Jeremy Paxman wrote a nice bit about England :)
I inhaled the toothpaste off my toothbrush. That shit hurts.
"Under the current ‘tyranny of slenderness’ women are forbidden to become large or massive; they must take up as little space as possible. The very contours of a woman’s body takes on as she matures - the fuller breasts and rounded hips - have become distateful. The body by which a woman feels herself judged and which by rigorous discipline she must try to assume is the body of early adolescence, slight and unformed, a body lacking flesh or substance, a body in whose very contours the image of immaturity has been inscribed. The requirement that a woman maintain a smooth and hairless skin carries further the theme of inexperience, for an infantilized face must accompany her infantilized body, a face that never ages or furrows its brow in thought. The face of the ideally feminine woman must never display the marks of character, wisdom, and experience that we so admire in men."
Sandra Lee Bartky, Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power (via sociophilia)
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Why aren’t more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?
You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?
It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift
holy shit!
WAIT THIS IS AMAZING
damn, look at all the terrible things socialists are doing to venezuelans
(via chat-puant)
Alias: Lenore: How to be Alone
1.
Forget about his hands.
Yes, they are beautiful.
Yes, they are large and strong
and full of callus.Yes, they made mincemeat
out of you.2.
Put your bitterness away.
You have carried it around so long
your eyes have turned to brine.3.
When he tries to welcome himself
into…
Wearing a dress and being pretty for once.
A newborn baby gorilla at Melbourne Zoo gets a checkup at the hospital and shows surprise at the coldness of the stethoscope
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These Icebergs have been found in West Iceland where some of the Icebergs have changed color due to the sun.
(via earthflesh)
I don’t want to woooorrkk it’s too early for baby bear!
