inspiringdemimonde:

catifabulous:

whitewhine:

“By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over.”

HOLY SHIT this is a priceless teaching tool. Jesus.

hahahahaha “class warfare has never created a job.”

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iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn:

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inspiringdemimonde:

Math for social justice

inspiringdemimonde:

This opinion column (and the comments) are basically attacking any university faculty who do work related to equity, diversity, power, difference, and education, because apparently “little Emma” doesn’t know her times tables.

annaholmes:

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Would this software help make me a better, more productive writer? I doubt it; as far as I know, the process and craft of writing is not something you can improve on with data collection and analysis. But I’ll probably never find out, because, like so many millions…

delisubthefemmecub:

lawlspy:

permutationofninjas:

pensandpaper:

THIS.

I’m not trying to be an ass here, but “female” is a scientific and biological definition.  You can’t simply redefine it.

In practice, a female body is defined by a specific set of characteristics.  A female body is XX, it has breasts and a vagina.  Being very specific, the definition of female centers around ovaries, but that’s not really the point.  This doesn’t in any meaningful way change the validity of your gender identity.  If you identify as a man, that’s fine, and I’ll support that.  However, you can’t start redefining established scientific fact simply because you don’t like it.

Yes, this seems harsh.  I don’t mean it to be, but there’s really no way to put it but bluntly.  Just as your body doesn’t define or force your gender to be a certain thing, your gender doesn’t define or force your sex to be a certain thing.

While you may be uncomfortable with someone referring to you as female (and it’s completely within your rights to ask them not to) you can’t redefine what “female” means, that’s not your right.

I actually agree (le gasp?) Too often I find sex and gender abused and misapplied, and very often used to undermine the legitimacy of a transperson’s experience.

Not gonna repeat myself.  Just gonna forward y’all to these two posts.  And strongly encourage you to get some more information about the social construction of sex.  Fausto-Sterlings “The 5 Sexes are not Enough” is one starting place (as one of the most widely cited articles on the topic).

p.s. ACTUALLY YUP.  IT IS EXACTLY MY FUCKING RIGHT.  THANKS.

inspiringdemimonde:

dressupbox: Two Things to Remember when Discussing Transmisogyny

glyttr:

Disclaimer: seeing as I am writing mostly based on my own experiences as a binary-identified trans woman with conditional passing privilege, my phasing may be off at times. I often use the phrase “trans women” when I should be writing “trans women and many non-binary trans…

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riotsnotdiets:

tangledupinlace:

inkstainedqueer:

innerfatgirl:

EVERYONE WATCH THIS AND GO FOLLOW CRIPQUEER ASAP

cripqueer:

Video: Crip Sex, Crip Lust, and the Lust of Recognition by Mia Mingus

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ellery Russian talk about Crip Sex. This video is part of a blog post and has a transcript available here.

Any sort of open discussion about sex always makes me super happy.

this is super important and applicable to even those who don’t id as queer

love love love this.

genderqueer:

Submission from wangclub:

This is not my blog, but I really liked the post and thought others would appreciate it too. Here’s a snippet:

“Male is a modifier, a word used to describe things that pertain to men.  I am a man.  Therefore, I, a man, have a male body, and I am a male-bodied person.  My uterus, my clit, my soft chest, and my rounded hips are all part of my male body. Of course, other people have different body experiences, and I speak only for my own experience.”