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wrestlingaknife: doctorheavenharkness: n0kil7ing: sevenseasaurus: Science experiment: Who is...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:54 -0400

doctorheavenharkness:

n0kil7ing:

sevenseasaurus:

Science experiment: Who is easiest to summon?

Egberts?

Pizza?

John Green?

A vegan?

The only way to find out is to reblog and wait. Wait patiently. Just wait. It will be good I promise.

fuck you vegans aren’t your source of entertainment you animal killers.

and the vegan wins

But pizza always finds the posts.

Where are you pizza?

beedoubleohteewhyomy: asexual-not-a-sexual: Here is a brief...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:44:53 -0400

beedoubleohteewhyomy:

asexual-not-a-sexual:

Here is a brief guide to some of the important things you never learned about in sex ed.

Debunking myths about anatomy

Brief overview of sexuality and gender (More complex version here)

Slut-shaming and consent

Various types of birth control (with at least 95% effectiveness)

Masturbation

Lube

Sex toys

Ebook for sharing is [HERE] (I’m sorry I just really love making ebooks…)

This is wonderful! This is pretty much EVERYTHING you will ever really need to know about sex or sexuality.

zawehzaweh: finalblessing: will smith everybody #HELLO I AM...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:17:46 -0400

zawehzaweh:

finalblessing:

will smith everybody

#HELLO I AM MR SMITH THIS IS MY FAMILY #WIFE!! SON!!

ihonormycode-thatswhatibelieve: amerikhantrash: Mrs. Packard...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:43 -0400

ihonormycode-thatswhatibelieve:

amerikhantrash:

Mrs. Packard could simply walk into Mordor. And put out her cigarette on Sauron’s eye.

The amount of fucks not given in this scene is astounding.

Photo

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:32 -0400

friendlyangryfeminist: the brilliant thing about being a woman is that I’m punished for both...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:33:10 -0400

friendlyangryfeminist:

the brilliant thing about being a woman is that I’m punished for both trusting and distrusting men!

I should magically know which man is going to harm me by having a brief conversation with him. if I trust Bad Men, then, well. I should’ve known.

if I don’t trust Nice Men though, I’m an utter bitch who deserves violence. don’t I know most men are good people?

Photo

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:30:21 -0400

annieelainey: Source I cannot contain all my feels.

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:29:55 -0400

annieelainey:

Source

I cannot contain all my feels.

smalltownbigguy: in the south we don’t say “you’re a dumb fuck” we say “bless your heart” and i...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:16 -0400

smalltownbigguy:

in the south we don’t say “you’re a dumb fuck” we say “bless your heart” and i think that’s beautiful.

shsl-chef: a-felicia-named-goat: shsl-chef: when u Mom com home and make hte spagheti what is...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:27:50 -0400

shsl-chef:

a-felicia-named-goat:

shsl-chef:

when u Mom com home and make hte spagheti

what is this even supposed to mean

thats what i do when me Mom com home and make hte spagheti

zoeteho: Yana Yamana

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:32:58 -0400

zoeteho:

Yana Yamana

HBP: How did Harry not realize the hand writing in the Half-blood Prince's potion book was the same as the hand writing he had spent 5 years reading off a black board?

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:27:07 -0400

#because Harry’s a stupid bitch that’s why

#For the main character of such a good book series #He really is a dumbshit #Ooh what is this long skinny broomstick shaped package? #ITS A BROOMSTICK NO WAY

#Slytherin house is a snake #heir of slytherin can talk to snakes #HMM I WONDER WHAT’S IN THE FUCKING CHAMBER OF SECRETS #MAYBE IT’S A FUCKING CHIHUAHUA #see this is why he’s not in ravenclaw

LOVE THIS

Best quotes → Dimitri (Anastasia)

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:14 -0400

Best quotes → Dimitri (Anastasia)

sexistfacebookdudes: sassycybermen: “I’m a woman and I’m not offended by this, clearly it isn’t...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:24:45 -0400

sexistfacebookdudes:

sassycybermen:

“I’m a woman and I’m not offended by this, clearly it isn’t sexist!”

wow I didn’t realise you were the singular spokesperson for 3.5 billion people of different ages, races, religions, backgrounds, sexual orientations, social classes, and cultures, I’m so sorry

I must have missed the meeting where we voted you in

lcdpix: “The Dogside Project”, tribute to W.Wegman (Hasselblad,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:24:00 -0400

lcdpix:

“The Dogside Project”, tribute to W.Wegman

(Hasselblad, Kodak Portra 400)

mchonnes: beyoncegiselleknowlescarter: The Queen. #no the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:12:47 -0400

mchonnes:

beyoncegiselleknowlescarter:

The Queen.

#no the king #talking about rappers performing kingship #beyonce went through an arc of performing queenship #but this? #the inauguration the superbowl and now this image crafting of her as channeling the french sun king? #she’s performing kingship #and she’s doing it better - or say rather in tandem - with reigning watch the throne players jay-z and kanye #(say even rather that kanye is performing messiahood; jay-z is the one god to kanye’s jesus) #but B? #she’s the king; the king of pop; the king of music #there’s no-one can rival her omnipresent power nor her court #and she knows it #beyonce #no one man should have all that power #THE WAY SHE USES HER BODY AND TWISTS IT INTO ACTUAL STATUESQUE ETERNAL POSES I #CANNOT

calleo: serenading-solitude: aestiah: serenading-solitude: d-...

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:24:34 -0400

calleo:

serenading-solitude:

aestiah:

serenading-solitude:

d-dinosaur:

speedwagonfoundation:

whendoiturnbackintoapumpkin:

Welcome to Amy’s Baking Company.

— Kitchen Nightmares [x]

wanna know the kicker

the only redeeming quality of their restaurant was their cakes and they revealed that they buy them

do they really buy the fucking cakes

oh my god

AHAHAHAHA

yes they do omg

this is too rich

She doesn’t even bake her fucking cakes. Just when I thought the woman at least did SOMETHING right … she doesn’t bake her own fucking cakes…

WHY TAKE CREDIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK?

Did you know that some of the pictures of food they have on their Facebook also, are stolen? They don’t post pictures of their own food at all.

SHE’S PERFECTLY RATIONAL, OKAY?! YOU ALL ARE JUST LOSERS FROM ‘RED-SHITS’ OR WHATEVER THAT SITE IS CALLED!

cactusrabbit: mquester: I loved this scene so much. The actors...

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:00:49 -0400

cactusrabbit:

mquester:

I loved this scene so much. The actors play off this pairing as flirty and adorable in a way the characters really weren’t in the novels IMO.

That said, when she said the line, “Girls see more blood than boys,” my husband was all confused and like, “What, warrior women, she means?”

So I just looked at him and started listing off, “Blood from their periods every month, maybe blood from sex, blood from childbirth, blood from tending and washing the wounded and dead…That’s been true for most of womankind all through history.”

And he got very, very quiet.

A dude once asked me if I got sick when I saw blood. I said “Of course not, I’m a woman.”

telaryn: unskinny: Dammit, Joss. I shipped those two...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:23:14 -0400

telaryn:

unskinny:

Dammit, Joss. I shipped those two characters.

*facepalm* Laughing a lot harder than is probably sane or healthy right now.

scienceing: mybluedecember: princess-munchkin: How the fuck...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:18:30 -0400

scienceing:

mybluedecember:

princess-munchkin:

How the fuck does Bill Nye expect this to happen? What do you want to do, force women to enroll in science courses, regardless of whether or not they want to do it? Just for the sake of having “enough” women? Why the fuck do these fractions matter so much? It’s not like people are holding guns to our head and threatening to kill us if we become interested in science.

Maybe, just maybe, a lot of us DON’T FUCKING WANT to be scientists. Is that a crime?

Hi there, princess-munchkin. Female engineering student here.

Bill Nye is not saying that you HAVE to be a scientist, and you are right that no one is holding a gun to my head because I am interested in science, but let me tell you some of the struggles of being a woman in the STEM fields.

1) Because I am a woman, I am not expected these fields. I first fully realized this when I was in high school, on my robotics team. See, although my robotics team was about 50% female, most of the women were part of the “business administration” side of things: finance, marketting, PR, membership, etc. Was this a problem? Absolutely not. But I was there to be an engineer, and specifically, to be the robot programmer. This was met with a lot of hesitation at first from some of the other students (all of whom happened to be male. This is not necessarily a bad thing.) You see, all of the robot programmers before me were guys. Computer programming is just a thing that guys do, or so they thought. Even after I had proved myself to the mentors on the team, many of the students still underestimated my abilities. There were rumors going around that I wouldn’t have been able to program the robot at all if the lead software mentor wasn’t there to help me. This was just flat-out false, but it wasn’t until I won an award for the team that the other students actually saw my merit.

2) There is not a lot of encouragement for women to go into these fields. I first noticed this when I was in elementary school. I was always interested in math, science, you name it, but many of my teachers and family members pushed that to the side for a long time. When I asked for legos for christmas, I would get ballet slippers. In fact, for a long time, I was training to be a professional dancer. I loved to dance. I loved math more, but no one seemed to notice that about me. It wasn’t until I had a long conversation with one particular teacher in high school that I decided to look into engineering. I had never even considered it as an option before, because no one decided to encourage me to pursue my interest in science. If it hadn’t been for that teacher, I would probably not be at the school I am at right now.

3) For a long time, Engineering/Science/Math WAS a “boys only” club. Let me tell you when some of the top technical schools and societies started letting women in:

RPI, The oldest tech school in the country, founded in 1824. Started admitting women in 1942 to “replace men called to war.” Campus housing for women wasn’t constructed until 1966.

Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honors Society - Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1968.

Caltech - Currently rated #3 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1891. Started admitting women in 1970.

Georgia Tech - Currently rated #5 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1952.

Do you see the implications of this? Engineering has been a part of our society since around the late 1800s (in the case of RPI, since the 1820s), but women weren’t even allowed in for the most part until the 1950s, regardless of their merit.

4) Because of the fact that it was a “boys only” club for such a long time, there are not a lot of women engineers and scientists to look up to. When you’re reading your physics, chemistry, and math text books, the majority of those theories were came up with by men. It is true that much of our history was written by White Men, but this does not mean that the fact that there are few women scientists to look up does not matter.

So, as you can hopefully see, princess-munckin, or anyone else that shares the opinions of princess-munchkin, Bill Nye was not arguing that women that are not interested in STEM should go into those fields anyway. But he IS arguing against all of the systematic barriers set up against women who ARE interested in engineering and science. There are several women out there who are just as good as the boys at math and science, but will never pursue their interests because it just doesn’t seem like an option. That was me for a long time. I am super grateful for the fact that I fought against that, and that I ended up where I am.

if you don’t like science, fine. Don’t be a scientist. But if one day you have a daughter and she shows interest in being a scientist, PLEASE encourage her. Because Bill Nye is right, there needs to be more women scientists in the world.

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