alyssakorea:

Tumbling over the past year and a half has made me see the problems of gender roles that exist in media, but sometimes it gets to the point where I over analyze every single piece of television or film that I come across. (However this in no way means that I think feminist media criticism is wrong, or should be avoided!) Mostly I just over think everything.

This is an example of what I call Ouroboros(Google it, yo) Logic

Because this cannot be repeated often enough

asksciencewoona:

larrystylinsoneternal:

opal-leaves:

‎”THROUGH A RAPIST’S EYES” (PLS TAKE TIME TO READ THIS. it may save a life.) Reblog this!

  
It seems that alot of attackers use some tactic to get away with violence. Not many people know how to take care of themselves when faced with such a
situation. Everyone should read this especially each n every girl in this world. THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD INFO TO PASS ALONG…

FYI - Through a rapist’s eyes! A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:



1] The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle.
They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun! , braid, or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.

2] The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women who’s clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around to cut clothing.

3] They also look for women using their cell phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.

4] The number one place women are abducted from / attacked at is grocery store parking lots.

5] Number two is office parking lots/garages.

6] Number three is public restrooms.

7] The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to a second location where they don’t have to worry about getting caught.

8] If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn’t worth it because it will be time-consuming.

9] These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas,or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands.

10] Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys you’re not worth it.

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POINTS THAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER:


1] If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk:
can’t believe it is so cold out here, we’re in for a bad winter. Now that you’ve seen their faces and could identify them in a line- up, you lose appeal as a target.

 
2] If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell Stop or Stay back! Most of the rapists this man talked to said they’d leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would 
not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.

3] If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever he goes,) yelling I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY and holding it out will be a deterrent.

4] If someone grabs you, you can’t beat them with strength but you can do it by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm between the elbow and
armpit or in the upper inner thigh - HARD. One woman in a class this guy taught told him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands the guy needed stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it; it really hurts.

5] After the initial hit, always go for the groin. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy’s parts it is extremely painful. You might think that you’ll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our
instructor is that they want a woman who will not cause him a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble, and he’s out of there.

6] When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible. The instructor did it to me without using
much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.

7] Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you see any odd behavior, don’t dismiss it, go with your instincts. You may feel
little silly at the time, but you’d feel much worse if the guy really was trouble.

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FINALLY, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE AS WELL ….

I know you are smart enough to know these pointers but there will be some, where you will go “hmm I must remember that” After reading forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.


1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do it.

2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans : if a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you…. chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or
purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won’t see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON’T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side,put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU CLOSE the DOORS , LEAVE.
 

5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
a. Be aware: look around your car as someone may be
hiding at the passenger side , peek into your car, inside the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. ( DO THIS TOO BEFORE RIDING A TAXI CAB) .
b. If you! u are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
c. Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
 

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked “for help” into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
  

Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it’s better safe than sorry.


If u have a heart or compassion reblog this post.
‘Helping hands are better than Praying Lips’ – give us your helping hand.

 
REBLOG THIS AND LET EVERY GIRL KNOW
ATLEAST PEOPLES WILL KNOW WATS GOIN IN THIS WORLD.
So please reblog this….Your one reblog can Help to spread this information.
I hope you all will Reblog. Lets See how many of you really care for this.

DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT NOT REBLOGGING THIS! IT COULD ACTUALLY SAVE A LIFE.

My grandma was tied up by Ted Bundy (She got away) so please please be aware.

This also needs reblogging.

incidentalcomics:

The Nature of Ambition

A small reminder that everything goes in cycles. If things seem low, keep pushing until they rise up

(via goodnightsugar)

This is basically what my notes look like in the real world. Random jottings ahead

mostflogged:

eldorado-lu:

whelmish:

queenofattolia:

She’s a member of AKB48 who was caught coming out of a male idol’s house. At first people thought she’d be forced to move to one of the sister groups or something not as harsh, but she was made to shave her head (she says it was her idea, but i mean c’mon) and then management uploaded a video of her asking for forgiveness and it’s all so ridiculous. She was also demoted to trainee level, after being in the group for 8 years. So if you could go to their YT channel and flag the video as abusive so YT removes it, that’d be great. 

EVERYONE: Please go here and flag this video as abusive content against vulnerable individuals.  We need to get this taken off youtube IMMEDIATELY.  PLEASE.

Jesus fuck!

I heard about the “scandal” yesterday, but never did I imagine that they would do something like this. That video was one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen in my life.

Please report it and spread the word about how wrong it is to do something like this to a poor innocent girl who has done no wrong!

welcome to idol culture, if you’re not a perfect innocent object ready to be sexualized get the fuck out.

This is seriously disgusting.

I am greatly reminded of the culture around idols like *NSYNC, Justin Bieber, and other teen sensations. This is unprecedentedly cruel towards a performer, but I imagine the potential punishments for other idols breaking character wouldn’t be too far off base. The suits have an image to push, and anything that threatens it is to be dealt with swiftly and harshly

A sign of progress that still must be made

clairehosking:

The other day I saw the new character model for Cortana and I was thinking it seemed pretty alright - she looked older, stronger, far less caricatured. If Cortana was always going to be titillating, at least she seemed a more appropriate object of desire: more 25 than 15,  more flesh than real doll.

So I got a bit nervous when I saw a lot of negative reactions to Cortana’s new larger boobs. Not because that reaction wasn’t coming from a good place - these were people I respected,  reacting against objectification of women and the presentation of unrealistic ideals to young women.  But just a couple of weeks earlier I heard they’ve got plans to make the new Lara Croft incarnation deeper, and part of that will be making her boobs smaller. The implication that larger boobs are a liability to well-presented, deep characters makes me nervous because, well, how many stacked women get to have complex stories in popular media? I can think of Joan Holloway and…?
Boob sizes have been neatly separating  the mistresses from wives, the sexy/trashy good-times-girls from the arty/pretentious hipsters, the ciphers from the plotlines. Video games have certainly fed the first part of the stereotype, that ‘e-cup women are playthings’, but wouldn’t only giving empathetic roles to C-cup-or-less  women just reinforce that? (It’s also implying small-boobed women can’t be objectified because they’re insufficiently sexy. The beauty of this system is no-one wins!) Where are the ‘twist’ video games for this gaming trope, promoted as indulging the players’ desire to objectify women, but surprise! actually gives you that character’s perspective about what it’s like to live with all that objectification? Lara Croft isn’t running towards her goal, she’s running away from you, thousands upon thousands of leering players.

But there’s another point I want to make, because the logic that suggests “Sex is fun, fun is trivial, certain bodies are more sex than others, therefore certain bodies are more trivial than others.”, comes from the same place as that attitude towards media: “Play is fun, fun is trivial, certain media forms are more about play than others, therefore certain media forms are more trivial than others.”

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gingerhaze:

kevinwada:

fuckyeahillustrativeart:

sarapsys:

posting without a source is unfortunately pretty common, but it doesn’t have to be.  with a few minutes of hunting, you can make sure the artists you like get credit for their work! :)  hope this is helpful.

It’s not hard folks.

-Do not erase the source from posts

-Don’t post anything you don’t know the source of

-Don’t reblog art that does not have a proper source linked to it

-If you must post sourceless art, please be generous and hunt for its source. 

The more you know…..*shooting star*

PAY ATTENTION KIDS. Be considerate of the people who make things for you to look at.

(via exploding-zombies)

Because this can’t repeated often enough

mostflogged:

When people are talking about a celebrity being attractive what do they say? “Beyonce has the nicest rack I’ve ever seen” “I bet Nicki Minaj is fucking crazy in bed” “I’d like to fuck Scar Jo and come all over her black widow costume” “I’d drink Johnny Depp’s bath water”

And don’t kid…

Haikus are the style of poetry strongly connected back to Japan, especially concerning the ephemeral nature of things depicted in many famous works. In the early days of the craft, the structure was looser, being composed of two parts that could be 5 and 12 syllables long, 12 and 5, 8 and 9, 9 and 8, 7 and 10, 10 and 7, or whatever length the poet felt appropriate for the piece. For an example of this, let’s see a sampling of works from Basho, Issa and Buson(each accompanied by a rough translation)

行（ゆ）く春（はる）や

鳥（とり）泣（な）き、魚（うお）の目（め）に涙（なみだ）

The spring passes

The birds weep, tears in the eyes of fishes

-Basho

猫（ねこ）の飯（めし）相伴（しょうばん）するや

雀（すずめ）の子（こ）

Share a meal of rice with a cat

Does a baby sparrow

-Issa

我（われ）と来（き）て遊（あそ）べや

親（おや）のない雀

Come along and play with me, won’t you?

You parentless sparrow, you

-Issa

鶯（うぐいす）の泣くや

小（ちい）さき口（くち）空（あ）けて

The bush warbler’s warble away

Their small mouths opening so wide-Buson

In time, the structure around Haiku became stronger and formed into the 3 part, 5-7-5 form signature to it. Nature often inspires many classic Haiku, but they aren’t always as serious or intense as folks would have you believe. In some instances, poets of the form are quite easy breesy about the kinds of Haiku they write, as shown by Yamazaki Sokan’s poem detailing life in the sticks of Japan:

さ、お姫（ひめ）の

春、立（た）ちながら

尿（しと）をして

The Great Spring Goddess

Stands before all her subjects

And takes a nice whizz

我（わ）が親の

死（し）ぬる時（とき）にも

屁（へ）をこきて

Even as my dad

Drew in him his dying breath

He had cut the cheese

The 5 and 7 syllable style is also present in Tanka, which uses a 5-7-5-7-7 format for its works, and many other places in the country’s history, like in the line 「欲（ほ）しがりません。勝（か）つまでわ(We all shall want for nothing. Not ‘til this is won)」, which was part of the propaganda of WWII Japan. The more you look at the country’s proverbs, maxims, and song structures, the more these two styles will pop up, esepcially as they help guide the translation and adapation of many foreign works brought into the country, such as in the phrase “All’s well that ends well”(adapted as 終（お）わりよければ、全（すべ）てよし) and Auld Lang Syne, whose line “Should Auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind” was translated to 「蛍（ほたる）の光（ひかり）、窓（まど）の雪（ゆき）」

-Keiko Imaoka(Forms in English Haiku)

You know, I like Starbucks and similar fare, despite all the pretentious nonsense that surrounds it; what I strongly dislike, though, is forking over $5+ every time I wanna enjoy some cool, delicious caffeine. That in mind, I started my pursuit of a great, simple cup of iced coffee that’s easy to make and can be enjoyed anytime, hitting the net and kicking off my research. The first recipe I come upon seemed simple enough…until I saw it needed a coffee grinder and a 12+ hour wait for a cup, then I thought “12+ hours? Really?” Now I’m more than willing to wait for something delicious, but not when it’s for just one, single, solitary cup of cold Joe, so I set off head first into the coffee making business, and after some tweaking, found a mix I would gladly drink up everyday, whether for myself or someone special.

For making a cup of my cold Joe, you’ll need at least…
Ice cubes at the ready
A coffee cup’s worth (8 oz., or so) of boiling hot water
1 teaspoon of your favorite instant brew(skippable, if you’re making the coffee with grounds, and have to brew it anyways)

2 sugar packets worth (about a teaspoon) of sugar
2 packages worth (about 2 tablespoons) of your favorite creamer or condensed milk
and a ¼ teaspoon of ground Cinnamon
Once all that is in hand, get your stuff in order and dive in, starting with making the heart and soul of the whole shebang: the classic cup of Joe.

Step 1: Making the Joe
Everyone has their own methods to making the cup that’s right for them, and I’m not about to tell you you’re making it wrong. If you’re making it for you, it don’t matter whether it’s the instant stuff(which I used to make my first batch), grounding up the beans yourself, or even crafting your own flavors of coffee beans, just be sure to make it as strong as you need it and make as much as you plan to drink over the course of the day-since it’s iced coffee, though, one fringe benefit is that you can enjoy it any time you feel like (remember:  amount of coffee grounds, sugar and creamer=strength of the brew)! If you want more than 1 serving, remember to tweak the amount of ingredients needed to make your desired amount of brew, as few things are worse than a jug of coffee that totally isn’t right for you that you either gotta drink up or toss out.

Step 2: Going from Coffee to Iced Coffee
Once your brew is finished, add the creamer/milk, sugar and cinnamon+whatever else you want to add to make it yours, then mix it all together. Add some ice cubes to cool it down (1 serving takes about 6 meaty sized cubes altogether to cool, so bear that in mind), then, when it’s all cool, enjoy! You can enjoy it right then and there, take it with you in a thermos, or keep a batch in a jug to serve whenever the urge strikes, and you need a quick fix; yes, this does sound like a drug addict talking, and caffeine will hit you hard if you load up, so brew and drink with care. The more you learn about brewing the perfect cup of coffee and how to use spices to tweak your blend, the more you can make it yours and make it suit your daily needs, and stave off forking over $5+ for some cold caffeine-because really, with the money you save from your personal iced coffees, you could probably buy the equipment those dudes use to make that $5 stuff. I know when I made my first batch of iced coffee, I was hopping about the house in joy from getting my mix just right (though that may have been the caffeine talking), and I’m still tweaking it to try and enhance the flavors(current focus: whether a ¼ teaspoon of cocoa powder will add depth to the overall flavor)! Anyways, happy brew making, folks! Don’t get hooked too hard, now.