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Sep 12 '11
True story. XKCD #385: “How it works” by Randall Munroe.

True story. XKCD #385: “How it works” by Randall Munroe.

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Jul 29 '11
“If the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world, as Edgar Allen Poe famously argued in 1846, then is the death of a beautiful woman’s child the second most poetical topic? So it would seem to filmmaker Terrence Malick, whose artful Tree of Life tries to gain emotional weight from actress Jessica Chastain’s soulful eyes and shapely ankles in the role of Mrs. O’Brien, a 1950s housewife whose son tragically dies.”
— Utne Reader: The Second Most Poetical Topic in the World 

You’re…kidding, right? 

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Jul 16 '11
msnbc: A sculpture of Marilyn Monroe was unveiled on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile today. Did we mention it’s 26 feet tall? A bunch of men hanging out under an inanimate woman’s gigantic wind-blown skirt. Did the photographer think this was edgy or something?

msnbc:

A sculpture of Marilyn Monroe was unveiled on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile today. Did we mention it’s 26 feet tall?

A bunch of men hanging out under an inanimate woman’s gigantic wind-blown skirt. Did the photographer think this was edgy or something?

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Jul 15 '11
Why Harry Potter Should Really Be All About Hermione Granger

Who actually forms Dumbledore’s army? Hermione. Who has the perseverance and planning to help them survive for the 1908830 thousand pages when they were just sitting in a tent in the cold? Hermione. Supes glad you mastered the patronus charm, Harry, but without Hermione, you wouldn’t even have your wand.

…among other things. Read it, it’s funny and true. (And also, why did HP7II include so little Ginny that she was actually cut out of the final frame? Why so little Tonks before oops, dead, so sad for our invisible son? Argh.)

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Jul 14 '11
  • Me (female): Printer isn't working.
  • Tech guy: [Fiddles with computer.] There, try it now.
  • Me: Still not working.
  • Tech guy: I don't believe you. I mean, I believe you, but I think you just did it wrong.
  • Me: ...
  • Epilogue: He had failed to reset the settings correctly. I had done nothing wrong. What a surprise.

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Jul 13 '11

(via theriotmag, eightysixed)

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Jul 9 '11
  • White male corporate boss: Do you know why we mostly hire women as front employees? Because people would rather be served by women. I know sometimes you ladies are having problems at home, but you have to come in and smile every day and be nice to the customers.
  • Other female employees smile and laugh.

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Jul 8 '11
“We can make movies like ‘There’s Something About Mary,’ using semen as hair gel, and it’s a huge hit - but to show a bloody tampon is considered shocking. I think that says a lot about our culture’s attitude towards women and towards female sexuality.”
— Alan Ball, writer and producer of Six Feet Under  (via kalashnikovs)

(Source: powerpussysays)

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Jul 7 '11

Hate vs. Hate

littlelessonsaboutgender:

This picture of a urinal shaped like an asian man with a wide-open mouth was titled “Do not want!”:

Urinal shaped like a caricature of an asian man with a wide-open mouth.

Whereas this picture of urinals shaped like disembodied female mouths came with the helpful suggestion to “Aim for the uvula”:

Urinals shaped like disembodied female mouths.

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Jul 6 '11
“The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which certifies OB-GYNs, warns that home births can be unsafe, especially if the mother has high-risk conditions, if a birth attendant is inadequately trained and if there’s no nearby hospital in case of emergency. Some doctors also question whether a “feminist machoism” is at play in wanting to give birth at home.”
— Associated Press, via Washington Post

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