May 2013
Who in the world could POSSIBLY be recast as Captain Picard? Patrick Stewart STILL owns that role.
The funny thing, if we were doing a JJ-style reboot of Star Trek: The Next Generation…
Patrick Stewart could still play Captain Picard.
Goal for today: Finish the rough draft of “Sing for your Supper.”
“This Spock isn’t wearing nearly enough eyeshadow!”
– Adorable elderly woman in Star Trek theater tonight (via nerdachecakes)
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Ironically, someone I know posted on Facebook this morning a graphic from a Conservative group complaining about President Obama blaming “his scandals” on other people.
Ok, let’s recap:
ON THE DAY OF THE INAUGURATION in 2009, the Republican party LITERALLY had a summit in Washington to plan to undermine the Obama presidency. President Obama has never actually HAD a loyal...
Transgender Rights in the Era of Same-Sex... →
The United States moves inexorably toward granting equality to the L.G.B., but in the process, while still pronouncing that satisfying final consonant, we often, in practice, drop the T. No federal law offers protection to transgender people from discrimination in the workplace; the population sees double the usual rate of unemployment, and ninety per cent of transgender individuals report...
taleth:
historic mythos says gods are the only ones who have the power to create new things
then they give humans the powers to create new things
they let us be gods.
you are a god. you just have to realize it.
It blows my mind that some feminists oppose trans rights. It seriously blows my mind. Can’t they see that the Patriarchy is absolutely, 100% upheld by rigid, absolutist definitions of men and women?
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So Tumblr,
What should I have for lunch?
schadenfreudianslipandslide:
JUST.
ONE.
MORE.
SEMESTER.
<3
and then I am done with college…
which is scary as fuck
but
its a good scary.
Two more for me…
I honestly don't care whether you are cis or not,...
cleananddope-likeheroinsoap:
hollowpikeman:
DO NOT EVER IMPLY THAT A NON-CIS PERSON OF ANY BIRTH ASSIGNMENT IS TRICKING PEOPLE BY NOT DISCLOSING
There’s plenty of non-cis people with real life horror stories because of that “deceiver” rhetoric, that cis people need to know they’re dealing with one of THOSE PEOPLE because apparently we’re so icky and make them question their sexuality, or...
Help a TWOC survive summer →
mocosyamores:
Hi everyone,
I’m getting over my shame and internalized ableism and asking for help. I’m a chronically ill unemployed trans gurl who just left sex work (as in, yesterday) because I finally lost my shit. I’m also moving out of my abusive household in June, around the 15th or so. I don’t have a place to stay yet so the more money I have saved up, the more likely someone is going to...
I don’t care how angry you are. NOBODY has the right to misgender someone.
I honestly don't care whether you are cis or not,...
hollowpikeman:
DO NOT EVER IMPLY THAT A NON-CIS PERSON OF ANY BIRTH ASSIGNMENT IS TRICKING PEOPLE BY NOT DISCLOSING
There’s plenty of non-cis people with real life horror stories because of that “deceiver” rhetoric, that cis people need to know they’re dealing with one of THOSE PEOPLE because apparently we’re so icky and make them question their sexuality, or maybe they think we’re out to turn...
The Nerf N-Force Marauder Longsword is made out of polystyrene foam. It is actually heavier than a steel sword of the same length (3 pounds 4 ounces versus 3 pounds 2 ounces).
That said, the Marauder doesn’t hit as hard (the force is spread out over a wider blade, which additionally deforms as it hits), and unlike the steel sword is LARP-legal and doesn’t need to be peacebound at...
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Radical feminist or right-wing Christian, I don’t care what you believe in the privacy of your own head. But when you take those beliefs and try to make them into public policy that restricts or eliminates my ability to live my life in the way that I see fit, you are committing violence against me as surely as if you had shot me.
thenewwomensmovement:
trashprincesss:
trashprincesss:
I want nothing to do with a feminism that excludes trans* women. Go be a cisterhood without me.
135 notes and counting. Faith in world semi-restored ♥.
Feminism must be intersectional and inclusive or it is bullshit.
Thank you =)
““It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black-and-white issue. There are so many...”
– Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum (1998)
Japanese iron
Japanese iron was truly pitiful. The elaborate method of pattern-weld forging that the Japanese used to make swords was an elegant solution to a nasty problem - unlike Europe, which had solid iron ore to mine, Japan had iron sands, which were massively impure, very difficult to smelt, and resulted in a brittle, painfully difficult steel that was completely inadequate to the task of making a...
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I feel like a HUGE DORK for remembering that (a) Hollow World existed and (b) what level ranges each of the BECMI boxed sets covered (levels 1-3, 4-14, 15-25, 26-36 and 36+). And (c), what BECMI stands for (Beginner-Expert-Companion-Master-Immortal boxed sets for the “Basic” D&D game).
Reblog if you are a FEMALE rper.
Males go here
No Gender go here
“Here’s the thing: People fucking despise trans women. Often the nicest thing...”
– Vivian Taylor, I’m A Trans Woman And I’m Not Interested In Being One of the “Good Ones”
I’d add that while we also internalise this, as Taylor describes in some encounters with other trans* women, our internalising of it is not the same as cis people’s use of it. Trans* women have to do all sorts...
The phrases “gender agnostic” and “gender atheist” are intended to make open transphobia sound like a reasonable option. It isn’t. It is a form of emotional abuse (specifically gaslighting) to deny the reality of someone else’s lived experience.
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"Dr." Doom dropped out as an undergrad!
Thinking of all the supervillains who use the title “Doctor.” How many of them have ACTUALLY been to grad school? Have actually written and orally defended an original dissertation? How many of them simply have HONORARY Doctorates?
theprophetlilith:
OK, there’s something about the debate on the new Star Trek movie that really bugs me. And I’m writing this as a white person who loves Star Trek—who grew up watching TOS, who was excited over the movies, who loved TNG and DS9 and Voyager quite a bit, who even plays Star Trek Online. It’s not just the whiteness of the defenders, and how quickly they resort to racism (both soft...
I'm really quite tired of atheists claiming moral...
A meme I see a lot among atheist bloggers (mostly, for obvious reasons, those who are white and/or male) is the idea that atheists are completely unprejudiced. Bullshit. Prejudice is prejudice. You don’t need religion to be prejudiced, misogynistic or just plain a jerk. A lot of the world’s most famous atheists are virulent misogynists, homophobes and/or transphobes (and a lot of the...
cisprivilegeis:
Cis privilege is: never being told your gender “isn’t real” or “is just a phase.”
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Despite Republican rhetorical waxing, the framing of the issue by MN United from the very beginning was “It’s time for equality for same-sex couples.” The Democratic-Farmer-Labor party ran on a platform that included a marriage equality plank.
Anti-marriage people may have consoled themselves by saying “maybe nothing will change,” but in the real world, the defeat of...
aliensnipe:
sweetguts:
almost 15 years after its original explosion of popularity, pokemon’s fanbase rejoices over news you can now walk diagonally in the newest game
Truly it is an age of wonders!
