January 2012
56 posts
Some Notes On Rape Culture by Latoya Peterson →
a great explanation of how our culture is a rape culture. i think sometimes people don’t understand what that means because they think, “no, rape is crime!” but we eroticize and normalize coercion and assault in all our media, fiction, advice, reporting.
anyway, great article and i think everyone should read it, though a sexual assault trigger warning should be heeded. there...
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Plot Summary: ”Celeste & Jesse Forever” is about two people who met in high school, married young and are growing apart. Now thirty, they decide to get divorced and attempt to stay best friends while pursuing other relationships. This plan is not as simple as they had imagined.
Celeste—imperious, successful and driven— is convinced that divorcing the boyish Jesse is the...
A Tentacle Porn Anthology to Raise Money to Save... →
Yes, you read that right. Someone is putting out an anthology of tentacle porn (in written form, not comics), and all proceeds will go to benefitOceana, a charity that works to protect the world’s oceans. All of a sudden, hentai seems oddly… noble. The book is called Coming Together, Arm in Arm in Arm.
Editor Nobilis Reed, who’s also the editor of another tentacle erotica...
to a great extent: on the token female bassist... →
jtwigg365:
one of the rights of people in punk is to suck. to be a shitty ass musician but to still have the space to do it and to learn and grow together and to share music and to create shit.
i’m trying to remember this as i muddle through writing my solo songs.
silentpunk: I am watching 'Game of Thrones' →
silentpunk:
Fantasy. Why is fantasy always in a dark-ages European setting? This is what I don’t like about fantasy as a genre, it always goes straight for the ye olde thing but because it’s ‘fantasy’ they don’t have to be historically accurate or anything; it’s sort of camp in a way.
That is also what I…
oops! meant to reblog instead of reply. i’m not arguing with you, i’m...
10 Black Women Teaching Us About Sex →
heythereladybear:
a list of 10 powerful black women sustaining the spirit of Audre Lorde, speaking our fears about sex, and encouraging us to respect our voice and curiosities. If you’ve ever had a question about sex go unanswered, know that these women are passionate about educating, sharing stories, and spreading knowledge.
THE SEX UNEDUCATED: It’s Official - Condoms... →
onecondoms:
Actors in adult movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms in all future adult films to be made. The city’s law was singed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday.
The law will take effect 41 days from it being signed.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation…
i think eroticizing condom use will be really good for everyone, though i do understand that this will probably...
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Don't let politics... →
Why This Is Important
As the FDA prepared to lift the controversial age limit on Plan B and make it accessible on drug store shelves for all ages around the country, Secretary Sebelius overruled her own experts! According to a source, the secretary of HHS has never done this before and although she has the authority, this is unprecedented.
Secretary Sebelius’ reasoning is that Teva...
Pharmacies Respond Inaccurately to Teens Seeking... →
this is disgusting.
via scarleteen
But of the pharmacies who said they had emergency contraception available that day, 19 percent said the 17-year-old caller could not buy the emergency contraception under any circumstances. The pharmacies who responded this way usually hung up the phone quickly.
“We were really surprised that so many pharmacies actually ended the conversation at...
silentpunk: cruxofthebiscuit: silentpunk:... →
silentpunk:
cruxofthebiscuit:
silentpunk:
#whyamIwatchingNewGirl?
#becauseyouhateyourself?
are you surviving it? saw one of the episodes last night. HOW DO THEY EXIST.
Arg I know, I just have to be able to know what I’m talking about if there’s to be a slagging off session.
Early…
i actually enjoy this show. it’s the kind of everyday bizarre that i like. like my social...
