olennawhitewyne: One of the reasons I really dislike the sort of Everyday-Feminism-esque “don’t use these five words!” model of talking about “discriminatory language” is that it often gives people the impression that that’s what matters the most: which specific words you use. And sure, there are definitely hateful slurs you should avoid, and words with a lot … Continue reading

platovevo: me talking to my lesbian and bi women friends: i don’t believe that “attraction” is a well-defined concept and i generally lean social constructivist when it comes to sexual orientation—what i identify as my lesbianism arises in a certain social context and i don’t necessarily think it’s some kind of mystical and essential part of … Continue reading

art-is-the-word: yooonbora: xpropriate: Privileged folk ridiculing safe spaces is so funny as if men don’t refuse to enter “girly” stores and have “man caves”, as if white people don’t avoid black neighbourhoods, as if straight people don’t ostracise gay people from their social circles, like who’s really the one with the safe spaces lol that’s … Continue reading

sqbr: beeth0ven: not to sound glib but it’s important to support “ugly” cripples, too. those of us who can’t or don’t want to dress up, do makeup, etc. those of us who aren’t conventionally attractive. those of us who don’t have an “aesthetic” it’s easy to ooo and aah over disabled people who also model, … Continue reading

Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data “The gay hookup app Grindr, which has more than 3.6 million daily active users across the world, has been providing its users’ HIV status to two other companies, BuzzFeed News has learned. The two companies — Apptimize and Localytics, which help optimize apps … Continue reading

deenoverdami: tikkunolamorgtfo: mazelt0v: exams would never be scheduled on christmas. no important sporting event would ever be played on easter. it’s about time that jewish holy days are given the same respect. Exactly. I should add that this isn’t limited to us Jews, either. In the past two years or so, both the Olympics and … Continue reading

giannamorphs: Hey y’all, there’s a program working on this! The Menstruatin’ with Satan program, founded by The Satanic Temple Arizona, is collecting donations of pads, tampons, and other menstrual supplies for incarcerated women, as well as fighting to raise the monthly allotment of products! If you’re not in AZ, you can help out the Temple … Continue reading

crunchbuttsteak: hello-kitty-senpai: friendly-neighborhood-patriarch: pennamites: castle-engineer: diarrheaworldstarhiphop: This is one of those things that I already knew was true, but seeing it so blatantly displayed makes me feel like like I am finding out about it for the first time. CIA is getting lazy O.o “It’s just a script whats the problem lol” the problem is … Continue reading

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