Gauntlet

Consider it thrown down.

"My one great talent lies in making those who wrong me suffer horribly."
- Archilochus, 7th century BC

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May 16, 2008 8:21pm
“ Even though women make 85 percent of all consumer purchases, Barletta says the pay gap, which leaves women earning 76 cents for every dollar earned by men, creates the impression that women don’t have or control much money. In fact, “Women bring in more than half of household income,” Barletta says. “In a partnered household, a woman spends not only her own paycheck but most of her spouse’s or partner’s as well. ” - From here
May 16, 2008 7:59pm

peterwknox:

mtumblelog:

jack kerouac explains on the road

this clip is simply wonderful. in it kerouac not only gives us a glimpse into his thought process in writing this american classic but he reads a passage from the book as well.

this clip may interest no one but myself but i feel as though i found a diamond in the youtube rough with this one.

Historic stuff.
May 16, 2008 7:26pm
whateverlolawants: Happy Friday!  (via mathewparkin)

whateverlolawants:

Happy Friday! 

(via mathewparkin)
May 15, 2008 4:46pm
“ By the time you swear you’re his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying. ” - Dorothy Parker (via sarahb) (via keepinganotebook)
May 14, 2008 10:06pm

quietly

emmas:

via here:

and here originally:

I want you to borrow my clothes

and wear them to work

let me sleep in your shirt

I want you to know

which side of the bed is mine

which cup I use all the time

I want you to see

when I’m in a bad mood

to leave me alone; there’s nothing to do

I want you to talk

about things that don’t matter

over coffee, and cake on a platter

I want you to read

all the books on my shelf

and sleep in my favourite socks

I want you to call

when it’s raining

and you’re in a phone box

I want you to breathe heavily

when you’re asleep on my couch

so I can wake you up and tell you

to shut your mouth

I want you to secretly read all my diaries

so I can catch you and know that you’re lying

when your denying it

I want you to smell

my perfume bottles and remember

which one I wear and how often

I want you to tell me

you noticed today, that I wasn’t here

and it wasn’t the same

I want you to remember

just one of these things,

and maybe

now and then,

you could give me

a ring.

May 13, 2008 11:05pm
“

OK… so it would seem that an awful lot of people have decided that the term “porn for women” means softcore or boring porn. And then a whole bunch of other people have got their backs up because they feel the term “porn for women” isn’t valid because it somehow makes sweeping statements about “what women want.” Add to that all those people who feel that vanilla sex or romance in porn is either boring or not worthy of consideration…

Consider, if you will, the way it is still difficult for a straight female porn consumer to find what she wants and the way she is largely ignored by the porn industry:

* A woman types in “porn” and she ends up an adult site where every photo is of a naked woman and all the language assumes the reader is male.
* A woman types in “naked men” and every site is aimed at - and speaks to - gay men
* The vast majority of straight DVD boxcovers feature a naked woman
* The vast majority of porn movies don’t feature a female orgasm
* The vast majority of porn sites and movies focus on male fantasy
* The vast majority of porn sites and movies give priority to male sexual pleasure and satisfaction.
* The vast majority of straight porn films and photographs make an effort to cut the man out of the frame.
* Porn still perpetuates sexism, gender and racial stereotypes and it portrays women who like sex as sluts, bitches or whores who don’t deserve respect.

” - Ms Naughty
May 13, 2008 7:36pm
“ What also bothers me about this is that the media tends to only focus and be comfortable talking about women bloggers if they’re a Mommy Blogger, or, if they’ve been involved in prostitution or are sex writers. There is a huge, diverse community of women bloggers, but as far as people the mainstream media outlets are concerned - we’re either whores, ex whores, or mothers. ” - DollyMix: How in the world is the concept of Mommy Bloggers still blowing people’s minds? (I’m not digging it up, but there was a rather strange interview I did in 2006 on the same — how mommybloggers and sex bloggers are comrades) (via melissa)
May 13, 2008 7:23pm
atherdiscretion: Vintage4278 (via —Marcus—)

atherdiscretion:

Vintage4278 (via —Marcus—)
May 13, 2008 7:12pm
“ Once you remove the pixie dust of female camaraderie, contemporary New York emerges as an essentially pre-feminist society in which the courtship rituals are strikingly similar to those depicted in the novels of Jane Austen. Women are second-class citizens who are expected to use their youth and beauty as commodities in order to secure their economic wellbeing. Sex and the City is set in this world, but it conceals its brutality behind a veneer of cocktails and laughter. In reality, female friendship is the first thing to be sacrificed in the cut-throat competition for rich husbands. To my mind, Sex and the City is the equivalent of one of those Soviet propaganda films in which the factory workers are depicted as happy, singing citizens of tomorrow. The truth is that women like Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are wretched, unhappy and isolated. The key to their survival is not the sisterhood, but a combination of slimming pills and anti-depressants. ” - Writer Toby Young on Sex and the City and feminism (via jessicagoldharalson) (via amandadaugherty)
May 12, 2008 8:04pm
“ If you can watch the amount of sex Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda have without shouting ‘harlot’ at the screen; if you’re not horrified by the idea of women having professional jobs, living alone, talking about sex, drinking alcohol, having children out of wedlock, experimenting with lesbianism, owning vibrators and all the other stuff they do, then you support a level of freedom for women that is a very long way off for a majority of women in today’s world. ” - Kate Smurthwaite - quoted in this article
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