February 2011
114 posts
The Feminist Hub: SNL's Transmisogyny →
thefeministhub:
Since we’re talking about trans issues today, I feel inclined to weigh in on Saturday Night Live’s most recent, and I think most blatant, foray into overt transmisogyny. For those not in the aware, I’m talking about this past weekend’s oh-so-delightful Estro Maxx sketch.
There are so many things wrong with it, I don’t know where to begin.
For starters, it’s entirely...
January 2011
131 posts
microaggressions:
I work up the courage to tell my father I’m asexual. He leans over the table at Panda Express and says in a very low, threatening voice, “People change.”
Fast food restaurant, age 14. Made me feel scared, frustrated, dismissed.
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UMMM wow Oscars.
ejob:
Why is Hallie Steinfeld nominated for “Best Actress in a Supporting Role”, and Jeff Bridges nominated for “Best Actor in a Leading Role”, for True Grit? Hallie Steinfeld is the main character, protagonist, has more screen time, etc, etc. It’s because she’s female and she’s young. I hate you, world. I hate you a lot.
Yeah, it’s ridiculous. Plus, the movie was advertised as if...
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girlintheradiowaves asked: Not only that but everyone keeps forgetting that Einstein was Jewish, too. :/
pyroflasher asked: Actually he stopped believing in God when he was an adult. While he was in school he was still religious. He's also expressed distaste for those who automatically discount any belief in god on behalf of science several times in his life, even after he became an atheist.
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...
UGH. Okay, I'm tired of seeing this around tumblr, because it's total BULLSHIT. Einstein didn't even believe in God, he believed that "God" was nature and only used the name God as a metaphor for what we don't know about the universe.
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
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That student was Albert Einstein.
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“Skinny, socially privileged white people get to draw this neat little circle....”
– Dr. House (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
““I support the radically simple idea that people should not be discriminated...”
– Marty Hale-Evans Size Activist (via singingshooter)
Two things that don't exist:
gabbysabeast:
Reverse racism and diet water. I thought I should make this clear.
pyroflasher asked: In regards to the cat calling, on behalf of my sex, i'm sorry about that. Some guys are just disgusting. They just don't get it.
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I...”
– Susan B. Anthony (via cognitivedissonance)
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Say what you want to: 7 responses to rape victim... →
When someone says something which helps support an anti-rape culture, thank them and praise them to others.
When someone says, “Boys will be boys,” when they learn a boy has been accused of rape ask them, “Do you really believe all boys are rapists?”
When someone says, “The only way to prevent sexual violence is to teach girls and women how to avoid danger,” respond with, “And I suppose ...
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You Mad, Anti-Choicers?
rabbleprochoice:
You REAL mad, huh?
38 years later and we won’t go back. Our bodies are our own; our lives are our own we won’t go back to having to choose between having them controlled or dying for a chance at reproductive freedom.
Love,
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“Today marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that...”
– President Obama’s statement on Roe v. Wade (via rabbleprochoice)
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That awkward moment when white men think that THEY...
“But what most men don’t realize is that all women in our society are on the...”
– The Most Important Thing That Men Who Have Sex With Women Need to Know | Charlie Glickman (via technicolourx)
The Voice from Beyond: The Homophobe →
thevoiceagainst:
There’s a homophobe in one of my lessons. Every time we get put into groups I hold my breath, because sooner or later I’m going to get put in a group with her - sooner or later the teachers will realise that they’ve been putting my best friend who I sit next to in her group constantly, and me…
You should feel safe and comfortable in your classroom, and in my experience,...
Currently writing about the Sadie Hawkins dance...
lottastuff:
Wish me luck…
Ugh, yeah. I never liked the idea of a Sadie Hawkins dance. “Ooo, let’s promote equality and have the GIRLS ask the BOYS out! Because in real life, boys are SUPPOSED to ask the girls out!”
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I watched "Leave it to Beaver" in my Writing Class...
I learned a lot from that show. Did you know that there were no black people in the 1950s?
“Women will know that white feminist activists have begun to confront racism in a...”
– bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (via feminismistheshit)
I’m reading this book right now, and it is totally rocking my world!
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“Feminism is the movement to end sexist oppression.”
– bell hooks. I think this is the most appropriate and astute definition of feminism that I’ve heard.
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Embracing The Angry Feminist Within
A few days ago, someone called me an “angry feminist” when I was trying to explain how male privilege works in his life. And of course, it made me upset, but I decided to not show it, because I knew that if that I did, my knowledge on male privilege and on sexism would be ruled as irrelevant all because I raised my voice a little. But it didn’t help; even as I stayed calm he...
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You will love it.
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