The Anxious Writer

caleb-king: See this? It’s a new comic I’m writing. The...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:07 -0400

See this? It’s a new comic I’m writing. The incredible Andrew Day is illustrating it. You should keep an eye out for it. It’s good. Trust me.

I knew I recognized that art style!

deatheatingbloodmagic: annetdonahue: The importance of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:29:20 -0400

deatheatingbloodmagic:

annetdonahue:

The importance of consent: a narrative.

One of my favorite movies.

anchiton oladabas 2.0: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:06:52 -0400

anchiton oladabas 2.0: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?:

literaryreference:

You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he…

safe-behind-bars: IM SHARING THIS FUCKING TWICE IN A ROW...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:15 -0400

safe-behind-bars:

IM SHARING THIS FUCKING TWICE IN A ROW BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA HOW PERFECT THIS IS.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:18 -0400

invisiblelad: thinksquad: More and more children being...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:40:04 -0400

invisiblelad:

thinksquad:

More and more children being arrested for trivial things…

#1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume.

#2 A 13-year-old student at a school in Albuquerque, New Mexico was recently arrested by police for burping in class.

#3 Another student down in Albuquerque was forced to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched because he had $200 in his pocket. The student was never formally charged with doing anything wrong.

#4 A security guard at one school in California broke the arm of a 16-year-old girl because she left some crumbs on the floor after cleaning up some cake that she had spilled.

#5 One teenage couple down in Houston poured milk on each other during a squabble while they were breaking up. Instead of being sent to see the principal, they were arrested and sent to court.

#6 In early 2010, a 12-year-old girl at a school in Forest Hills, New York was arrested by police and marched out of her school in handcuffs just because she doodled on her desk. “I love my friends Abby and Faith” was what she reportedly scribbled on her desk.

#7 A 6-year-old girl down in Florida was handcuffed and sent to a mental facility after throwing temper tantrums at her elementary school.

#8 One student down in Texas was reportedly arrested by police for throwing paper airplanes in class.

#9 A 17-year-old honor student in North Carolina named Ashley Smithwick accidentally took her father’s lunch with her to school. It contained a small paring knife which he would use to slice up apples. So what happened to this standout student when the school discovered this? The school suspended her for the rest of the year and the police charged her with a misdemeanor.

#10 In Allentown, Pennsylvania a 14-year-old girl was tasered in the groin area by a school security officer even though she had put up her hands in the air to surrender.

#11 Down in Florida, an 11-year-old student was arrested, thrown in jail and charged with a third-degree felony for bringing a plastic butter knife to school.

#12 Back in 2009, an 8-year-old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo a psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross.

#13 A police officer in San Mateo, California blasted a 7-year-old special education student in the face with pepper spray because he would not quit climbing on the furniture.

#14 In America today, even 5-year-old children are treated brutally by police. The following is from a recent article that described what happened to one very young student in Stockton, California a while back….

“Earlier this year, a Stockton student was handcuffed with zip ties on his hands and feet, forced to go to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and was charged with battery on a police officer. That student was 5 years old”.

#15 At one school in Connecticut, a 17-year-old boy was thrown to the floor and tasered five times because he was yelling at a cafeteria worker.

#16 A teenager in suburban Dallas was forced to take on a part-time job after being ticketed for using foul language in one high school classroom. The original ticket was for $340, but additional fees have raised the total bill to $637.

#17 A few months ago, police were called out when a little girl kissed a little boy during a physical education class at an elementary school down in Florida.

#18 A 6-year-old boy was recently charged with sexual battery for some “inappropriate touching” during a game of tag at one elementary school in the San Francisco area.

#19 In Massachusetts, police were recently sent out to collect an overdue library book from a 5-year-old girl.

HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THIS PAGE MADE ALL THIS UP:

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/texas-student-sarah-bustamantes-12-arrested-for-spraying-perfume/13250/

http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=15077292

Check out this video on YouTube:http://youtu.be/wk2b_twCCdw

http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools?cat=world& type=article

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/18/new.york.doodle.arrest/index.html?hpt=C1

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/feb/11/port-st-lucie-schools-confines-6-year-old-with/

http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools?cat=world& type=article

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/29/nc-high-school-senior-suspended-charged-possesion-small-knife-lunchbox/#

http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/2009/june09/zero-tolerance-states.html

http://m.tauntongazette.com/wkdTGazette/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Mateo-pays-family-of-boy-pepper-sprayed-by-cop-2384518.php

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/cops-called-for-school-kiss-657831

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/27/hercules-family-battles-playground-sex-assault-claim-against-6-year-old/

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/02/charlton-library-sends-police-to-collect-overdue-books-from-5-year-old/

well, I really do feel the schools are safer now that little Jimmy’s been tazed for climbing on the furniture.

Disgusting. I remember watching this awful behavior by school administration and hallway “police” when I was kid. It still enrages me.

arpakassomomma: captawesomesauce: What do I do when I’m sick?...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:29 -0400

arpakassomomma:

captawesomesauce:

What do I do when I’m sick? I google “cat beards” on google images and here were some of the best.

omfg

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Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:28 -0400

Everyday Ignorance: trigger warning: mentions of rape, violence, assault, heterosexism, and ace hate

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:50 -0400

Everyday Ignorance: trigger warning: mentions of rape, violence, assault, heterosexism, and ace hate:

toomanylokifeels:

No, I am going to talk about this and you are going to listen.

Asexuals often receive rape threats because people believe that asexual-identifying individuals cannot possibly not want to have sex; even though the idea that asexuality is defined by specifically not…

Feminist Children's Story

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:38:29 -0400

I mentioned it in a post earlier, but I’m attempting to quit everything in my current life right now and try to start my art career. Since I get turned down for anything I apply for, I figured, maybe I should just create my own jobs. I used to write….a lot. Fanfiction, but there you go :D However…I have found that I’m not good at writing children’s books. I can write adult themes no problem, but am at a loss for children’s stories.

I want to write and draw a children’s story. It’s not really about feminism, but I want to create a book for girls, or people who identify as female, and the hardships they go through in life. Basically, a children’s story that says, “you’re going to be labeled with this and that even before you’re born, but here’s why you’re beautiful.” I want to cover body positive aspects and tell girls what to expect in society from birth to death—but write how to ignore it or transcend above it. I want to point out the unfairness of societal views against women or femininity, but it still has to be a children’s story. Whenever I have an idea, it just appears to be angry and doesn’t quite make the points I want to make.

Anyway, maybe I’ll create a draft and have people edit the shit out of it later.

sexist facebook dudes.: porcelain-horse-horselain: PinkiePorcelain: Facebook: Where the Sexist...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:54:17 -0400

sexist facebook dudes.: porcelain-horse-horselain: PinkiePorcelain: Facebook: Where the Sexist...:

porcelain-horse-horselain:

PinkiePorcelain: Facebook: Where the Sexist Assholes Come Out to Play

porcelain-horse-horselain:

(Reblogging this post in a different format so that it’s easier to read.)

So my sweetie-pie Jonathan aka J aka darkness760 shared a link to
THIS…

Wow…Philip Mendes….definitely a dangerous guy. His hate for women…astounding.

Musings of an Ist: “Aromantic asexuals are straight!” That makes very little sense....

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:47 -0400

Musings of an Ist: “Aromantic asexuals are straight!” That makes very little sense....:

greenchestnuts:

“Aromantic asexuals are straight!”

That makes very little sense. Aromantic asexuals are about as straight as bisexuals: as a group, we have no particular gender preferences/we experience similar attraction to members of all genders, but some individuals may be more likely to form…

devildoll: are you fucking kidding me

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:57:46 -0400

devildoll:

are you fucking kidding me

Going to be a slacker for a bit

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:50:41 -0400

Hey everyone, so at the moment….I am quitting life. Haha, well, not really in a negative way, but I am quitting the life I have led for the past 4 years. I graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration. While many of my classmates moved back home after graduation to build up their portfolios and get their art careers arranged, I received a full time job with great benefits and long hours very soon after graduation. However, this career was not in art. I’ve been teaching swim lessons for four years. For over a year now, I have been working 7 days a week teaching swim lessons.

One could say…I am extremely burnt out. So, I’ve taken a huge leap..and am totally going to become a slacker. I’m moving back with the folks and am going to try to begin my art career. I have no idea where to start, though. In college, I had a pretty clear idea what I wanted to do. Now that I’m 26, I’m at a total loss. As a workaholic, I’m terrified by the idea of not working three jobs at once. I’m terrified of just sitting around doing nothing. Four years of art school and I’m clueless! But I’ll try o figure it out. This is why I’m quitting everything right now…to try and actually do something I’m passionate about…or at least used to be passionate about. Oi, we’ll see!

Calling Out Bigotry: misandry-mermaid: fandomsandfeminism: whitecaped: Why do women hate...

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:21:20 -0400

Calling Out Bigotry: misandry-mermaid: fandomsandfeminism: whitecaped: Why do women hate...:

misandry-mermaid:

fandomsandfeminism:

whitecaped:

Why do women hate cat calls so much?

This is a serious question, I’ve seen a lot of backlash against them and I would like to know the reason.

A cat call is a quick way of saying “Girl u lookin fine”. Personally, if I a group of…

I know that I loved being cat-called…and then when I ignored it and continued walking…I really loved how the car full of men began screaming at me, calling me a fat-ass bitch until I had to lock myself inside a Chase bank.

"Why Society Still Needs Feminism Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women,..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:16:28 -0400

“

Why Society Still Needs Feminism

Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it’s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we’re walking alone at night.

Because the biggest insult for a guy is to be called a “pussy,” a “little bitch” or a “girl.” From here on out, being called a “pussy” is an effing badge of honor.

Because last month, my politics professor asked the class if women should have equal representation in the Supreme Court, and only three out of 42 people raised their hands.

Because rape jokes are still a thing.

Because despite being equally broke college kids, guys are still expected to pay for dates, drinks and flowers.

Because as a legit student group, Campus Fellowship does not allow women to lead anything involving men. Look, I know Eve was dumb about the whole apple and snake thing, but I think we can agree having a vagina does not directly impact your ability to lead a
college organization.

Because it’s assumed that if you are nice to a girl, she owes you sex — therefore, if she turns you down, she’s a bitch who’s put you in the “friend zone.” Sorry, bro, women are not machines you put kindness coins into until sex falls out.

Because only 29 percent of American women identify as feminist, and in the words of author Caitlin Moran, “What part of ‘liberation for women’ is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? Did all that good shit get on your nerves? Or were you just drunk at the time
of the survey?”

Because when people hear the term feminist, they honestly think of women burning bras. Dude, have you ever bought a bra? No one would burn them because they’re freaking
expensive.

Because Rush Limbaugh.

Because we now have a record number of women in the Senate … which is a measly 20 out of 100. Congrats, USA, we’ve gone up to 78th place for women’s political representation, still below China, Rwanda and Iraq.

Because recently I had a discussion with a couple of well-meaning Drake University guys, and they literally could not fathom how catcalling a woman walking down University Avenue is creepy and sexist.
Could. Not. Fathom.

Because on average, the tenured male professors at Drake make more than the tenured female professors.

Because more people on campus complain about chalked statistics regarding sexual assault than complain about the existence of sexual assault. Priorities? Have them.

Because 138 House Republicans voted against the Violence Against Women Act. All 138 felt it shouldn’t provide support for Native women, LGBT people or immigrant women. I’m kind of confused by this, because I thought LGBT people and women of color were also human beings.
Weird, right?

Because a girl was roofied last semester at a local campus bar, and I heard someone say they think she should have been more careful. Being drugged is her fault, not the fault of the person who put drugs in her drink?

Because Chris Brown beat Rihanna so badly she was hospitalized, yet he still has fans and bestselling songs and a tattoo of an abused woman on his neck.

Because out of 7 billion people on the planet, more than 1 billion women will be raped or beaten in their lifetimes. Women and girls have their clitorises cut out, acid thrown on them and broken bottles shoved up them as an act of war. Every second of every day. Every corner of the Earth.

Because the other day, another friend of mine told me she was raped, and I can no longer count on both my hands the number of friends who have told me they’ve been sexually assaulted. Words can’t express how scared I am that I’m getting used to this.

Because a brief survey of reality will tell you that we do not live in a world that values all people equally and that sucks in real, very scary ways. Because you know we live in a sexist world when an awesome thing with the name “feminism” has a weird connotation. Because if I have kids someday, I want my son to be able to have emotions and play dress up, and I want my daughter to climb trees and care more about what’s in her head than what’s on it. Because I don’t want her to carry keys between her fingers at night to
protect herself.

Because feminism is for everybody, and this is your official invitation.

”

- Caitlin O’Donnell, Drake University. (via on-another-note)

afflatedzingara: p0ppin-tags: unimpressedcats: you gon eat...

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:05:42 -0400

afflatedzingara:

p0ppin-tags:

unimpressedcats:

you gon eat that?

imma eat it anyway

omg

Simba

Everyday Ignorance: Feminist Ace Problems: When a feminist blogger you've liked and followed since you got a Tumblr account suddenly...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:14:24 -0400

Everyday Ignorance: Feminist Ace Problems: When a feminist blogger you've liked and followed since you got a Tumblr account suddenly...:

terra-promessa:

And claims that the concept of asexuality in women, particularly women of color, is “harmful” because it’s just internalized misogyny and the patriarchy WANTS us to be asexual.

I’ve heard this argument roughly a million times before and it never ceases to amaze me with its…

failureuponfailure: smittimjc: I refuse to blur this mans...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:57:58 -0400

failureuponfailure:

smittimjc:

I refuse to blur this mans name, because this is beautiful

fucking agree

las-fuentes: dbztextsfromlastnight: (302): His personality is...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:57:01 -0400

las-fuentes:

dbztextsfromlastnight:

(302):

His personality is sparkling but nothing beats his ass

This goes well with the comments I was making earlier about Vegeta’s sweet ass.