April 2013
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Tumblr Needs to Fix Its Transparency Problem →
So the Daily Dot has noticed what the rest of us grokked a while ago: Tumblr keeps rolling out new shit for no reason, sometimes without telling anyone, and then goes silent. Apparently I’m not the only journalist who has tried and failed to get Tumblr to talk to them. Everything is a mess at Tumblr HQ.
The writer points out something disturbing: a lot of what’s going on at Tumblr...
Educate yourself
rhazade-waterbender:
thisiswhiteprivilege:
nohetero:
calleo:
legitprivilege:
Tumblr Social Justice in a nutshell.
I fixed it
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Ugh, that original thing was disingenuous as hell.
“The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in...”
– Lesley Kinzel (via curvesahead)
I will always reblog this because it is so so important.
(via infinitetransit)
I just want to nail this to every stable surface I can find. I cannot count the amount of times that I’ve seen fat folks being encouraged, cajoled, and even forced into behaviors that...
alexandraerin:
theprophetlilith:
alexandraerin:
Tumblr’s autotruncate makes no sense to me. Why would it think a post that consists of three short bullet points needs to be turned into a link? I’m guessing because it registers each one as being a separate paragraph, but still, it’s ridiculous.
The fact that Tumblr only autotruncates text posts really shows how little its designers...
To My Younger Followers
rhiannon42:
I know that there are those among you who are younger than me. Perhaps you are in high school or college or still living with your parents. But one day, you will move out into the big bright world of Adulthood. And yes, once you are living on your own, you and you alone will be responsible for making sure that you have clean clothes and food and internet access.
But it also means...
“Dear awful people, gather ‘round, because Mama’s got something important to...”
– Ask A Queer Chick, The Hairpin
A-fucking-men.
(via jenandtonic)
Seriously. The amount of hostility in my local queer/gay community for bisexual folks is astounding. Because I’ve been involved with men and women doesn’t mean I’m a slut, or a frivolous person, or that I’m any less than anyone else...
“The worst of all possible things that could happen would be to lose that...”
– My mother Toni Morrison on AAVE (via howtobeterrell)
this is for whoever was telling me that AAVE isn’t a real thing… UGH
(via glassaquarium)
Note how precise each AAVE phrase is.
(via thecrayonboxes)
Cries from perfection
(via youngbadmanbrown)
For anyone who thinks aave is just slang....
For all the women I have loved who were dragged...
seananmcguire:
aiffe:
I’ve read a lot of great essays about how fandom is female-majority and creates a female gaze and a safe space for women and etc. But spend five minutes in fandom and you’ll have an unsettling question.
Why does a female-majority, feminist culture hate female characters so much?
It’s not a question of if it happens. You know it does. You can go into any fandom and see it....
Oh Ladies.
fringe-element:
circusbones:
You: Ugh, Kat Dennings is slimming down, that’s a sha-
Me: *slap* STFU.
You: BUT SHE’S BEEN SUCH A -
Me: No, stop. One, she’s had a flu for most of the damn year because she’s been working so hard to entertain us slathering fangirls, and two (more importantly), her body is her own fucking business and it’s no more yours to pick apart than it’s the media’s to...
deducecanoe:
internetexplorers:
Tips for a successful job interview:
moonwalk your way in
do not answer any questions
just moonwalk through the whole interview
SEEMS LEGIT.
purpleturtlezflrs:
giveme-brandy-onmybreath:
peetasfakeleg:
onlyeverrory:
why do teachers have such an intense hatred for wikipedia
because it does their job better than them
my history teacher used to mess with wikipedia when he gave us assignments
half my class had essays about how hitler was secretly in a relationship with stalin
IM LAUGHING REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW
angelsscream:
Entitled: BLACK GIRL TRAVEL BLOGS! PLEASE ADD MORE WOC TRAVELLER TO THE LIST !
freshmouthgoddess:
lovewashername:
freshmouthgoddess:
http://jamaicanincork.blogspot.com/
http://wheelville.blogspot.com/
http://www.fatjuicyoyster.com/
http://blog.blackwomenineurope.com/
http://www.brooklyntraveladdict.com/
…
Is a conversation still private if other people... →
popelizbet:
therotund:
I am surprised, though I shouldn’t be, by the number of commenters who think it is ruder to say something when people in a restaurant are making racist remarks than it is for those people to make the remarks in the first place.
not a big fan of xojane but this is worth a look.
uh… and also read this article because I think it’s good, too.
Is a conversation still private if other people... →
popelizbet:
therotund:
I am surprised, though I shouldn’t be, by the number of commenters who think it is ruder to say something when people in a restaurant are making racist remarks than it is for those people to make the remarks in the first place.
not a big fan of xojane but this is worth a look.
curious: why not a fan? I just met one of their editors today and was thinking of hitting...
