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mikialynn: Ipanema sunset in Rio

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:40:15 +0200

mikialynn:

Ipanema sunset in Rio

Malecon at Night

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:20:15 +0200

Malecon at Night

Gatsby, and Other Luxury Consumers

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:13:00 +0200

Gatsby, and Other Luxury Consumers:

Sex scenes have become dull and unimaginative since the ’70s, when showing flesh in mainstream movies still carried a frisson of transgression. By the time any sex happens in “Spring Breakers” it is beside the point. The real objects of lust in contemporary cinema are not bodies but, well, objects — in particular the luxury brands that form the lingua franca of popular culture from hip-hop to reality television to the pages of Vogue.

One of the great paradoxes of modern consumerism is that these goods are mass-market signifiers of exclusivity, tokens of aristocratic populism. We may not be able to afford them, but we are invited to believe that we still deserve them, and that their acquisition will be the fulfillment of a dream. If we can’t touch what Gatsby has, at least we can look.

fuckyeahfeminists: reuters: A beach for everyone: physically...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:50:34 +0200

fuckyeahfeminists:

reuters:

A beach for everyone: physically handicapped individuals took part in the “Praia para Todos” (Beach for Everyone) project on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last week.

The project, run by volunteer physical therapists and students, offers a weekend at two of Rio’s beaches to the physically handicapped, many of whom don’t have the means to reach the beach, let alone swim in the sea.

Learn more: http://reut.rs/ZN2Ita

this is great.

blanchibou: Salvador(Ba) - Brazil by insideabelljar on Flickr.

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:59 +0200

blanchibou:

Salvador(Ba) - Brazil by insideabelljar on Flickr.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 03:20:30 +0200

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Sun, 19 May 2013 04:40:35 +0200

rj40graus: rj40graus foto por Fabio Minduim

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:32 +0200

rj40graus:

rj40graus foto por Fabio Minduim

faredisfare: Jack Robinson, Tina Turner, 1960s

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:17:08 +0200

faredisfare:

Jack Robinson, Tina Turner, 1960s

atlanticinfocus: From 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:50:58 +0200

atlanticinfocus:

From 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, one of 42 photos. A fennec fox walks against the wind in Morocco. The fennec, or desert fox, is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara Desert in North Africa. (© Francisco Mingorance/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

Apollonia Marie Photography

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:24 +0200

Apollonia Marie Photography

"When I was a kid, I used to go over to friend’s houses and notice that their parents never seemed to..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:24 +0200

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When I was a kid, I used to go over to friend’s houses and notice that their parents never seemed to bully them or hit them. I assumed this was just because they had a friend over, and that their parents terrorized them all the time when I wasn’t around. I didn’t identify my situation as abuse or reach out to a teacher or counselor because I thought everyone had to live through this. I was probably twenty by the time I realized that some families really don’t humiliate and belittle their kids, ever.

I wish someone had gotten that through to me. I wish instead of saying vaguely and uncomfortably “you can talk to the counselor if you have problems at home,” my teachers had said flat-out “it is not normal to be afraid of your parents, and not normal to be unhappy whenever you’re at home, and you can ask us if you’re not sure if something’s okay or not.” I wish someone could have taught me that wanting to be safe was human instead of selfish.

And I’m probably going to make a whole post about this so I won’t belabor the point right now, but this is why feminists care about media and memes that normalize rape. (Or that stigmatize the words “rape” and “rapist,” but enthusiastically normalize the act of forcing sex on people, as long as you don’t call it that.) Because it tells people that rape is normal, that it’s a popular and accepted way to express romance and/or dominance, and we can’t assume that everyone absorbing this culture knows “of course that’s not how it really works.”

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- The Pervocracy, Everyone else is doing it… right? (via slutwalksignideas)

rj40graus: rj40graus

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:20:13 +0200

rj40graus:

rj40graus

lori-rocks: Fox by Gabriel Ciora-Márkus

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:40:27 +0200

lori-rocks:

Fox by Gabriel Ciora-Márkus

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Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:26 +0200

"One of the worst ways to stop someone from telling sexist jokes is to tell him the joke isn’t funny...."

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:40:33 +0200

“One of the worst ways to stop someone from telling sexist jokes is to tell him the joke isn’t funny. He’ll assume that you’re humorless and that he needs to save the good stuff for the right audience. If you really want someone to stop telling sexist jokes, you need to tell him, “I don’t get it” and then step back as he tries not to say, “It’s funny because women are stupid.”

- [via stfufauxminists, padaviya] (via feimineach)

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Thu, 16 May 2013 03:20:31 +0200

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Wed, 15 May 2013 03:20:11 +0200

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Tue, 14 May 2013 04:40:15 +0200