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  • Battle For The Net

    If you woke up tomorrow, and your internet looked like this, what would you do?

    Imagine all your favorite websites taking forever to load, while you get annoying notifications from your ISP suggesting you switch to one of their approved “Fast Lane” sites.

    Think about what we would lose: all the weird, alternative, interesting, and enlightening stuff that makes the Internet so much cooler than mainstream Cable TV. What if the only news sites you could reliably connect to were the ones that had deals with companies like Comcast and Verizon?

    On September 10th, just a few days before the FCC’s comment deadline, public interest organizations are issuing an open, international call for websites and internet users to unite for an “Internet Slowdown” to show the world what the web would be like if Team Cable gets their way and trashes net neutrality. Net neutrality is hard to explain, so our hope is that this action will help SHOW the world what’s really at stake if we lose the open Internet.

    If you’ve got a website, blog or tumblr, get the code to join the #InternetSlowdown here: https://battleforthenet.com/sept10th

    Everyone else, here’s a quick list of things you can do to help spread the word about the slowdown: http://tumblr.fightforthefuture.org/post/96020972118/be-a-part-of-the-great-internet-slowdown

    Get creative! Don’t let us tell you what to do. See you on the net September 10th!

    via Battle For The Net.

  • seananmcguire:

    There is a hardship giveaway currently running at my blog—basically, please only enter if you genuinely have not been able to afford one of my books that you wanted to have. Details are here:

    http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/614091.html

    And because this is sometimes an issue when people…

  • justice-turtle:

    murderwhitepeople:

    elionking:

    blackraystyles:

    destinysfetus:

    blexicana:

    nothing2apologize4:

    smidgetz:

    nowyoukno:

    Source for more facts follow NowYouKno

    Nestle also doesn’t think that water is an essential human right.

    melanin-101 Not in our house

    image

    Know what you support y’all.

    Dammit. Fucked up my after valentines day plans.

    :-(

    Mars is cool tho right?

    Numerous Palestinian groups have also asked people to boycott Nestle as part of the BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) movement because of Nestle’s participation in the maintenance of the state of Israel

    Oh, bugger. No more Butterfinger ice cream for me. ;P

    Sometimes I momentarily forget what an awful shitty company Nestle is, I keep boycotting them because I know that they’re awful, but I can’t pinpoint why. Then I’m reminded….

  • AP: Ferguson police caught on tape admitting that they set up a no-fly zone to keep news helicopters out.

    afleshjackforblainecharitydrive:

    mysharona1987:

    That’s an illegal abuse of power, by the way.

    But sure, these people have nothing to hide.

    not seeing many posts about Ferguson on my dash anymore. If your anger at the tumblr update is currently more intense than that of Ferguson and Darren Wilson you may want to consider refocusing on the bigger picture.

  • theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

    theroguefeminist:

    valosaurus-rex:

    steffy-beff:

    avengershood:

    The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

    How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

    Wow what trash

    On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

    What’s worse:

    1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

    or

    2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

    Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission

    DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

    The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

    That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

    Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

    Beyond that, there’s the whole reason men are more likely to take “I have a boyfriend” as a legitimate no: because they care way more about a hypothetical man’s ownership over you than your own agency or desires. It’s only when the possibility another man is involved will men MAYBE back off.

    So women pull out the boyfriend card bc they also know men are more likely to respect another hypothetical man than herself.

  • She was actually the very 1st Trans Woman murdered in 2015 but due to the usual misgendering by media and news, we’re just now finding out.

    It has all the disrespectful AP Stylebook violations I loathe when writing about these murders of African-American trans women.

    Using mugshot photo in WHAS-TV storyCHECK.  

    Using victim’s dead name: CHECK.  

    Misgendering her throughout the story:  CHECK 

    Surprised the WHAS-TV peeps didn’t disrespect Ms. Edwards further by inserting whatever criminal record they could find since they found the mugshot.

    The 20 year old Ms. Edwards (I refuse to use a name that is in violation of AP Stylebook standards for covering trans people) was found shot to death at the Fern Valley Motel in the 2700 block of Fern Valley Road on January 9.

    She was from Indianapolis, and after LMPD was called to the scene, she was transported to a local hospital where she was declared dead upon arrival after suffering a single gunshot would to the chest.

    LMPD is searching for 20 year old Henry Richard Gleaves in connection with this homicide and if you have eyeballs on him, please call the anonymous LMPD tip line at 502-574-LMPD.

    For those of you in the Louisville area or Indianapolis area where Ms.Edwards was from, if you have some pics of her or know her femme name, please get it to me ASAP so I can properly and respectfully cover her story unlike the stenographers at WHAS-TV.

    And this now make three transsisters we have lost to anti-trans violence since this year started, all 30 years old or younger.    

    And this month still isn’t over yet.

    #BlackTransLivesMatter    Once again how many more of us have to die before the Black community gives a damn?

    (words by Monica Roberts)

  • lustyloveylady:

    This is still one of the most perfect adaptations ever made

    lustyloveylady:

    This is still one of the most perfect adaptations ever made

    lustyloveylady:

    This is still one of the most perfect adaptations ever made

    lustyloveylady:

    This is still one of the most perfect adaptations ever made

    lustyloveylady:

    This is still one of the most perfect adaptations ever made

  • socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

    socialjusticekoolaid:

    HAPPENING NOW (1/28/15): A hearing set to discuss police oversight and a citizen review board in St Louis erupted into conflict Wednesday night. Jeff Roorda, the head of the police union and an avid Darren Wilson supporter, assaulted a black woman. Livestreamer bassemmasri found himself under attack by a racist resident. Ferguson is still happening and police and racist vigilantes continue to harass/assault/terrorize those demanding justice. If you’ve turned away, turn back now. This fight is far from over. #staywoke

    LIVESTREAM

  • die-walkure13:

    fuck man, this is my favorite quote.