Notes to Self

2009

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We May Be Born With an Urge to Help
Dec 1st
Warch Watch
shaylablogs: This movie looks great! OMG. I must see this movie. Reminds me of a book I own,...
Dec 1st
“Having black people does not mean you are diverse.”
— Interesting. I say it,...
Dec 1st

Logo with Flare

smileifyourewinning: clientsfromhell: Client: I already know what I want for the logo. It’s a...
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
abbyjean: Cookin’ with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star...
Dec 1st
I think I’m going to start posting random photos from my Flickr favorites now and then. And I...
Dec 1st
nevver: Awful Library Books
Dec 1st
(via novazembla)
Dec 1st
Dec 1st

Are You A Bully or A Pushover? Your...

littlemiss: Scorpio This is a very shifty and sly minded sign so the bullying that is done is...
Dec 1st

Christina Hoff Sommers & "The Failures...

lenachen: When my thesis adviser brought up the fact that women in Nordic countries score higher...
Dec 1st
“I’m pretty sure I’ve read this article written about Jewish...”
— On Details, “Hot Jewish...
Dec 1st
(via bmckinney)
Dec 1st
“The women who genuinely can’t afford $500 bucks for an...”
— megan mcardle at the atlantic,...
Dec 1st
“It’s exhausting reading over and over again that my industry...”
— The Media is Dead (Again) (via...
Dec 1st
“24. Avoid any guy who thinks that women who don’t get...”
— Your Annual Guide To Holiday...
Dec 1st
abirdfriend: via PostSecret.
Nov 30th
abbyjean: Nothing Nice to Say - the world’s FIRST online...
Nov 30th
bohemea: Chris Farley: Remember when you were in the...
Nov 30th
“Yes, I realize…..I KNOW that I vowed to exercise for 3 hours...”
— CarrieFisher  » Weight...
Nov 30th
“Feminism as an identity politics has enjoyed real victories....”
— Feminism and Gail Collins’s...
Nov 30th
““While it was largely men who held women back in the...”
— 45 Years After Rossi, Mommies...
Nov 30th
igather: um yeah, raping a sex worker is not an ethically grey area. sorry. asshole.
Nov 30th
“Birth cannot be controlled. Or promised. Or unfailingly...”
— sweet | salty - one day in...
Nov 30th
“In my heart, I was a feminist when feminism was a dirty...”
— Bad Grandma: A Goddess And A...
Nov 30th
Does Everybody Really Hate Mommy? | BlogHer
Nov 30th
From Gaping Void
Nov 30th
(via fuckyeahowls)
Nov 30th
(via loveyourchaos)
Nov 30th
abbyjean: “soledad es que nadie me lea” (loneliness is...
Nov 30th
“I am not certain what you are arguing or why you take issue...”
— Political Partying
Nov 30th
“It’s staggering really that modern American Christianism...”
— Andrew Sullivan (via azspot)...
Nov 30th
“Speaking of which… what’s with the folks who...”
— apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0...
Nov 29th
bmckinney: A little digging revealed that Linger is...
Nov 29th
apsies: The 29 Best Chalkboard Gags In “Simpsons” History...
Nov 29th
“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of...”
— Shirley Chisholm (via...
Nov 29th
“In the days before Roe v. Wade, I doubt many American women...”
— Ann Patchett, Truth and Beauty...
Nov 29th

baby in the staffroom.

electricemma: As in, someone carried it in, it didn’t wander in by itself, and everyone started...
Nov 29th
(via daggerss)
Nov 29th

Statement Prepared for the International...

igather: The International Sex Worker Harm Reduction Caucus is a working group of sex workers and...
Nov 29th
“John McCain, yesterday: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said...”
— via dailykos (And McCain knows...
Nov 29th
(via abbyjean)
Nov 29th
notemily: frogcynic: Obama to Robots: I’m Watching You -...
Nov 29th
firelily: Remember: At one point, fluoridated water and...
Nov 29th
No longer a civil rights footnote - before...
Nov 29th
poisonthemonkey: Say no to socialism!
Nov 29th
“A paradox: the men who most need to to hear our voices are...”
— Two Women Blogging: Something...
Nov 29th
thomaswheatley: annarodriguez: did i ever tell you about...
Nov 29th
gauntlet: Our house was small, and when you grow up with domestic violence in a confined space you...
Nov 29th
Seen at Highland Row Antiques.
Nov 29th
“One of the hardest things for me in dealing with my mental...”
— FWD/Forward » I don’t...
Nov 27th
yerawizardharry: Irena Sendler 1910-2008 A 98 year-old...
Nov 27th
abbyjean: Buzzwords in Academic Papers | FlowingData
Nov 25th
The Weekly Standard - HuffPo's Misogyny: The...
Nov 25th
“We aren’t coming there to cause problems or cause trouble....”
— KKK-person Tate Daily...
Nov 25th
bmckinney: Dinosaurs are for Boys (Girls Allowed) »...
Nov 25th
tiredofbeingignored: (via clingtomymouth)
Nov 25th
“Hey low-income women: Stop having babies! But we’re going to...”
— Health care bill (via sarahmc)
Nov 25th
thoseareturkeys: There’s a lot of chatter today about something and my views on it are obvious...
Nov 24th
“Social justice for girls and young women in the sex trade...”
— Girls do what they have to do...
Nov 24th
ekswitaj: thedisgruntledgradstudent: slagath0r: (via...
Nov 24th
“This is not a legal problem. This is not a problem statutory...”
— Sex Work Is Not An Invitation...
Nov 24th
bmckinney: poisonthemonkey: jonathan-cunningham: ...
Nov 24th
“But what if that’s not good enough for you? What if you’re...”
— Have you tried not being so...
Nov 24th
“There is a range of feminist opinion on what role sex work...”
— Sex Work Is Not An Invitation...
Nov 24th
“Davis denied forcing the woman to have sex, but admitted in...”
— US Marine Acquitted Of Raping...
Nov 24th
“No, “being a mommy” is not a fucking gift. The...”
— Letters From Gehenna
Nov 24th
“I think one could probably write a book about men’s feelings...”
— SaraMC
Nov 24th
“It’s especially telling that people are up in arms about...”
— SarahMC
Nov 24th
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt...”
— Banksy (via pantherhooves)(via...
Nov 24th
“Just pay the parking ticket. Don’t be so outraged. You’re...”
— Shitmydadsays (via...
Nov 24th
inothernews: Secret societies you didn’t know existed,...
Nov 24th
(via selflesswonder)
Nov 24th
tiredofbeingignored: “I know I may not be “traditionally pretty,” but playas line up around the...
Nov 24th
(via feminision)
Nov 24th
“If watching Adam last night made you uncomfortable, it is a...”
— Womanist Musings (via...
Nov 24th
fuckyeahbirds: annarchy: (via Matthew Woodson)
Nov 24th
karsh: MoMA Store - Icon Watch
Nov 24th
“And it takes a confident, exceptional man, to be on board...”
— diana vilibert: A Love Story...
Nov 24th
“If this has become such an ugly red/blue partisan issue,...”
— The Daily Whim: Health Prayer...
Nov 24th
apsies: Barack Obama’s Facebook News Feed - SLATE I love...
Nov 24th
“If people preach to you about proper parenting techniques,...”
— Dr. Johnson-sf bay pediatrics...
Nov 24th
“[I]t’s not just pressuring governments that’s important, as...”
— This is what an activist looks...
Nov 23rd
“Just like the people who claim that the woman using the word...”
— Insurance Company Revokes...
Nov 23rd
ekswitaj: champagnecandy: girlsbooksfoodartlove: ...
Nov 23rd
rkb: More on the Passion iPhone app I tested out. Just for...
Nov 23rd
alexzomg: clavicula:
Nov 23rd
“Anti-porn propaganda often implies that sexism originates...”
— Gayle Rubin (via lazz) (via...
Nov 23rd
isabelthespy: amandaw: The average woman walking around a first-word country street with a...
Nov 23rd
“Research by the NSPCC reveals that a third of teenage girls...”
— More here (via gauntlet)
Nov 23rd

Quizzes I've seen taken by "Christian"...

bmckinney: What’s your swear word? (Basterd) What’s your porn star name? (Dill Doe) How big is...
Nov 23rd
“In many industrialized countries, including Canada and the...”
— Is Menstruation a Disability? ...
Nov 22nd
telegantmess: My dad used to have this hanging on our...
Nov 22nd
bmckinney: Shifting Poles Theory (via Michæl.Paukner) ...
Nov 22nd
“Now that Belle has outed herself, I wonder why it remains so...”
— India Knight (via gauntlet)
Nov 22nd
“And feminism also dares to expect more from men. Feminism...”
— Michael Kimmel, author of...
Nov 22nd
“In our own memories too we make stories. At Christmas, we...”
— Andrew Copson, The Atheist’s...
Nov 22nd
abbyjean: actual size type and spacing of all senate bills...
Nov 22nd
fuckyeahladyboner: Radeo Love the tile and the soap...
Nov 22nd
“Losing out on potentially consensual sex will be an...”
— abyss2hope: Fundamental...
Nov 22nd
ryannjoy: (via fatalistichues)
Nov 21st
ihatethismess: sexismandthecity: 1970s Children’s book ...
Nov 21st
“But this is everywhere. We’re used to it. It’s part of the...”
— Tiger Beatdown (via gauntlet)
Nov 21st
katoleary: feminismisforlovers: Why this project exists. emptythoughts: I have never told...
Nov 21st
“I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house...”
— Utah Lawmaker: I Don’t Mind...
Nov 21st
ekswitaj: (via loveyourchaos)
Nov 21st
“Urban sprawl is not mindless at all. There is nothing...”
— John Thackara, from In the...
Nov 21st
Depressed Lady Loses Benefits Because Of Her...
Nov 21st
gauntlet: lacontessa: photo by Nina Leen via
Nov 21st
“I’m a transgendered sex worker, and I want to not get killed...”
— Today is the Transgender Day...
Nov 20th
How to Be a Feminist Boyfriend
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
“So many people have complained that it is asking too much of...”
— three rivers fog
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
(via loveyourchaos)
Nov 20th
jadedhippy: fem.men.ist: Photo Essay On The Richmond Peace...
Nov 20th
“A lot of people have this smug response to Grey – “oooh, she...”
— Love? Hate? Worship? I say...
Nov 20th
“But putting my own personal feelings aside, I’m also...”
— Meet The Predators: But Which...
Nov 20th
nevver: Twitter Application for Classic Macintoshes, WLT
Nov 20th
“By telling sex trade workers that they are uniquely...”
— via Womanist Musings (via...
Nov 20th
“In reaching our conclusions, Sue and I followed a basic...”
— Why Prostitution Should Be...
Nov 20th
“To avoid becoming an eco-douchebag, an individual’s...”
— Use the Force against the Dark...
Nov 20th
(via papertissue)
Nov 20th
“First, I’m often referred to as the “woman who brought down...”
— Politricks - Ashley Alexandra...
Nov 20th

i sometimes hate being a woman so much

mariadiaz: My mom made a comment today about how she would have liked it if I’d had kids. You...
Nov 20th

Dear Stillawannablessedbe,

katoleary: I think you are officially the most misunderstood person on the Internet.  I’m ordering...
Nov 20th
ihatethismess: jadedhippy: fem.men.ist: Photo Essay On...
Nov 20th
“I see a lot of people, including self-identified...”
— Shakesville: On Carrie Prejean...
Nov 20th

Here is what you learn about...

stillawannablessedbe: When you go home with your books and your big words your parents regard you...
Nov 20th
Fed up w/ half my dashboard. For one thing, apparently I inadvertently started following an...
Nov 20th
“You can’t tell by looking at my friend with the mental...”
— FWD/Forward » “Bad...
Nov 20th

Lorem ipsum

karsh: clientsfromhell: After I sent a client a mockup with lorem ipsum as filler text: It’s...
Nov 20th

Is there an equiv. to Godwin's Law for...

Just saw another post from a self-identified progressive where the blogger claimed Courtney Martin...
Nov 19th
Warch Watch
And, for that matter…
Nov 19th
Warch Watch
I’m sure it’s old news to many of you, but a coworker clued me in today to Spaghetti...
Nov 19th
hortenseg: yosamanthrax: Here’s something that makes me...
Nov 19th

unromantic

thesmarttart: name tattoos public proposals messages on the mirror in soap or other shit that I...
Nov 19th
“I sometimes *do* feel excluded from places like...”
— Comment on Jezebel (via...
Nov 19th
thomaswheatley: GPOYDressedAsSantaClausW I told you...
Nov 19th
I can’t even tell you how sick I am of earnest pleas to boycott Feministing (or, occasionally,...
Nov 19th
Charles Harper - “Family of Chickadees”
Nov 18th
Kitten pile, from Flickr user Paulinacha Loves Sriracha
Nov 18th
(via papertissue)
Nov 18th
sarahspy: Energy-saving “Hang On” outlet holds onto...
Nov 18th
nerdgasms: notentirely: the history of the internet in a...
Nov 18th
lacontessa: Marlene Dietrich by Mercedes de Acosta, 1933. ...
Nov 18th

a reminder that people who make laws are...

abbyjean: 1% of Americans are millionaires, compared to 44% of Congress (237 elected officials, to...
Nov 18th
karsh: Garnett MARTA Station: Friday, November 13, 2009,...
Nov 18th
“Ninety percent of the patients who came through Saturday’s...”
— Health reform’s human stories...
Nov 18th
He reminds me of Kip from Napoleon Dynamite. ...
Nov 18th
“How does this “terror myth” affect men? The myth is just as...”
— techno: Fear and fantasy in...
Nov 17th
“To write about oneself honestly is to present a character so...”
— Stephen Elliott in The Daily...
Nov 17th
“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that...”
— Marilyn Monroe (via kari-shma)...
Nov 17th
“Dressing casually doesn’t make you unprofessional. The only...”
— Jason Fried (via friedisms)...
Nov 17th
(via loveyourchaos)
Nov 17th
(via papertissue)
Nov 17th
fuckyeahbirds: (via papertissue)
Nov 17th
(via ifuckinglovetea)
Nov 17th
apsies: notthatkindagay:jasencomstock: President Nixon...
Nov 17th
“The same applies to TV shows, including the otherwise...”
— Design - Mistakes in...
Nov 17th
“If you never write a love letter, if you never speak...”
— Susie Bright, Full Exposure...
Nov 17th
“When sex becomes goal-oriented, we may focus on what gets us...”
— Dossie Easton & Catherine...
Nov 17th
patriarchyisbullshit: Gender bias typically stems not...
Nov 17th

John Lennon, Househusband

allofmylovetoyou: PLAYBOY: Yoko, after this experience, how do you feel about leaving Sean’s...
Nov 17th

actually it seems the whole country...

abbyjean: The country faces a fundamental disconnect between the services the people expect the...
Nov 17th
(via fuckyeahbabies)
Nov 17th
(via fuckyeahbabies)
Nov 17th
“When a woman is demeaned in the workplace and complains...”
— Womanist Musings | Honouring...
Nov 16th
“I still plainly remember the erotic fantasies I spun in my...”
— Susie Bright, via her new...
Nov 16th
On my desk at work. It was a birthday present from Grayson.
Nov 16th
“Stay in front of the mirror for a second. What are you...”
— Andrew Cohen — Khalid Sheik...
Nov 16th
Puffballs!! :D
Nov 16th
bmckinney: azspot: Matt Bors
Nov 16th
onlycupcakes: Adorable! By Bath Baby Cakes
Nov 16th
thoseareturkeys: mimisaurus: emonerdcore: ...
Nov 16th
fuckyeahowls: kaitidid: kari-shma: oh owl
Nov 16th
wearethedigitalkids: Kurt Vonnegut in a letter to his...
Nov 16th
lindaboucher: Flamingoes, queuing for the mirror. 1998,...
Nov 16th
“Many young men, it seems, are stuck in stage one of gender...”
— What Should a Feminist Man...
Nov 16th
“Novel-writing has of late years devolved so largely upon...”
— The Economist, March 5, 1859,...
Nov 16th
“Among sex workers themselves there was little surprise that...”
— Belle de Jour revealed at...
Nov 16th
“Same-sex couples, it seems, are less likely to impose...”
— The Way We Live Now - What Gay...
Nov 16th
Wow, post a quote about period sex and watch your Tumblarity soar. That’s the way it’s...
Nov 15th
“What it took me years to realise is that while I’ve changed...”
— Belle de Jour (via...
Nov 15th
fuckyeahowls: (via tiiinahoff)
Nov 15th
“Where do so many men develop this burning need for...”
— Jackson Katz, The Macho...
Nov 15th
gauntlet: From The New Yorker, via Feministe
Nov 15th

You know what I could do with less of?

sarahmc: Very long comment threads about rape wherein women tell personal stories, theorize, and...
Nov 15th
“Obviously we can’t expect opinion columns in college...”
— Why Men Should Learn To Like...
Nov 15th
lickystickypickyme: This is brilliant. I am having my own...
Nov 14th
tiredofbeingignored: Courtney Love (via fleshbot)
Nov 14th
“It’s easy to see why there are astoundingly high rates of...”
— Shakesville: Meet the...
Nov 14th
fuckyeahbirds: (via hazelweatherfield)
Nov 14th

Conversation that never happens

Robbery Victim: Officer, officer, I've been robbed!!
Police Officer: Okay, okay. Calm down. Take a deep breath. Now tell me what happened.
Robbery Victim: Oh my God. Okay. Okay. I-I went to a party with a friend of mine--
Police Officer: A party, you say? Did you have anything to drink?
Robbery Victim: Um, hmm? Uh, yeah a drink or two.
Police Officer: Mmmhmm, go on.
Robbery Victim: Okay...well, when we got back to his car. He told me that he had a knife and that he would stab me if I didn't give him my wallet and watch.
Police Officer: I see. And so you did?
Robbery Victim: [Nods]
Police Officer: Now, at any point did you say "no"?
Robbery Victim: What?? I--umm--well...no, but--
Police Officer: You didn't say no? Well how do I know that you didn't want to give him those things? You were drunk after all. Maybe now you just regret it and are calling it robbery.
Robbery Victim: WHAT??? I was not drunk and I most certainly did not WANT to be robbed!! He had me at knifepoint!!
Police Officer: Did you see the knife?
Robbery Victim: Well...no but, he said--
Police Officer: And this watch you were wearing? What kind of watch was it?
Robbery Victim: It was a Rolex--
Police Officer: You wore a Rolex out in public? Well, what did you think was gonna happen? Didn't you kinda want this? The attention? That's why you wore it right?
Nov 14th
“It’s easy to see why there are astoundingly high rates of...”
— Shakesville: Meet the...
Nov 14th
“I’m a sucker for revolution. No, not a sucker. I’m a...”
— “Feminism Makes Me HOT!” Diana...
Nov 14th
Michelle Obama gives a speech on health care...
Nov 14th

what do crime statistics tell us

abbyjean: via ezra One answer is very, very dangerous: Baltimore is, statistically, the...
Nov 13th
9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You...
Nov 13th
What the fuck, Kate Harding? ...
Nov 13th
via ragbag (Why is ‘booger’ where the Y should...
Nov 13th
“[A proposed bill to guarantee sick days] is good policy, but...”
— shani o at tapped (via...
Nov 13th
“I realize that many people disagree with my moral objections...”
— Hey, I’ve Got a “Moral...
Nov 12th
“Yet the sheer redundancy of sex object culture does not...”
— Natalie Szarek (via gauntlet)
Nov 12th
“That right there, in >140 characters, is possibly the...”
— Penny Red on the tweet by...
Nov 12th
katoleary: stillawannablessedbe: (Via.) One...
Nov 12th
ekswitaj: poetthick: (via fuckyeahmath)
Nov 12th
rkb: tiredofbeingignored: ihatethismess: (via...
Nov 12th
(via papertissue)
Nov 12th
ohmyowls: kidskidskids: laayiyi:
Nov 12th
ohmyowls: kidskidskids: travs: 827: (via...
Nov 12th
11 Body Parts Named After People
Nov 12th
One Man's No Holds Barred Thoughts on Rape
Nov 12th
TMI
Nov 12th
(via cloee)
Nov 12th
ohfortheloveofdog: Men contribute part of the template, of course, in an act that they almost...
Nov 12th
Nerds! :) Me, Dipika, and Jenny…and Niki’s...
Nov 12th
Me and Rusty having a moment, at my birthday party. Photo...
Nov 12th
I’m going to have to unfollow a good portion of my Tumblr dashboard. Everybody is on my...
Nov 12th
Bird Feathers "Sing"
Nov 11th
“An expatriate friend of mine spent a week in “outpatients”...”
— BBC NEWS | The US health...
Nov 11th
“You think abortion is wrong? Don’t have one. I think killing...”
— GlobalComment » Hey...
Nov 11th
“This is a social networking site that refuses to let women...”
— Facebook Allows “Pro-Rape,...
Nov 11th

Sometimes I think it would be a good...

thecurvature: ohfortheloveofdog: See how long it takes for American men to become fierce...
Nov 11th
“Now, the driver who hit him did not set out with the...”
— Amanda Hess on “accidental”...
Nov 10th
“Depression is not a perspective. It is a disease. Resisting...”
— The New York Times >...
Nov 10th
“You think abortion is wrong? Don’t have one. I think killing...”
— GlobalComment » Hey...
Nov 10th
From Jenny. Sent to her by her boss who is 50, and whose...
Nov 10th
“Telling a guy the real reasons you’re not interested — you...”
— No more Mr. Nice Guy A good...
Nov 10th
“Over the decades, while engaging in a campaign of...”
— Daily Kos: What’s Really...
Nov 10th
Will the Stupak Amendment Affect Insurance...
Nov 10th
“I’m going to this rally on healthcare and I really want to...”
— Jon Stewart playing a...
Nov 10th
bmckinney: (via scottfriday) Indeed.
Nov 9th
fuckyeahbirds: (via youhidetheyseek)
Nov 9th
“The problem is that when you get people to think about this...”
— pandagon.net - we are the...
Nov 9th
Why The World Won't End in 2012
Nov 9th
“Obama and the Democrats have no real vision for...”
— Obama’s Unhealthy Victory (via...
Nov 9th
fuckyeahbabies: moleskinelife: Baby
Nov 9th
“You think abortion is wrong? Don’t have one. I think killing...”
— GlobalComment » Hey...
Nov 9th
dirtysilver: (via loveyourchaos) Reminds me of the...
Nov 9th
(via papertissue)
Nov 9th

this goes out to people telling me that...

abbyjean: As usual, if you want to get anything done in America, step one is to sacrifice the...
Nov 9th

okay seriously about that broadsheet...

ekswitaj: isabelthespy: guerrillamamamedicine: amberlrhea: reachingtheshore: ...
Nov 9th
“The problem is that when you get people to think about this...”
— pandagon.net - we are the...
Nov 9th
“I guess I’m one of those people who will continue to say...”
— PZ Myers Rudeness...
Nov 9th
fuckyeahbirds: digitalbath: (via ache)
Nov 8th
ohmyowls: (via killerwhales)
Nov 8th
notemily: Charts showing how much US residents pay for...
Nov 8th
fuckyeahbabies: neehner: sleeepy time The baby is...
Nov 8th

okay seriously about that broadsheet...

reachingtheshore: isabelthespy: this one, written by kate harding who is no lie one of my very...
Nov 8th

Seriously, though.

ekswitaj: thecurvature: There are a whole lot of things that enrage me in life. But dudes who...
Nov 8th

Stupak Amendment

ekswitaj: abbyjean: sexartandpolitics: Thank this shitbird for adding the phrase “Supplemental...
Nov 8th
sexartandpolitics: Look at this fucking hipster.
Nov 8th
The Next Chapter » March of the daybeds
Nov 8th
““I did whatever I do whenever anyone mentions a Celebrity...”
— This Drives Me Absolutely...
Nov 3rd
“There is a dark, insidious quality to the ideology promoted...”
— Chris Hedges - Empire of...
Nov 3rd

i think in sex ed for boys they should...

isabelthespy: txtsfrmlstnght: (480): Our hot neighbor just came over and asked for a toilet...
Nov 3rd

Think only 'their' teens get pregnant?

jbrotherlove: According to research conducted for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and...
Nov 3rd
“Empirical work indicating that providing schooling for women...”
— How Women Can Save the Planet:...
Nov 3rd
“If you ask girls and women how they would feel about...”
— The cost of living in a...
Nov 2nd