March 2012
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....”
– Issac Asimov (via askjerves)
“…gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a...”
– Judith Butler
(via sociologistaday)
A decade after his death, French sociologist... →
“…Existentialism: the responsibility of the individual to take hold of his or...”
– Steven Earnshaw (via buynewsoul)
“The myth is that charisma is not innate. What scientists have actually...”
– Olivia Fox Cabane, from Cultivating Charisma: How Personal Magnetism Can Help (Or Hurt) You At Work (via fastcompany)
“The problems of American education are not unsolvable, but the remedies must be...”
– How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools via The New York Review of Books (via sharquaouia)
Boys Want Success, Girls Want Boys →
socialformsandsocialtypes:
”Acuvue contact lens commercial aimed at teens that reinforces both gender and racial stereotypes. The teens look forward to their futures. For the boys, these involve future career success — notice the African American teen dreams of being a famous athlete, while the White boy’s future involves moving up the corporate career ladder. And what does the girl’s life...
“Trayvon’s blackness wasn’t something he could hide, so it wouldn’t have mattered...”
– Angela Marie Davis (via thechanelmuse)
#Boom.
(via newmodelminority)
“For medical experts, the appearance of external genitalia tends to be considered...”
– Regulating Middlesex by Anne Bloom, found in the anthology Fault Lines, edited by David M. Engel and Michael McCann (via reinventionoftheprintingpress)
“Gender essentialism is the assumption that women are naturally like this, while...”
– Jennifer Kesler, Why there will be no more gender essentialist comments allowed on this site (via transformfeminism)
my name is driftwood: jemimaaslana: theriotmag:... →
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theriotmag:
stfuconservatives:
“Let me tell you some things. I used to investigate child abuse and…
feminisminapapercup:
““Let me tell you some things. I used to investigate child abuse and neglect. I can tell you how to stop the vast majority of…
“I don’t care how much sex anyone has, how often they do it, or who they do it...”
– Charlie Glickman (If You Don’t Respect Sluts, You Don’t Respect Women)
“Most people find it difficult to grasp that whatever they like to do sexually...”
– Gayle S. Rubin, “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” (via taylorp)
