February 2011
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“My wife got a degree in sociology and practically minored in women’s studies,...”
– “The Sixth Slave” (via Alexander Ryking)
Good, some men have finally come forward to put feminism into the proper perspective. We ought to be paying more attention to what Ryking, AZspot, and this guy, a truly insightful commenter, think. We really do go too far by demanding not to be raped, not...
January 2011
7 posts
Anonymous asked: You are hands down the most interesting blogger I follow. Yet, you regularly go many days or weeks without so much of the merest sprinkling of your devestating mind. Do you not know the thirst you cause? Have you no compassion for your followers, that you give them but small morsels of you that are far too quickly devoured? The lack only makes me more ravenous. Sure, there are other tumblrs that I...
another book i could write but won’t because i...
healingsakina:
caramelbaloney:
here
you know, your argument would be really interesting and intelligent if it weren’t so obvious that you are incapable of basic reading comprehension. or maybe you’re just a jerk who is choosing to argue outside of what i really said.
1) i never suggested eating less vegetables. i think probably most people actually do need more vegetables in their diets...
another book i could write but won't because i...
healingsakina:
and i could have sworn that we just had this convo on Tumblr recently too, but somebody missed that memo…
Is this meant to be serious? You posted a video highlighting the plight of migrant farm workers, and your solution is for people to eat less vegetables?
I hope your book would’ve detailed the subsidy structure that promoted a commodity crop surplus, stressed more...
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news flash: complaining that people who say...
healingsakina:
first of all, folks can be educated and still disagree with you.
second, saying that “most vegan meals are just vegetables” as proof that they are cheaper than meat alternatives tells us
you live in a privileged world that is clueless of the cost of vegetables
you do not know what it is like to not have access to fresh vegetables, or to much variety of vegetables.
you clearly...
December 2010
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So this is my attempt to describe a highly simplified carbon cycle, which seems in need of review after some general observations and conversation (though I think pyrrhosrepublic might have had an overly optimistic estimate of interest). Unfortunately, general science education is frequently blown off, maybe because people take these vital life processes for granted. There are more important...
justjasper asked: What is the perfect ice-cream flavour?
nesbittslimesoda asked: I like the takedowns today. That is all.
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November 2010
5 posts
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hotblondecocktail:
Caramel Baloney: catbus: hotblondecocktail: “If you choose to be a vegan- you choose…
catbus:
hotblondecocktail:
“If you choose to be a vegan- you choose what you do and do not eat- you are doing so because you are a rich bitch with enough free mental space to worry about the general wellbeing of fucking cows, probably because mother and father send you money to...
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catbus:
hotblondecocktail:
“If you choose to be a vegan- you choose what you do and do not eat- you are doing so because you are a rich bitch with enough free mental space to worry about the general wellbeing of fucking cows, probably because mother and father send you money to your artist’s commune in Portland, and also they don’t even sell animal products there.”
Better, catbus?
Something...
Anonymous asked: I really want to see a GPOY. Also, are you taken?
therecipe replied to your post: Just saying ‘hey’ to one of my favorite bloggers. How’s life going?
Congrats. What was your focus?
Thanks. Environmental science, specifically creating wetland ecosystems for pollution control.
The past is always the present.
ahungerartist:
Recently, when in the midsts of the endless introspection that I tend to do, I recalled some conversations I used to have with a guy. I never got to know him too well, mostly because he took a shine to my then girlfriend and so I wasn’t too inclined to like him at the time. He had a web site where he put up some of his writing and I tried to find it recently, only to remember when...
October 2010
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jonathan-cunningham asked: I'm not quite sure what you were arguing there is it that we shouldn't watch porn because other people are uneducated? Or porn shouldn't be produced? I'm not trying to mis-characterize, I just think I'm misunderstanding your position.
You say that a woman who fantasizes about rape "is more likely a sub fantasizing about complete domination",...
You say that a woman who fantasizes about rape "is more likely a sub fantasizing about complete domination",...
therecipe asked: Just saying 'hey' to one of my favorite bloggers. How's life going?
The anti-purple sentiment continually spewing forth today has been sickening.
“I’m for equality, thus gay people shouldn’t be singled out.” -Perhaps, but perhaps this is also why a day of support is necessary. Most people probably spend much of their time at school or work discussing school or work. Social acceptance of any type may not make it into many business hour...
September 2010
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jonathan-cunningham:
“So how can I have sympathy for anti-porn feminists? Only because I remember how I felt just a few years ago. I remember that I felt so confused about my own sexuality; I remember how resentful I felt, that sex seemed so easy for men—that the world seemed to facilitate their sex drives so thoroughly, particularly by providing all this porn!
I remember how hurt I felt by...
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ryking:
From this evening’s NBC Nightly News: For the first time women outnumber men in both the workplace (as men have been hit disproportionately hard by lay-offs) and at the nation’s universities as students. The wage gap between men and women is at an all-time low; women now make a record eighty-three cents for every dollar a man makes. White females have seen wages go up 32% in...
Anonymous asked: You are amazing.
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genderbitch:
The View From My Brain: Dear Vegans
caramelbaloney:
genderbitch:
Didn’t I reblog a link recently about a book that debunked a huge chunk of the vegan statistics about water usage and etc and pointed out huge destructive effects of soy production and a few other things?
A lot of vegan stats are pretty heavy bullshit, on the same level as a lot of meat industry’s bullshit...
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The View From My Brain: Dear Vegans →
genderbitch:
Didn’t I reblog a link recently about a book that debunked a huge chunk of the vegan statistics about water usage and etc and pointed out huge destructive effects of soy production and a few other things?
A lot of vegan stats are pretty heavy bullshit, on the same level as a lot of meat industry’s bullshit “facts”
True, soy production is very damaging. But far less soy would...
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The View From My Brain: Dear Vegans →
jemimaaslana:
deepwithfuture:
jemimaaslana:
I understand that you believe being vegan is the right thing to be/do. That’s cool. I support your right to work on the solution you believe is right for whichever issue motivated you, be it environment, animal rights or something else.
BUT I DO NOT FUCKING SUPPORT IT WHEN YOU CALL PEOPLE HYPOCRITES FOR BELIEVING IN ANIMAL RIGHTS AND NOT BEING...
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August 2010
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The Six Main Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty →
jonathan-cunningham:
1.) Innocence on Death Row
2.) The Death Penalty is Racially Discriminatory
3.) Discrimination on the Basis of Poverty
4.) Capital Punishment is NOT a Deterrent to Crime
5.) The Death Penalty is “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
6.) Capital Punishment Costs More Than Life in Prison Without Parole
Never knew 6 before. Combining it with 4 reveals that the death penalty...
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alexander ryking: Since the 19th Ammendment to the... →
ryking:
rabblevolunteer:
ryking:
rabblevolunteer:
ryking:
rabblevolunteer:
rabblevolunteer:
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REALLY? Are you fucking kidding me!? So you think this is the appropriate response when women accuse you of “mansplaining”? REALLY?
I agreed with you when you were talking about the complaining in regards to the 19th amendment, I got where you were coming from, but this…
I don’t care...
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Re: science, fantasy, and cognitive bias
diyorgasms:
i-am-the-lighthouse:
caramelbaloney:
littlelightx:
vintagehomo:
atheist camp
I think I’m the only one who finds this depressing. ‘A £10 prize for the child who can disprove the existence of the mythical unicorn’? But… but… I mean, personally I believe childhood should be a time of innocence and enthusiasm. The fact that the innocence and enthusiasm has to end at a...
corona--graminea asked: I'm glad you think of the Boundary Waters before Mall of America lol. What part of the world are you from, if I may ask?
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krona:
The problem with oft-reblogged catchy pro-choice slogans such as “77% of anti-choice campaign leaders are men” and “No Uterus, No Opinion” is that they arrive at the right answer completely erroneously, therefore hacking to bits any chance that an open-minded newbie to the question has of following their fallacious logic anywhere useful.
If 100% of anti-choice campaign leaders were...
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“…there have been ‘more than 100 attempts to coin a gender-neutral pronoun over...”
– Our language blog on the times when “he and she” just won’t do (via theeconomist)
The author argues “they” will win as the accepted gender-neutral pronoun, since it’s already in wide-spread use. Any completely new word (ze) will have to compete with it. Though “they”...
"You have more game than Hasbro"
harharhar:
Today in compliments to friends
I wish I had more game than Rio Grande.
…Sadly, my board game enthusiasm has the opposite effect.
jonathan-cunningham asked: Excellent commentary on the response to that "history of black/white relations"!
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Re: atheist camp
i-am-the-lighthouse:
caramelbaloney:
littlelightx:
vintagehomo:
here
I hope any kids I may [n]ever have don’t inherit my social anxiety, so I can send them off to this.
Social anxiety is part of introversion, the personality trait that prefers introspection to outward social or physical activity. Because the majority of people are extroverts, society is set up so that being able to...
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Richard Dawkins launches children's summer camp...
littlelightx:
vintagehomo:
The five-day camp, based in Somerset, promises to be ‘beyond belief’ - the event’s motto - and will rival traditional faith-based breaks run by the Scouts and church groups. Richard Dawkins is subsidising the camp which will offer children aged eight to 17 the chance to sing along to John Lennon’s Imagine and have lessons in evolution.
As well as traditional camp...
To All the "Nice Guys"...
ahungerartist:
waifsworld:
brave-slut:
thatbridgeisonfire:
theangryhippie:
Having just seen the ignorant, obsessive letter to the girls of Tumblr from the boys of Tumblr, I thought I would rant for a second about the Trademark “Nice Guys” who claim that they are always overlooked.
First off, this is one of the most dishonest and asshat moves that you could perpetrate for a couple of...
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Sexy Women are Seen as Objects, Studies Find →
thatbridgeisonfire:
welcometomanhood:azspot:
This study is consistent with the work of University of Padova researchers. They found that when women were dressed sexually (compared to when they weren’t), people implicitly associated them more with animals.
Other research has found that merely focusing on a woman’s appearance (fully dressed) is enough for people (men and women) to dehumanize a...
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Re: more on male obligations →
ahungerartist:
caramelbaloney:
chickenbonewatt:
caramelbaloney:
chickenbonewatt:
previous post
Also, not wanting to raise a baby isn’t telling a woman what to do with her body. Yes.
I’m glad that you can see the potential for hypocrisy and unfairness. When something has been unbalanced for a long time and when many people still wish to revert to older, even more unjust routes,...