…white men perceive this fascination with our Otherness as a confirmation of their progressive politics. They are not aware that their desire, when based on fantasies and stereotypes, share the same source of a bigot’s hatred, and both reaffirm the racial hegemony that is imposed on all people of color.
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Women of Color Who Play Lesbian & Bisexual Characters
Damn, TV. Thank you for that. For me personally, this is nice to see.
What about Jennifer Beals, too?
Or Sarah Shahi, for that matter?
No love for Archie Panjabi?
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Procrastination Methods: I need actual straight allies in my life, not people who want a "gay best friend." →
I personally applaud the gay bar in West Hollywood, The Abbey, for banning bachelorette parties. They claim said it’s in part for political reasons (why should they use a gay bar for their bachelorette when the people who run the bar they are at can’t get married?) but also I think it’s because…
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(Source: icanread)
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Things I don’t understand….
how I can write a 30 page paper over the course of a day but I’m having trouble formulating a thesis statement for a 5-8 page paper. -____-
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Jar of drank!
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Sleeping Beauty. Bridal Magazines. “The Bachelor”. All oppressive tools of the patriarchy indoctrinating us to believe that we need men to complete our lives.
The truth, sisters, is that men will inevitably disappoint you. Intellectually, on the battlefield, and most importantly… in the bedchamber.
Superhuman Gender Roles Instructor: Valkyrie
Prof Valk, I need to take your class.
(Source: missmarvels)
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10 Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand →
Definitions
- 1. Caveat Emptor
(KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware”- 2. Persona Non Grata
(puhr-SOH-nah non GRAH-tah): “An unacceptable person”- 3. Habeas Corpus
(HAY-bee-as KOR-pus): “You have the body”- 4. Cogito Ergo Sum
(CO-gee-toe ER-go SOME): “I think, therefore I am”- 5. E Pluribus Unum
(EE PLUR-uh-buhs OOH-nuhm): “Out of many, one”- 6. Quid Pro Quo
(kwid proh KWOH): “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”- 7. Ad Hominem
(ad HAH-mi-nem): “To attack the man”- 8. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
(ad-MA-yor-em DAY-ee GLOR-ee-um): “All for the Greater Glory of God”- 9. Memento Mori
(meh-MEN-toh MOR-ee): “Remember, you must die”- 10. Sui Generis
(SOO-ee JEN-er-is): “Of its own genus,” or “Unique and unable to classify”
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(Source: flawlessbieber, via cooltrainershells)
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As egos collide, Black Widow—street name, Natasha Romanova—is the only character who does not throw a monstrous hissyfit. The only character to gather actionable intelligence against Loki from Loki. The character who not only literally kicks sense back into the brainwashed Hawkeye, but then absolves him of any sins performed while under the loony god’s spell.
You want fearless? When midtown Manhattan is swarming with thousands of robo-aliens, the dreaded Chitauri, Black Widow commandeers one of their slippery aero-sleds and flies it to steal Loki’s glowing phallic scimitar so as to save the world so Iron Man can blow up the aliens.
(via playingjax)
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