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Casey Malone Is The Brute Squad: This Is Not Fucking Harmless

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:24:27 -0400

Casey Malone Is The Brute Squad: This Is Not Fucking Harmless:

I love Kickstarter. I think that’s clear to people who know me by now? I love it. There’s a dude named Brad Muir and he works at Double Fine and I love the games they make, so much. But before Kickstarter, every time a Double Fine game came out I was a little worried it would be their last,…

mls-classics: f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s: Artist Shintaro Ohata...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:51:56 -0400

mls-classics:

f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s:

Artist Shintaro Ohata Seamlessly Blends Sculpture and Canvas to Create 3D Paintings

When first viewing the artwork of Shintaro Ohata up close it appears the scenes are made from simple oil paints, but take a step back and you’re in for a surprise. Each piece is actually a hybrid of painted canvas and sculpture that blend almost flawlessly in color and texture to create a single image. The cinematic figures are sculpted from polystyrene while the backgrounds are made from traditional painting techniques.

These are back on my dash.

Insta-reblog.

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:04:40 -0400

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.
women get into something not aimed at their gender: not real fans. probably secret friend zone warriors deadset on erasing men from the human race. get insulting demeaning memes and sexual harassment.

This woman is just so gorgeous I can’t even bear it. The...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:03:17 -0400

This woman is just so gorgeous I can’t even bear it. The colour coordination, the balance, everything in this photo, she’s just magnificent.

the dopest ethiopienne: i am regularly baffled by the expectation that women of color,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:33 -0400

the dopest ethiopienne: i am regularly baffled by the expectation that women of color,...:

ethiopienne:

i am regularly baffled by the expectation that women of color, especially black women, owe people explanations for everything. tumblr is an easy microcosm to point to, but it’s pervasive damn near everywhere.

wanna be treated like a human? you better have a nice academic jargon-filled…

Makpal Abdrazakova, the only female eagle hunter in...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:56:26 -0400

Makpal Abdrazakova, the only female eagle hunter in Kazakhstan.

asmymlivural: If anyone ever asks me to define love, I’m just...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:48:12 -0400

asmymlivural:

If anyone ever asks me to define love, I’m just going to show them this

"For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:45:55 -0400

“For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. ‘Blessed are the merciful’ in a courtroom? ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ in the Pentagon?”

- Kurt Vonnegut (via existenti-al)

Aamer Rahman: GAME OF TROPES: Racefail (spoilers)

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:38:03 -0400

Aamer Rahman: GAME OF TROPES: Racefail (spoilers):

aamerrahman:

I’m late to Game of Thrones - but I caught up. And I couldn’t help photoshopping this picture of Khal Drogo as a Klingon. Anyone sad enough to be familiar with both GOT and Star Trek knows exactly what I’m talking about.

The Klingons are the Dothraki of Star Trek - the scary,…

feminainvicta: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4034739464...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:29:53 -0400

feminainvicta:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=403473946435590&set=a.220430338073286.48719.219868031462850&type=1

cutfromadiffcloth: Brand: Ella and Gabby Designer: Ada...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:25:16 -0400

cutfromadiffcloth:

Brand: Ella and Gabby

Designer: Ada Mgbudem

A/W 2013 “Tropical Sophistication” Collection

cutfromadiffcloth.tumblr.com

princessnijireiki: reinerlapislizulistern: based on this sorry...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:24:26 -0400

princessnijireiki:

reinerlapislizulistern:

based on this

sorry not sorry

om yh FUCKING GOD

muddypetticoats: whatwhiteswillneverknow: How to use your...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:23:48 -0400

muddypetticoats:

whatwhiteswillneverknow:

How to use your white privilege

If the “passing privilege” person is looking at this blog, this is one thing you can do, if you’re up to it.

Reblogging for excellence.

Feminist Frequency: Twitter vs Female Protagonists in Video Games

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:07:55 -0400

Feminist Frequency: Twitter vs Female Protagonists in Video Games:

femfreq:

Thanks #XboxOne #E3 press conference for revealing to us exactly zero games featuring a female protagonist for the next generation.

— Feminist Frequency (@femfreq)

June 10, 2013

Above is a tweet I made this afternoon in reaction to the fact that none of the games presented at…

"In one recent study, more than 100 university psychologists were asked to rate the CVs of Dr. Karen..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:27:09 -0400

““In one recent study, more than 100 university psychologists were asked to rate the CVs of Dr. Karen Miller or Dr. Brian Miller, fictitious applicants for an academic tenure-track job. The CVs were identical, apart from the name. Yet strangely, the male Dr. Miller was perceived (by both male and female reviewers) to have better research, teaching, and service experience than the luckless female Dr. Miller. Overall, about three-quarters of the psychologists thought that Dr. Brian was hirable, while only just under half had the same confidence in Dr. Karen. The same researchers also sent out applications for the position of tenured professor, again identical but for the male and female name at the top. This time, the application was so strong that most of the raters thought that tenure was deserved, regardless of sex. However, the endorsement of Karen’s application was four times more likely to be accompanied by cautionary caveats scrawled in the margins of the questionnaire: such as, ‘I would need to see evidence that she had gotten these grants and publications on her own’ and ‘We would have to see her job talk.’””

- Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference (via cockchomp)

THIS IS REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT AND INCREDIBLE

(via beloquacious)

Oh hey, just in case you think academia is a haven of progressivism and open-mindedness. Women also have a much harder time obtaining tenure if they are trying to raise a family, while men who have children are more likely to be awarded it.

When I was in graduate school, I attended a “Junior Women Scholars and the Profession’-type mini conference, at which one of the senior scholars told us that, if we wanted to have kids, it was better to do it while we were finishing our degrees. Because then you could prove you were able to handle a baby + research and it would be better to take a semester off as a grad student than a semester off as junior faculty.

All of this is despite the fact that, in the US, hiring committees are not legally allowed to take into account your family status. They aren’t even allowed to ask if you’re married, if you have kids, or what your plans are for kids in the future. It usually comes up somewhat awkwardly during campus visits, where they have to disclose benefits and how the tenure process works.

Like most of the rest of the US, universities and colleges tend to lag woefully behind the rest of the world in offering women choices other than “rock” or “hard place,” and also do not accord men time off for paternity leave, thus ensuring that academic women have to shoulder the weight of those choices. So yay, institutionalized sexism!

(via theletteraesc)

noir: "Where are we going?" A Personal Update on Gezi and Turkey

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:16:10 -0400

noir: "Where are we going?" A Personal Update on Gezi and Turkey:

hkubra:

About a week ago, just when the Gezi protests had gained momentum, I wrote a piece to illustrate how it had all began and also provide some context with respect to demographics of the protests, as well as class dynamics and political issues in Turkey. I want to underline that these ongoing…

little-ms-spooky: How to Dance Goth

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:07:51 -0400

I had to cut this one really short :(

little-ms-spooky:

How to Dance Goth

My endless list of beautiful people + Freema Agyeman

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:06:29 -0400

My endless list of beautiful people + Freema Agyeman

kittyjimjams: getoutoftherecat: theprettygirlthegoldenmile: fr...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:01:21 -0400

kittyjimjams:

getoutoftherecat:

theprettygirlthegoldenmile:

fragmentsofmysanity:

these are my kittens, yes they meow weird, but they are mine. i found them all on my own. they are my ohana. back the fuck off camera.

Chris. Chris look. Chris.

^my husband’s name is chris why are you talking to my husband.

oh, and, stop it cat.

I’m saving them for later, sometimes I get the munchies in the night. :3

meehighmeelo: supersugoiautism: thatscienceguy: Long exposure...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:56:33 -0400

meehighmeelo:

supersugoiautism:

thatscienceguy:

Long exposure picture of a Lightning Bolt hitting a Tree!

holy shit

God dammit Azula