well, it's true.

This Life on Paper: STOP THE HATE, FREE KATE!

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:58 +0200

This Life on Paper: STOP THE HATE, FREE KATE!:

http://www.change.org/petitions/assistant-state-attorney-brian-workman-stop-the-prosecution-of-an-18-year-old-girl-in-a-same-sex-relationship

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreeKate/

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A teen was arrested in Florida because her high-school sweetheart has anti-gay parents. SIGN THE PETITION to #FreeKate.

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:15:45 +0200

A teen was arrested in Florida because her high-school sweetheart has anti-gay parents. SIGN THE PETITION to #FreeKate.:

https://www.allout.org/en/actions/kate

Academic Men Explain Things to Me: I think I know how the Pill works

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:04:40 +0200

Academic Men Explain Things to Me: I think I know how the Pill works:

mansplained:

I always start my new package of birth control on a Sunday. Today, I pulled out a new package and started to open it before realizing it was actually Saturday. I commonly talk to myself, and added an “oops, never mind, it’s Saturday” as I set it down. My boyfriend took this opportunity to educate…

38x16 / 38x21Stefon knew it, he always knows. I may have...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:22 +0200

38x16 / 38x21
Stefon knew it, he always knows.

I may have cried out IRL at this one.

feathers: crazymanwithalittlebluebox: What lovely legs! I’ve...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:02:19 +0200

feathers:

crazymanwithalittlebluebox:

What lovely legs!

I’ve seen him live in drag in La Cage Aux Folles. That’s when I found out that he’s not that photogenic. And that he’s got better legs, as a woman, than I do. And I my legs are not that bad!

Legs indeed, friends.

"Che piaccia o no, c’è una legge solida, costituzionalmente incardinata e inattacabile, nei..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:24 +0200

“Che piaccia o no, c’è una legge solida, costituzionalmente incardinata e inattacabile, nei fatti svuotata dalla (legittima) obiezione di coscienza. Una legge di cui sono le Regioni a dover garantire l’attuazione, organizzando i servizi. Negli anni 70 chi poteva permetterselo volava a Londra per abortire. Roba da ricche, oggi come allora. Di certo nulla di abbordabile dalle donne con meno risorse e dalle ragazzine. È soprattutto a loro, per evitare i tanti pericolosi aborti clandestini, che la legge ha pensato, come dimostra il dibattito parlamentare e il sostegno di massa che ha ricevuto.”

- “Aborto, 35 anni di battaglie”, Il Sole 24 Ore Sanità

”Il silenzio e la condanna morale opprimono...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:44:58 +0200

”Il silenzio e la condanna morale opprimono l’interruzione volontaria di gravidanza. Questo peso rende più facile mantenere e diffondere idee bizzarre e informazioni sbagliate. Il caso forse più recente è quello delle conseguenze intrinseche di ogni aborto volontario: ogni donna che abortisce – ci dicono – ne porterà i segni per tutta la vita, ogni donna che abortisce si pentirà e maledirà il giorno in cui ha deciso di interrompere la gravidanza. Anzi, non si può nemmeno dire che abbia scelto, perché non si può davvero scegliere di andare contro la propria natura, e la natura di ogni donna è quella di madre. E se si è madri, non si può abortire. Eppure ci sono donne che hanno già figli che abortiscono, perché non ne vogliono un altro. Questo è – per un certo immaginario – inconcepibile: è difficile mettere insieme due anime femminili che vengono raccontate come in contraddizione.”

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“La retorica del trauma inevitabile alimenta il tabù e genera vergogna”, Chiara Lalli, Il Sole 24 Ore Sanità

A daily broadsheet, The Pawnee Journal is, in the estimation of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:39 +0200

A daily broadsheet, The Pawnee Journal is, in the estimation of Leslie Knope, “Pawnee’s ownWashington Post.”

A full-page takeover was indicated in 1992 when “Pistol Pete” of the high school basketball team (The Drunken Savages, whose emblem is a drunken-looking Native American with a fiendish grin) had his famous dunk, reversing the fortunes of the perennially losing team. When the town mascot, miniature horse Li’l Sebastian, dies, a reverent full-page photo is emblazoned simply with “R.I.P.” and “Big Farewell for Li’l Hero.” But we’ve also seen editions that lead with headlines like “Spring arrives!” (with the sleeper-hit subheadline: “Most residents welcome the new season”) and “Wanna iguana?”

(A ‘Parks and Recreation’ guide to the local media universe)

"Although I had kind of become numb to what I was writing about, I was still aware that other people..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:43:00 +0200

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Although I had kind of become numb to what I was writing about, I was still aware that other people would be at least a little shocked. Abortion. Gangbang. Orgy. These are words that get people’s attention. They practically beg for judgment. But after writing and rewriting the story of my first gangbang, it all started to seem normal. To me, at least. It was just something I used to do a couple years ago.

I am really good at lying when I’m prepared for it. I can’t lie on the spot, though. Even when it would be a really good idea to lie. Like when cab drivers ask me really personal questions just as they’re dropping me off in front of my building.

“So do you live alone?” Clearly I should say no. I live with my boyfriend who was in jail for killing a cab driver. But I tell the truth. “Yeah.” Then I get out of the cab and climb the stairs to the building they now know that I live in alone.

I had not been prepared for anyone to ask me what I was writing, so when it happened, I couldn’t lie. I could spin the answer differently, depending on my mood and who was asking, but I always told the truth.

”

- Isabella Martin, “How People React When You Tell Them Your Memoir Is About Getting Into Gang Bangs As A Female Swinger”

I find myself the most entertaining when I try to persuade other...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:40:54 +0200

I find myself the most entertaining when I try to persuade other people I have a LEGITIMATE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT DAMMIT.

Also, that moment you come crashing down from whatever FUCK YEAH creative wave you were riding.

As far as I understand, most of my female peers identify with...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:32:27 +0200

As far as I understand, most of my female peers identify with Leslie Knope, which is FINE; and a choice few are perfect April Ludgates, also FINE, but I’ve come to realize my work / life / anxiety / feelings / ethics / everything is an Ann Perkins original.

Parks and Recreation + TV Tropes | That Came Out Wrong“A...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:14 +0200

Parks and Recreation + TV Tropes | That Came Out Wrong
“A character says something innocuous, but can easily be misconstrued as something really dirty.”

I CONCUR.

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:18:28 +0200

she5los:

Being a feminist is kind of like being Bruce Banner.

“My secret is… I’m always sick of this bullshit.”

“Luke pulls off the ultimate teen dream of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:00 +0200

“Luke pulls off the ultimate teen dream of self-transformation: he remakes his identity easily and totally, whenever it suits his needs. In the early days of the series, Luke could not make it through a school day without hitting someone; by the time he decamps for Portland, friendly Gay Dad in tow, he practically presses his palms together and murmurs “namaste” at every goodbye. Everything in the world happens to Luke. Nothing does not happen to him. He contains multitudes.”

Jia Tolentino and Mallory Ortberg, What Made “The O.C.” Great, Bitch

"Diceva giustamente un mio amico che questi non ce l’hanno con il ‘68. Ce l’hanno..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:24:15 +0200

“Diceva giustamente un mio amico che questi non ce l’hanno con il ‘68.
Ce l’hanno con l’ ‘89, inteso come 1789.”

- Comunicazioni ricevute a proposito di La marcia della morte e dei suoi partecipanti.

“Nonostante teoricamente sia una marcia “per la vita”, i...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:52:17 +0200

“Nonostante teoricamente sia una marcia “per la vita”, i cartelloni trasudano morte a ogni parola. Alcuni esempi: “L’aborto è violenza / l’aborto è omicidio”; “Aborto: già un miliardo di vittime”; “Aborto = abominio”; “194, già 5 milioni di morti”; “Eluana Englaro voleva e doveva vivere”; e così via.

Inizialmente, la sfilata sui Fori Imperiali si svolge in un clima abbastanza surreale. La maggior parte della strada, infatti, è occupata dai campi da pallavolo allestiti per la festa del Minivolley ed è intasata da turisti, famiglie e ragazzini. I manifestanti pro-life intonano slogan e sventolano foto raccapriccianti di feti abortiti al quinto mese; turisti e genitori guardano esterrefatti; i bambini rimangono imbambolati, senza capire bene cosa stia succedendo. Alla testa del corteo, oltre alla croce con i feti di plastica, svetta un cartellone che recita: “Molti ospedali sono campi di sterminio”. Raggiungo l’uomo che lo sta tenendo in mano per fargli qualche domanda, ma lui agita il rosario che stringe nella mano destra per scacciarmi via e non risponde.”

Leonardo Bianchi, “La marcia della morte”.

Fun with Italy: 2012 teen thriller House at the End of the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:33:00 +0200

Fun with Italy: 2012 teen thriller House at the End of the Street will actually get a full theatrical release as “HATES”, which was its much-maligned, yet official Twitter hashtag back when it escaped to U.S. cinemas.

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Some days, being Italian = so many lulz you can’t really hate on your heritage.

Photo

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:20:14 +0200

Also, this would be a nice time to learn a bit about you 55.012...

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:36:00 +0200

Also, this would be a nice time to learn a bit about you 55.012 people, and I’m assuming a part of you are not spambot zombie revenant accounts.

So, tell us something.

I should probably get back up on this Tumblr horse right here,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:33:45 +0200

I should probably get back up on this Tumblr horse right here, since the thing on the right says I have 55.012 followers and whatnot.

Also, syntax.