the Ministry of Magic to give her an incredibly dangerous and volatile device that allowed her to ALTER TIMELINES COMPLETELY (just because she was so smart, literally, that is the reason, her “potential”)

Has enough basic survival skills and badass magic to literally disappear to the middle of nowhere and flourish AND figure out Voldemort’s plot with Harry

Hermione also figures out not only what Voldemort’s plan is, but generally how to beat it, WAY BEFORE VOLDEMORT EVER DOES. Why? because she is just that much smarter and better at magic than everybody else

in conclusion: Voldemort wishes he could be as awesome as Hermione, that’s why he wants to kill her so bad.

Can we rehave this series with hermione as the protagonist.

Hermione Granger and “That Time I Used the Power of Research and Deductive Reasoning to Make Sure Harry Didn’t Die”

Hermione Granger and “That time I figured shit out and literally ended up petrified for the cause and it took my friends weeks to figure out that I had the research on me”

Hermione Granger and “That Time I Was a Time Lord”

Hermione Granger and “That Time I Realized I was Hot and Smart and Saved Harry’s Ass with Research. Again. All the Time. Really, He Would Have Died Without Me.”

Hermione Granger and “That time Harry was too emo to actually do shit so I did shit in his name because I am the power behind the throne clearly also PS fought evil deatheaters and won”

Hermione Granger and “That Time I told Harry about the Dangers of Copying off Somebody’s else’s work that wasn’t mine and OH LOOK I WAS RIGHT”

Hermione Granger and “That Time I let Harry Decide Where to Go and What To do and we ended up wandering the forests of dean for like 5 months before saving his ass at Hogwarts”

"Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on women’s..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:50 +0400

“Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on women’s appearance matter a lot. Not all men buy into this, of course, but many do. Some seem incapable of entertaining the notion that not everything women do with their appearance is for men to look at. This is why men’s response to women discussing stifling beauty norms is so often something like “But I actually like small boobs!” and “But I actually like my women on the heavier side, if you know what I mean!” They don’t realize that their individual opinion on women’s appearance doesn’t matter in this context, and that while it might be reassuring for some women to know that there are indeed men who find them fuckable, that’s not the point of the discussion.

Women, too, have been socialized to believe that the ultimate arbiters of their appearance are men, that anything they do with their appearance is or should be “for men.” That’s why women’s magazines trip over themselves to offer up advice on “what he wants to see you wearing” and “what men think of these current fashion trends” and “wow him with these new hairstyles.” While women can and do judge each other’s appearance harshly, many of us grew up being told by mothers, sisters, and female strangers that we’ll never “get a man” or “keep a man” unless we do X or lose some fat from Y, unless we moisturize//trim/shave/push up/hide/show/”flatter”/paint/dye/exfoliate/pierce/surgically alter this or that.

That’s also why when a woman wears revealing clothes, it’s okay, in our society, to assume that she’s “looking for attention” or that she’s a slut and wants to sleep with a bunch of guys. Because why else would a woman wear revealing clothes if not for the benefit of men and to communicate her sexual availability to them, right? It can’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that it’s hot out or it’s more comfortable or she likes how she looks in it or everything else is in the laundry or she wants to get a tan or maybe she likes women and wants attention from them, not from men?

The result of all this is that many men, even kind and well-meaning men, believe, however subconsciously, that women’s bodies are for them. They are for them to look at, for them to pass judgment on, for them to bless with a compliment if they deign to do so. They are not for women to enjoy, take pride in, love, accept, explore, show off, or hide as they please. They are for men and their pleasure.”

- Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot » Brute Reason (via albinwonderland)

sunflowers-by-the-sea: germancitygirl: House-themed sets of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:20 +0400

Complete set of Harry Potter, the Hufflepuff Edition.

Complete set of Harry Potter, the Slytherin Edition.

Complete set of Harry Potter, the Gryffindor Edition.

Complete set of Harry Potter, the Ravenclaw Edition.

sunflowers-by-the-sea:

germancitygirl:

House-themed sets of Harry Potter over on Gilt. You can find them under Juniper Books.

gamermatty936: suchagoldensnitch: wherethefalloutlies: paperba...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:39:19 +0400

gamermatty936:

suchagoldensnitch:

wherethefalloutlies:

paperbackmountain:

michaeldimotta:

An illustration I did for Instinct Magazine on unfair Adoption cases.

This should have thousands of notes.

^Seriously though.

84,908 and counting.

I reblog this every time it comes up on my dash. Such a powerful message.

eclecticmuses: ismyurlfandomenough: crimsonapples: round—robi...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:10:55 +0400

eclecticmuses:

ismyurlfandomenough:

crimsonapples:

round—robin:

fandomblogger:

rubywhiterabbit:

localshopofhorrors:

CALLING ALL WHOVIANS. STAND FOR YOUR SONG.

I just saluted my laptop

I was so prepared for “I Am The Doctor.” Not that I don’t love that song, but this was so much better.

Asdfghjkl.

Not ashamed to say I sang this.

^^^^^

"But I'll kneel down,Wait for now,And I'll kneel down, Known my...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:42:53 +0400

"But I'll kneel down,
Wait for now,
And I'll kneel down, 
Known my ground"

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:14:26 +0400

waaaahlbodayz: short-bread: [x] Stephen fry. Stop it. You...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:22 +0400

waaaahlbodayz:

short-bread:

[x]

Stephen fry. Stop it.

You are clearly being too smart. You are not of this Earth.

eclecticmuses: Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie in Once on...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:52 +0400

eclecticmuses:

Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie in Once on Broadway

peachouille: Ian McKellen and Matt Smith on The Jonathan Ross...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:49:50 +0400

peachouille:

Ian McKellen and Matt Smith on The Jonathan Ross Show (x)

syfycity: This blew my mind.

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:21:21 +0400

syfycity:

This blew my mind.

syfycity: Great Firefly tribute found in r/Movies.

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:53:21 +0400

syfycity:

Great Firefly tribute found in r/Movies.

dicksforcooking: I’ll share a meal with you any day of the week...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:24:51 +0400

dicksforcooking:

I’ll share a meal with you any day of the week Jennifer

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:50 +0400