Facebook (1)

"You may have learned by now that Sociology majors don’t make the best movie dates, and odds are we..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:00:28 +0100

“

You may have learned by now that Sociology majors don’t make the best movie dates, and odds are we Soc majors have probably annoyed our friends on more than one occasion. Those of us trained to think sociologically simply can’t accept anything at face-value, even when we desperately want to. Furthermore, we possess the annoying habit of explaining this fact to others.

You begin to notice times when your family laughs at a commercial while you’re debating the effects of its use of gay stereotypes. Your friends might be moved to tears during a heart-warming drama, but you’re busy identifying the replication of racial power dynamics. And when you get roped into playing dolls with your little cousin, you interrogate a five-year-old about why boy dolls can’t cook dinner, too.

Even if we spoil a friend’s favorite Disney movie, those things aren’t necessarily all bad – and thinking in a sociological style is important. No matter the field you ultimately end up in, there is tremendous value in questioning a presented “fact,” in understanding different viewpoints, and in recognizing the social assumptions existing within the seemingly mundane. Learning sociology shouldn’t be about memorizing solutions to social woes, but examining the world from a lens that aggregates each piece of the puzzle, and seeing the big picture when most do not.

So remain critical of the world around you. The beauty of the sociologically-enthused is that we aren’t know-it-alls with every answer, but we do know, before we accept anything, what questions should be asked.”

”

- Is sociology ruining your fun? » The Editors’ Desk (via cuntlovin)

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:04 +0100

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:32:16 +0100

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:03:47 +0100

Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:00 +0100

Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets:

A transgender woman has claimed she was threatened with being banned from a shopping centre, after someone complained about her using the ladies’ toilets.

Fucking disgraceful!

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:46 +0100

fuckyeahwomenprotesting2: feminishblog: opinionatedlez: Here...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:06 +0100

fuckyeahwomenprotesting2:

feminishblog:

opinionatedlez:

Here are some awesome and empowering quotes from several very strong female celebrities.

Fabulous, but Roseanne Barr is a really big transphobe, so I wish she wasn’t on this list. We aren’t even talking unknowing ignorance, but flat-out hate and discrimination that she’s well-aware of. She does a lot of that “real women” talk.

Kirsten Stewarts and Kerry Washingtons are my favorite. I could also do without Roseanne barr. She was really disappointing.

"[TW: rape] The motto of Guyland is “Bros Before Hos.” One remains steadfastly loyal to your guy..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:20:46 +0100

“[TW: rape]
The motto of Guyland is “Bros Before Hos.” One remains steadfastly loyal to your guy friends, your bros, and one never even considers siding with women, the hos, against a brother. It is the guys to whom your primary allegiance must always be offered, and for many that may even extend to abetting a crime. Anything less is a betrayal of Guyland.

No one is immune to the culture of silence. Every single kid is culpable. If you still don’t think this has anything to do with you, ask yourself what you would have done. If you think this has nothing to do with your son, ask him what he would do if he heard about such a thing. Then ask him when was the last time he actually did hear about such a thing.

The culture of silence is the culture of complicity. The bystanders may think that they withdraw their support—by turning away, leaving the scene, or just standing stoically by—but their silence reinforces the behaviors anyway. It’s as strong an unwritten code as the police department’s famed “blue wall of silence,” or the Mafia’s infamous rule of “omerta,” or the secret rituals of the Masons. Breaking the silence is treason, worse, perhaps, than the activities themselves.

The relationship between perpetrators and bystanders is crucial in Guyland. Peer loyalty shields the perpetrators, and helps us explain the question of numbers. Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of guys do not sexually assault their teammates, gang rape college women at fraternity parties, or indulge in acts of unspeakable cruelty, they also do nothing to stop it.

Most bystanders are relatively decent guys. But they are anything but “innocent.” The bystander comforts himself with the illusion “this isn’t about me. I’ve never bullied anyone.” This is similar to the reaction of white people when confronted with discussions of racism or sexism on campus. “It’s not about me! My family didn’t own slaves.” Or “I never raped anyone. These discussions about sexual violence are not about me.”

It is about them. The perpetrators could not do what they do without the amoral avoidance and silence of the bystanders. In a way, the violence is done for them—and so it is most definitely about them.”

- Michael Kimmel, Guyland

the idea that the bystanders are “relatively decent guys” though? no

(via wretchedoftheearth)

redefiningbodyimage: Self love photo shoots are necessary.

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:07:17 +0100

redefiningbodyimage:

Self love photo shoots are necessary.

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:16 +0100

"Your lips are like wine, and I want to get drunk."

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:10:48 +0100

“Your lips are like wine, and I want to get drunk.”

- William Shakespeare (via fckyeahundergroundhiphop)

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:42:44 +0100

coachela: hahaah

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:14:17 +0100

coachela:

hahaah

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:46:14 +0100

patatosaure: nevermindbleachinutero: “When Kurt Cobain was...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:17:46 +0100

patatosaure:

nevermindbleachinutero:

“When Kurt Cobain was alive he was known as the mysterious, quiet rocker. When he died he was known as a depressed drug addict. Kurt Cobain didn’t use drugs because the drugs used him. I don’t think anyone who knew him personally saw him the way the media portrayed him. Did the media ever mention that after a show was over he would sit in the tour bus and write back fan mail? He would try to answer at least thirty letters a night. In 1993, the media never reported the story of Kurt Cobain visiting a fan who wrote him [Kurt Cobain] a letter and asked him to come see her before she died of Cancer. They [the media] never forgot to remind everyone that he had demons though. Don’t listen to what you might have heard from the media. Kurt Cobain loved every single fan he had. He just couldn’t deal with being put on a pedestal that he was constantly afraid of falling off of.”

-Danny Goldberg

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:49:44 +0100

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:21:15 +0100

paraisse: Barbra Streisand, telling you how it is.

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:53:14 +0100

paraisse:

Barbra Streisand, telling you how it is.

books0977: Young Dolly Parton sitting with a guitar writing a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:25:13 +0100

books0977:

Young Dolly Parton sitting with a guitar writing a song. 1960s.

Parton wrote every day, and had more than a 100 songs at her disposal. A multi-instrumentalist, Parton was more than equipped to accompany herself. She wrote the traditional country songs about cheating, but there was also the feminist anthem “Just Because I’m a Woman,” which proclaimed “My mistakes are no worse than yours, just because I’m a woman.”

sixtyforty: This is by far one of my favorite things about John...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:56:45 +0100

sixtyforty:

This is by far one of my favorite things about John Waters’ films starring Divine. These scenes with someone who is so Violently Visibly Queer simply walking down the street and people are so fucking terrified/confused that they just don’t even know what to do. These scenes actually make me want to be out in public, and that is saying a lot for someone with an anxiety disorder and unhealthy isolationist tendencies who has had the shit beaten out of them and physically and verbally harassed so many times just for existing visibly as they perceive themselves. And I still want that fucking dress from Female Trouble.