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"In principle, we have a variety of important rights under the law. But we also know just how much..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:40:00 -0700

“In principle, we have a variety of important rights under the law. But we also know just how much these mean, in practice, to people who are unable to purchase them. We have the right of free expression, though some can shout louder than others, by reason of power, wealth, and privilege. We can defend our legal rights through the courts—insofar as we understand these rights and can aford the costs. All of this is obvious and hardly worth extended comment. In a perfectly functioning capitalist democracy, with no illegitimate abuse of power, freedom will be in efect a kind of commodity; effectively, a person will have as much of it as he can buy.”

- Noam Chomsky

Can safely say that 100% of the conversations I’ve had about patriarchy in movie theater...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:03:00 -0700

Can safely say that 100% of the conversations I’ve had about patriarchy in movie theater men’s rooms have been with @radicalbytes
— Luke Smith (@semantric) May 12, 2013

"Hauntings are memes, especially pernicious thought contagions, social contagions that need no viral..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:44:00 -0700

“Hauntings are memes, especially pernicious thought contagions, social contagions that need no viral or bacterial host and are transmitted in a thousand different ways.”

- Form The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Doctor Who Cares? - A spinoff in which all is right with the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:07:34 -0700

Doctor Who Cares? - A spinoff in which all is right with the ladies’ storylines and they take custody of the TARDIS every weekend to explore the universe together

femfreq: “Don’t talk down to me Batman! You have no idea what I...

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:45:23 -0700

femfreq:

“Don’t talk down to me Batman! You have no idea what I can or can’t do!”
- Batgirl, Secret Origins #20 (1987)

Yes, this is a photo of my friends and I back in college (circa...

Sun, 05 May 2013 21:26:43 -0700

Yes, this is a photo of my friends and I back in college (circa 2001) playing the orignal Halo projected onto the ceiling!

arcaneimages: Card want.

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:30:00 -0700

arcaneimages:

Card

want.

jewelryforthesoul: WHERE IS THIS CAN I GO THERE?!?!?!?!?

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:59:15 -0700

jewelryforthesoul:

WHERE IS THIS CAN I GO THERE?!?!?!?!?

bombsfall: A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:05:56 -0700

bombsfall:

A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of self-pity, entitlement, rape, territoriality, misogyny and fear of women. You see it all over the place online in the form of Men’s Rights Activists (of whom there are a few reasonable non-misogynists), Men Going Their Own Way, Pick Up Artists, and dudes touting the “Red Pill”, because The Matrix is a good movie. Look any of these up if you have the stomach for it. These are extreme examples, but watered-down forms of these ideas are everywhere.

In lurking their blogs and youtube channels for a while, I’ve noticed that beyond the standard patriarchal chauvinism there is this deep fear of women - what they will do to me, how they will reject me, how they will use me, how they are changing society in a way that does not favor me, how they are making men into something I don’t like, how they are making themselves into something I don’t like, that they won’t give me what I want, and that they won’t give me what I think is rightfully mine. This goes beyond fear of feminism- this is fear of women at its purest. And that, to quote a puppet, leads to anger and hate. It’s sad.

I am a feminist. I think there’s enough ice cream to go around, but it does mean those of us with 3 scoops might have to give one or two up. Also, The Matrix is a fun movie but probably not anything you should be basing a philosophy on.

heresluck: Also known as: the best scene of the episode in...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:27:38 -0700

heresluck:

Also known as: the best scene of the episode in which the show takes off into the stratosphere of awesome where it spends most of the rest of its run.

abluegirl: Living Wall These vegetated surfaces don’t just...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:26:19 -0700

abluegirl:

Living Wall

These vegetated surfaces don’t just look pretty. They have other benefits as well, including cooling city blocks, reducing loud noises, and improving a building’s energy efficiency.What’s more, a recent modeling study shows that green walls can potentially reduce large amounts of air pollution in what’s called a “street canyon,” or the corridor between tall buildings.

For the study, Thomas Pugh, a biogeochemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and his colleagues created a computer model of a green wall with generic vegetation in a Western European city. Then they recorded chemical reactions based on a variety of factors, such as wind speed and building placement.

The simulation revealed a clear pattern: A green wall in a street canyon trapped or absorbed large amounts of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter—both pollutants harmful to people, said Pugh. Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.

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"Online discussion of sexism or misogyny quickly results in disproportionate displays of sexism and..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:53:27 -0700

“Online discussion of sexism or misogyny quickly results in disproportionate displays of sexism and misogyny.”

- Anita’s Irony is an Internet Law stated by Joseph Reagle (via femfreq)

"It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:57:06 -0700

“It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.”

- Noam Chomsky - The Common Good

theclearlydope: Happy 25th birthday gif. I love you.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:47:43 -0700

theclearlydope:

Happy 25th birthday gif. I love you.

rogervonbiersborn: never forget this fictional event i just...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:47:17 -0700

rogervonbiersborn:

never forget this fictional event i just made up!

lacigreen: perfection

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:46:28 -0700

lacigreen:

perfection

slimsea: #whitagram #cloudatlas Sonmi-451

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:45:30 -0700

slimsea:

#whitagram #cloudatlas Sonmi-451

annetdonahue: The importance of consent: a narrative.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:04:43 -0700

annetdonahue:

The importance of consent: a narrative.

viα xmariax91: Paul Mutant

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:30:34 -0700

viα xmariax91: Paul Mutant

agreatphilosopheroncesaidtome: kaajoo: World’s Most Beautiful...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:27:13 -0700

agreatphilosopheroncesaidtome:

kaajoo:

World’s Most Beautiful Abandoned Places

Italian product manager and web designer Francesco Mugnai recently added a collection of images to his blog touting some of the most beautiful images of abandoned spots and modern ruins that he’d ever seen. The images Mugnai has captured come from empty castles, shuttered power plants, and dilapidated churches around the world. From a sunken yacht in Antarctica to a forever-closed amusement park in Japan, these images all make up a sort of anti-phoenix; rather than rising as new from the ashes, these husks remain preserved in decomposition, forcing viewers to confront the strange beauty of ruination.

This decomposition is mind-boggling… better write down some music.