Me: Middle class suburban plus-size married lesbian mom.
Interests: Disney theme parks, comics (mostly DC); size acceptance, LGBT equality
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
privatethoughtsbetweenherlegs:
Licia Ronzulli, member of the European Parliament, has been taking her daughter Vittoria to the Parliament sessions for two years now.
LIKE A BOSS!
The world certainly isn’t where it needs to be in terms of women’s rights and equality. But this is a beautiful example of how far we have come. I have a feeling Vittoria will be setting precedents in the future just like her mother :-)
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And people wonder why we go to Disney so often…
FINISHED “Apocalypse Princesses” Lines by Tess Fowler. Colors and border by Michelle Spalding.
Top row: Mulan, Jasmine, Belle, Aurora, Alice.
Middle, seated: Ariel
Right, dancing: Esmeralda
Bottom row: Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell, and Wendy.
That is one bass ass Wendy!
Boy that feels good to say…
“there’s nothing wrong with the video game community”
My fave is the “free market” one. A Libertarian making a misogynistic comment? Everybody do a shot!!!
I’m not surprised by their comments at all. What shocks me is they’re not hiding behind anonymity like trolls usually do.
Geeky Goth Girl: On Sexism And Comic Con Panels
It makes me angry that I have to do this, but I’m going to do it anyway. Last week at Denver Comic Con, I went to a panel on women and body image in comics that I had very high hopes for. It was modded by the same woman who’d modded the very excellent Geek Girl panel earlier that day, and had two…
KTEM EXCLUSIVE: Belton High School Student Comes Out To Family, Friends During Graduation Speech
On Thursday evening, Belton High School’s 2013 Salutatorian Mitch Anderson told a packed auditorium filled with his fellow students, family, friends,
Anderson said he was aware of some negative reaction directed towards the speech, mostly posted on various community Internet message boards. Some expressed that it was wrong for the student to use the opportunity to make the speech about himself. Anderson noted that Valedictorian Jacob deKeratry also spoke about his own personal experiences as a teenager.
“I didn’t make the speech all about me,” he said. “It’s about acceptance, about celebrating everyone.”
“It’s a little bit hurtful,” he said of negative comments. “But it’s really no big deal. I’d rather they direct their hate and anger, at me, rather than someone else, because I know I can take it and blow it off.”
its so classic, its perfect :D
Yay, Batman’s partnering with Sirius Black! ;)
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SheZow - a genderbending superhero!
SheZow is an Australian-Canadian kids show about a twelve-year-old boy named Guy, a regular kid who likes skateboarding, video games, and doing dangerous stunts. But one day he finds a magical ring that, when activated, gives him amazing superpowers - and transforms him into a girl. Her superpowers include super speed, super strength, supersonic scream, and a utility belt of awesome AND girly gadgets. Plus, the way he transforms into SheZow is by saying “You go, girl!”
One thing I love about the show is that although both Guy’s sister and his best friend know his identity and help him, Guy is afraid to reveal to his dad that he’s SheZow. However, the fear doesn’t come from the idea that his dad would hate Guy being a girl superhero, but because his dad is a cop who thinks that SheZow is a trouble-making vigilante who takes away from his job. The show essentially takes away any element that would shame Guy for displaying girlyness, making the gender swap both the forefront of the show and a complete non-issue for the characters.
Conservative groups like Focus on the Family take issue with SheZow, saying that it’s teaching “gender confusion” to kids and “promoting transgenderism. What they’re really saying is that they take issue with the idea that femininity actually being empowering. They’re saying that kids can never stretch the boundaries of gender and that power HAS to be equated with masculinity. Sure, boys should be empowered - but God forbid that they grow up associating power with femininity!
In terms of the supposed links the show makes to transgenderism, the show is definitely not intended to allegorically about transgender kids, but would there be something wrong with the idea of a boy finding that being a girl or adopting feminine attributes can give strength and clarity? A sense of purpose? How could that be bad! Any show that not only displays femininity as something powerful but also doesn’t shame people for expressing femininity is something a lot of kids of any gender could benefit from!
Here’s a link to the intro, which gives some exposition and explanation, and also sets the tone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW3FBjKt7Co
SheZow will soon be coming to the US on The Hub channel, so if you can, check it out! Any show that pushes gender boundaries should get some support!
I am so freaking excited for this show
That’s so cool!
AshleySugarface
She is without a doubt one of the most beautiful women i’ve ever laid eyes on.
Hot damn.
Ave Babalon
Stunning! =)
Hillary Clinton’s officially on Twitter! https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton
And I note of the four accts she’s following, one of them is Bill! Keep it clean, Bubba! =)
Children’s Book Explaining Homosexuality
((Finally. Progress. I love you Germany))
“Pooh and his friends were given as gifts by author A. A. Milne to his son Christopher Robin Milne between 1920 and 1922. Pooh was purchased in London at Harrods for Christopher’s first birthday. Christopher later gave them to publisher E. P. Dutton, who in turn donated them to the New York Public Library.”
Oh my god. Oh my god.
This is them, guys. This is them. Got chills.
I’m more star struck from this picture, than I have been at any other moment in my life.
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The Problem With the Sexualization of Lesbians
The sexualization of lesbians verges on being a cultural phenomenon. Perhaps it is society’s glorification of the penis and masculinity in sex that causes people, both heterosexual and within the queer community, to marvel over what two women can possibly do in the bedroom.
THIS!
