December 2009
33 posts
“Wise people would say Daniel should like me just as I am, but I am a child of...”
– Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary
“If reproduction were the chief and only fact of human life, would all men today...”
– Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique
Beauty Myths →
“Impossible beauty standards seem like a subconscious cultural reaction against women’s growing power. It’s fine for women to do everything men do — as long as they stay skinny, sexy, young, and soignée at the same time.”
The Neuroanatomical Basis of Understanding Sarcasm... →
I’m trying to understand my social disabilities.
5 Tips for raising your girl geek →
nataliavivas:
vivicalderon:
By Wired
Es tan difícil discernir el amor de la soledad compartida.
I'm Sorry But We Blew Up Your Laptop (Welcome to... →
My past is my gold mine, my words are my chisel, and I keep weaving, weaving, weaving my filigree.
“We took
A handful of nights
To picture the stars
Trickling down the mountains...”
– Found on an old receipt written with purple ink.
“At some point almost every guy measures himself if only as an act of...”
– Paul Aitken
In a Foreign Language, Are the Words 'I Love You'... →
EC
Emergency contraception was forbidden in Colombia because a woman’s future is worth less than that of a bunch of cells.
sexismandthecity:
It seems if women aren’t mutilated somewhat they are deemed not beautiful and I just find that part sickening.
Gender Advertisements
catalinapordios:
paleolitiquero:
sexismandthecity:
Based on his coding system, Goffman recognized seven phenomena that were prevalent in his research: 1. Overwhelmingly a woman is taller than a man only when the man is her social inferior; 2. A woman’s hands are seen just barely touching, holding, or caressing – never grasping, manipulating, or shaping; 3. When a photograph of men and women...
“Today a woman must ignore her reflection in the eyes of her lover, since he...”
– Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth