January 2012
16 posts
adamanttt:
Someone explain to me the point of a promise ring. I have always found it to be a ridiculous idea. The reason I bring it up is that my friend was just given one but yet her boyfriend is peculiar about her spending time with her guy friends. If you care for her so much, shouldn’t you trust her enough to let her spend time with friends of the opposite sex? Or are you just too...
Please tell me your feelings on reader-response...
Opinions?
I have terrible news for anyone who likes good... →
theadamglass:
Dublin Dr Pepper is no more. Real cane sugar Dr Pepper is dead. Non-hfcs Dr Pepper will be limited to Heritage Dr Pepper (made with real beet sugar!) whenever Dr Pepper/Seven-Up decides to make it available again. Which might not be ever? I’m sad.
It’s not dead! There’s a place in West Jefferson, NC that makes cane sugar Dr. Pepper…...
eldinirerinidleldinire: →
Gross, you guys. I want a violin. And a violin teacher. And a time machine to tell little me to find a violin appropriate to my little kid arms somehow and thereby not quit taking lessons.
Go for it! I know a professional violist who started playing when he was in college.
And, if you find that time machine, please know that there are multiple sizes of violins, scaled down for little kid...
“Imagine that you are French. You are walking along a busy pavement in Paris and...”
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Understanding and modelling how pedestrians behave is a youngish field for researchers. Anticipating pedestrian flows makes crowd events smoother and safer, and accounting for the peculiar propensities of different nationalities is key to getting it right. (via theeconomist)
I love this sort of...
Those metal things that hold socks together
New socks.
What are they called?
I love them.
Let the 2011 Tumblr Homebody NYE Party begin!
keegannati:
Wine and Downton Abbey contingent reporting!
Video games, pizza, & scotch & soda here.
Okay, and card games.
December 2011
21 posts
One teacher's approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
“Whenever a man stands up for the basic human rights of a woman, his act...”
– Marcus Cambell (via feminishblog)
Do you want to intern at a global feminist blog? →
thesexuneducated:
genderacrossborders:
Write and edit for Gender Across Borders! More info about the internship program here. Deadline to apply is Monday, January 9, 2012 by 10pm PST.
YES!
FYI
“Rape is on the increase, reported and unreported, and rape is not aggressive...”
– Women Redefining Difference
Audre Lorde
(via omnivincitamor)
November 2011
17 posts
What are you favorite crafty Christmas gifts?
I like getting crafty and I like giving people gifts. Usually by this time of year, I’ve got several things being made at once. I didn’t get to ring my craft gear when I moved, so I get to start over.
And I have no idea what to make for William this year.
Share your favorite things to make! Or favorite ideas!
wtfrenzyboard
“Do you have any idea how tired I am of being reduced to an appendage of my...”
– Love, Joy, Feminism: Gender Blind Spots (via greaterthanlapsed)
I think one of my piercings is rejecting.
Or infected. Or maybe just angry. Going to the doc in the morning. Woop woop.
Unbreakable: Photo Days →
projectunbreakable:
This project isn’t even a week old and I’m already receiving lots of emails about people wanting to participate. Because of the mass amounts of interest, I’ve decided to create “photo days” in three areas: NYC, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. If you would like to participate in the project, you can…
For friends in the Northeastern US: check this photo project out.
