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tumblropenarts: http://rusrainbow.tumblr.com/ title: Saint...

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:30:06 -0500

http://rusrainbow.tumblr.com/

title: Saint from Milan

echidna-boy: echidna-boy: So you know how there’s that post...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:45:46 -0500

echidna-boy:

So you know how there’s that post saying how people should invent birth control for men? (Take bullets out of a gun, not put on a bullet proof best) Well here it is. If some of you had actually researched it for like, 5mins, you would’ve actually found it.

Here’s the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/04/03/male-birth-control-reversible_n_1400708.html

To put it simply, the whole procedure takes about 15mins and lasts 10 years with a 100% success rate.

After an anesthetic, there’s an injection of some sperm-killing gel (Vasal Gel) into the male vas deferens. If the guy wants it reversed, he can get another shot which does that.

So, spread the word or something, but here it is.

How this post hasn’t gone viral by now is fucking beyond me.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 23:42:43 -0500

"We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s."

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:29:26 -0500

“We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s.”

- Kifah Shah (via avocadoghost)

kateoplis: Desiree Dolron

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:28:48 -0500

kateoplis:

Desiree Dolron

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Wed, 08 May 2013 19:41:32 -0500

"We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:39:53 -0500

“We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean, because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram. Technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure and we’re helping destroy it every time we Google, check-in, and hashtag.”

- Jeremy Glass, We Can’t Get Lost Anymore (via blua)

sociolab: Do you ever think about the fact that the US has created and legitimized a system of...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:07:09 -0500

sociolab:

Do you ever think about the fact that the US has created and legitimized a system of institutionalized inequality by funding schools through property taxes? That basically a child’s education is only as good as the value of the property in their neighborhood. Funny how education is so often viewed as an equalizing factor when there is nothing equal about it.

lati-negros: writeswrongs: cavetocanvas: Gordon Parks, Dr....

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:53:05 -0500

lati-negros:

writeswrongs:

cavetocanvas:

Gordon Parks, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark conducting the Doll Test, Harlem, New York, 1947

In the “doll test,” psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark used four plastic, diaper-clad dolls, identical except for color. They showed the dolls to black children between the ages of three and seven and asked them questions to determine racial perception and preference. Almost all of the children readily identified the race of the dolls. However, when asked which they preferred, the majority selected the white doll and attributed positive characteristics to it. The Clarks also gave the children outline drawings of a boy and girl and asked them to color the figures the same color as themselves. Many of the children with dark complexions colored the figures with a white or yellow crayon. The Clarks concluded that “prejudice, discrimination, and segregation” caused black children to develop a sense of inferiority and self-hatred. This photograph was taken by Gordon Parks for a 1947 issue of Ebony magazine. (via)

You want to know what is exceptionally fucked up?

The same study was replicated in 2008. Dark-skinned children still by far selected the white doll. Repeatedly.

Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Panamanian

"After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:06:02 -0500

“

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.

Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.

I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?

The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.

She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.

She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.

She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.

Not everything is lost.

”

- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via finedineonmyvegangenitalia)

lavagoth: lavagoth: larry king wears suspenders to keep his shoulders from floating away

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:00:41 -0500

lavagoth:

lavagoth:

larry king wears suspenders to keep his shoulders from floating away

mumforddragons: “something about this might take all evening”

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:59:39 -0500

mumforddragons:

“something about this might take all evening”

t-ranquilize: easybreaths: leadersofamessedupgeneration: dysph...

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:56:19 -0500

t-ranquilize:

easybreaths:

leadersofamessedupgeneration:

dysphorism:

gnostic-forest:

beccccssss:

justbreedee:

The moment when you realize a child living in total poverty is more happy than you are. Money truly cannot buy happiness. I am in pursuit of that happiness.

this made my whole day.

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, actually

this is just pure adorableness <3 i am in love with this! omg x

bless this kid, made my day

Message me for a follow, mbf me!!!

This is honestly so cute its just soo adorable like what even!?

I find it impossible to scroll past this, I stare at it for a bit, having a little giggle and an “awww”, and then I can’t help but reblog it because seeing a little boy living in poverty, doesn’t even have pants, and he’s this joyful.. He knows how to make the best of every happy moment; we need to learn how to do that too.

"3 percent of the decision-making in media comes from women. That means 97 percent of how women are..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:50:21 -0500

“3 percent of the decision-making in media comes from women. That means 97 percent of how women are portrayed is decided on by men.”

- Independent Lens, PBS
“Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines” (via ihopeyoucontinue4ever)

It also means that 97 percent of how men are portrayed in media are decided on by men. Something to remind MRAs and their ilk of when they complain about the stereotype of men as inept slobs, bad fathers, etc in media and advertising.

Men have the power. So when we men are shat on by the powers that be you don’t get to try and blame women for that.

(via karethdreams)

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Sat, 04 May 2013 00:01:05 -0500

tastefullyoffensive: “Don’t drive too fast or someone might...

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:56:10 -0500

tastefullyoffensive:

“Don’t drive too fast or someone might think you’re… up to something.”

[via]

malformalady: Purple sands of Pfeiffer Beach, located in Andrew...

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:53:20 -0500

malformalady:

Purple sands of Pfeiffer Beach, located in Andrew Molera State Park, Big Sur, California. Manganese garnet, washed down from the hillside above, gives Pfeiffer Beach its distinctive purple sand.

pragmacattick: laughingsquid: 26th Annual Houston Art Car...

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:33:05 -0500

pragmacattick:

laughingsquid:

26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade & Legendary Art Car Ball in Houston, Texas

This shit kinda neat

"Art is to console those who are broken by life."

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:27:03 -0500

““Art is to console those who are broken by life.””

- Vincent Van Gogh (via conor-broberst)

"If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:26:06 -0500

“If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It’s not.

If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn’t.

If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.

If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add “so the rapist will choose someone else”.

If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is “she didn’t have to go to that bar/nightclub/party” you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.

Or you could just be honest and say that you don’t want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists.”

- A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via brute-reason)