Lisa Monster Tumbls

Things you may see here include, but are not limited to: vintage aesthetic love, fat babes, film, Muppets, kittens, education, ASL, and Jeff Goldblum

[bitch-media]

Women in Hollywood speak out about pervasive sexism. The New York Times asked 63 women who work in the film industry to discuss systemic discrimination they face. Women make up only four percent of directors hired by major studios. 

[teamnyle]

American Airlines did not have subtitles for their movies. There were not options at all. The flight was seven hours. Naturally, I felt frustrated especially when we are approaching into year 2016. 

I decided to tweet to American Airlines and apparently they did not consider a solution and went with an audist* reply instead.

I tweeted to them again asking for an apology, sensitivity (re)training, and a solution asap. *Audist = discrimination or prejudice against individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (via Nyle DiMarco’s Facebook)

[latkemonster-blog]

Nyle ain’t playin’

[latkemonster-blog]

Midterms, and IEPs, and language sample assessments, and behavior intervention plans--oh my. 

[nevver]

[fuchsialesbian-deactivated20160]

[girllenin]

‘which hogwarts house are you’ quiz:

which of these  d o you like most  :

- being Brave

- reading the Book

- e v i l

- yellow

[latkemonster-blog]

Well... this year I made it to the second day of school before crying. So that’s an improvement. 

[latkemonster-blog]

School starts next Monday. Today was my first day back in the classroom. All of my furniture is set up, and I’m feeling really positive about this year. 

I am so sad for my students who missed out on quality instruction last year because of how much I was floundering. I feel better equipped this year, but still so nervous I’m going to fail my kids again. 

[caitmceniff-deactivated20190131]

[katal0gue]

The way that we learn about Helen Keller in school is an absolute outrage. We read “The Miracle Worker”- the miracle worker referring to her teacher; she’s not even the title character in her own story. The narrative about disabled people that we are comfortable with follows this format- “overcoming” disability. Disabled people as children. Helen Keller as an adult, though? She was a radical socialist, a fierce disability advocate, and a suffragette. There’s no reason she should not be considered a feminist icon, btw, and the fact that she isn’t is pure ableism- while other white feminists of that time were blatant racists, she was speaking out against Woodrow Wilson because of his vehement racism. She supported woman’s suffrage and birth control. She was an anti-war speaker. She was an initial donor to the NAACP. She spoke out about the causes of blindness- often disease caused by poverty and poor working conditions. She was so brave and outspoken that the FBI had a file on her because of all the trouble she caused.

Yet when we talk about her, it’s either the boring, inspiration porn story of her as a child and her heroic teacher, or as the punchline of ableist, misogynistic jokes. It’s not just offensive, it’s downright disgusting.

[roachpatrol]

the reason the story stops once helen keller learns to talk is no one wanted to listen to what she had to say

how’s that for a fucking punchline

[chaos7]

new aesthetic: man covered in cacti, surrounded by confused police

[panhikattack]

I don’t understand this aesthetic.

[chaos7]

neither do the police

[latadelixo]

[amorphous-melo]

Im not confused anymore

[achel-ois]

Reminder: Losing weight only makes you lighter. It doesn’t make you kinder, smarter, more creative, more passionate, more determined, or happier.

[monsterkissed]

here is an idea: normalise the idea that adopting kids is a valid option even for parents who could conceive a child themselves, and not just an inferior backup option for parents who can’t

[breadonearth]

my sunset collection (by Joanne Liu)

[dontbeakawaiishit]

[the-baudelaire-fortune-deactiva]

Female characters of Laika