natural-queen-of-coarse:

fuckyeablackart:

Jammin’ by ~brookelydrawsstuff

This piece speaks to me because I love music!

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shitstraightwhiteguyssay:

createourownlight:

mediamattersforamerica:

When the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto weighed in on the sexual assault crisis in the military, he said it was a “war on men” and was the start of an “effort to criminalize male sexuality.”

Because when James Taranto learns about 26,000 sexual assault victims, he hears “war on men.” 

James Taranto thinks male sexuality is… to rape? 

Um, wow. 

The head of the Australian army thinks stabbing your sisters-in-arms (or brothers, in some cases) in the back is a disgusting betrayal of your duty to have their backs. Most people would think that the saner response.

This man has a job???

andrewartwork:

Isabela and Aveline - Mass Age

Hopefully Isabela keeps to the Terminus systems or Aveline’s gonna have to lay down some galactic justice on her ass.

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topsidepress:

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Cathy Brennan, radical “feminist” terrorist, has set her sights on a young black activist in Baltimore County, MD. Phylicia Sampson is being taken to court by Brennan, a notorious harasser of trans women and their supporters. Sampson is a recent college grad with few resources, no car and no way to fight back without your help.

As a community, we’ve suffered Brennan’s assaults for a long time—her blog is the best known for outing trans women’s personal information. She believes trans women are men who are infiltrating the feminist community and expends her resources fighting them. The idea that she is now taking her harassment to a legal venue is horrifying. That she has selected a young black woman with few resources to fight back is repugnant.

We can’t let Cathy Brennan get away with this! Share Phylicia’s campaign on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram.  Here are some things you can do TODAY to help:

• Tell your friends why it is important that they donate to this campaign. 
• Donate what you can.
• Write to your favorite feminist blog and ask them to cover this campaign

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thescienceofreality:

alittlecoconuttart:

[Article excerpt]

New Study Shows Hillary Clinton’s Face Makes Women More Confident

Tess VandenDolder Apr 25th at 1:07 pm 

In the study individual men and women were asked to give a speech in front of a panel of six strangers. For some there was a picture of Bill Clinton on the back wall and for others there was a picture of Hillary. Overall the men spoke longer and were judged as better speakers than the women, except for the group of ladies who spoke while looking into Hillary’s baby blues. That group blew the men out of the water as far as the length of their speeches and overall confidence and success in conveying their ideas publicly.

The conclusion researchers drew from this study was that when women are exposed to powerful female role models in leadership positions they gained instant boosts in confidence and the ability to achieve at high levels. ”Female political role models can inspire women and help them cope with stressful situations that they encounter in their careers, such as public speaking,” the authors of the study wrote. ”A lack of female powerful role models leads to a vicious circle, because if women fail to take leadership positions, they also fail to provide role models for junior women to follow.”

“They go on to recommend that ‘active steps should be taken in order to increase the number of women in leadership positions, which would consequently increase their visibility and empower other women on their path to leadership.’ ” via POPSCI

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goodstuffhappenedtoday:

Fashion photographer focuses on those with genetic conditions to reframe beauty

Rick Guidotti’s life has been all about beauty and the power of images.  He spent years as a fashion photographer in Milan, Paris, and New York. But 15 years ago, while photographing a woman with Albinism, Guidotti was shocked by images in medical textbooks. Those medical pictures changed his life and ever since Guidotti has devoted his talent to the disabled. Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.

Interviewed for NBC’s Rock Center, photographer Rick Guidotti said: “It’s not about saying, “Compare Claudia Schiffer or Cindy Crawford to this girl. It’s about— it’s about reinterpreting beauty.  It’s about having an opportunity to see beyond what you’re told and what we’re forced to believe that that’s beauty.”

Guidotti’s life has been all about beauty and the power of images. He spent years as a fashion photographer in Milan, Paris, and with a studio in New York, always shooting what fashion editors decreed to be beauty. 

Then, fifteen years ago, when he considered photographing a woman with a disability, he was shocked at images in medical textbooks he consulted. Where, he asked, is the humanity?

“It’s terrifying,” Guidotti said, “There’s other ways to present this. I’ve spoken to so many genetic counselors who have a family in front of them and say ‘Ok, this is what your daughter is going to have. Read this.’ And they cover up the photograph because it will freak the family right out.. There’s gotta be something else we can do. There’s gotta be another way to present that information to that family.”

You can see more of Guidotti’s pictures at the Positive Exposure web site. 

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