The Colour Out of Space

[x]

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:25:20 -0400

[x]

Body painting in a pool of milk

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:50:20 -0400

Body painting in a pool of milk

"Princeton University psychologist Susan Fiske took brain scans of heterosexual men while they looked..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:59 -0400

““Princeton University psychologist Susan Fiske took brain scans of heterosexual men while they looked at sexualised images of women wearing bikinis. She found that the part of their brains that became activated was pre-motor - areas that usually light up when people anticipate using tools. The men were reacting to the images as if the women were objects they were going to act on. Particularly shocking was the discovery that the participants who scored highest on tests of hostile sexism were those most likely to deactivate the part of the brain that considers other people’s intentions (the medial prefrontal cortex) while looking at the pictures. These men were responding to images of the women as if they were non-human.””

- The Equality Illusion (via lesilencieux)

scary.

(via fuckyeahfeminists)

think-progress: YESTERDAY: Anti-abortion event is dominated by...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:26:33 -0400

think-progress:

YESTERDAY: Anti-abortion event is dominated by men.

TODAY: Anti-abortion hearing is only men.

meme-spot: Bear Gryills has accomplished many great things, I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:06:33 -0400

meme-spot:

Bear Gryills has accomplished many great things, I mean who gets to be such a viral meme

Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science Explosion Receives Full Scholarship U.S. Space Academy

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:13:17 -0400

Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science Explosion Receives Full Scholarship U.S. Space Academy:

thescienceofreality:

“Kiera Wilmot made an honest mistake, but the police were trying to throw away her life with a felony. After the community stood up for the girl, the charges were dropped, and she was allowed to move on with her life. Well, her greatness is really starting to shine, as she was recently granted several extraordinary opportunities through scholarship offers she has received.

Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor of education at Columbia University, says that the schools are now very similar to prisons in terms of how they are structured, and how the inhabitants are treated. Kiera overcame her situation, but there are thousands of kids across the country who aren’t so lucky. Maybe it’s time to attack the system that is attacking us.

Check this out from Gawker:

“Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old honor student expelled from her high school after she allegedly ignited a chemical explosion on school property, received a full scholarship to the U.S. Space Academy, courtesy of a NASA veteran who, as a teenager, was accused of starting a forest fire during a science experiment.”

The lessons here are simple: Black kids have potential, and we can’t allow this system to destroy them. Also, hard work always pays off, especially when it comes to education. Dr. Boyce Watkins and Minister Louis Farrakhan recently held a forum called “Wealth, Education, Family and Community: A New Paradigm for Black America.” In the forum, Dr. Watkins and Min. Farrakhan both agree that African Americans are going to have to think differently when it comes to deciding what it means for your kids to be educated.”

Read more…

queennubian: fatality

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:03:57 -0400

queennubian:

fatality

fleurcrowns: #i wonder how he felt when he cleaned the dust...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:01 -0400

fleurcrowns:

#i wonder how he felt when he cleaned the dust from his face #and realized it was the last time he would ever touch his home planet

tastefullyoffensive: [via]

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:39:56 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

animalstalkinginallcaps: YEAH, SHE’S GOOD LOOKING, I GUESS. NOT...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:38:34 -0400

animalstalkinginallcaps:

YEAH, SHE’S GOOD LOOKING, I GUESS. NOT REALLY MY TYPE. I LIKE A BIGGER WINGSPAN.

THERE WE GO. PAGE 236. LOOK AT THE PLUMAGE ON THAT ONE. SWEET JESUS.

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:15 -0400

pikeys: Classic Sculptures Dissected - Series, 2011-2012 by Cao...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:53 -0400

pikeys:

Classic Sculptures Dissected - Series, 2011-2012 by Cao Hui

nitanahkohe: around this time last year people finally started...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:24:02 -0400

nitanahkohe:

around this time last year people finally started taking notice of the food-related issues in the upper northern reaches of Canada; consider this your reminder that even since then, juice is still $26 in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and that the predominately indigenous communities in Canada’s North are forced to pay extraordinarily exorbitant prices for basic groceries due to structural inequity and the contemporary effects of ongoing settler occupation.

gracebrownphoto: ten photos from my series project unbreakable...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:21 -0400

gracebrownphoto:

ten photos from my series project unbreakable that remind me every day why i do this work and why i will never stop:

because it is our duty as humans to lessen the suffering of others, and if we can take a moment to bear witness to these words, we are able to carry the weight of them just a little bit.

—

project unbreakable is a series created in october 2011 featuring photos of sexual assault survivors holding quotes from their attacker, quotes from their friends/family regarding the abuse, or statements from themselves regarding the abuse.

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:17:01 -0400

girlsgetbusyzine: Missy Elliott

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:10:30 -0400

girlsgetbusyzine:

Missy Elliott

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:57 -0400

roughrimjob: Baby snakes appreciation post

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:47 -0400

roughrimjob:

Baby snakes appreciation post

"A Seattle Times review of a recent Madonna tour stop praises the artist for “rocking us as a..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:33:55 -0400

“

A Seattle Times review of a recent Madonna tour stop praises the artist for “rocking us as a feminist icon” and applauds the singer for her brazen sexuality: “stripping down to a bra, then pulling her pants down below a thong and baring her cheeks to the Key [Arena].” Even the Guardian’s Freeman, in an ode to Like a Prayer, the writer’s favorite album, speaks longingly about Madonna’s midriff-baring ’80s fashion and the video to the title track, which “featured a woman named Madonna apparently giving a blow job to a black Jesus.”

Through a career that has included crotch-grabbing, nudity, BDSM, Marilyn Monroe fetishizing, and a 1992 book devoted to sex, Madonna has been viewed as a feminist provocateur, pushing the boundaries of acceptable femininity. But Beyoncé’s use of her body is criticized as thoughtless and without value beyond male titillation, providing a modern example of the age-old racist juxtaposition of animalistic black sexuality vs. controlled, intentional, and civilized white sexuality.

”

- All Hail the Queen? | Bitch Media (via npr)

Una pequeña muestra de las fotografías del Espectacular de...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:43:02 -0400

Blue Demon

La familia Solar

El Santo

La Briosa

Tinieblas, Alushe y Tinieblas Jr.

Una pequeña muestra de las fotografías del Espectacular de lucha libre de Lourdes Grobet.