Latest Posts by mjollydragon - Page 5
GOP: We must follow the Constitution THE THE LETTER ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE THE FOUNDING FATHERS!
Me: Oh, okay. Glad you mentioned that. See, here's this thing in the Constitution where it says that the president shall appoint Supreme Court Justices, and now that there's a vacancy on the Supreme Court, President Obama's Constitutional duty is to appoint a new justice.
GOP: But Obama is in his last year of office!
Me: You mean like Ronald Reagan was when he nominated Anthony Kennedy?
GOP: But
Me: Yeah, go ahead and say something critical of Ronald Reagan.
GOP: Well. He. It. See. Ronald Rrrrreee...
Me: I'll wait. Take your time.
GOP: RrRrrrOoooonnnnaLllddddddd.......
Me: Are you okay?
GOP: Rrrrrreeeaaagggg gggg gggg gggg ggbbzzt bzzt bzzzzzt
Me: Are ... are you having a system freeze?
GOP: (a)bort, (r)etry, (f)ail?
Me: Let's go with fail. That's what you're best at.
“it’s just my opinion”
Newsflash: Opinions can be bigoted. Often times opinions are bigoted. Bigotry operates off of opinions. It being your opinion doesn’t absolve you of bigotry, it just proves it more when you say such.
jk rowling: okay so these guys have an eagle mascot...i'll call them 'ravenclaw'? sure that's not going to be confusing.
jk rowling: snake house...gotta be 'slytherin'. cos it's like slither in, and that's a thing snakes do. haha, i am a genius
jk rowling: lion house? i can't really do anything with lions...what about 'griffindor'? griffins are cool. doors are cool.
jk rowling: THE BADGER HOUSE IS GONNA BE 'HUFFLEPUFF' IDC WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU DO WITH A BADGER
I’m reading up on chocolate frog cards in the Harry Potter universe, for reasons, and-
“Came up with the ever changing floor plan.”
Really, Ravenclaw? Really?
“You know what this school needs? To not make any sense-”
“Rowena, I don’t think-”
“Exactly, you don’t think. I’m brilliant and this is perfect. Moving staircases, walls that think they’re doors-”
“But how will the students get to class?”
“They’ll have to figure it out.”
“…”
“Everyday. They will figure it out everyday. My students will live in a tower and navigate these stairs every time.”
“The stairs move! This doesn’t seem safe…I think I’ll put my common room in the basement, Rowena.”
“Ditto. I think the dungeons would be safer…”
“…My kids will brave these stairs. I’ll take the other tower.”
What were your poems about? You’ve gotten me curious.
My English teacher apologetically told me my poems were to controversial to tell in class (we’re in the poetry unit right now) and I can’t tell if I should be proud, concerned, or miffed.
This is a remarkably effective tactic for gaining access to someone’s account for any website that uses security questions, to the point that actual hackers will use guessing them as a tactic for gaining access to people’s accounts.
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/09/03/this-is-how-easy-it-is-to-hack-someones-icloud-with-their-security-questions/)
funny story
when I was little, I would go on Nickelodeon.com all the time and they had this game similar to club penguin except it was called Nicktropolis. and if you forgot your password, a security question you could choose was “what is your eye color?” and if you got it right it’d tell you your password. so I would go to popular locations in Nicktropolis and write down random usernames who were also in those areas, and then i would log out and type in the username as if it were my own and see which of these usernames had a security question set to “what is your eye color?” (which was most of them, since it was easy and we were all kids). i would then try either brown, blue, or green, and always get in, then I would go to their house and send all of their furniture and decorations to my own account’s. and if it I didn’t want it, i could sell it for money
ron: god, professor dumbledore's speeches are so boring. more like dumblesnore amirite?
dumbledore: I HEARD THAT, WEASLEY
dumbledore: TEN POINTS FROM SLYTHERIN
malfoy: hey now what the shit?
dumbledore: FUCK YOU MALFOY
satire is “I’m going to take this concept to an extreme or absurd level in order to demonstrate how bizarre/nonsensical/illogical it is” and not “I said something bigoted but just kidding I didn’t really mean it hahaha”
Usually by inquiring why, as this does, based on the definition of feminism, seem a little bit strange.
You mean by saying that sex should be consensual? Because that’s basically all that feminists are saying.
I've never seen anyone try to control women like a group of feminists
1. Giving examples of oppression is not trying to control someone unless you’re using a very strange definition of “control.”
2. Could you either explain how “giving examples of oppression” is “controlling women” at all, or give an example of feminists actually trying to control women?
3. Using the term “vagina vessels” as a synonym for women is cissexist.
4. In my experience, which is admittedly very much anecdotal evidence, feminists have never tried to control my actions. Sexist people, on the other hand, have.
I've never seen anyone try to control women like a group of feminists
"Should parents read their daughter's texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?"
Earlier today, I served as the “young woman’s voice” in a panel of local experts at a Girl Scouts speaking event. One question for the panel was something to the effect of, “Should parents read their daughter’s texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?”
I was surprised when the first panelist answered the question as if it were about cyberbullying. The adult audience nodded sagely as she spoke about the importance of protecting children online.
I reached for the microphone next. I said, “As far as reading your child’s texts or logging into their social media profiles, I would say 99.9% of the time, do not do that.”
Looks of total shock answered me. I actually saw heads jerk back in surprise. Even some of my fellow panelists blinked.
Everyone stared as I explained that going behind a child’s back in such a way severs the bond of trust with the parent. When I said, “This is the most effective way to ensure that your child never tells you anything,” it was like I’d delivered a revelation.
It’s easy to talk about the disconnect between the old and the young, but I don’t think I’d ever been so slapped in the face by the reality of it. It was clear that for most of the parents I spoke to, the idea of such actions as a violation had never occurred to them at all.
It alarms me how quickly adults forget that children are people.
Hamilton cast: Most disputes die and no one shoots
Me: okay... that sounds fake, but okay
Get out.
I’m still laughing at this because it’s obviously not red, it’s blue and black, geez.
I’m in Mock Trial and this is 100% accurate.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes his faithful friend. ‘Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.’ Watson replies, ‘I see millions of stars.’ ‘What does that tell you?’ Watson ponders for a minute. 'Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, it’s evident the Lord is all powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?’ Holmes is silent for a moment, then speaks. 'Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent.’
Care to justify that comment?
I do not understand this “male privilege" bullshit.
What. Fucking. Privileges. Do. Men. Have.???????
Name them. I swear, I challenge you to name these “male privileges" and be able to prove them.
Come on, I fucking dare you.
Name them!
I do not understand this “male privilege" bullshit.
What. Fucking. Privileges. Do. Men. Have.???????
Name them. I swear, I challenge you to name these “male privileges" and be able to prove them.
Come on, I fucking dare you.
Name them!
Imagining a story in your head:
Writing down the story:
Belittling of male rape victims is the result of several factors, but feminism isn’t one of them. The primary reason people think men can’t get raped is that they stereotype men as more capable and stronger. Which is the sort of stereotyping feminism is actively trying to combat.
In fact, feminists are some of the most vocal advocates saying that men can be raped (see example here: http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/male-rape-epidemic/ ; I can provide more examples if you want).
Some of the most common proponents of the idea that men can’t be raped are MRAs (which is a misleading name if I’ve ever heard one). If you really want to point fingers, point them at the group that actually is dispensing this sort of lie.
Obviously, people can feel free to choose whatever label they want for their beliefs, but if they believe in equality of the sexes, then they are feminists. If they don’t, then they aren’t. It’s that simple.
Basically why I’m not a feminist
Feminism (n.) The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminism).
People saying that men can’t be raped are by definition not feminists, therefore it is nonsensical to use them as an example of why you aren’t a feminist.
Yes, men can get raped. But that’s not an argument against feminism
Basically why I’m not a feminist
(Though I will note that Title IX mostly applies in educational settings.)
Wow, that was an amazing response.
Yes, of course. Not letting boys wear skirts is still a form of sexism.
Reblog if you think it's ok for boys to wear skirts
How much support we got out there?
I think the difference here is that minus-zero-blogs is talking about systemic sexism, whereas johnhocksbur is talking about specific incidents of sexism. Men will rarely be victims of systemic sexism (although there are occasional instances, such as how it’s socially acceptable for a woman to wear either a dress or pants but not for a man to wear a dress); however, they may be victims of specific instances of sexism. People are just sexist in specific instances against women more often.
I will also note that your sources both mention sexism against women as being more frequent or more common than sexism against men.
Sexism can be against anyone. And thinking that women can't be as savage and heartless as men is sexist against everybody.
actually women can’t be sexist toward men
women can hate men, or be biased against them, but sexism requires privilege and power
basically it’s the difference between an isolated incident and society being completely rigged against you