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helpyoudraw: Neck Reference Updated by MelissaDalton from...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:02:19 -0400

helpyoudraw:

Neck Reference Updated by MelissaDalton from DeviantArt

Many thanks to spreeunit for linking us to this!

myfemalegaze: brooklyn-bridge: A movie theatre you can cuddle...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:01 -0400

myfemalegaze:

brooklyn-bridge:

A movie theatre you can cuddle in

Oh look. A theater where I can put my feet up.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:02:03 -0400

Sometimes I feel like I just don’t belong.

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:46:49 -0400

Sometimes I feel like I just don’t belong.

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enenkay: shortformblog: politicalprof: jeffmiller: This is...

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:02:57 -0400

enenkay:

shortformblog:

politicalprof:

jeffmiller:

This is the secret to life.

Politicalprof: David Foster Wallace explains it all to you. Listen.

There is no way to overstate how much we recommend taking 10 minutes to watch this video.

I’m really glad I watched this, and I think people have nothing to lose and all the more to gain from doing the same.

Those times in life where you wonder how you let yourself get to this sort of place in life…

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:31:25 -0400

Those times in life where you wonder how you let yourself get to this sort of place in life…

All those faces! XD

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:02:02 -0400

All those faces! XD

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"Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on women’s..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:25:23 -0400

“Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on women’s appearance matter a lot. Not all men buy into this, of course, but many do. Some seem incapable of entertaining the notion that not everything women do with their appearance is for men to look at. This is why men’s response to women discussing stifling beauty norms is so often something like “But I actually like small boobs!” and “But I actually like my women on the heavier side, if you know what I mean!” They don’t realize that their individual opinion on women’s appearance doesn’t matter in this context, and that while it might be reassuring for some women to know that there are indeed men who find them fuckable, that’s not the point of the discussion.

Women, too, have been socialized to believe that the ultimate arbiters of their appearance are men, that anything they do with their appearance is or should be “for men.” That’s why women’s magazines trip over themselves to offer up advice on “what he wants to see you wearing” and “what men think of these current fashion trends” and “wow him with these new hairstyles.” While women can and do judge each other’s appearance harshly, many of us grew up being told by mothers, sisters, and female strangers that we’ll never “get a man” or “keep a man” unless we do X or lose some fat from Y, unless we moisturize//trim/shave/push up/hide/show/”flatter”/paint/dye/exfoliate/pierce/surgically alter this or that.

That’s also why when a woman wears revealing clothes, it’s okay, in our society, to assume that she’s “looking for attention” or that she’s a slut and wants to sleep with a bunch of guys. Because why else would a woman wear revealing clothes if not for the benefit of men and to communicate her sexual availability to them, right? It can’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that it’s hot out or it’s more comfortable or she likes how she looks in it or everything else is in the laundry or she wants to get a tan or maybe she likes women and wants attention from them, not from men?

The result of all this is that many men, even kind and well-meaning men, believe, however subconsciously, that women’s bodies are for them. They are for them to look at, for them to pass judgment on, for them to bless with a compliment if they deign to do so. They are not for women to enjoy, take pride in, love, accept, explore, show off, or hide as they please. They are for men and their pleasure.”

- Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot » Brute Reason (via albinwonderland)