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[gaydva-deactivated20180104]

ive been reading a book that basically explains how so-called “brain differences” between the genders is the result of gendered socialization and not the cause of it. i honestly expected the book to be very cis-centric but its actually the opposite, the author stresses that testimony from trans ppl is actually indispensable because we’ve, in a sense, “lived both experiences”

more cis feminists should have this mindset

[gaydva-deactivated20180104]

one of the first examples that she uses to introduce her point about how perception by others can shape a person’s performance actually uses a trans woman. it explains that as a certain trans woman became to be seen as a woman more and more frequently, the ppl arond her eventually started viewing her as being ill equipped for tasks that they did not bother her about pre-transition. eventually she even found herself underperforming in these tasks herself.

[liminalwoman]

whats the name of the book

[gaydva-deactivated20180104]

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine

[moon-boob-deactivated20191204]

Here’s a pdf, babes <3

[insufficient-earth-skills]

I knew it was this book before I’d finished reading the first two lines. Honestly this book is indispensible if you want to debunk any gender determinism people claim is science. I can’t recommend it enough.

[dodgylogic]

She’s written a new one! It won the Royal Society prize for science book of the year, and it’s called Testosterone Rex, and it is excellent.

(Bonus: it’s making old white men really really mad.)

(Bonus bonus: I am myself a neuroscientist, and the old white men mentioned above – who are not – could not have missed the point harder if they’d actively tried. Which. Maybe?)

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Thanks to moon-boob for providing a PDF, but please, buy the book if you have the disposable income. SUPPORT THIS AUTHOR!!

[lesbianshepard]

reading Frankenstein in high school was so jarring after only knowing about it from tv shows and shit. imagine my shock when it turns out victor frankenstein was actually just a bitchass college dropout and the monster was ridiculously fucking eloquent. plot twist of the goddamned century. 

[lesbianshepard]

media depiction of the monster: grunting and shambling. only uses very basic sentences.”fire bad! >:( me angry!!” 

canonical monster:  “ You are in the wrong, and instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you. I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind? You, my creator, would tear me to pieces and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pities me? You would not call it murder if you could precipitate me into one of those ice-rifts and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands. Shall I respect man when he condemns me? Let him live with me in the interchange of kindness, and instead of injury I would bestow every benefit upon him with tears of gratitude at his acceptance. But that cannot be; the human senses are insurmountable barriers to our union. Yet mine shall not be the submission of abject slavery. I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my archenemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred. Have a care; I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth.“

[cosmikkat]

There is a good movie depiction though. Mary Shelley’s Frenkenstein with Robert De Niro is amazing. Look, Robert De Niro is Frankenstein, and Gary Oldman is Dracula. I will accept no others. 

[horrorlesbians]

everytime I remember that lesbian couple that have a marble statue of the two of them embracing and sleeping on a bed together over where their graves will be because the artists didn’t believe they would be able to be married before they died, so what they couldn’t have in life they could have in death, I fucking breakdown

[horrorlesbians]

memorial to a marriage; patricia cronin

[horrorlesbians]

“on july 24th, 2011- the first day that same sex marriage was legal in new york state, particia cronin and deborah kass got married. that same year the marble ‘memorial to a marriage’ was replaced with a bronze version. rainwater pools in the space between their two sculpted bodies, and falling leaves catch on the metal in the autumn. the two women sleep peacefully through snow and ice, and the scorching days of summer. over time the hands of cemetery visitors will wear down the bronze, burnishing it into a smooth shine. one day this will mark the final resting place of the two women. and someday people will have to remember that there was a time, long ago, when this was a memorial to a marriage that two women never thought they’d have.” 

- Caitlin Doughty, on the Death in the Afternoon podcast

[prokopetz]

Every time someone tries to explain the metaplot of Supernatural to me, it basically ends up sounding like redneck Dragon Ball Z. I’m sure there’s some nuance I’m failing to grasp here.

[kazorus-deactivated20190626]

Care to elaborate on that?

…I’m not even offended, just absolutely curious.  From the stuff I’ve seen and heard about Supernatural I can’t see the connection.

[prokopetz]

Mostly, I get the impression of a show that doesn’t know how not to escalate.

Every threat’s gotta be quantitatively bigger and badder than the one that came before. Every deus ex machina’s gotta be shinier than the last one. Every season’s gotta end with a massive eleventh-hour powerup for our heroes, only for the next season to raise the stakes enough to put them back in the underdog position.

It’s like, you beat the Devil himself? Well, now you’ve gotta fight the Devil’s cousin Phil, who has conveniently gone entirely unmentioned up until now, but he’s totally twice as evil.

[prokopetz]

That last paragraph was literally supposed to be the most ridiculous hypothetical example I could think of, and people are messaging me to say “his name was Metatron, not Phil”. I can’t even make fun of this show.

[ampervadasz]

[dinkywinks]

you’re laughing. he’s failing his acrobatics check and you’re laughing

[renthony]

Social media self-care includes blocking people who post negative comments about your favorite fictional characters. It’s not petty, it’s not uncalled for, it’s called “I engage with this content to feel better about myself and it makes me feel bad to see this character I identify with called all sorts of bad names.”

You really don’t have to have a reason to block people beyond “seeing their content makes me feel bad and I’m not here to feel bad, I am here to have fun.”

The biggest thing we get wrong about the internet is this idea that blocking someone is a sign of weakness or irrationality.

Sometimes you just don’t like someone’s content and don’t want to interact with them, and that’s fine.

[luisonte]

GOOOL!!!!!

[itsthatgreenone]

@cosmikkat

[cosmikkat]

fishies playing soccer

[ao3commentoftheday]

new game: out of context fanfic

share a line from a fic and do not explain it at all

[sondepoch]

The game is fun up until Asmo passes out.

Tagging: @gnocchighoul​ @karasus​ @princessozera​ @hornywrath​ @victors-toe​ @inb4belphienaps​ @solonom​ @levisnormie​ @sleepy-belphie​ @sevensins-stuff​ & anyone who wants in!

[elvishdorks-archive-deactivated]

“I wouldn’t want a pact with someone as ugly as you either.”

Tagging: @biggreenfeet, @voxel-loves-you, @cosmikkat, @fenderjess, @preludeinz

[cosmikkat]

Not exactly a single line, but I’m going with it. 

 “’Don’t take this the wrong way’ is a clear indication you’re about to drop a load of shit in someone’s lap. They know it’s shit, and you know it’s shit, but maybe if you throw some sugar on top, they won’t get mad. The problem is, it’s still a load of shit. You just added sprinkles.”

[elvishdorks-archive-deactivated]

I wasn’t tagged by anyone, but I saw it floating around and thought it looked fun!

Rules: Take this “What kind of bender would you be?” quiz and/or make your bender self with this picrew and then tag 5 people!

I’m tagging @biggreenfeet, @voxel-loves-you, and @fenderjess​ because I think it’ll be your jam.  Feel free to ignore if it’s not though.  And if you weren’t tagged and wanna do the thing, ping me so I can see it!  

I got Airbender on the quiz, so I made myself as an Airbender.  

Have fun! 

[itsthatgreenone]

EEEEEEeeee!

Gonna tag @cosmikkat and @funkypoacher (if you like ATLA)

[cosmikkat]

I got air. Tagging anyone that wants to participate. Thanks @biggreenfeet​!! I needed this little bit of fun

[slightlyrebelliouswriter23]

bonus points if someone comes in and interrupts you and you have to start all over.

[violinkillatbh]

Okay, but I raise you walking around your room and acting like one of your characters interacting with another character so you can better write their actions, feelings, and expressions.

[yarpell]

I don’t draw enough CR fanart, that’s for sure. but anyway, here is molly <3 

[coconut-cluster]

me: wow this idea sounds funny/interesting!!

me, after not writing it perfectly and with ease the first time I try: my energy has depleted and I cannot and will not attempt creation for the next three to five business months

[askiathedickhead]

Y’all want to see something wild?

[official-lucifers-child]

this reads exactly like my dad except without the sarcasm :)

anywho please don’t ignore what’s happening and remember to check voting and polling dates and for the love of fucking life itself, don’t turn a blind eye.

[elencaorange]

Twitter

[unicornempire]

This is some truth laid down right here boy.

[quasi-normalcy]

Millennials have essentially been forced into a perpetual teenagerhood by socioeconomic circumstance, we desperately want to grow up, and we’re worried that we’re running out of time to do so

[thefoxof86-deactivated20220707]

[astrosoeur]

the signs as french expressions

Aries: Après moi, le deluge - “after me, the flood”, something thought to have been said to Louis XV by his mistress Madame de Pompadour, implying an indifference to what (damage) happens after you are gone, a disregard for the consequences of your life. 

Taurus: Plus ca change… (plus c'est la même chose) - “the more things change, the more they remain the same”, a way to express disillusion or defeat in regards to how things always stay the same at their core, even though things change. 

Gemini: Savoir-faire - “know (what to) do”, the quality of being capable to handle any situation with grace, having mastered adaptability and ingenuity. 

Cancer: Enfant terrible  - “unruly child”, refers to someone (often a child or one of childish spirit) who, by being overly candid and untimely in behavior, embarrasses and shocks their surroundings. 

Leo: Roi fainéant - “do-nothing king”, an expression for a king with no (real) power, a play-king left to his riches, vanities and dissipations. 

Virgo: Le mot juste - “the exact word”, coined by Flaubert, searching for le mot juste is the tireless and hopeless effort in finding the perfect word to describe something, to fix the unfixable.

Libra: Cherchez la femme - “look for/seek the woman”, a presumption that if a man is acting strangely, out of character, or inexplicably—there’s always a woman lying behind it. 

Scorpio: L’appel du vide - “the call of the void”, being plagued by intrusive thoughts of destructive nature, feeling momentarily drawn to demise.

Sagittarius: Esprit d’escalier - “staircase wit”, the frustrating phenomenon of coming up with the perfect observation or comeback after the opportunity to use it has passed.

Capricorn: Nostalgie de la boue  - “mud nostalgia”, a desire or yearning for what is depraved, degrading or crude. 

Aquarius:  Poète maudit - “doomed poet”, used to describe the fate of the great poet, who is doomed to obscurity and to live as an outcast to, or against the world.  

Pisces:  Flâneur - “stroller”, a leisurely wanderer of city streets, an aesthete and observer of life. 

[cosmikkat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Fallout 4 Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Original Female Character(s), Raider OC - Character, Porter Gage, Overboss Colter Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, abusive language, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Torture, Backstory, Blood and Gore, Nuka World, Graphic Description, Mental Instability, Torture, Unreliable Narrator Summary:

Monsters aren't born, they're created.