February 2013
21 posts
PhD candidate
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HOW I FEEL ABOUT GRAD SCHOOL WHEN NONE OF MY...
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Pakistani teen who fought for girls' right to an... →
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h-e-a-liberation:
Malala Yousufzai, who was almost killed by the Taliban for opposing them and standing up for the right to educate girls in Pakistan, was nominated by Norwegian parliament members.
“Malala’s name was put forward because of “her courageous commitment to the right of girls to education. A commitment that seemed so threatening to the extremists that they chose...
“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is...”
– Gwen Sharp
(via pushtheheart)
“[TW: Sexual Assault]
His lips crushed mine, stopping my protest. He kissed me...”
– Twilight: Eclipse p. 331 (Bella and Jacob’s first kiss)
This is rape culture.
Young women are taught to think of this passage - which describes sexual assault - as erotic. Young men are taught to force their will on young women, regardless of any (non)verbal cues, because sex is conquest and women...
January 2013
21 posts
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action. (via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women spoke...
“Because see, when you’ve devoted your life to Reagan worship but can’t remember...”
– John Fugelsang: The GOP just can’t accept the truth about Reagan and gun control (via current)
Fun article I found today: seven quotes from tyrannical gun-stealing dictator Ronald Reagan. All of his best pro-gun-control lines in one easy place!
(via stfuconservatives)
Some questions are harder to answer than others...
whatisgeology:
“When Stuyvesant says that women’s dress and bodies are distraction in a learning...”
– From my latest at The Nation, “Asking For It” (via jessicavalenti)
WHEN I FINALLY GRADUATE
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WHEN MY PI SAYS MY DATA IS PUBLISHABLE
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Challenge winner!
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December 2012
37 posts
REVISING MY THESIS FOR THE 30TH TIME
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