July 2011
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So, as a kid you were a little scrawny thing. Not very strong, but that was ok....
– Any advice on how to enjoy writing again? (via hypodermia)
Should I Work for Free? →
For creative types: a handy flow chart to decide whether doing a project for free is worth your time or not (and it’s actually thoughtful enough that not every branch leads to “no”)
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The mainstream media’s slobbery obsession with the Casey Anthony trial...
– Bad Bitches, True Women: The New Cult of True Womanhood (via themetropoliskid)
Cisgender News →
THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. THIS RIGHT HERE.
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StripperArmy: Glitter Bombs →
stripperarmy:
As a queer sex worker, the spreading of my glitter has been an act of personal and political emancipation, and a celebration of my own strangeness. To see the way glitter has been utilized in disruptive political protest recently, pushing beyond petty glamdalism, and individual delight makes me really proud.
As a baby stripper I covered myself in glitter. I couldn’t get ...
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I cannot understand a society that is more afraid of a man in a dress than a man...
– Joan Nestle, co-founder Lesbian Herstory Archives (via frass)
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When Virgil wrote The Aeneid, he didn’t invent Aeneas; Aeneas was a minor...
– TIME magazine, “The Boy Who Lived Forever”, by Lev Grossman (via lalumena)
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Apollo in 1969. Shuttle in 1981. Nothing in 2011. Our space program would look...
– Neil deGrasse Tyson on the last shuttle launch, via Twitter
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lucypaw:
Why you shouldn’t support Autism Speaks.
theowlhouse:
1. Autism Speaks talks about us without us. Not a single Autistic person is on Autism Speaks’ Board of Directors or in their leadership. Autism Speaks is one of an increasingly few number of major disability advocacy organizations that refuse to include any individual with the disability they purport to serve on their board...
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