September282012

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September102012
I made this apron for a friend! 

I made this apron for a friend! 
3PM
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I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and telling their parents, uncle, aunt or grandparent about a boy who had pulled her hair, hit her, teased her, pushed her or committed some other playground crime. I will bet money that most of those, if not all, will tell you that they were told “Oh, that just means he likes you”. I never really thought much about it before having a daughter of my own. I find it appalling that this line of bullshit is still being fed to young children. Look, if you want to tell your child that being verbally and/or physically abused is an acceptable sign of affection, i urge you to rethink your parenting strategy. If you try and feed MY daughter that crap, you better bring protective gear because I am going to shower you with the brand of “affection” you are endorsing.

When the fuck was it decided that we should start teaching our daughters to accept being belittled, disrespected and abused as endearing treatment? And we have the audacity to wonder why women stay in abusive relationships? How did society become so oblivious to the fact that we were conditioning our daughters to endure abusive treatment, much less view it as romantic overtures? Is this where the phrase “hitting on girls” comes from? Well, here is a tip: Save the “it’s so cute when he gets hateful/physical with her because it means he loves her” asshattery for your own kids, not mine. While you’re at it, keep them away from my kids until you decide to teach them respect and boundaries.

My daughter is `10 years old and has come home on more than one occasion recounting an incident at school in which she was teased or harassed by a male classmate. There has been several times when someone that she was retelling the story to responded with the old, “that just means he likes you” line. Wrong. I want my daughter to know that being disrespected is NEVER acceptable. I want my daughter to know that if someone likes her and respects her, much less LOVES her, they don’t hurt her and they don’t put her down. I want my daughter to know that the boy called her ugly or pushed her or pulled her hair didn’t do it because he admires her, it is because he is a little asshole and assholes are an occurrence of society that will have to be dealt with for the rest of her life. I want my daughter to know how to deal with assholes she will encounter throughout her life. For now, I want my daughter to know that if someone is verbally harassing her, she should tell the teacher and if the teacher does nothing, she should tell me. If someone physically touches her, tell the teacher then, if it continues, to yell, “STOP TOUCHING/PUNCHING/PUSHING ME” in the middle of class or the hallway, then tell me. Last year, one little boy stole her silly bandz from her. He just grabbed her and yanked a handful of them off of her wrist. When I went to the school to address the incident, the teacher smiled and explained it away to her, in front of me, “he probably has a crush on you”. Okay, the boy walked up to my daughter, grabbed and held her by the arm and forcibly removed her bracelets from her as she struggled and you want to convince her that she should be flattered? Fuck off. I am going to punch you in the face but I hope you realize it is just my way of thanking you for the great advice you gave my daughter. If these same advice givers’ sons came home crying because another male classmate was pushing them, pulling their hair, hitting them or calling them names, I would bet dollars to donuts they would tell him to defend themselves and kick the kid’s ass, if necessary. They sure as shit wouldn’t say, “he probably just wants a play date”.

I will teach my daughter to accept nothing less than respect. Anyone who hurts her physically or emotionally doesn’t deserve her respect, friendship or love. I will teach my boys the same thing as well as the fact that hitting on girls doesn’t involve hitting girls. I can’t teach my daughter to respect herself if I am teaching her that no one else has to respect her. I can’t raise sons that respect women, if I teach them that bullying is a valid expression of affection.

The next time that someone offers up that little “secret” to my daughter, I am going to slap the person across the face and yell, “I LOVE YOU”.

” You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via plightofthepretty)

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September12012
fatpeopleart: kabukins: missleaves: eschergirls: maplebee submitted: Meet Borderlands 2′s Ellie: The “opposite of how most females tend to be represented in games” I know that videogame characters are a bit out of the usual scope of this blog, but I came across Ellie from Borderlands 2 (above) this morning, and was really impressed with the character design.  I think it’s a great example of how a character can have any build and it looks amazing as long as the design is high quality. It’s also a perfect example of how a woman doesn’t need a Sports Illustrated bikini bod to look like she can handle herself (actually I think Ellie looks like she breaks airbrushed bikini models in half just to wake up in the morning, then moves on to stacked male superheroes for brunch). The article shows a few of the other highly non-stereotypical designs considered for the character as well. If anyone was thinking of doing a superheroine story with a big girl kicking ass, Ellie could be some good inspiration. The full article. Woah.  She really doesn’t look like somebody you want to mess with.  Awesome. :D Insta-reblog!  Finally. Character design that makes some fucking sense.Not that I have much against the actual design & aesthetics of women in skimpy clothing beating people up (sometimes the costume designs for these kinds of characters actually still look cool even if it’s completely illogical) but it’s very refreshing to break away from some of these ridiculous sexualized stereotypes and have a woman who is actually built for kicking ass. Go Borderlands 2. I still have hope yet for the women in video games. I love the little daisy patch on her butt pocket. All these little details.

fatpeopleart:

kabukins:

missleaves:

eschergirls:

maplebee submitted:
Meet Borderlands 2′s Ellie: The “opposite of how most females tend to be represented in games”

I know that videogame characters are a bit out of the usual scope of this blog, but I came across Ellie from Borderlands 2 (above) this morning, and was really impressed with the character design.  I think it’s a great example of how a character can have any build and it looks amazing as long as the design is high quality.

It’s also a perfect example of how a woman doesn’t need a Sports Illustrated bikini bod to look like she can handle herself (actually I think Ellie looks like she breaks airbrushed bikini models in half just to wake up in the morning, then moves on to stacked male superheroes for brunch).

The article shows a few of the other highly non-stereotypical designs considered for the character as well.

If anyone was thinking of doing a superheroine story with a big girl kicking ass, Ellie could be some good inspiration.

The full article.

Woah.  She really doesn’t look like somebody you want to mess with.  Awesome. :D

Insta-reblog! 

Finally. Character design that makes some fucking sense.
Not that I have much against the actual design & aesthetics of women in skimpy clothing beating people up (sometimes the costume designs for these kinds of characters actually still look cool even if it’s completely illogical) but it’s very refreshing to break away from some of these ridiculous sexualized stereotypes and have a woman who is actually built for kicking ass. Go Borderlands 2. I still have hope yet for the women in video games.

I love the little daisy patch on her butt pocket. All these little details.
6AM
“from the outerspace”

“from the outerspace”

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6AM

I died

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6AM

theburningtimesofmymanhood:

missmonstermel:

I really wish i had this advice ten years ago, could have saved so much time avoiding toxic “friends” and parasites. 

Ditto, but in a way, I’m glad it happened because it taught me some very valuable lessons and I’ve grown a lot because of it.  I wouldn’t be who I am today without those struggles and losses.  I have tons more respect for Amy Poehler now, though.  This is a good reminder for me as it seems to be a constant struggle.

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August222012
dogshaming: Jerks. quite a spread of shame

dogshaming:

Jerks.

quite a spread of shame

(Source: dogshaming)
July222012

The Euphoria of Algebra: When a "die-hard conservative Republican" woman moves to Canada and encounters the universal healthcare there, cultures...

abaldwin360:

by Vyckie Garrison | Reality Check

When I moved to Canada in 2008, I was a die-hard conservative Republican. So when I found out that we were going to be covered by Canada’s Universal Health Care, I was somewhat disgusted. This meant we couldn’t choose our own health…

July162012
isthatwhatyoumint: i got several questions about how i did my hair today, so i thought i’d make you guys a small tutorial! here’s the end result:

isthatwhatyoumint:

i got several questions about how i did my hair today, so i thought i’d make you guys a small tutorial!

here’s the end result:

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