Of course, the real way to tell whether you’re in a Hard SF novel is if people keep providing you with unsolicited explanations of basic physics and everyday technology which you should, by rights, already know.
So every single woman is in a Hard SF novel is what you’re telling me
…You know, it’s occurred to me that this would actually be a very good way to do exposition in hard SF novels without needing anyone to break character.
The line “Hey there, Delilah / You be good, and don’t you miss me / Two more years and you’ll be done with school / And I’ll be makin’ history like I do” is an example of the classic erasure of women’s success when compared to men because who’s to say Delilah’s degree won’t come with a groundbreaking piece of research that changes her field forever and mr. plain white tees over is just writing simple chord progressions not discovering new theories of societal advancement. In this essay I will—
Delilah went out and earned her degree and mr. plain white tees had the AUDACITY to say “someday I’ll pay the bills with this guitar.” Delilah honey dump his ass & go make your money.
Not to read into this post too deep but this is an interview with the real ‘Delilah’ in the song where she talks about how she wasn’t actually even dating mr plain white tees guy when the song came out and for a long time the song was a source of discomfort for her.. She also talks about her accomplishments as an athlete in this interview, she’s a rlly talented long distance runner.
John Mulaney, a man who is iconically known for loving his wife, after being told by Jerry Seinfeld that his wife only thinks shes good at something
Well done OP, you’ve managed to capture the moment John’s spirit left his body
Jerry’s lucky that John is too polite to throw hands
Okay but I just went and watched this for myself and it’s WORSE
He’s. So uncomfortable. It’s obvious. I cut out the part where John kind of muttered, “That is true, isn’t it” about how all men think they’re funny, but his face is just screwed up in this ‘oh god what have i done what have i signed up for this is not good and this will probably go into my next comedy special of awkwardness’
Just watched this omg bless john bc jerry just keeps trying to do some “take my wife” bullshit and john very politely goes no, no.
proud of John for restraining himself from murdering a man on camera
The comments on this poet are filled with white nerds being misogynistic lmao, surprise
I know. So many angry white nerds in my inbox after posting this, its hilarious. So here’s some more excellent commentary since the Hardwick story broke:
Why is it that kinda creepy dudes almost universally seem to prefer the word “females” over saying “women?” Are they trying to sound academic or something? It’s like they’re talking about an animal species. “Let me describe my observations of THE FEMALES”
That’s because if you refer to a female as a “woman” you have to deal with the “Are you saying I look old” problem, and if you refer to her as a “girl” then you have to deal with “Are you saying I look like a child” problem.
The workings of the female mind us such a mystery that referring to them as seperate species is both the safest and most honest way to address them.
…..what
I can confirm this, actually. I had an absolutely terrifying encounter with a female the other day.
I was out walking my dog, and I guess I must have wandered into her territory, because I heard her hissing at me and when I looked up I saw her defensive spines and eyespots were exposed in what was pretty clearly a threat display. I tried backing away slowly like you’re supposed to, but of course the dog aggravated her and she lunged, so I grabbed the leash and just started running. Apparently a couple of other people have run into her before, and one guy actually got mauled (which I think is bullshit, because there’s clearly posted safety guidelines so the dumbass probably kept chasing after her trying to get a picture or something,) and she ended up having to be put down because her territory was so close to a human community.
Remember, keep your garbage tightly sealed and don’t feed wild Females, because they pose a danger to both themselves and humans once they start associating us with food.
I dunno, I heard once they captured it, it turned out to be nothing but a common ghost owl with that had lost some feathers. It’s an understandable confusion, but evidence suggests that females are actually much larger than most owls, about 10-14 feet tall on average, and while they can’t fly, they can swell with air and drift on the wind until they find a more suitable hunting ground.
Other things that can be easily mistaken for females include:
Weather balloons
Sun spots
Swamp gas
Wild dogs with mange
The brocken spectre phenomenon
Swarming locusts
The moon
Camera glitches
Foxfire
Heavily decomposed basking sharks
Mothman
Low-flying jets
Jellyfish blooms
The Bermuda triangle
Plastic bags
Heavily decomposed mothmen with mange
Anime
…I have never heard anyone respond like that to being called a “woman.”
This fails to mention that she was the first woman to run for US president, as well as being the first woman stockbroker on Wall Street alongside her sister Tennie Claflin, and their newspaper published the first English translation of the Communist Manifesto known to date
@reservoircat HEY LOOK WHAT JUST POPPED UP ON MY DASH
YES, I HAVE *OPINIONS* ABOUT THIS POST.
Okay, for starters, Victoria wasn’t a sex worker. She wasn’t necessarily anti-sex worker in the manner of the time–she viewed it as a societal ill that occurred because of the inequality of women and the power structure which allowed and abused such sex work. But she very much wanted to destroy the structures that forced many women into sex work and sex trafficking.
The claims that Victoria herself was a sex worker come from two things: her supportive stance on ‘free love’, i.e. the allowance for men and women to chose their own consensual sex partners outside of marriage, and her rise to power as a millionaire New York stock broker and newspaper owner. See, men of the time refused to believe that Victoria and her younger sister Tennessee Claflin could truly be such shrewd, ambitious and forward thinking businesswomen all on their own. So they spread the rumor that the sisters got their positions and fortunes from being sugar babies basically.
She was also virulently anti-trafficking after her younger sister and business partner Tennie Claflin was kidnapped and sold into brothels by one of their business rivals. When this happened, Victoria and her husband Colonel James Blood tracked the traffickers down and retrieved Tennie at gunpoint from her captors.
Victoria was not well liked by her fellow suffragists either because she was an ardent supporter of Black suffrage and total equality of all races. She regularly told Stanton and Anthony to go fuck themselves.
It was awesome. She was awesome.
I just love Victoria Woodhull so much ;-;
Victoria Woodhull was sick as hell, GET TO KNOW HER
ATTENTION: Femcon 2015 is a scam.
Some users on 4chan decided to create a fake convention in order to scam feminists out of their money. Please, don’t fall for this, and help spread the word if you can.
Here is a link to some screenshots from their chat: http://imgur.com/a/2e0kU
okay so apparently the creator of the Minions (who is named Pierre Coffin, holy shit, what an amazing name) said something along the lines of “All the Minions are boys/men because I just can’t see women acting that stupid” which a lot of people are taking as “haha yeah men are stupid!” but also this is a really boring trend I’ve seen in media (especially cartoons and sitcoms) since the dawn of time
characters that are silly, goofy, stupid, funny, loud, obnoxious, and ridiculous are always boys.
characters that are smart, mature, delicate, and sophisticated are almost always girls.
now to a lot of people this is probably a “yeah, so?” kind of thing, and some people might even see it as a good thing? they might see it as “yes i’m glad girls are being taught that boys are stupid!”
well, that’s not really the case. girls aren’t being taught boys are stupid, they’re being taught that boys GET to be stupid. boys GET to be loud and goofy because they’re boys, and that’s just how boys act. it enforces a really harsh gender role that says that boys are naturally funny and silly and girls need to stay quiet.
and typically whenever these two character archetypes interact, the mature girl is always there to ruin the boy’s fun (Cosmo and Wanda, Billy and Mandy, Dib and Gaz, Goku and Chichi, Fred and Wilma, George and Jane, and Every Sitcom You’ve Ever Seen)
i just think it’s time for some girl characters that are allowed to be silly! that are allowed to run the show with their goofiness! to tell girls that it’s okay to not be mature and have fun! i’m just tired of the same gender roles being enforced that I’ve been noticing since I was a kid!
thank you for putting your finger on why that quote was bugging me
Every time people try to say that this is a hurtful stereotype against men, they’re forgetting how glorified the male “simpleton” characters often are. Yeah, we’re supposed to laugh at them, too, but people *love* the Homers and Patricks and Stimpys and Braks and Meatwads and Eds, and they’re supposed to.
Those characters are constantly portrayed as happier, more fun to be around, well-meaning, innocent and full of unexpected insight into life. They’re characters who always know how to have a good time in any situation and often come out on top over the un-fun “smart” people. Even when they’re villains, they’re the adorable not-really-evil villains.
And the worst part is, “dumb” female characters DO exist….they just aren’t written to be fun. They’re always “valley girls” and “vapid blondes” hanging out with the ~mean popular kids~ or the joke is that they’re “dumb” but at least they’re “hot” LOL“Dumb” male characters are protected, rewarded, written to be the ideal friend and innocent cinnamon roll, while “dumb” female characters are more often demonized, punished and presented as shallow, despicable trash.
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