December 2009
godDAMMIT
This week can go the fuck to hell.
First, my friend’s house burns down and she loses at least one of her cats in the fire.
Then my other friend fucking dies.
And now I’ve been fucking ROBBED!
Some asshole got their grubby-ass hands on my debit card number and my pin. He then went on a fucking shopping spree 5 states away. Emptied my fucking account.
can whatever cosmic entity...
the REAL cost of buying handmade
stitchesandpurls:
Recently got asked about if I could make an adorable baby hat like the one pictured below… found some lovely patterns to try on Ravelry. Since then- they have decided not to use me, probably due to cost. So lets have a little chat about that…
Fortunately or unfortunately those of us who make handmade goods cannot compete with bargains. When you buy a handmade item, it will...
“One of the most common criticisms leveled against people who critique television...”
– In which Meloukhia nails it, as usual. (via katoleary)
A Pet Peeve
The company I work for requires us to check ID for every sale and if we happen to be selling to a secret shopper and we don’t do this, we get written up.
meloukhia:
Credit cards are not valid unless they are signed. Signed as in with your signature. Writing “see ID” on a credit card invalidates it, per the agreement you signed with your credit card provider.
Secondary to that, clerks are...
I get very angry at the hell so many LGBT teens... →
meloukhia:
Trigger warning—this post contains discussions of suicide and descriptions of acts of violence committed against gay teens
A few months ago a man named Anthony reached out to me to tell me a terrible story. He knew of a teen in upstate New York whose family learned he was gay and threw him out. A few days later the boy tried to return home, only to be told that if he returned again...
the thing about that "oh noes our grandchildren...
jadedhippy:
champagnecandy:
isabelthespy:
basically i think the internet is awesome, in no small part because i love seeing people innovate with language and text, and next time someone starts ranting about Kids Today and how I Can’t Even Read These Emails My Kids Send Each Other, i’m gonna say “look i like you and i’mma let you finish, but you’ve just admitted to being outsmarted by...
"When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like...
abbyjean:
bonesarecoralmade: wordsandsteel:
If we think of Avatar and its ilk as white fantasies about race, what kinds of patterns do we see emerging in these fantasies?
In both Avatar and District 9, humans are the cause of alien oppression and distress. Then, a white man who was one of the oppressors switches sides at the last minute, assimilating into the alien culture and becoming its...
“post-capitalistic peaceful societies — materno-centric perspectives
Kaarina...”
– 1TBM: This was sent to me by my last doula via email… (via guerrillamamamedicine)
I was particularly struck by the quote from Barbara Mann. I wanted to yell “YES” really loud except my spouse was right next to me.
We are fat shaming Santa now. →
I’m gonna quote A Sarah for this one, cause I got nothing but D:
They’re. Just. Cookies. Sheesh, people took notice when Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster felt the need to clarify that cookies are a “sometimes food.” But MOTHER OF PEARL, special once-a-year holiday things are the very SOMETIMESIEST of sometimes foods. But no. Sorry. Not even then, and not even for Santa. (And say,...
“ultimately the only people who know what happened are the people involved. but i...”
– Sady at Tiger Beatdown, Cheetah Edition (via novazembla)
it does sometimes i think take one extra step, in that i actually think you need to have some measure of conversation with a person if there’s a chance they are super fucking wasted, because, i dunno, i used to think it was really easy to...
“The pinata comes from the Mexican tradition of Posadas when Mary & Joseph’s...”
– @ManEegee, via @nezua. (via abbyjean)
amberlrhea:
clingtomymouth:
When two witnesses come across a 12-year-old girl seemingly being raped on school grounds, and one physically intervenes while the other runs for help, you’d think that maybe, just once, we could skip the usual “She wanted it” arguments. But who am I kidding? This is the same culture (and in this case, the same geographical region) in which a 15-year-old girl can be...
“Ringo is the most underrated drummer in the industry! His drumming is like...”
– Yoko Ono (via fuckyeahyokoono)
This makes me happy in my Ringo loving heart :D
“The feminist thing is still very, very important. Most people think, ‘That’s...”
– Yoko Ono (via fuckyeahyokoono) (via thecurvature) (via emandink)
The ongoing discussion of whether or not toaster...
Super-Amazing Anna, Queen of the World: Okay, I'm going to buy some toaster waffles today. Should I get a 48 pack of the cinnamon ones, which I like, or the plain ones?
Don, who is evil but hides it: You can't make sandwiches out of the cinnamon ones.
Anna, Warrior Princess: ....
Don Vader: The peanut butter doesn't go with them.
Anna, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Greatness: .... You're the reason we can't have nice things. You know that, right?
mel, who is obviously strange: WHAT?! PEANUT BUTTER AND CINNAMON TOTALLY GO TOGETHER.
OYD, she of weirdness and badness: STOP OPPRESSING DON! TOASTER WAFFLE SANDWICHES ARE TOTALLY THE BEST EVAH!
Unless, of coarse, you count sandwiches you make with hash brown patties. Put some cheese and bacon in between them. Don, I'll come up to Canadia and we'll party.
Cinnamon goes with NOTHING!
PS, I love you all!
Super Smart and Obviously Awesome Sally: I'm sorry but, WHAT?! Cinnamon goes with EVERYTHING! Certainly with peanut butter, but my guy and I put it into almost everything we make. No, seriously. Our favorite is when we're making spaghetti. As you're wondering what mix of herbs and spices to throw in the next time you're making it, add a good amount of cinnamon to sweeten it up. UH-MAY-ZIIIIIIIING!
Anna who is so awesome her name is Anna only backwards: First, why would you sully up perfectly yummy hash browns by putting BACON between them, and second, cinnamon is WHERE IT IS AT. If you're bored of cinnamon, you're bored of life!
Don, who is the monster under your bead from childhood: What is this tumblr thing, and why do you keep cackling when you read it?
Dori, the quiet one: END SCENE XD
annaoverseas:
reachingtheshore:
we’re living in a man’s world they tell usss, but we ain’t gonna buy it, the things they’re tryin to sell (tell?) us now! cuz we’re the girls of rock & roll. woooooo-ooo! yeah we’re the girls of roooock and roll…
Sun goes down I’m just gettin’ up I’m heading for the city lights
Radio blasting on the way to the club I’m going rock this town tonight!
Oh...
“Arab Americans and Chaldeans have varying views on the issue of race, said...”
– Ethnic groups say ‘white’ isn’t enough on the 2010 census | freep.com | Detroit Free Press (via guerrillamamamedicine)
I have had a sneaking suspicion that the classification “Arab” getting lumped into “white” was a way to avoid the “Jesus isn’t white!”...
Dozens sympathise with sex offender →
katoleary:
kelsium:
bingoparaphernalia:
Dozens of people queued inside a Co Kerry courthouse yesterday to shake hands and sympathise with a man who was jailed for five years for sexually assaulting a woman in Listowel.
If you have a minute, could you please send a quick email of support to the victim in this case? Kerry Rape Crisis Centre is going to pass on any emails sent to them at...
Abuse of Pregnant Prisoners Goes Beyond Shackling... →
“This kind of treatment ought to be considered cruel and unusual by any standard. And it’s only allowed to exist as it does because we live in a bigoted society that wallows in a smug sense of superiority and believes it has the credentials and the prerogative to determine that some people don’t deserve the right to safety or even life. Not just because of a lack of oversight, but because so...
“Too many people do not understand that your great guy is also my rapist. Or...”
– Shakesville: I See a Trend (via amandaw)
People tend to have great difficulty acknowledging that someone they know can be both a good friend and an abusive asshole. I blame this cultural concept that makes us think that an abuser, a rapist, a murderer, etc will be clearly marked and obvious to the...
“You guys? If the DRAMZ does not stop I am taking this car and turning it right...”
– - I’m a bad comment moderator. (via sadydoyle)
If it works…
No, Spouse, you do not get to freak the fuck out and be automaticaly accomodated while doing exactly what you accuse me of. I don’t care that you are an introvert. That is not a fucking excuse to be an asshole.
Not agreeing with you is not ignoring you or not listening. Your way is not always best and I am going to fucking tell you when you are disrespecting our agreements.
Christ. Its...
thecurvature:
sarahmc:
katoleary:
You can ask people to examine their privilege in any tone you like. They won’t listen. Generally speaking, people don’t want to hear about and try to empathize with the experiences of others if it means they have to shift any part of their views about themselves. People don’t care about being good people; they care about preserving their image of...
I can't even watch the video of Chris Brown rating... →
abbyjean:
maura:
More like What The Fuckmaster Flex, amirite?
(via thisisareallybadidea)
i give chris brown a 245. as in CA penal code section 245. as in “Any person who commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument other than a firearm or by any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for...
“I get that you would like to live in an endgame world where a victim’s violence...”
– (via wannablessedbereturns) (via marnalicious) (via sarahmc) (via thecurvature)
Thoughts on Knowledge
..and what kinds of knowledge are considered widely legitimate and what kinds are not.
This is total grudge-wank, which has the silver lining of allowing me to make a good point.
So, I work for a company that has something to do with language learning (and that is all the detail you get, cause I am so not dealing with their stupid “Media Relations Guideline” that were clearly written...
In Response to Criticisms Over Our Inclusion of an... →
jadedhippy:
In Response to Criticisms Over Our Inclusion of an Antiwar Demand
First of all, we’d like to reiterate that our demands as they appear on this blog, in their entirety, were and are a political statement, and/or indictment of the capitalist system, and are representative of our belief that no issue can be truly isolated from any other.
Despite this fact, we HAD actually given...
“Only those who have distorted notions of feminism believe that what we’re...”
– Girls Gone Wild or Wild Women? or: We Never Had Nasty Sluts When I Were A Lad — Hoyden About Town (via clingtomymouth) (via katoleary)
while on one level, i like everything being said here, i feel like i need to add a cis-prefix before every instance of the word “woman” in here. I...
“It’s always women that are being lectured to, being told to think of others...”
– bluebears (via marnalicious)
I also enjoy Cimorene’s response: “What sucks is that nobody owns a fucking dictionary and humanism is an actual thing that happened like 500 years ago!”
(via katoleary)