February 2012
51 posts
Call for video clips
theloudhandsproject:
Call for video clips
The Loud Hands Project, an initiative of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, is planning a video which looks at the impact of passing and the demand to pass on Autistics who can or are forced to attempt to mask their autistic traits. We are also interested in exploring the impact on autistic people of being told that they don’t “deserve” to qualify...
bananapeppers:
theskinofourteeth:
“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us in body hatred. Homophobia is all about defining queer bodies as wrong, perverse, immoral. Transphobia, about defining trans bodies as unnatural, monstrous, or the product of delusion. Ableism, about defining disabled bodies as broken and tragic. Class warfare, about defining...
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Exclusive Interview with Michael Charney author of...
colbertnewshub:
Hailing from California, and now residing in New Hampshire (by way of New Jersey), Michael Charney is the award winning author of more than two dozen short stories, essays and technical articles covering a wide range of topics, including fiction, science fiction, technology, education and knowledge management, with such works as ”Punks on the Admiral”, “Moths”, “Self -...
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How to make a phone call, in 70 easy steps. →
youneedacat:
This was back when I had the equipment to actually try and use a phone. I was reminded of it by codeman38’s post here
Things I wish they had told me:
People will lie to you.
They will even lie to you about lying to you.
(It’s not your fault.)
Headline I saw today:
How To Single-Handedly Rub Out Stress
Ok then.
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“Perhaps put more simply: unless you are in the habit of growing and harvesting...”
– Anne Corwin in response to some wanker.
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cool-schmool-deactivated2012032 asked: yeah, I also hate (and am weirded out by) the emphasis on 'bodies' (hate cos it's misdirection, weirded out cos it seems to have sprung out of nowhere for no good reason)
“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us...”
– Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via thenewwomensmovement)
Am I the only person in the entire world who hates the emphasis on bodies?
Maybe it’s because I’m so divorced from mine. Maybe it’s because I’m a dropout. But these things aren’t about bodies....
you know what
andromedalogic:
there’s something incredibly brave about Mary Sue self-insert characters and I fucking commend anyone who writes them because I am unable to do that
hats off, teenage fangirls writing mediocre fic
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jackisdoctortom asked: Questiony question numbers: 9, 18, 25, 31 if I can ask more than one :-). If only one thennnnnn 25? Or your pick? :-D
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40 weirdly intriguing questions...
1. What’s a question you’re afraid to ask? To whom?
2. What’s something you hide about your personality?
3. What’s something other people think about you that you don’t agree with?
4. How do you deal with criticism?
5. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
6. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?
7. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?
8. Describe your favourite texture.
9. Which national or global tragedy were you closest to and how did it affect you?
10. Post a photo/draw a picture/write a poem (pick one) of a moment of personal significance.
11. Which fictional character would you most like to have lunch with and why?
12. Who would you say is your “anti” role model? Someone who serves as a warning rather than an inspiration?
13. What’s your least “politically correct” opinion?
14. What kind of underwear do you imagine Sherlock Holmes wears?
15. What’s one of the most difficult things you’ve ever had to do?
16. If you were an element on the Periodic Table, which would you be and why?
17. What’s the most infuriating thing your parents (or caregiver) do?
18. Which Disney Princess do you most identify with and why? Which is your favourite and why? And yes- ANYONE can answer this question.
19. You’re an Action Movie Hero. What’s your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy?
20. What’s the silliest fan theory you’ve ever come up with?
21. What did you think about before you fell asleep last night?
22. What’s the oddest term of endearment you’ve ever used or that someone’s used for you?
23. What motivates you in life?
24. What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? What’s the story behind that?
25. How do you think you will fare when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives?
26. Which mythological creature are you most like? Why? And if you could be any mythological creature, which would you want to be? Why?
27. Write a brief story about an actual adventure you’ve had.
28. Describe one of the most awkward experiences of your life.
29. What’s something that scares you about the future?
30. List 5 quirky things about yourself.
31. Describe your dream library.
32. What’s the weirdest item you’ve ever mourned?
33. If you could design an amusement park ride, what would it be like?
34. Do you have any “rules” about food?
35. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?
36. What’s something you want to do that you’d be embarrassed to tell other people about?
37. Describe a time/event in your life that you’re nostalgic for.
38. How do you approach social situations?
39. What is your ideal bed? Why?
40. Post a short excerpt of your life.
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this is an anti-endorsement
andromedalogic:
ppl of teh internetz
u do not have OCD if u liek 2 organize ur pens by color
it is not sum kewt little marshmallow chick that u can pick up at teh grocery store
in fact if u are shopping 4 a mental disorder i do not recommend it
do not believe teh lies or teh false advertizing
it does NOT NECESSARILY make u moar organized or cleaner or moar likely 2 do things right. in...
Prop 8, next steps
lettersfromtitan:
There will be an appeal, possibly to the 9th circuit for a en banc hearing. The 9th circuit can accept or reject this request.
Then if the 9th circuit rejects this request and/or the appeal is not made, the matter can then be appealed to the Supreme Court, which may or may not take the case.
If the Supreme Court takes the case, even a ruling that finds Prop 8...
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WGYB Project is Now on Tumblr!
cypheroftyr:
cypheroftyr:
We Got Your Back Project is now on Tumblr!
http://wgybproject.tumblr.com/
I made a Tumblr for WGYB project. The most recent articles are mirrored there. Submission guidelines are there as well.
Please signal boost?
Grazie
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FOUND IT!
FOUND IT I FOUND IT I FOUND IT!
The 10th Kingdom.
(There is, technically, a D in that name.)
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theanimalawake asked: Neither of them have a D in the titles but, is is possible that the TV show you're looking for is Being Human or Sanctuary? From what I've read about them before, they seem the likeliest, I think.
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iforgottoturnyouon reblogged your post: Ok fellow nerds, help me out
Do you mean Werewolf? Aired…late 80’s, I think?
No. :(((((
It’s some epic sci-fi thing, or something, and there is a werewolf who reads self-help books. What is it called, internet?
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Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional →
Breaking: NYPD fatally shoots 18 year old in the...
occupyallstreets:
occupyallstreets:
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said the shooting happened following a struggle with the suspect. He said an officer from the Special Narcotics Unit fired one time, striking 18-year-old Rahmarley Graham in the chest.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon in the bathroom of the apartment house where Graham lived with his mother and...
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Ok fellow nerds, help me out
I am trying to remember the name of a defunct TV series I’ve been told I should watch. All I can remember is that there is possibly a D in the name, and also a werewolf who reads self-help books.
What is it called?
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What's at stake in Prop 8 ruling →
lettersfromtitan:
And what’s likely to happen next depending on the decision and how broadly it’s indicated to apply.
This is very useful reading before stuff comes out. Because this is not just a “yes or no” thing — there’s a lot of details that could decide the entire future of the marriage equality fight in the US.
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Bitch Magazine wants you to know that LGBT+ kids... →
Hopefully every time you walk right into a boundary, whether linguistic, economic, or cultural, the pain of that impact will rouse you a little more until you wake up to a radical political consciousness. But this doesn’t happen for everyone, no matter how queer they may really feel. And for some who surmount the many barriers to even coming out, something still might have to give. When it does,...
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the reason why most racists and appropriators...
neetainari:
(this post is a follow-up to the “you don’t know me” clause)
I think it is because they automatically assume the individualist point of view. They assume it is about them as individuals, they think it is the caller’s individual problem and cannot entertain the thought that cultural appropriation and its hurtfulness are actually MUCH BIGGER than any individual on any side of...
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what I have tried to learn
andromedalogic:
What I have been trying to teach myself, with only partial success, is that being functional will in all likelihood mean not seeming functional. It’s a peculiar and necessary tradeoff— for me, right now.
Being functional means doing things in your own predesignated order, at your own methodical pace. It means, quite often, a five-hour period spent rocking and replaying the same...
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"Education for Leisure," Carol Ann Duffy
bananapeppers:
Today I am going to kill something. Anything. I have had enough of being ignored and today I am going to play God. It is an ordinary day, a sort of grey with boredom stirring in the streets. I squash a fly against the window with my thumb. We did that at school. Shakespeare. It was in another language and now the fly is in another language. I breathe out talent on the glass to...
livelaughawesome:
could you imagine if people complained about how many names existed
as much as they complained about how many pronouns existed?
“YOU MEAN YOUR NAME IS SARA? WITHOUT AN H? OH MY GOD WHY CAN’T YOU JUST BE NORMAL AND USE JILL OR JOHN”
That’s a huge false equivalency though.
:/
Not saying that bitching about pronouns is right (it’s not cool,) but I’m kind of...
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Just know that you don't know: [Gif of Gaga saying... →
cornerof5thandvermouth:
theskinofourteeth:
tide-and-wave:
msamberhazard:
ohgrrrl:
disgustinghuman:
sapphrikah:
abortiaclinique:
No, no trick, not “here we go.” You want to claim to represent us so fucking badly then the least you can do is here us out on your bullshit. Miss wanna-be-the-mascot,…
The awkward moment when Lady Gaga is bi. She’s not “representing” us. She is one...
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Just know that you don't know: [Gif of Gaga saying... →
tide-and-wave:
msamberhazard:
ohgrrrl:
disgustinghuman:
sapphrikah:
abortiaclinique:
No, no trick, not “here we go.” You want to claim to represent us so fucking badly then the least you can do is here us out on your bullshit. Miss wanna-be-the-mascot,…
The awkward moment when Lady Gaga is bi. She’s not “representing” us. She is one of us.
Ooops?
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“If you feel irratation or depression or despair, recognize their presence and...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh, You Are Here (via cayococoairport)
… this seems like a really good thought. I will try this, because my reaction to lingering anxiety or depression popping up is to freak out and hate it, and hate myself for still having mental issues despite my huge improvement on meds. Which is...
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"You don't need this junk. You need a cat.": On... →
youneedacat:
I’ve tried writing this so many ways and fucked up so many times trying to say what I mean, and not say what I don’t mean.
I don’t come to tumblr to improve my writing.
Despite the fluency of my writing, I have a serious, lifelong communication impairment. All kinds of complex and difficult…
First of all: what the fuck kind of person tries to “improve”...
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SO MUCH YES.
teacher: what unit of measurement-
me: in daylights
teacher: thats not-
me: in sunsets
me: in midnights
teacher: you cant-
me: in cups of coffee
teacher: thats impossi-
me: in inches
teacher: yes! thats what i-
me: in miles
teacher: but you just-
me: in laughter
me: in strife
teacher: *opens mouth*-
me: in five hundred-twenty five thousand-six hundred minutes
teacher: well in this case you dont measure in ti-
me: how about looooooooooooooooove
teacher:
teacher:
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Unsettling social forces
youneedacat:
I get really nervous when I see this.
At least two people, or groups of people. Where they always seem to take opposite sides no matter what the issue.
I wish that I had good words for what I sense when I see stuff like this going on. Unfortunately, it’s almost all a weird sort of tactile thing. Or tactile is the closest word I can find. Possibly kinesthetic? More like...
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New goal for tonight:
-wl, c, n, r, mf, d
-Thank you for sharon
-Ari gets four: webinars, video, list of places LHP should go to, kid with the videos
-Handle any comments
-Scheming (ongoing)
I can do the rest tomorrow. If I do these, I can type up the meta or do the story.
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No but why can't I make my productivity go in the...
It’s been a very productive day.
Just not how it needed to be.
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Keeping busy
I kind of think I actually can get all of this done today…
Non-email things for today:
-HSC Foundation grant application
-DD council grant application? Print, write it up to show to David?
-Blogaround recap
-……final blogaround post? fail Julia, fail.
-REGISTER FOR BALTIMORE OH MY GOD YOU NEED TO DO THAT FIRST.
-lol my life does not exist outside of email
-make a...
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“Yes, that’s very confusing for them. If they ask me to do a spell I’ll usually...”
– Daniel Radcliffe, on if children ever assume he can do magic (x)
i lead a danrad appreciation life.
(via kissedmequiteinsane)
He and Darren could seriously be best friends.
(via cesaret)
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We live in a sick fucking world →
canuckjacq:
“Hey, Brittany, I heard your friend Sam shot herself,” one began.
“Did you see her blow her brains out?”
“Did you pull the trigger for her?”
“What did it look like?”
“Was there brain all over the wall?”
“You should do it too. You should go blow your head off.”
Link has triggers for homophobia, suicide, and being a gay kid in rural America.
Before you tell me not to say I was...
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cool-schmool:
In watching The United States of Tara, my primary frustration with Diablo Cody is not her ever-ridiculed ‘quirky dialogue’ but how characters I would otherwise like are portrayed as ableist (with of course no critical commentary from the show’s point of view). Specifically Marshall’s incessant use of “retard” (which makes me want to force him to watch videos of severe psychiatric...