This is personal.
When a Muslim fraternity from the University of Texas at Dallas took to the streets to protest against domestic violence, these striking pictures made waves around the world. Muslim America rocks — we just don’t hear about it often.
(via spitntears)
What they did not want you to ever find out is that your generation, the generation born between 1980-1995, actually outnumbers the Baby Boomers. They knew that if you ever turned your eye towards political reform, you could change the world. They tried to keep you sated on vapid television shows and vapid music. They cut off your education and fed you brain candy. They took away your music and gave you Top Ten pop stations. They cut off your art and replaced it with endless reality shows for you to plug into, hoping you would sit quietly by as they ran the world. We as a society are only as strong as our weakest link. Give ‘em hell, kids.
(via operationomy)
SO NO SHANNON
IT’S NOT THAT FUCKING NICE OF A HOTEL
(via tessalynn)
Claire Trevor, 1934 (via Esme and the laneway: some 1930’s inspiration)
(via 1940sthrowback)
Ricky, Jullian & Bubbles in Sims 3
OHOOOOOO NOOOOO
Jill Filipovic wrote an opinion column for The Guardian yesterday, arguing against the practice of women taking their husbands’ names when they get married. It ended up linked on Jezebel and found its way to my Facebook feed where one particular statistic caught my eye. Filipovic claimed that 50% of Americans think a women should be legally required to take her husband’s name.
First, some quick clarification of my biases here. Although I write under a hyphenate, I never have legally changed my name. I’ve never had a desire to do so. In my private life, I’m just Maggie Koerth and always will be. That said, I personally take issue with the implication at the center of Filipovic’s article — that women shouldn’t change their names and that to do so makes you a bad feminist. For me, this is one of those personal decisions where I’m like, whatever. Make your own choice. Just because I don’t get it doesn’t mean you’re wrong.
But just like I take objection to being all judgey about personal choices, I also take objection to legally mandating personal choices, and I was kind of blown away by the idea that 50% of my fellow Americans think my last name should be illegal.
So I looked into that statistic. And then I got really annoyed.
I read half of that article on the Guardian a few days ago. I couldn’t force myself to finish it. It was silly and poorly written.
Thank you for this!
