“Rather than fighting for every woman’s right to feel beautiful, I would like to see the return of a kind of feminism that tells women and girls everywhere that maybe it’s all right not to be pretty and perfectly well behaved. That maybe women who are plain, or large, or old, or differently abled, or who simply don’t give a damn what they look like because they’re too busy saving the world or rearranging their sock drawer, have as much right to take up space as anyone else.

I think if we want to take care of the next generation of girls we should reassure them that power, strength and character are more important than beauty and always will be, and that even if they aren’t thin and pretty, they are still worthy of respect. That feeling is the birthright of men everywhere. It’s about time we claimed it for ourselves.”

paternosterrow:

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theclearlydope:

WORTH SEEING: Dogs driving cars. Agency Draftfcb teamed with SPCA and MINI to create an amazing PR campaign that resulted in a whole of dogs finding new homes.

Brilliant.

slightlysalty:

OMG

THE WAY HE PUTS HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK

ITS LIKE HES A LITTLE TODDLER WHO HAS JUST TATTLE TALED ON SOME OTHER KID AND FEELS REALLY PROUD OF HIMSELF AND LOOKS TO THE TEACHER BECAUSE HE FEELS HE DESERVES A “WELL DONE” STICKER ON HIS FACE

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animalstalkinginallcaps:

YEAH, SHE’S GOOD LOOKING, I GUESS. NOT REALLY MY TYPE. I LIKE A BIGGER WINGSPAN.

THERE WE GO. PAGE 236. LOOK AT THE PLUMAGE ON THAT ONE. SWEET JESUS.

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YOUTUBE MEETING

• PRESIDENT OF YOUTUBE RAPHAEL YOUTUBE: OKAY SO WE'VE FUCKED UP THE LAYOUT EIGHTY TIMES
• PRESIDENT OF YOUTUBE RAPHAEL YOUTUBE: LET'S MAKE IT SO VIDEOS LOAD GRADUALLY AS YOU PLAY THEM WHICH ONLY WORKS NEVER PERCENT OF THE TIME
• PRESIDENT OF YOUTUBE RAPHAEL YOUTUBE: I don't want anyone to watch videos

deathlehem:

george michael has a poster that just says “music”

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“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions.

Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time.

In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows:

The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.

In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts. This may sound outrageous, but think about how you react when precocious children dominate the talk at an adult party. As women begin to make inroads into formerly ‘male’ domains such as business and professional contexts, we should not be surprised to find that their contributions are not always perceived positively or even accurately.”

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