erineliza;

From birth we’re taught that we’re owed a beautiful girl. We all think of ourselves as the hero of our own story, and we all (whether we admit it or not) think we’re heroes for just getting through our day.

So it’s very frustrating, and I mean frustrating to the point of violence, when we don’t get what we’re owed. A contract has been broken. These women, by exercising their own choices, are denying it to us. It’s why every Nice Guy is shocked to find that buying gifts for a girl and doing her favors won’t win him sex. It’s why we go to “slut” and “whore” as our default insults — we’re not mad that women enjoy sex. We’re mad that women are distributing to other people the sex that they owed us.

Yes, the women in these stories are being portrayed as wonderful and beautiful and perfect. But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.

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—	David Wong, 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women (via chirart)

STFU, Conservatives: Social Security Is Not Going Broke »

liberalsarecool:

“Which federal program took in more than it spent last year, added $95 billion to its surplus and lifted 20 million Americans of all ages out of poverty?” finance columnist David Cay Johnston asks.

The answer? Social Security, which ended 2011 with a $2.7 trillion…

beautyfoster:

Beauty Foster & Steve Azzara

www.modelmayhem.com/747596

Orange Bloom

thebeautifulocean:

What a pretty painting.

I may never boat again.

ahiltz:

My absolute favorite scene from the L word.

gaywrites:

To support the movement for marriage equality in the U.K., Ben & Jerry’s is changing the name of its apple pie ice cream to Apple-y Ever After, with a design featuring a wedding cake topped with two grooms. More.

D’aw.

mikejrtaylor:

OMG love this sign! x

Bammm.

kateordie:

AND HE RECYCLES

Watch out, racist pop culture fans.

Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal »

transawareness:

The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.

Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.

Sign It.