Ally Blue's Blog, page 17
January 25, 2013
What's happening???
Why can’t I reblog things? I click the reblog thingy and NOTHING HAPPENS!! WTF, Tumblr? Is it just me? And with so many things that need reblogging, argh!
January 24, 2013
breakingnews:
US rescinds military ban on women serving in...
US rescinds military ban on women serving in combat
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey formally signed a memo today to rescind a 1994 military ban on women serving in combat.
“It’s clear to all of us that women are contributing in unprecedented ways to the military,” Panetta said. “If members of our military can meet the qualifications for the job, then they should have the right to serve regardless of creed or color or gender or sexual orientation.”
More on Panetta and Dempsey’s remarks from BreakingNews.com.
Photo: Sergeant Crystal Groves, a U.S. Marine, stands in formation during a ceremony for the 235th birthday of the Marines on Nov. 10, 2010, at Camp Delaram in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
I’m actually pretty stunned that I haven’t seen more news coverage of this. It’s about damn time!
wilwheaton:
laughterkey:
section9:
bouffantofbaul:
area43dotn...
I put this together to show people WHAT IS UP.
I’m missing something here….
Wait, what?
Dear Goddamn Kids Today: Reel Big Fish, No Doubt, and Sublime do not exist without The Specials, The Skatalites, and Madness.
So please shut the fuck up forever.
Love you mean it,
Grumpy Old Man Wheaton
PS- Sublime? Really? You think Sublime is a Ska band? No mention of Save Ferris? Stay away from sharp objects, kids.
WHAT WIL SAID. Christ on a fucking cracker.
A Letter To The Guy Who Harassed Me Outside The Bar
“Ask your female friends, if you have any, if they’ve ever walked home late at night with a key pushed through their knuckles, just in case, if they’ve ever crossed the street to avoid a stranger, just in case, if they’ve ever taken the long way home because of the weird guy on the corner, just in case. Ask them if they’ve ever made up a boyfriend to get a guy to leave them alone, if they’ve ever gotten off a train car and moved to the next because you just never know, if they’ve ever shelled out for a cab because men like you were at the bus stop.”
This article resonated with EVERY. SINGLE. WOMAN. I. KNOW. Including me. Because we have all had this experience. This makes me sad and furious.
January 19, 2013
OMG. Dead of the cute.
OMG. Dead of the cute.
January 18, 2013
rowanmcbride:
millionsmillions:
Only in Ireland — which, not...
Only in Ireland — which, not coincidentally, is home to the subject of this quiz.
Ah, well it’s comforting to know they’re going to good use.
Is it weird that now I want to drink Writer’s Tears?
January 16, 2013
January 11, 2013
"When Stuyvesant says that women’s dress and bodies are distraction in a learning environment, for..."
When Stuyvesant says that women’s dress and bodies are distraction in a learning environment, for example, what they’re really saying is that they’re distracting to male students. The default student we are concerned about - the student whose learning we want to ensure is protected - is male. Never mind how “distracting” it is to be pulled from class, humiliated, and made to change outfits - publicly degrading young women is small price to pay to make sure that a boy doesn’t have to suffer through the momentary distraction of glancing at a girl’s legs. When this dentist in Iowa can fire his assistant for turning him on - even though she’s done absolutely nothing wrong - the message again is that it’s men’s ability to work that’s important.
And when rape victims are blamed for the crime committed against them, the message is the same: This is something that happened to the perpetrator, who was driven to assault by a skirt, or a date, or the oh-so-sexy invitation of being passed out drunk. Women have infringed on their right to exist without being turned on. (Ta-Nehisi Coates describes this centering of male sexual vulnerability quite well.) Our very presence is a disruption of the male status quo.
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From my latest at The Nation, “Asking For It” (via jessicavalenti)
I remember going and getting my fellow swimming teammates out of in-school-suspension my senior year for “dress code violations”, which meant too short shorts, with this argument. These girls were getting in-school-suspensions, losing instruction time, because their shorts were deemed “inappropriate” for male students. Such bullshit.
(via iamateenagefeminist)
"The good thing about working with Radiohead is that they all have different personalities, they get..."
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Nigel Godrich (via mybootyvalentine)
OT6
(via compartmentalising)
