dramaticle @dramaticle - Tumblr Blog

I’ve seen this image floating around Facebook, and while I get the sentiment behind it—one world, our differences are less than we think, we’re all human, etc—I think it actually is fairly harmful.

Let me show you why:

This is a video showing Jane Elliott, the teacher, activist,...

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catastropheeling-good

So we went and saw “Frozen” last night (we went to see it on New Year’s Eve, but had to leave before it ended because it was running longer than we’d anticipated and we had dinner reservations we...

dramaticle

Perfect indeed.

jessicavalenti

Seriously, if we believe a 14 year old is too immature to know how to take a pill, do we really think she’s adult enough to handle an unwanted pregnancy? The truth is that the age restriction is completely arbitrary, tied only to our puritanical comfort levels. And listen, I get it; I think it’s fair to say that most people are uncomfortable with the idea of a 14 year old having sex. But here’s the thing - access to Plan B isn’t about keeping a 14 year old from having sex - by the time she gets to the pharmacy, that ship has sailed - it’s about keeping a 14 year old who has already had sex from getting pregnant. And despite what urban legend (or past embarrassing FDA memos) may tell you, making emergency contraception more available is not more likely to make young teens have sex - it will just make them less likely to end up pregnant. We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to sexual and reproductive health and we can’t continue to let politics trump science. If we care about young women’s health and bodily autonomy and integrity, we’ll drop all age restrictions from emergency contraception. Anything less isn’t just illogical - it’s immoral.

"Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction," my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)

briannacherrygarcia

My Little Raptor by briannacherrygarcia

redefiningbodyimage

THIS JUST HAPPENED.

I am so proud of my dear friend and RBI mod Amanda for kicking ass and taking names during her CNN interview this morning. So glad to see Detroit being represented by such a stand-up lady, and for fat positive politics to be making its way so brilliantly onto national news.

Hoping I’ll be able to link to a video of this soon enough, but for now SCREEN CAPS.

- Haley

ETA: LINK TO VIDEO

fatbodypolitics

YAY Screen caps! Woo!

fatbodypolitics

"Scholar. Writer. Activist. Unapologetic Fat Lady." That’s how Wayne State university grad student Amanda Levitt describes herself. Levitt is the founder of fatbodypolitics.

CNN Interview is up. (Worst screen shot ever…lol)

Reflections on 2013

Last year, I made nine awesome new year "re(vo)lutions," as I called them. These were not "do or die" resolutions, I-must-do-all-of-these-nine-things-to-their-fullest-potential-or-I-will-not-have-succeeded resolutions. Just nine goals to structure my year around, nine things I wanted to accomplish, and if I didn't, it wasn't a big deal.

Here were my 2013 re(vo)lutions:

- I will find time to take dance classes This did not happen at all. It's still something I want to do, so maybe it's something I can work towards in 2014?

- I will balance my theatrical life with my home life and not overdo either side In 2013, I returned from a long theatrical hiatus to participate in 5 full productions and a bunch of smaller individual projects. I have felt artistically revitalized and fulfilled (most of the time). There were definitely moments where I felt overwhelmed or about to burn out, but as was my goal, I continued to negotiate my theatrical life and home life until I think I've reached a successful equilibrium. It's still an ongoing conversation, but basically I'm very happy about where I am on this particular point. - I will try hard at my day job This year, I successfully maintained--and thrived--in my day job. It's not my passion nor my focus in life, and maybe I'm not making a ton of money, but my boss(es) love me, I get along and work well with my coworkers, and most importantly, I feel confident and successful. Even though, as I said, this office job is not what I would like to be doing with my life 5 years from now, even in just a year and a half it has taught me so much about being an actual adult in the actual world. I'm so thankful for this job and who it has helped me become, and for what it has helped me realize about myself.

- I will exercise—not to lose weight, but because it makes me feel really effing good Yep, another one of these that I hardly touched. It's something I've been thinking about a lot lately, exercise, and something I've been wanting to do. Maybe the new year will help me get a jump start.

- I will take a moment to think before putting food in my mouth Especially in the last few months, I have been really conscious about what food I'm putting in my mouth. I'm not necessarily trying to limit or control what I eat, just noticing--and attempting to make choices based on what I actually want and need at the time, not impulse. I have been toying with the idea of going vegetarian--or at least pescatarian, I could basically never give up fish--and I've actually been doing a pretty good job of leaving red meat out of my diet. I would like to continue this line of eating into the next year.

- I will bring a healthy lunch to work as often as possible because it will make me feel MUCH better than eating a burger This actually happened a fair amount! I would like to keep packing lunches for myself--not just for the health benefit, but also for the benefit of my wallet.

- Whenever I look at myself in the mirror, I will say an awesome affirmation This didn't explicitly happen, but I have really been focusing on body positivity this year. It's been difficult at times, but overall I think I've been successful...and I hope to continue my work in 2014.

- I will trust my instincts, because they’re damn good I would say this is the thing I worked the most on in 2013. And I am very pleased with the results. I love being able to trust myself, to feel confident in my decision-making. It's a pretty great feeling :)

- I will forgive myself This, of course, is an on-going, life-long lesson sort of thing. It's always on my mind, and I am constantly working on it. Because it was so successful last year, I'll probably make some more re(vo)lutions for this year. But I'm not feeling particularly inspired right now. I was very inspired last year when I wrote these re(vo)lutions, which caused me to remember them all year. So I think I'll wait until I'm feeling a bit more focused :)

#NEW YEARS REVOLUTION #new years resolution

cutestfatty

BAH! Why can't I look like you?!

because you look like you and i look like me and that would be very weird

dramaticle

More poignant than you probably thought.

comicsverse101

My God, i love this page SO much. I think it captures the very essence of Wonder Woman: the fact that her biggest superpower is not superstrenght, flight or superpseed. Her biggest power is that she has one of the biggest hearts in the world.

gailsimone

This is one of my three favorite Wonder Woman pages from my run. This is my Diana, right here, hard to the core, warm to the end.

optimysticals

Here’s our new ALL CAPS BroTP charm pendant!

darthvaders

dc minimalists → Batfamily

jamesurbaniak

Did you hear about the new internet hero? It’s the middle-aged woman who slapped a Hollywood producer after he told her to eat his dick because he heard her worrying about their airline fucking up her connection on Thanksgiving (which they did).

Oh wait.

lunulata-deactivated20221105

So, Penny Arcade is looking for someone willing to do FOUR incredibly difficult IT jobs, be on-call 24/7, and be pushed to their limits, but isn’t exactly willing to pay you for it!

You know, despite the fact that they are a highly successful company that rakes in a ton of money for themselves by running several massive conventions every year and had all those Kickstarters that did super well.

But hey, if you’re a fan of Penny Arcade you probably don’t mind being exploited for the chance to *gasp* appear on camera sometimes! Right, nerd? You don’t care about being paid as long as you can live out your nerd dream working at the ultimate nerd company for nerds! It’s a dream come true, right? You don’t need to get PAID for dreams!

This sickens me. They can more than afford to properly pay an IT person a decent wage, most likely two so the job isn’t so harsh on a single person!

findchaos

No, no, no, no, no. SERIOUSLY, a company as big as Penny Arcade can afford far better than this, yet some poor sap will jump on the chance and be naively grateful for essentially getting dry assfucked with a sandpaper condom.

whowasntthere-deactivated202106

HOLD THE PHONE.

I missed a part.

"You should have no problems working in a creative and potentially offensive environment.”

Or as this guy puts it: calamityjon How else can you interpret “Sometimes offensive workplace” except “So if you’re a girl or gay or ethnic, try not to be all bitchy about it”?

And don’t even hold your fucking breath if you’re trans*, we’ve learned.