February 2012
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Colin Morgan: Merlin Fanboy →
asyaana:
“I’ve read a lot of the traditional stories – “Idylls of the King” by Tennyson, “Le Morte d’Arthur” by Malory, even “The Once and Future King” [by TH White]. I read a lot of independent researches into Merlin as a [real] man or a myth, too.”
“Merlin was very definitely supposed to be an old man…
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January 2012
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Reverse Racism? Many white people claim to have experienced mistreatment,...
– (Halifax District School Board, Anti-Racism Policy, 1996) on Reverse Racism (via racismfreeontario)
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Gender is complex, and gender- differentiated behavior comes in a wide...
– 5 Things Society Unfairly Expects of Men | Gender | AlterNet (via sociolab)
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it’s not my place to define another person’s understanding of their sexuality....
– Clementine Cannibal http://clementinecannibal.com/2012/01/28/i-choose-this-is-queerness-a-choice/ (via howfortuitous)
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One of the things that we dutifully teach sociology undergraduate students is...
– Institutional Obsolescence (via sociolab)
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Isn't it funny that we only do it with rape? →
If I was to steal a chocolate bar because it was sitting at the counter looking all tasty, it’d be theft. Nobody would say but oh, look at the creamy picture on the packaging. It was taunting him. He had no choice. It was instinct. Impulse. Drives and desires beyond his control.
If I walked into some person’s home and said I lived there, I’d be arrested. Nobody would say to the owners that they...
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For women, getting angry is socially unacceptable, even when the anger is over...
– Allan G. Johnson (via remnantsoflove)
(via sexisbeautiful)
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twelvefootmountaintroll:
When people say “But it (homosexuality/trans people/polyamory/gender-neutral parenting/whatever) will confuse teh childrenz!”
Dude. Confusion is a primary state of being for children. Children are confused by child-proof medicine bottles. A favorite pastime of many a child is asking “Why?” about any piece of information presented to them. Confusion is not something to...
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It is time to stop throwing change at the homeless and to start changing the...
– @The_Leftist
Twitter
(via fyeahsociology)
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With a better understanding of the difficulties circumstance can cause in our...
– 10 Important Life Lessons You Learn From Living Abroad (via sociolab)
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People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity - and the...
– Leslie Feinberg (via doyourememberpassion)
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We have a ‘dual welfare’ system in this country whereby welfare for the rich in...
– Donna Langston, “Tired of Playing Monopoly” (via croatoan)
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Social change is change in the way people relate to each other, not change in...
– Lawrence M. Friedman and Jack Ladinksky (via huyennie)