Lead on, oh Kinky Turtle

"If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:11 -0400

““If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.””

- Jane Espenson (from interview with Advocate.com)

EVeryone!!! I promise I will get to answering messages soon! We're finally in Ann Arbor and will probably spend the rest of the week unpacking and getting settled in. Yay, no more driving!

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:50:22 -0400

My partner and I are currently showered and comfy in a Days Inn in a small, weird little town in...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:19 -0400

My partner and I are currently showered and comfy in a Days Inn in a small, weird little town in Wisconsin. This moving week has been wild but it’s almost over. Then I can return to tumblr! <3

thebitepodcast: Critiquing shit you love is as important as critiquing shit you hate

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:12:14 -0400

thebitepodcast:

Critiquing shit you love is as important as critiquing shit you hate

favorite people → gina torres

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:22:08 -0400

favorite people → gina torres

pittsies: Shout out to anyone that has a shitty relationship with their father that survived a day...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:13:08 -0400

pittsies:

Shout out to anyone that has a shitty relationship with their father that survived a day filled with triggers and guilt trips. Your emotions are valid and I’m proud of every single one of you.

eyesslightlyopened: Whenever I hear dudes say that feminists don’t want equality they want a...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:11:49 -0400

eyesslightlyopened:

Whenever I hear dudes say that feminists don’t want equality they want a matriarchy im just like wow so what you’re saying is that having a society ruled by one sex is a bad thing?

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:10:01 -0400

kulfislut: ~~DAUGHTERS UNITED THROUGH BITTERNESS ON FATHERS DAY~~

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:54:28 -0400

kulfislut:

~*~DAUGHTERS UNITED THROUGH BITTERNESS ON FATHERS DAY~*~

so what do you tag your gifs with now to avoid them going into the epilepsy tag? i want to start tagging my gifs.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:28:30 -0400

I just tag all my posts that have gifs with “gif” and “moving image” and if it’s a flashing image “flashing image”.

"If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:28:20 -0400

“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you from a lot. You must also acknowledge that you are afforded privileges that some men in this country do not have. Racism and sexism are tightly intertwined. You cannot fight one while ignoring the other.”

- ladyatheist (via oppressedbrowngirlsdoingthings)

wabisabiforrobots: “Father, I had a feeling today.” “Well,...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:13:49 -0400

wabisabiforrobots:

“Father, I had a feeling today.”

“Well, don’t, son.”

I know you said this is your safe place, but do you tag for triggers?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:11:07 -0400

Yep! Also for gifs/moving images (I used to tag gifs with ‘epilepsy warning’ but a new tumblr update made it so that that tag went into the actual epilepsy tag which is bullshit). If any of my followers ever see me post something that they need a trigger warning for, please let me know because it’s really no hassle for me and I take people’s triggers really seriously.

confusedtree: My dad stopped expressing disappointment in me...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:07:04 -0400

confusedtree:

My dad stopped expressing disappointment in me years ago and just sort of gets tired now

"I want to stress this again: In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:43:44 -0400

“

I want to stress this again: In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see a movie in the theater and see a current movie about a woman — any story about any woman that isn’t a documentary or a cartoon — you can’t. You cannot. There are not any. You cannot take yourself to one, take your friend to one, take your daughter to one.

There are not any.

By far your best shot, numbers-wise, at finding one that’s at least even-handedly featuring a man and a woman is Before Midnight (on 891 screens) so I hope you like it. Because it’s pretty much that or a solid, impenetrable wall of movies about dudes.

Dudes in capes, dudes in cars, dudes in space, dudes drinking, dudes smoking, dudes doing magic tricks, dudes being funny, dudes being dramatic, dudes flying through the air, dudes blowing up, dudes getting killed, dudes saving and kissing women and children, and dudes glowering at each other.

Somebody asked me this morning what “the women” are going to do about this. I don’t know. I honestly am at the point where I have no idea what to do about it. Stop going to the movies? Boycott everything?

They put up Bridesmaids, we went. They put up Pitch Perfect, we went. They put up The Devil Wears Prada, which was in two-thousand-meryl-streeping-oh-six, and we went (and by “we,” I do not just mean women; I mean we, the humans), and all of it has led right here, right to this place. Right to the land of zippedy-doo-dah. You can apparently make an endless collection of high-priced action flops and everybody says “win some, lose some” and nobody decides that They Are Poison, but it feels like every “surprise success” about women is an anomaly and every failure is an abject lesson about how we really ought to just leave it all to The Rock.

”

- At The Movies, The Women Are Gone : Monkey See : NPR

The whole article is fantastic, as is pretty much everything Linda Holmes writes.

(via kdhart)

shadow-sass: notwiththoseshoesonboi: superqueerartsyblog: I...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:33:10 -0400

shadow-sass:

notwiththoseshoesonboi:

superqueerartsyblog:

I hear this too often aaa

Diversity is the spice of life

*murderous glair* but don’t erase people’s experiences and identities

ijggjdijgidjg! Instant save because I hear/read this too much and I’m just gonna whip out this image from now on.

bare-life: Before you talk about how long ago slavery was, just remember that there are towns...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:22:12 -0400

bare-life:

Before you talk about how long ago slavery was, just remember that there are towns across America where black prisoners work on plantations. Where black prisoners count for the census so those cities get more federal funding. These black prisoners can’t vote but their bodies are counted as political capital. This aint too different from the 3/5 rule.

lazycookies: rubs eyes remembers i’m wearing eye makeup scREAMS

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:11:04 -0400

lazycookies:

*rubs eyes*

*remembers i’m wearing eye makeup*

*scREAMS*

babe, do you watch hannibal? I was considering watching it, but i don't know anyone who does to get any good or bad feedback of it.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:20:58 -0400

Yessss, I do watch it and I love it! I think you would realllllly like it!

gray37: Orijin Culture | Magazine & Fashion A dedication to...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:49:23 -0400

gray37:

Orijin Culture | Magazine & Fashion

A dedication to all you Wonder-ful Women of the World

Wonder Woman 2011 ~ by Terry Blas

Lead on, oh Kinky Turtle

"If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give..."

EVeryone!!! I promise I will get to answering messages soon! We're finally in Ann Arbor and will probably spend the rest of the week unpacking and getting settled in. Yay, no more driving!

My partner and I are currently showered and comfy in a Days Inn in a small, weird little town in...

thebitepodcast: Critiquing shit you love is as important as critiquing shit you hate

favorite people → gina torres

pittsies: Shout out to anyone that has a shitty relationship with their father that survived a day...

eyesslightlyopened: Whenever I hear dudes say that feminists don’t want equality they want a...

Photo

kulfislut: ~*~DAUGHTERS UNITED THROUGH BITTERNESS ON FATHERS DAY~*~

so what do you tag your gifs with now to avoid them going into the epilepsy tag? i want to start tagging my gifs.

"If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your..."

wabisabiforrobots: “Father, I had a feeling today.” “Well,...

I know you said this is your safe place, but do you tag for triggers?

confusedtree: My dad stopped expressing disappointment in me...

"I want to stress this again: In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see..."

shadow-sass: notwiththoseshoesonboi: superqueerartsyblog: I...

bare-life: Before you talk about how long ago slavery was, just remember that there are towns...

lazycookies: *rubs eyes* *remembers i’m wearing eye makeup* *scREAMS*

babe, do you watch hannibal? I was considering watching it, but i don't know anyone who does to get any good or bad feedback of it.

gray37: Orijin Culture | Magazine & Fashion A dedication to...

A dedication to all you Wonder-ful Women of the WorldWonder Woman 2011 ~ by Terry Blas

kulfislut: ~~DAUGHTERS UNITED THROUGH BITTERNESS ON FATHERS DAY~~

lazycookies: rubs eyes remembers i’m wearing eye makeup scREAMS

A dedication to all you Wonder-ful Women of the World

Wonder Woman 2011 ~ by Terry Blas