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Thu, 23 May 2013 20:49:12 -0500

The Sexual Objectification Checklist

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:28 -0500

isaywesay:

1. Does the image show only part(s) of a sexualized person’s body?

BMW

2. Does the image present a sexualized person as a stand-in for an object?

Four Loko

3. Does the image show sexualized persons as interchangeable?

Mercedes Benz

4. Does the image affirm the idea of violating the bodily integrity of a sexualized person who can’t consent?

Duncan Quinn

5. Does the image suggest that sexual availability is the defining characteristic of the person?

American Apparel

6. Does the image show a sexualized person as a commodity that can be bought and sold?

Red Tape Shoes

Not sure if I’ve reblogged this before but it’s worth it if I have because so many people get this wrong.

By the end of that, I read “Red Tape Shoes” as “Red Rape”..

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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:28 -0500

israelfacts: A Palestinian family cry after their home was...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:39 -0500

israelfacts:

A Palestinian family cry after their home was demolished by Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina on February 5, 2013. Although East Jerusalem belongs to Palestinians, they have to obtain building permits from Israel — an almost impossible task — as Israel continues its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in its goal to ‘Judaize’ Jerusalem.

Israeli authorities claim that the building was constructed without proper permits and that its structure was not sound. The 33-member family says it was waiting to receive permits.

Palestinians also struggle to meet the required conditions to apply for a permit. For example, the cost of obtaining permits can be as much as the cost of construction of the actual building.

Not only do they rarely issue permits to Palestinians to build on their own land, Israel continues building settlements on said land. Approximately 192,000 and 330,000 Jewish settlers live illegally in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Palestine. The Jewish-only settlements in which they live are illegal under international law. Furthermore, the Israeli government assists Israeli settlers in taking over Palestinian homes.

Israel refuses to halt settlement construction as a precondition to resume peace talks.

Photographs: Ammar Awad (Reuters) / Bernat Armangue (AP)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:48 -0500

lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers around the world had a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:37 -0500

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:33 -0500

bigbossu: So i was like “wow great PPG cosplays” Then I saw it

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:33 -0500

bigbossu:

So i was like “wow great PPG cosplays”

Then I saw it

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Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:48 -0500

damseling: bitwiseoperator: damseling: bitwiseoperator: losin...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:09:32 -0500

damseling:

bitwiseoperator:

damseling:

bitwiseoperator:

losing-daylight:

littleghostpug:

TW RAPE AND RACISM

monetizeyourcat:

kafkarockopera:

intrenetdad:

damseling:

yunglettucelord:

damseling:

TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE

The asshole holding the sign that says You Deserve Rape is Dean Saxton, he attends the University of Arizona and goes by the name of “Brother Dean Samuel” That’s also him with the racist ass “Ghettopoly”

Per the comment on Buzzfeed

“I can’t wait till he graduates college and a future employer finds all this crap. No one’s going to want to take on this sexual harassment/racist liability. I say we KEEP publishing this stuff, KEEP his name out there, and ensure he dies in a gutter with only his disgusting sign to keep him warm.”

What better place to put it than tumblr?

Please reblog

Maybe we can make this the new “Mitt Romney sucks pass it on”

I don’t know how i feel about this, obviously rape is horrible and can ruin people’s lives and racism is no good, but do these people really deserve to have their lives ruined because of what they said/pictures? Somebody should just beat them up ruthlessly or something.

YES, THEY DO DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR LIVES RUINED BUT YR THE ONE WHO DESERVES TO BE BEAT UP RUTHLESSLY BRO

dean saxton is a rape apologist and a racist

Dean Saxton racist

Dean Saxton is a racist and a rape apologist and a piece of shit and also he looks like a fucking tool in those sunglasses and who told him he could wear his hair like that

Why I hate tumblr sometimes:

Though it is a big medium for change and seeing a huge side of other problems, IT IS JUST AS BIASED AS EVERY OTHER WEBSITE, CORPORATION OR PERSON IN THE WORLD.

Does this man seem like a shitty person from these two pictures? Hell fucking yes, but do you actually know this man? No. By judging this person by one or two qualities is just as terrible, mindless, and hateful as judging a person for being gay or for liking Dr. Who or for being a drug addict or whatever.

Yes, racism is awful. Yes, thinking people deserve rape is terrible but having these views doesn’t mean a person is going to go commit rape or commit a hate crime or do something awful. This person hasn’t done anything but shared his views, and, hell fucking no I don’t agree with them but it doesn’t make them a criminal or a rapist.

Open your eyes and don’t blindly hate or you’re just as terrible as the Westboro Baptist church. We should be aware of these people and acknowledge that they are there but it doesn’t mean that people with ideologies like him can’t change.

FALSE EQUIVALENCY

People hate WBC because they’re assholes

People hate this guy because he’s an asshole

WBC hates because WBC is evil

Hating this guy for being an asshole is not evil, it’s a consequence of free speech

DO I CARE? I’ve been raped. Are you gonna tell me that hating a rapist makes me just as bad as him? Fuck you, idiot

Nope, just gonna say that you clearly don’t know how to use tumblr

Or maybe read, I dunno

Guess I should check my literacy privilege

lmao oh my god you classist, ableist piece of shit

keep yr inferiority complex and desperation to assert imagined superiority bc YR SO DEEP AND FORGIVING except actually a privileged, willfully ignorant douche. U sound ugly and poor.

He just deserves someone dumping vodka all over him then throwing their cigarette on him, in front of the village

Yeah, I think I’m quite justified when I say I hate this guy like I hate WBC. Have you seen the videos of him? There’s a petition out against him.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:28 -0500

stickyfruit: i’ll keep you safe, princess

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:23:49 -0500

stickyfruit:

i’ll keep you safe, princess

untitled by elea te dice hola on Flickr.

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:19:37 -0500

untitled by elea te dice hola on Flickr.

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