Jessica Fulcher

[jessthelanguagegeek]

I feel like this post is appropriate for this week because it deals with both food and Japanese culture.

The culture around food in Japan is very particular. The presentation and appearance of food is often as important as the taste, and quality is highly valued. This importance is so pervasive, that it even carries over into their "fast food" and snacks. One way in which this cultural aspect surfaces is in the popularity of what are known as "B-class" restaurants among Japanese. B-class restaurants typically start as small "fast-food" type restaurants (ramen and noodle shops, etc.) that gain a lot of attention after receiving a stellar review in some publication. Japanese people will then swam the restaurant, sometimes traveling long distances and often waiting in line for 30 minutes, even if there's an empty restaurant next door. Their patience and willingness to wait for superior quality food is reflective of some of the key cultural values of Japan.

First image: lines in Japan, kenTaka, "Why Japanese People Stand in Long Lines for Ramen," Japan Talk, posted June 13, 2012, accessed November 22, 2013, http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/photo/26142/lines-in-Japan.html

Second image: ramen is the top b class food, kenTaka, "Why Japanese People Stand in Long Lines for Ramen," Japan Talk, posted June 13, 2012, accessed November 22, 2013, http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/photo/26147/ramen-is-the-top-b-class-food.html

Article: "Why Japanese People Stand in Long Lines for Ramen," John Spacey, Japan Talk, posted June 13, 2012, accessed November 22, 2013, http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/b-class-gourmet-in-Japan

[1000drawings]

Alien School Girl by lOll3 (2013)

[dancing-coyote]

Matthew Barnett admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl.

Matthew Barnett admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl.

Matthew Barnett admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl.

He admitted to it. On fucking camera. He and another boy recorded the rape and that of a 13-year-old girl.

Why aren’t they in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and production/possession of child pornography?

Oh, right, because they’re popular football players and Matthew Barnett is related to a politician! Therefore, nothing they can do is wrong or bad and they should never face punishment and should instead be rewarded for raping young teenage girls and filming their assaults.

[splintercellconviction-deactiva]

I just looked this up; it gets worse.

[stonedveggie-blog-deactivated20]

raise awareness to this shit and change something about it. 

[fuzzyhorns]

[theyoungradical-deactivated2015]

mass producing your fake revolution

[thinkspeakstress-blog-blog]

Welcome back to Shaming Racists: the Halloween Edition! Ladies and gentlemen, I present:

Caitlin Cimeno, also known as Kt Cimeno of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. Employed at Our Market Package Store.

Greg Cimeno

William Filene from Quincy, Massachusetts.

This is all public on facebook. All three pictures can be found on Caitlin Cimeno’s Instagram, @ktcimeno.

There’s no question that the three of them are racists, but Caitlin disgusted me by taking an unconsented picture of somebody else’s little girl, somebody else’s child, and using them as the target of racism for a facebook status. I’m including that too because how nasty do you have to be? As if the Halloween photos don’t answer that question.

Let me add that this stuff right here, EVERYBODY, is the reason you can’t darken your skin to portray a Black person. Because this is used to dehumanize us. Whether you intend to or not, you are perpetrating Blackface.

IT. IS. RACIST.

Caitlin Cimeno, Greg Cimeno, and William Filene are three of thousands. But justice will be served where it can. For them to make a mockery of Trayvon Martin’s death is disgusting, as is every single person praising them in the comments and every person defending them.

Look at how little value Black lives have in some people’s lives. Look at how today, yes, in 2013, our deaths are something to be laughed at, mocked, and our bodies worn as a Halloween costume. This is how we are dehumanized. Only one of thousands of ways.

Happy fucking Halloween.

[stunningpicture]

I met Bill Nye on a plane in 1999. Here he is inventing the selfie.

[itsbrice]

Bill Nye invented the selfie.

[lizardclubpresidente-deactivate]

bill nye the selfie guy

[femfreq]

These targeted hate campaigns are common enough that they’re a risk I and everyone else have to contemplate when we consider speaking out against the men’s rights groups or simply sharing a feminist opinion online. Making it terrifying to speak out discourages women from doing so, limiting our ability to participate fully in the digital public square. It’s not hyperbole to say that this kind of terror campaign prevents women from participating in our democracy on equal footing with men.

— Jaclyn Friedman on how MRAs are hurting women and men (via femfreq)

[emotional-algebra]

“The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not try to hide your children from the world forever, but do not try to pretend there is no danger. Train them. Give them sharp eyes and bellies full of laughter. Make them dangerous… and when they’ve grown, they will pollute the shadows.”

N.D. Wilson (via emotional-algebra)

This reminds me of one of my favourite quotes from G.K. Chesterton:  “Fairytales don’t tell children that dragons exist.  Children already know that dragons exist.  Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed.”

(via decepticonsensual)

[idealistsconundrum]

Clever & effective Ad Campaign by Amnesty International Switzerland

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Reblog if you can speak, read, or at least kinda communicate in more than one language.

[saccharinescorpion]

An Observation At Charlotte Russe

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That’s actually why early in his career that Alexander McQueen made a lot of his dresses to look like armor and a lot of his designs had spikes; his father was abusive and he wanted a way to protect his sisters.

[zeroesper]

Reblogging for the commentary.

[whoisafraidofvaginawoolf]

Let language take shape on your tongue until it begins to spring from your soul.

Uta Hagen (via whoisafraidofvaginawoolf)

[iamarevolutionary2]

I Am a Revolutionary

[staff]

새소식!

Tumblr is live in Korean!

Now you can blog in thirteen languages — just switch your settings here.

For updates about Tumblr in Korean follow our newest Staff blog.

대박!

[jessthelanguagegeek]

This Tuesday we talked about language and linguistics and how many languages are dying out because young people aren’t learning their native tongues. There are various reasons for this, but I think one reason could be connected to media and the internet. More and more young people around the globe are relying on media and the internet for entertainment, connections, and even education and resources. There is nothing wrong with this, and I think technology plays some wonderful roles in society, but the internet in particular is primarily English based. To take full advantage of everything it has to offer, one must know English. This sets the stage for the new technological generation to be almost exclusively English speaking, if not for the intervention of various sites, like illustrated here with Tumblr.

Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and countless other organizations have released versions of their sites in languages other than English. This opens up such networks to millions of other people, and enables the continued use of their own language on the internet. With the ability to use their own languages, they won’t be as motivated to abandon them in favor of English.

However, sites only release a limited number of options, and many languages will never be catered to by websites and social networks, so many of them will still fall prey to the linguistic imperialism of the internet and media.

Post: Staff, "Tumblr is live in Korean," Tumblr, staff(.)tumblr(.com), posted October 9, 2013, http://staff.tumblr.com/post/63581759319/tumblr-is-live-in-korean-now-you-can-blog

[kay-explores]

A collection of amazing street art from around the globe More awesomeness here!!!

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Maybe the reason Lolita fashion freaks people out

Is because it’s feminine, but it’s noticeable and takes up space

When our society wants femininity to be about being small and unnoticeable

And people who subscribe to that can’t handle that Lolita is delicate and feminine while demanding attention, while taking up room that is rightfully ours in a world that wants the feminine to be contained

[idanceitarotiart-deactivated201]

Makes absolute sense.

[girlbreakout]

We’ve been taught a woman’s body will cause men to sin. We’re told that if a woman shows too much of her body men will do stupid things. Let’s be clear: A woman’s body is not dangerous to you. Her body will not cause you harm. It will not make you do stupid things. If you do stupid things, it is because you chose to do stupid things.

How to See a Woman: A Conversation Between a Father and Son  (via albinwonderland)