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Fuck Yeah SciFi/Fantasy WOC: Author Scott Lynch responds to a critic of the character Zamira Drakasha, a black woman pirate in his fantasy book Red...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:32:04 -0500

Fuck Yeah SciFi/Fantasy WOC: Author Scott Lynch responds to a critic of the character Zamira Drakasha, a black woman pirate in his fantasy book Red...:

fuckyeahscifiwomenofcolour:

The bolded sections represent quotes from the criticism he received. All the z-snaps are in order.

Your characters are unrealistic stereotpyes of political correctness. Is it really necessary for the sake of popular sensibilities to have in a fantasy what we have in the real world? I read…

So much nothing...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:03:12 -0500

…is getting done today.

I’ll catch up tomorrow.

"What if all women were bigger and stronger than you? And thought they were smarter? What if women..."

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:48:06 -0500

“What if all women were bigger and stronger than you? And thought they were smarter? What if women were the ones who started wars? What if too many of your friends had been raped by women wielding giant dildos and no K-Y Jelly? What if the state trooper who pulled you over on the New Jersey Turnpike was a woman and carried a gun? What if the ability to menstruate was the prerequisite for most high-paying jobs? What if your attractiveness to women depended on the size of your penis? What if every time women saw you they’d hoot and make jerking motions with their hands? What if women were always making jokes about how ugly penises are and how bad sperm tastes? What if you had to explain what’s wrong with your car to big sweaty women with greasy hands who stared at your crotch in a garage where you are surrounded by posters of naked men with hard-ons? What if men’s magazines featured cover photos of 14-year-old boys with socks tucked into the front of their jeans and articles like: “How to tell if your wife is unfaithful” or “What your doctor won’t tell you about your prostate” or “The truth about impotence”? What if the doctor who examined your prostate was a woman and called you “Honey”? What if you had to inhale your boss’ stale cigar breath as she insisted that sleeping with her was part of the job? What if you couldn’t get away because the company dress code required you wear shoes designed to keep you from running? And what if after all that women still wanted you to love them?”

- For the Men Who Still Don’t Get It, Carol Diehl. (via skeletales)

yeahwriters: You’re tellin me girrrrl.

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:45:15 -0500

yeahwriters:

You’re tellin me girrrrl.

eatsleepdraw: Subconscious Choices

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:44:33 -0500

eatsleepdraw:

Subconscious Choices

I was totally going to write something ...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:42:53 -0500

..but now I can’t remember what it was.

http://www.livingamused.com/2011/05/19/still-falls-the-rain/

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:38:00 -0400

http://www.livingamused.com/2011/05/19/still-falls-the-rain/

Nature makes the best music.

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:36:01 -0400

Nature makes the best music.

unfriendlyatheist: fuckyeahsexyatheists: This is what happens...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:44:44 -0400

unfriendlyatheist:

fuckyeahsexyatheists:

This is what happens when I have no assignments over the weekend…

The pink tabs are for murder, purple for human or animal sacrifice, blue for rape, yellow for slavery and green for misogyny.

Notice how there’s a huge section missing where the New Testament is? Yeah, me neither.

atheistme: Faith is like a diamond.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:43:54 -0400

atheistme:

Faith is like a diamond.

unfriendlyatheist: Religion vs Science, take 2…

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:40:58 -0400

unfriendlyatheist:

Religion vs Science, take 2…

cordisre: Andreas Amador

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:39:17 -0400

cordisre:

Andreas Amador

"Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be..."

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:39:07 -0400

“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust, the friendship will crumble.”

- Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (via skeletales)

beffyjo: That about sums it up.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:37:18 -0400

beffyjo:

That about sums it up.

"I was tormented a lot in highschool for being a very well-built and very flaming gay in a Catholic..."

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:27:58 -0400

“

I was tormented a lot in highschool for being a very well-built and very flaming gay in a Catholic high school. One day, a group of seven or so classmates followed me home and beat the shit out of me and ripped up all my clothes in the middle of a busy street.

I took a day off to recuperate and mull things over. Then, the following day, I followed one of them home and viciously attacked him. First I blindsided him in the jaw, then i repeatedly took shots at the underside of his ribs until he couldn’t breath.

Once he was on the ground, I grabbed him by the hair and ground his face into the pavement almost down to the bone, telling him “who’s the freak now, asshole?”

I left him on that street with a warning, that if he or anyone else ever ratted me out, or they ever tried to start shit again, it would be the last time their family saw them in one piece.

He never said a word to any authorities. I think the rumor that was spread was a car accident or something.

That was the last time I was talked to, tormented, or looked at funny for three years.

”

- anonymous (via dbeat)

madnessbeckons: My favorite Atheist

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:27:15 -0400

madnessbeckons:

My favorite Atheist

Photo

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:26:27 -0400

STFU, Conservatives: Today's Edition of Actual Headlines vs. Fox News Headlines (3/20/12)

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:23:10 -0400

STFU, Conservatives: Today's Edition of Actual Headlines vs. Fox News Headlines (3/20/12):

thepoliticalfreakshow:

Below is your daily reminder of how Fox News is a propaganda machine for the Republican Party and the Tea Party Movement.

They will twist words around to suit their own agenda, even twisting headlines to their own liking.

Actual Headline:

The original article:

abaldwin360: Exactly.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:13:16 -0400

abaldwin360:

Exactly.

Contraceptive and gay marriage. How is this still an issue.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:12:15 -0400

modificationnotmutilation:

Separation of religion and state. This shouldn’t be an argument.

Stop putting your religious influences into law making.

Homosexual marriage unconstitutional? BANNING IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!