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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:08:29 -0700

Today I decided to listen to Jinxy’s podifc of Devildoll’s Sterek fic Won’t Do Me No Good Washing in the River

Gradient Lair: Serena Williams' Comments Hurt Me But Don't Surprise Me; And That Hurts Even More

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:04:19 -0700

Gradient Lair: Serena Williams' Comments Hurt Me But Don't Surprise Me; And That Hurts Even More:

Like so many people, especially Black women that I talk to, I am devastated and disgusted by Serena Williams’ comments regarding the Steubenville rapists and the victim blaming she engaged in towards the survivor. I just finished celebrating her glorious win and 16th Grand Slam title and her many accomplishments throughout her lifetime and to hear this news made me literally physically sick. My stomach and chest started to ache yesterday. They still do. Here is what she said:

Do you think it was fair, what they got? They did something stupid, but I don’t know. I’m not blaming the girl, but if you’re a 16-year-old and you’re drunk like that, your parents should teach you: don’t take drinks from other people. She’s 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn’t remember? It could have been much worse. She’s lucky. Obviously I don’t know, maybe she wasn’t a virgin, but she shouldn’t have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that’s different.

Because rape culture is endemic to our society, both men and women blame women, not the rapists, for rape. (When men are victims, people also blame the men or make jokes as well. For men, it is suggested that they were not “man enough” to fight off the rapist [patriarchy is the culprit here]; for women, our very character and worthiness as human beings goes on trial by the public and in the courts.) People laugh at rape jokes, defend rapists, blame victims and compared to any other crime, do not take this one seriously. Most people still do not understand what rape culture is, and immediately retreat to wardrobe and behavior critiques of the survivor in order to exonerate the rapist.

However, Serena’s comment goes beyond the “what was she wearing” blame that is common. She used the word “lucky.” Lucky? Under what circumstance is rape now luck simply because “it could have been worse?” Who are we to decide what is “worse?” Many women are raped and the rapists are not extremely physically violent nor leave physical bruises. The women are still rape survivors. They still were violated. First street harassment is a “compliment,” domestic violence is just “putting a woman in her place” and now rape is a “gift?” Luck? To even suggest so is rape culture.

Rape culture involves art (i.e. song lyrics, comedians defending rape jokes), media (i.e. shaping news stories to favor the rapist not the victim), the police (i.e. the low arrest rate of rapists, victims threatened and/or forced to recant) the government (i.e. anti-choice, misogynist legislation), citizens (i.e. the culture of victim blaming here) and so many more facets. On Shakesville, there is an important albeit painful post that elaborates on the topic: Rape Culture 101.

An apology was posted on Serena’s blog:

What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only sixteen, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved – that of the rape victim and of the accused. I am currently reaching out to the girl’s family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article. What was written – what I supposedly said – is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame. I have fought all of my career for women’s equality, women’s equal rights, respect in their fields – anything I could do to support women I have done. My prayers and support always goes out to the rape victim. In this case, most especially, to an innocent sixteen year old child.

This is also crap. She juxtaposed the two families in a way that seems to create parity between the survivor and the rapists themselves, as if they did not have a CHOICE not to rape someone. Worse, she then said “what I supposedly said” which seems to suggest that she doesn’t recall making the statement or is claiming libel. The former is unlikely; the latter should be addressed with vigor if true, as to clear her own name. Otherwise, this is back-peddling that is just as bad as the original statement. The worst of all is the “innocent sixteen year old child” added as if playing respectability politics will restore the survivor’s name after Serena initially dragged it through the mud along with most of the public. The age, the sexual history, the career, the clothing, the location etc. does not matter. NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO RAPE. A person does not have to be “innocent” or “perfect” for this crime to be WRONG. This is an especially dangerous take on rape for Black women since we historically have been deemed “unrapeable” and deviant in terms of sexuality. I mean…a White woman (tennis player Caroline Wozniacki) mocked Serena’s own body—used racist behaviors, costumes and messages to dehumanize Serena—and though it angered most Black women, Serena laughed it off. If she cannot understand the dehumanization in that, why would she understand how dangerous her initial words and her “apology” are? As amazing of a player and as confident as she appears to be, she seems to have a great deal of internalized racism and sexism, which is unfortunate.

Certainly there are those who are excited about this situation, not because they care about survivors of rape but because they are more interested in Serena’s back-peddling and shuffling in the spotlight of the White Gaze. It’s not a secret that many Whites have wanted her destroyed since her career started. At this point, I cannot be concerned with the racist pleasures of racists—I’m more concerned with Serena changing her views and this being a moment for people to question their position on rape culture. Are their views like hers? How many more rapists will have their crimes rationalized?

Serena needs to issue a genuine apology, in person, from her own mouth. She needs to donate some of the money she’s earned from women supporting her career all of these years on services that actually help survivors of rape. She needs basic and more elaborate education on rape culture. She could use some Womanist/Black feminist theory, seriously. Once people can be certain that this garbage will not come out of her mouth, she needs to perhaps spend some time actually talking to survivors of rape. Actually no, listening; no talking needed. And the same society that Serena lives in where many people share views as ignorant as hers? This society also needs to change.

Serena Williams’ comments hurt me but don’t surprise me. The fact that they don’t surprise me hurts me more. It’s because I know how pervasive and disgusting rape culture is. I know how everyone is complicit in proliferating it. I want there to be a point where it is outrageous and unlikely for anyone to support a rapist and continually proliferate rape culture. Because as of now, it is beyond common.

On Every One Else's Derek Hale Feels

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:27:00 -0700

So I know this is a touchy subject at the mo as everyone and their mother is currently writhing about in the exquisite fangirlish pain that is Derek Hale feels. (I am not exempt from this and I don’t even like the fucking show)

BUT

Every time a gif set or text post of Derek and Dead Erica (a hit new children’s series coming to nicktoons!) makes itself known on my dash, all I can think is, well, dude…what’d you expect?

like maybe if you hadn’t gone around targeting the emotionally fragile underage teens and drawing them into a life of violence and pain (while making lofty promises to them of never being hurt again ever) you wouldn’t now have to be gathering up Erica’s dead body.

And I know that his repeated willingness to endanger his own life for the sake of pack is supposed to endear him to me, but honestly it seems to be way more about his own need for self destruction than a conscious understanding of the mistakes he made last season and how he is directly responsible for the lives of his pack. If he cared so goddamn much about Erica he wouldn’t have recruited her in the first place.

Or he would have told her about the actual real dangers of being his beta and not just whispered in her ear all sex-predator like.

Just saying.

mommalikey: OMG MY HEART

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:59:46 -0700

mommalikey:

OMG MY HEART

calliotrope: disqueenunderthemountain: madamefaust: kotorigaro...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:57:16 -0700

calliotrope:

disqueenunderthemountain:

madamefaust:

kotorigaro:

I’ve been trying for MONTHS to redraw Dís ever since that one accidental sketch in December with no luck, and suddenly stupid doodling last night turned into the only success(ish) so far. Apparently when I want to draw humans (or in this case Dwarf women) my tablet just poops everywhere, and when I don’t intend to it only takes me an hour to do the bulk of it, without a reference. Having said that, there will definitely be weird anatomy going on in there. :P

Yes Dwarf ladies have beards.

P.S. Giving a female an Armitage nose is difficult.

And I have the most inconsistent drawing style ever. Woe is me. 8D

*runs around screaming* THAT’S IT. THAT FUCKING FACE RIGHT THERE. OH, YOU BEAUTIFUL DWARROWDAM LET ME LOVE YOU!

perfection incarnate y/y

I can’t. I just… I can’t.

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:48:34 -0700

koreanloversphotoblogwp: [OFFICIAL] After School Blue - BLUE

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:18 -0700

koreanloversphotoblogwp:

[OFFICIAL] After School Blue - BLUE

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:43:17 -0700

So i went to the Crystal Mall today, with the lofty goal of...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:33:00 -0700

So i went to the Crystal Mall today, with the lofty goal of spending all my hard(ish) earned money in an ill-advised manner. Only it turns out that KR Multimedia is closed on tuesdays. The mother fucking nerve.

After gazing longingly at the various merch through the display window, I drowned my sorrows in overpriced kpop socks. i regret nothing (or everything…whatever.)

skoothsmin: science fiction was invented by a woman don’t you ever fucking forget that

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:15:39 -0700

skoothsmin:

science fiction was invented by a woman

don’t you ever fucking forget that

yeolthatjoint: chloerayne: TRIGGER WARNING This is a Scottish...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:13:48 -0700

yeolthatjoint:

chloerayne:

TRIGGER WARNING

This is a Scottish anti-rape PSA that is a direct response to blaming a rape victim for dressing like a slut. What do you think? Is it effective?

Never have I seen such an effective video in my life… and it’s only 30 seconds long. Definitely, 100% watch and reblog this.

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:06:40 -0700

marfmellow: dayhack20: marfmellow: The first thing you really...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:06:19 -0700

marfmellow:

dayhack20:

marfmellow:

The first thing you really need to understand is that the definition of racism that you probably have (which is the colloquial definition: “racism is prejudice against someone based on their skin color or ethnicity”) is NOT the definition that’s commonly used in anti-racist circles.

The definition used in anti-racist circles is the accepted sociological definition (which is commonly used in academic research, and has been used for more than a decade now): “racism is prejudice plus power”. What this means, in easy language:

A. Anyone can hold “racial prejudice” — that is, they can carry positive or negative stereotypes of others based on racial characteristics. For example, a white person thinking all Asians are smart, or all black people are criminals; or a Chinese person thinking Japanese people are untrustworthy; or what-have-you. ANYONE, of any race, can have racial prejudices.

B. People of any race can commit acts of violence, mistreatment, ostracizing, etc., based on their racial prejudices. A black kid can beat up a white kid because he doesn’t like white kids. An Indian person can refuse to associate with Asians. Whatever, you get the idea.

C. However, to be racist (rather than simply prejudiced) requires havinginstitutional power. In North America, white people have the institutional power. In large part we head the corporations; we make up the largest proportion of lawmakers and judges; we have the money; we make the decisions. In short, we control the systems that matter. “White” is presented as normal, the default. Because we have institutional power, when we think differently about people based on their race or act on our racial prejudices, we are being racist. Only white people can be racist, because only white people have institutional power.

D. People of color can be prejudiced, but they cannot be racist, because they don’t have the institutional power. (However, some people refer to intra-PoC prejudice as “lateral racism”. You may also hear the term “colorism”, which refers to lighter-skinned PoC being prejudiced toward darker-skinned PoC.) However, that situation can be different in other countries; for example, a Japanese person in Japan can be racist against others, because the Japanese have the institutional power there. But in North America, Japanese peoplecan’t be racist because they don’t hold the institutional power.

E. If you’re in an area of your city/state/province that is predominantly populated by PoC and, as a white person, you get harassed because of your skin color, it’s still not racism, even though you’re in a PoC-dominated area. The fact is, even though they’re the majority population in that area, they still lack the institutional power. They don’t have their own special PoC-dominated police force for that area. They don’t have their own special PoC-dominated courts in that area. The state/province and national media are still not dominated by PoC. Even though they have a large population in that particular area, they still lack the institutional power overall.

F. So that’s the definition of racism that you’re likely to encounter. If you start talking about “reverse racism” you’re going to either get insulted or laughed at, because it isn’t possible under that definition; PoC don’t have the power in North America, so by definition, they can’t be racist. Crying “reverse racism!” is like waving a Clueless White Person Badge around.

Its very simply..When a black person say “I am proud to be black” the people go YEAH DUDE good job you should be proud my god we love you!!! When a white guy say “I am proud to be white” THE HELL BURN THIS FUCKING RACIST DOWN omg he say he is proud to be white omg burn him now before he make kids i am sure he will born the new hitler…So Yeah pretty much what the anonymous say “You are racist if you are white” simply as that..it like feminism..Omg i deserve equality “Hell you cant touch me i am girl” Hell you should pay for that dinner Hell i am not working you should bring food for me..Feminism and racist is 2 stupid things that humanity create!! Anyway my 2 cents…the double standars are pathetic !! i am out of here

“white power” is not the equivalent of Black Power, Brown Power, etc. White power glorifies the systematic racism and privilege that has been executed by white imperialist throughout history. Black Power, Brown Power, etc is a direct response to white imperialism and institutionalized racism. White power is the dominant power structure trying to crush change and progress. Black Power is resistance against a deadly institution through all means possible.

They are not the same thing

feelingtherapturegrow: omg i cannot get over how cute these are...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:33:46 -0700

feelingtherapturegrow:

omg i cannot get over how cute these are skjfdnkfgnjgfs

Jeff Davis: Hello, my name is Jeff, and... I'm addicted to slow motion.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:21:15 -0700

Jeff Davis: Hello, my name is Jeff, and... I'm addicted to slow motion.
Everyone: Hi, Jeff!
Group Leader: Is there anything you'd like to share today, Jeff?
Jeff Davis: I told myself it wasn't a problem, even though the editors begged me to stop. But I kept ordering them to put just one more shot in slow motion. JUST ONE MORE SHOT.
Group Leader: It's okay, Jeff. No one here judges you.
Jeff Davis: *sobbing* SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE DRAMATICALLY. I JUST LIKE WATCHING PRETTY PEOPLE MOVE SLOWLY.

burgrs: ur a cutie and if anyone tells u otherwise let me know i will light them on fire

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:15:55 -0700

burgrs:

ur a cutie and if anyone tells u otherwise let me know i will light them on fire

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:26 -0700

obscuritiesunknown: steamedporkbun: She is like… if Bellatrix...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:49:56 -0700

obscuritiesunknown:

steamedporkbun:

She is like… if Bellatrix had been put in Hufflepuff instead of Slytherin.

I love this woman.

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:18:02 -0700