May 15, 2013

feministdisney:

iamayoungfeminist:

If you haven’t heard, some people are suggesting that in response to the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch explaining that he won’t make clothes for uncool people (aka fat women) we should start giving A&F clothes to the homeless. No really. People are really suggesting that.  

Um 

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“Hey, A&F look at who is wearing your clothes now! Homeless people! Aka the worst of the worst! Aka the non-coolest people ever! Got you now!”  

1. Homeless people ARE PEOPLE and should be treated LIKE PEOPLE not props. 
2. YOU ARE STILL GIVING MONEY TO THE COMPANY. Yeah, like maybe indirectly indirectly if you are buying your clothes from Goodwill or donating things you already have. But how about we just stop supporting this fucked up company all together. 
3. Just read this tweet, people. Just read it. 
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Okay, I can forgive one white dude for thinking this is a good idea (I GUESS) but SO MANY social justice advocates keep reposting the idea like it’s some genius form of social protest. IT’S NOT. It’s exploiting and dehumanizing and HOW EVEN ONE PERSON READ THIS AND THINK “yeah, that’s a swell idea”  IS BEYOND ME. 

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I was going to write up a post, but then I saw this :) since I actually already wrote up my points, I’ll add them here to go along with what she pointed out.

Homeless people are not your tool to use, they are not your gimmick. They’re not your billboard. Issues I see with implementation:

  • it relies on everyone understanding that homeless people are “less than”. Whether or not we believe it ourselves, we feed into this mentality by agreeing that a big F U to a company is to have homeless people wear their brand. Woohoo, they’ll make the brand dirty by publicly wearing it, take that! yeah! It treats them as a joke punchline. 
  • On the actual level of passing out these shirts, it’s manipulative. They are poor, they have less choice than you (probably) or I as to whether or not they accept a handout, because they often need them to survive. Whether or not they agree with the message of your campaign, they have to agree with it in order to receive charity. Or did this guy go around with an extra bag of not-Abercrombie shirts in order to give people a real choice? If your charity is only given out to people who agree with your corporate tactics, how charitable are you? Why are we all encouraged to choose to boycott Abercrombie, but it’s assumed acceptable that all the homeless people should, instead, wear the clothing brand we detest? Is it because we already consider homeless people “branded”?
  • Again on actual level, one of the problems that started the outcry is that Abercrombie refuses to make clothes for larger people. How does that work out when you’re doling out the shirts? Skip over the larger homeless people saying, “Sorry, you’re too large for what we had in mind for this corporate takedown, no charity for you?” Or again, are you bringing extra shirts along? Is it okay to exclude fat women so long as they’re homeless this time??
  • A lot of people will inevitably argue that it’s wrong to deny homeless people a shirt no matter what the circumstances. But this is the exact attitude that often maligns homeless people unnecessary and allows others to use charity for their own promotion regardless of how tastelessly it is done. “They should take anything we give them, and be grateful” is the social adage. They’re not dogs, they’re people in unfortunate circumstances. People with thoughts, feelings, and a desire for choices. 
  • Giving out ten or so poorly manufactured tshirts is nothing, honestly. Most homeless people do not need tshirts as much as they need shelter, food, and proper medical care. There is a reason homeless people do not often own many outfits… they have few places to store them. Without proper medical care, they might not be capable of cleaning them, since mentally and physically disabled people are disproportionately homeless… and these are the people you are taking advantage of and using for your minute of fame.

This is not something we should feel good about…

May 15, 2013

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

(via jumpingjacktrash)

May 14, 2013

rainbowbarnacle:

pixiewinksfairywhispers:

Lights strung in blanket forts to giggle into the wee hours of the night… It’s not just for children, it’s also for the child in you. Make one, crawl in and have an adventure tonight!

~Charlotte (PixieWinksFairyWhispers)

Could I just live in one. Could that be a thing.

(Source: homeandinteriors)

May 13, 2013

It all boils down to this.

walkingthenarrowway:

thegirlwithagrapefruit:

yeahmicah:

Most people won’t admit it, or don’t even realize it, but

caring for people takes energy out of you.

Investing your time and attention making sure somebody knows

that you love them and that you want to ensure their well-being can drain you:

  • mentally
  • emotionally
  • spiritually
  • even physically.

Love people, but take care of yourself.

Don’t burn yourself out.

I needed to read this.

truth yo.

(via harshwhimsical)

May 13, 2013
thefrogman:

When a man and a woman are in love and get married, they decide to show their love by participating in the most heinous of acts. Sexual intercourse. They turn off all the lights and the man inserts his rod of evil into the woman’s hole of Satan. They must use the missionary position, as it is improper for the male to face the Lord when humping about and making sex faces.

The male thrusts back and forth for nearly a minute until his penis ejaculates seminal fluid into the vaginal cavity. This unleashes several hundred million little spermies all hellbent on finding an egg and making your life a whole lot more expensive. These guys are excellent swimmers too. Once a sperm is in motion it is then officially a spermatozoon. That’s a fun word. Spermatozoooooooon. Spermatozoooooooooooooon.

Anyway.
The millions of spermatozoa (plural of spermatozoooooon) swim their way up the fallopian tubes. They target an egg and ram their spermy little heads into it. Most of them die from head trauma, but sometimes a lucky little tadpole breaks through and takes up residence inside the ovum…creating an embryo.

Depending on your religious beliefs, this is when life begins or it is just a couple of cells that could develop into a wittle baby. If you are a penguin, you really don’t care either way because your brain is unable to comprehend complex concepts.

Once these two parts have bonded, the embryo does its best to attach to the uterine wall so it can begin dividing and conquering the mama’s belly. You must of course feed this little embryo all sorts of strange things. Like pickles and ice cream. Or peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.

Over the next 9 months those two cells divide into billions of cells creating a fetus.

If you take a picture of this fetus inside the tummy, it will look like an alien creature.

This is normal. You do not have an alien baby.

Then the day comes. The amniotic sac ruptures and the fluid is evacuated out of the vagina. Now…they call this “breaking water,” and even though that fluid is mostly water, there are also proteins, carbohydrates, and even a little pee in it. So if she broke water on your couch, I would give that a decent scrubbing after. Or at least turn the cushion over.

Junior is now ready to squeeze his cantaloupe head through the mother’s golf ball vagina. It’s important that the female breathe like an idiot to distract her from this fact. Typically like, “Hee hee hooooo. Hee hee hooooo.” Once she figures out that doesn’t do shit, she will demand drugs. Give them to her.

Her cervix will dilate. This only happens in centimeters, as doctors are too good for inches. Once it gets to the size of a lemon, they encourage the woman to start pushing. If you offer the woman your hand at this point, she will break every bone in it. I suggest putting your arms behind your back and having an encouraging expression on your face. The female may poop a little, try not to notice that.
Soon the baby’s head will emerge and the doctors may use salad tongs to help pull it out. It will be slimy. It will have goo on it. It will be making strange noises. It will be bright pink and otherworldly.

This is normal. You still do not have an alien baby.

The doctor then gives the baby its first dose of corporal punishment and smacks it firmly to induce breathing. The baby will start crying. Get used to that.
If you were to try and trace this process back to the point of origin, I would say that it all starts with the rod of evil. Which is the delivery mechanism for the spermatozooooons. Which are manufactured and stored in the balls.
So, in conclusion, babies come from men’s balls of sacky malevolence.

[Originally created for Slacktory]

thefrogman:

When a man and a woman are in love and get married, they decide to show their love by participating in the most heinous of acts. Sexual intercourse. They turn off all the lights and the man inserts his rod of evil into the woman’s hole of Satan. They must use the missionary position, as it is improper for the male to face the Lord when humping about and making sex faces.

image

The male thrusts back and forth for nearly a minute until his penis ejaculates seminal fluid into the vaginal cavity. This unleashes several hundred million little spermies all hellbent on finding an egg and making your life a whole lot more expensive. These guys are excellent swimmers too. Once a sperm is in motion it is then officially a spermatozoon. That’s a fun word. Spermatozoooooooon. Spermatozoooooooooooooon.

image

Anyway.

The millions of spermatozoa (plural of spermatozoooooon) swim their way up the fallopian tubes. They target an egg and ram their spermy little heads into it. Most of them die from head trauma, but sometimes a lucky little tadpole breaks through and takes up residence inside the ovum…creating an embryo.

image

Depending on your religious beliefs, this is when life begins or it is just a couple of cells that could develop into a wittle baby. If you are a penguin, you really don’t care either way because your brain is unable to comprehend complex concepts.

image

Once these two parts have bonded, the embryo does its best to attach to the uterine wall so it can begin dividing and conquering the mama’s belly. You must of course feed this little embryo all sorts of strange things. Like pickles and ice cream. Or peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.

image

Over the next 9 months those two cells divide into billions of cells creating a fetus.

image

If you take a picture of this fetus inside the tummy, it will look like an alien creature.

image

This is normal. You do not have an alien baby.

image

Then the day comes. The amniotic sac ruptures and the fluid is evacuated out of the vagina. Now…they call this “breaking water,” and even though that fluid is mostly water, there are also proteins, carbohydrates, and even a little pee in it. So if she broke water on your couch, I would give that a decent scrubbing after. Or at least turn the cushion over.

image

Junior is now ready to squeeze his cantaloupe head through the mother’s golf ball vagina. It’s important that the female breathe like an idiot to distract her from this fact. Typically like, “Hee hee hooooo. Hee hee hooooo.” Once she figures out that doesn’t do shit, she will demand drugs. Give them to her.

image

Her cervix will dilate. This only happens in centimeters, as doctors are too good for inches. Once it gets to the size of a lemon, they encourage the woman to start pushing. If you offer the woman your hand at this point, she will break every bone in it. I suggest putting your arms behind your back and having an encouraging expression on your face. The female may poop a little, try not to notice that.

Soon the baby’s head will emerge and the doctors may use salad tongs to help pull it out. It will be slimy. It will have goo on it. It will be making strange noises. It will be bright pink and otherworldly.

image

This is normal. You still do not have an alien baby.

image

The doctor then gives the baby its first dose of corporal punishment and smacks it firmly to induce breathing. The baby will start crying. Get used to that.

If you were to try and trace this process back to the point of origin, I would say that it all starts with the rod of evil. Which is the delivery mechanism for the spermatozooooons. Which are manufactured and stored in the balls.

So, in conclusion, babies come from men’s balls of sacky malevolence.

image

[Originally created for Slacktory]

May 13, 2013

swanloves:

When called out on shit instead of being stunned and sincerely trying to find out how whatever was posted was fucked up they will argue and basically shut down every single legitimate point (with facts from credible sources) as to why what they did were wrong and/or hurtful (even if it was intentionally so). Or my favorite (Oh mY GOSH guys leave me alone I already said fucking sorry fuck off !!) 

 

 I appreciate the people I follow and who follow me because YES we fuck up, drop the ball, say something that hurts others in some way… but I am happy that instead of deflecting or denying, responsibility is taken even if they are embarrassed and even if they catch shit. Here’s to growing and learning CHEERS ! 

May 13, 2013
(I don’t get it a lot—or at least not on tumblr—so I’ll gladly tell you!)
I do use Ben Nye! I can’t use water-based makeups (not even with a fixative) because I sweat a TON, so it has been the only one to work for me without making my face itch.
First I wash my face really well with an exfoliating scrub to get rid of most of the oil, and then I moisturize with oil-free product and let it dry.
After that, I apply the makeup with a foam makeup wedge.  I put it on pretty thickly, starting from my nose area and moving outward, making sure none of my natural skin color shows through. I don’t do my eyelids or underneath my eyes until I’m nearly done, because it’ll only crease and I’ll have to reapply.  Before I do my eyes, I step away from the mirror and do something else for five minutes and come back and touch up any thin-color areas I didn’t notice on the first go. You can use the creme makeup to contour during this step as well.
Next step is to powder, starting with the eyes.  I use Ben Nye Neutral Set with a terry powder puff.  I’ve heard you can use baby powder or other setting powder, but the Neutral Set works for me. The key to this is using a LOT of it.  Creme makeup absorbs a surprising amount of powder. I pretty much just dump out about a tablespoon full of it at a time, pat the puff into the powder, and pat the powder on while gently pressing it into the makeup (Kind of difficult to explain that—you don’t want press hard enough to rub the makeup off, but you do want to kind of grind the powder into it. It takes a while to get the motion down, but when you do it becomes second nature).
I powder my face in sections—eyes first, then my forehead, then my nose and cheeks, my mouth and chin, then my ears, and then I touch up my neck and powder that last.  I usually go through at least two tablespoons by the time I’m done, and I apply enough that I actually see the whiteness of the powder build up on my face.  At that point, I take a really soft powder brush (my kitty paw brush) and dust off the excess.
The way I test that I’ve powdered enough is to wash and dry my hands and pat my nose a few times.  If no color comes off, then I’m done!
I actually play up my contour at this point with powder products. Use really soft brushes and you won’t damage the creme or setting powder.
Only then do I apply the Final Seal. And that pansy “spray a mist into the air and walk into it, letting it gently rain down on your face”?
Nope.
Close your eyes (raise your eyebrows and roll your eyeballs upward so you won’t squint) and mist your entire face. Some of my friends use hairspray to good effect if you want to try that. Let it dry before you touch it.
There—all done~!
Hope this helps, and thanks for asking!

(I don’t get it a lot—or at least not on tumblr—so I’ll gladly tell you!)

I do use Ben Nye! I can’t use water-based makeups (not even with a fixative) because I sweat a TON, so it has been the only one to work for me without making my face itch.

First I wash my face really well with an exfoliating scrub to get rid of most of the oil, and then I moisturize with oil-free product and let it dry.

After that, I apply the makeup with a foam makeup wedge.  I put it on pretty thickly, starting from my nose area and moving outward, making sure none of my natural skin color shows through. I don’t do my eyelids or underneath my eyes until I’m nearly done, because it’ll only crease and I’ll have to reapply.  Before I do my eyes, I step away from the mirror and do something else for five minutes and come back and touch up any thin-color areas I didn’t notice on the first go. You can use the creme makeup to contour during this step as well.

Next step is to powder, starting with the eyes.  I use Ben Nye Neutral Set with a terry powder puff.  I’ve heard you can use baby powder or other setting powder, but the Neutral Set works for me. The key to this is using a LOT of it.  Creme makeup absorbs a surprising amount of powder. I pretty much just dump out about a tablespoon full of it at a time, pat the puff into the powder, and pat the powder on while gently pressing it into the makeup (Kind of difficult to explain that—you don’t want press hard enough to rub the makeup off, but you do want to kind of grind the powder into it. It takes a while to get the motion down, but when you do it becomes second nature).

I powder my face in sections—eyes first, then my forehead, then my nose and cheeks, my mouth and chin, then my ears, and then I touch up my neck and powder that last.  I usually go through at least two tablespoons by the time I’m done, and I apply enough that I actually see the whiteness of the powder build up on my face.  At that point, I take a really soft powder brush (my kitty paw brush) and dust off the excess.

The way I test that I’ve powdered enough is to wash and dry my hands and pat my nose a few times.  If no color comes off, then I’m done!

I actually play up my contour at this point with powder products. Use really soft brushes and you won’t damage the creme or setting powder.

Only then do I apply the Final Seal. And that pansy “spray a mist into the air and walk into it, letting it gently rain down on your face”?

Nope.

Close your eyes (raise your eyebrows and roll your eyeballs upward so you won’t squint) and mist your entire face. Some of my friends use hairspray to good effect if you want to try that. Let it dry before you touch it.

There—all done~!

Hope this helps, and thanks for asking!