ladyfish

Loving life in the Midwest. Two mommas to one beautiful baby boy :) Things I love: raising our son, the light of my life... Travel, hiking, cooking, hanging with our pups, the slow food movement, really good food, even better beer, a great day at work, my family and friends, saturday morning...

[moby-grapes]

how cool would it be if Girl Scouts got the same level of respect and recognition as the Boy Scouts do how wild a thought

[itsallgoingtopot]

How cool would it be if Girl and Boy Scouts learned the same types and levels of useful skills instead adhereing to strict gender stereotypes?

[moby-grapes]

would like to add to your addition:

By saying “teach them both the same skills” that doesn’t just mean “teach girls to light shit on fire and survive in the wilderness!” It also means “teach boys to sew! Teach boys how to gently educate young children of all genders! Teach boys more collaborative activities in which there is no one with more power than anyone else!”

Listen, in the Girl Scouts we were talking about inequality. We talk about body image. We talk about sexual assault, discrimination of all kinds, we talk about how the media twists our thoughts and feelings about the world and about ourselves. Let the Boy Scouts do the same. Let them talk about their feelings. Let them know when it is good to step up and be a leader, and when it is good to not let anyone be a singular leader.

And yeah, teach more girls to light shit on fire and survive in the wilderness.

[itscolossal]

A Caiman Covered in Butterflies Photographed by Mark Cowan

[snorlax-and-co]

This is so important - we can’t compare trauma experiences, it is all valid. Even two people who go through the same trauma can react differently.

[marauders4evr]

Now this is a metaphor I get.

[soulbvck]

[the-devil-wears-zara]

[tetraghost]

i wish birds brought ME presents

[baelgrave]

No, but think about this.

The crows she feeds obviously have their own little lives. They go about their business, and they spot *pretty thing* or /unique thing/ in question. What gets me is that the *first* thing on their minds as recipient of this thing is the little girl that feeds them.

They spot a thing, and immediately must think, “that nice girl with delicious foodstuffs must have this to show my gratitude.”

[kedreeva]

It’s actually more than that, though, if you read the articles or watch the videos. This has taken place over YEARS- it started with these birds following this little girl around because she was a messy eater and it has turned into a ritual for the family. They have a water station and food stations where they daily set out things for these birds and sometimes (but not always), these birds leave ‘payment’ behind for the food.

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE

These birds are not just taking food and leaving shinies. These birds are watching over this family now. Their lives have become involved. These crows are keeping track of this girl and her mother even when they are out of the yard. How do we know?

One of them is a photographer, and one day while she was photographing some stuff on a bridge, she dropped her camera’s lenscap over the edge. There was no way she could get it back, so she left it. When she got home, the lenscap was sitting on the edge of one of the feeding stations, waiting for her.

Not only were the birds following and watching over her, they were smart enough to realize she dropped an Important Thing and cared enough to bring it back to her.

[baelgrave]

I could not have asked for more

[dykeclea]

susan is EVERYTHING

[thecouchwitch]

When I was a child I thought Susan was needlessly mean to Ross. Then as I got older I realized Ross was an asshat and Susan was the only one on the show that could see it.

[thecommonchick]

[megankaui]

[sandradrivas]

[peppapigvevo]

fucking dinosaurs got this

[griffys]

What's wrong with grandpa??

he lied in bed for thirty years or whatever the fuck. while his daughter struggled to put food on the table. but then!!!! ohhh then! charlie gets a golden ticket and all the sudden that jackalope is hopping around the shack like he’s fuckin simone biles. i hate him i hate that free loader i hope he busts a hip and falls into the chocolate river

[humansofnewyork]

“I was taking a law school admissions test in a big classroom at Harvard. My friend and I were some of the only women in the room. I was feeling nervous. I was a senior in college. I wasn’t sure how well I’d do. And while we’re waiting for the exam to start, a group of men began to yell things like: ‘You don’t need to be here.’ And ‘There’s plenty else you can do.’ It turned into a real ‘pile on.’ One of them even said: ‘If you take my spot, I’ll get drafted, and I’ll go to Vietnam, and I’ll die.’ And they weren’t kidding around. It was intense. It got very personal. But I couldn’t respond. I couldn’t afford to get distracted because I didn’t want to mess up the test. So I just kept looking down, hoping that the proctor would walk in the room. I know that I can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional. But I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk. Because you need to protect yourself, you need to keep steady, but at the same time you don’t want to seem ‘walled off.’ And sometimes I think I come across more in the ‘walled off’ arena. And if I create that perception, then I take responsibility. I don’t view myself as cold or unemotional. And neither do my friends. And neither does my family. But if that sometimes is the perception I create, then I can’t blame people for thinking that.”

[humansofnewyork]

“I’m not Barack Obama. I’m not Bill Clinton. Both of them carry themselves with a naturalness that is very appealing to audiences. But I’m married to one and I’ve worked for the other, so I know how hard they work at being natural. It’s not something they just dial in. They work and they practice what they’re going to say. It’s not that they’re trying to be somebody else. But it’s hard work to present yourself in the best possible way. You have to communicate in a way that people say: ‘OK, I get her.’ And that can be more difficult for a woman. Because who are your models? If you want to run for the Senate, or run for the Presidency, most of your role models are going to be men. And what works for them won’t work for you. Women are seen through a different lens. It’s not bad. It’s just a fact. It’s really quite funny. I’ll go to these events and there will be men speaking before me, and they’ll be pounding the message, and screaming about how we need to win the election. And people will love it. And I want to do the same thing. Because I care about this stuff. But I’ve learned that I can’t be quite so passionate in my presentation. I love to wave my arms, but apparently that’s a little bit scary to people. And I can’t yell too much. It comes across as ‘too loud’ or ‘too shrill’ or ‘too this’ or ‘too that.’ Which is funny, because I’m always convinced that the people in the front row are loving it.”

[tequilakisses-and-bigfootcuddles]

[heartyglobe-deactivated20160503]

nobody says it but we all know what this is about

[smolderingtroyler]

This picture is weirdly genius

[tamper]

[micdotcom]

Mattel just debuted Game Developer Barbie — and sexist trolls lost their damn minds

Mattel just introduced a game developer Barbie with the message, “You can be anything” — including a target for aggressive misogyny. Game developer Barbie has red hair, glasses, a tablet and a laptop. But some men are not having it. The comments about her appearance (and weight) are particularly abhorrent.

[merswine]

I like when the man harasses women by claiming they are making up claims of being harassed on the internet.

[bob-belcher]