Leonard Nimoy on a Flag Pole

WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: The Situation of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:32:03 -0700

WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: The Situation of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer:

via a friend who just visited him in prison.

Andrew is currently serving 3.5 years for revealing a security flaw by AT&T. He has been in administrative segregation for twenty days as punishment for using his payphone calls to post to Soundcloud, and for sending pre-written…

costumecommunityservice: [full size][full size][full...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:29 -0700

costumecommunityservice:

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Darts 101, or Fabric May Not Be Metal but It Still Needs to be Beaten Into Shape

Our old friend Isabela is my guinea pig for today’s onslaught of learning, as well as several sheets of laser paper. May they rest in peace.

hoplophilia: Dragon’s Breath is a very gorgeous type of opal...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:46:43 -0700

hoplophilia:

Dragon’s Breath is a very gorgeous type of opal made into many types of jewelry.

expositionfairy: gizmo-turing: hamishmash: The first two...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:20 -0700

expositionfairy:

gizmo-turing:

hamishmash:

The first two pages from my upcoming comic Horus Story, the very true story of Horus’ birth according to Egyptian legend.

AAAAAHHH LITTLE SET AHAHHAH

Laughing entirely too hard oh my god

“I really want that box”

teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:38:58 -0700

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

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Sun, 19 May 2013 17:38:37 -0700

ohcorny: weepinduo

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:33:26 -0700

ohcorny:

weepinduo

mesitka: lolbatty: lilredridingrickie: freinne: 6 minutes of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:35:26 -0700

mesitka:

lolbatty:

lilredridingrickie:

freinne:

6 minutes of close-ups is not okay

oh my god someone drew my deepest thoughts

^^^^^

Yes, in every porn, regardless of orientation.

muthafuk: Pawel Kuczynski Pretty accurate.

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:29:43 -0700

muthafuk:

Pawel Kuczynski

Pretty accurate.

all-that-is-pokemon: Artist: Toneko

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:21:53 -0700

all-that-is-pokemon:

Artist: Toneko

1212m: commission pics（‾◡◝）

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:41:43 -0700

1212m:

commission pics（‾◡◝）

Romanthony, voice of Daft Punk's One More Time, passed away.

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:34:43 -0700

Romanthony, voice of Daft Punk's One More Time, passed away.:

daftpunknews:

Multiple reports have come in that influential producer and artist Romanthony has passed away.

It is true, the singer of Daft Punk’s One More Time and Too Long passed away on May 7th.

May he rest in peace.

:’(

cuteleesi: thenewwomensmovement: thescarletwoman: thisisrape...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:29 -0700

cuteleesi:

thenewwomensmovement:

thescarletwoman:

thisisrapeculture:

xtremecaffeine:

and-other-good-intentions:

So I saw a post on how American Apparel markets unisex clothing, but I couldn’t actually find a unisex section on their website. I did however notice this. The sweatshirts one is particularly illuminating.

Selling men’s clothes to men, and selling women’s bodies to… ?

American Apparel is really fucking horrible for many, many reasons, but here’s another example.

American Apparel’s advertising is a PERFECT example of the way that we sell products to men through advertisements and sell women’s bodies to men even though they’re being used in advertisements for women’s products. It’s a fantastic example of how the female body is treated differently than the male body, how it’s seen as intrinsically sexual, and how this is totally normalized within our culture. To be clear: i’m not saying there’s anything wrong with women’s bodies being sexual, or women being seen as sexual beings. We are sexual beings! What I am saying is that there’s something deeply problematic when that sexualizing is only happening for women, and when that sexuality turns into objectification through a male gaze. To illustrate, here’s a screencap from the AA homepage right now:

because a picture of a woman’s ass that she is spreading with her fingers and the slogan ‘get wet’ is not an objectification of women’s bodies for the male gaze AT ALL, and we would totally see these types of images and ads for male swimsuits too! -________-

Yeah, if you’re still spending your money there, stop.

Added an image to reinforce the absolutely appalling sexism of this company

by 獲無胃

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:39:38 -0700

by 獲無胃

xombiedirge: Jurassic Park Poster Series by Pierre-Alain...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:10 -0700

xombiedirge:

Jurassic Park Poster Series by Pierre-Alain Dubois / Blog

enjoy-my-mind: this fucked my mind up for a second

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:12:59 -0700

enjoy-my-mind:

this fucked my mind up for a second

scienceing: mybluedecember: princess-munchkin: How the fuck...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:12:27 -0700

scienceing:

mybluedecember:

princess-munchkin:

How the fuck does Bill Nye expect this to happen? What do you want to do, force women to enroll in science courses, regardless of whether or not they want to do it? Just for the sake of having “enough” women? Why the fuck do these fractions matter so much? It’s not like people are holding guns to our head and threatening to kill us if we become interested in science.

Maybe, just maybe, a lot of us DON’T FUCKING WANT to be scientists. Is that a crime?

Hi there, princess-munchkin. Female engineering student here.

Bill Nye is not saying that you HAVE to be a scientist, and you are right that no one is holding a gun to my head because I am interested in science, but let me tell you some of the struggles of being a woman in the STEM fields.

1) Because I am a woman, I am not expected these fields. I first fully realized this when I was in high school, on my robotics team. See, although my robotics team was about 50% female, most of the women were part of the “business administration” side of things: finance, marketting, PR, membership, etc. Was this a problem? Absolutely not. But I was there to be an engineer, and specifically, to be the robot programmer. This was met with a lot of hesitation at first from some of the other students (all of whom happened to be male. This is not necessarily a bad thing.) You see, all of the robot programmers before me were guys. Computer programming is just a thing that guys do, or so they thought. Even after I had proved myself to the mentors on the team, many of the students still underestimated my abilities. There were rumors going around that I wouldn’t have been able to program the robot at all if the lead software mentor wasn’t there to help me. This was just flat-out false, but it wasn’t until I won an award for the team that the other students actually saw my merit.

2) There is not a lot of encouragement for women to go into these fields. I first noticed this when I was in elementary school. I was always interested in math, science, you name it, but many of my teachers and family members pushed that to the side for a long time. When I asked for legos for christmas, I would get ballet slippers. In fact, for a long time, I was training to be a professional dancer. I loved to dance. I loved math more, but no one seemed to notice that about me. It wasn’t until I had a long conversation with one particular teacher in high school that I decided to look into engineering. I had never even considered it as an option before, because no one decided to encourage me to pursue my interest in science. If it hadn’t been for that teacher, I would probably not be at the school I am at right now.

3) For a long time, Engineering/Science/Math WAS a “boys only” club. Let me tell you when some of the top technical schools and societies started letting women in:

RPI, The oldest tech school in the country, founded in 1824. Started admitting women in 1942 to “replace men called to war.” Campus housing for women wasn’t constructed until 1966.

Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honors Society - Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1968.

Caltech - Currently rated #3 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1891. Started admitting women in 1970.

Georgia Tech - Currently rated #5 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1952.

Do you see the implications of this? Engineering has been a part of our society since around the late 1800s (in the case of RPI, since the 1820s), but women weren’t even allowed in for the most part until the 1950s, regardless of their merit.

4) Because of the fact that it was a “boys only” club for such a long time, there are not a lot of women engineers and scientists to look up to. When you’re reading your physics, chemistry, and math text books, the majority of those theories were came up with by men. It is true that much of our history was written by White Men, but this does not mean that the fact that there are few women scientists to look up does not matter.

So, as you can hopefully see, princess-munckin, or anyone else that shares the opinions of princess-munchkin, Bill Nye was not arguing that women that are not interested in STEM should go into those fields anyway. But he IS arguing against all of the systematic barriers set up against women who ARE interested in engineering and science. There are several women out there who are just as good as the boys at math and science, but will never pursue their interests because it just doesn’t seem like an option. That was me for a long time. I am super grateful for the fact that I fought against that, and that I ended up where I am.

if you don’t like science, fine. Don’t be a scientist. But if one day you have a daughter and she shows interest in being a scientist, PLEASE encourage her. Because Bill Nye is right, there needs to be more women scientists in the world.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:40:02 -0700

sweet-poffin: I call him Boufadoofbecause how ridiculous does...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:57:31 -0700

sweet-poffin:

I call him Boufadoof

because how ridiculous does that sound

sicklysweetqueen: can i just

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:57:24 -0700

sicklysweetqueen:

can i just