fabulousclockwork:

the “women can’t win” thing isn’t supposed to mean that women are equally pressured to be feminine and be masculine, wear makeup and not wear makeup, that’s obviously not the case sorry 

it’s supposed to mean that even if everything about the way you dress, act, look, etc. perfectly aligns with stereotypical female gender expectations, men will still mistreat you, because putting up with men mistreating you is in fact part of the patriarchy’s expectations of women 

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“Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time.”
 - JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)

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South Dakota Officials Miss Historic Meeting With Tribes : NPR

stfuconservatives:

Federal officials met with South Dakota’s nine Sioux tribes on Wednesday for a historic summit in Rapid City. A year in the making, it was an effort to address long standing concerns over the high number of Native American children the state places in white foster homes. State officials, however, didn’t show up for the meeting.

State officials, however, didn’t show up for the meeting.

(Source: lakotapeopleslawproject)

missvoltairine:

cactusthrone:

this is so cute

for rgr

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indigobluerose: So at one point Captain Kirk has to send the current navigator off to do something in another part of the ship and he says, “Lieutenant Uhura, take over navigation,” and she just does and it is no big thing.  So to anyone out there who ever said that Uhura was only a glorified phone operator, SHE CAN TOTALLY FLY THE SHIP SO THERE. (image from TrekCore)

indigobluerose:

So at one point Captain Kirk has to send the current navigator off to do something in another part of the ship and he says, “Lieutenant Uhura, take over navigation,” and she just does and it is no big thing.  So to anyone out there who ever said that Uhura was only a glorified phone operator, SHE CAN TOTALLY FLY THE SHIP SO THERE.

(image from TrekCore)

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I want bacon, but all the shops are closed.

A lesson in planning bad decisions ahead of time.

  • Me: Today was great! This is the first time I've gone through a whole day without you having to correct me!
  • Kev: (with a possibly sarcastic smile) I've just been sitting on it all day.
  • Me: >:'''|

cumaeansibyl:

Ruby Rhod is one of my favorite characters in sci-fi ever because he is Luc Besson’s vision of the hetero sex symbol of the future: a flamboyant, emotionally labile man who wears skin-tight leopard print or decks himself in roses, a man who accessorizes with big jewelry and dabbles in cosmetics. And the ladies love him. Everything about him screams “gay” according to our stereotypes, but he’s portrayed as a 100% straight sexual dynamo.

Besson is one of the few directors I’ve seen who actually recognizes that our ideas of sexuality and gender performance might have changed drastically in the future.

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