magnetic+crotch

My question is, how do you prove your whiteness for these purposes anyway? Anyone who is not an idiot knows that race is a social construct, not something that’s objectively observable. Any evaluation about “whiteness” is necessarily going to be purely arbitrary, therefore racist. 

A game that tests your knowledge of Victorian etiquette in different situations. 

rodmanstreet:

rosemarysbabyjane:

nerdling:

alittlebitofwhat:

boehnertroll:

ushankasareradical:

rebelwithamission:

laydownstaydown:

my-serpentine:

livinginayellowsubmarine:

r-r-r-ringo:

I share mine with MC Hammer.

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I share mine with Tina Turner :’)

I share my birthday with me. WIN.

I share mine with Freddie Mercury

u jelly?

…

I share my birthday with Aaron Carter.

I wish I were kidding.

But Tom Waits and Emily Browning make up for it, though. :)

Tom Petty, Viggo Mortenson, Bela Lugosi and Snoop Dogg.

I was born the exact same day as Topher Grace and Michelle Rodriguez.  And then there’s Bill Cosby.

Fabio, Judd Hirsch and Dee Snyder. I got all the big names.

Franz Kafka, Tom Cruise, and Samuel de Champlain. Jelliz?

Johnny Appleseed, T.S. Eliot, and Christina Milian

mizjenkins:

14kgoldnyc:

REMEMBER ALL—THE LAW IS STILL IN EFFECT; THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL NO LONGER DEFEND THE LAW, BUT THEY WILL NOT OVERTURN IT EITHER.

Politically I think this is probably the best move. For now.

I find myself disappointed with our President and his party at times for not moving the ball forward more aggressively, but I’d say this counts as a first down. There is progress here.  

Again, I agree. I don’t think they could really do much to actually overturn the law. That is up to Congress, or perhaps the judiciary. I suppose that Obama could order the IRS or other agencies not to enforce aspects of the law that they carry out, but that raises the question of what would be done instead. I don’t think he could get away with the agencies failing to enforce this law AND effectively instituting some other policy. Basically we just have to wait until someone with standing brings a good case against DOMA or the Congress regains some sanity (extremely unlikely.)

14kgoldnyc:

mizjenkins:

14kgoldnyc:

REMEMBER ALL—THE LAW IS STILL IN EFFECT; THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL NO LONGER DEFEND THE LAW, BUT THEY WILL NOT OVERTURN IT EITHER.

Politically I think this is probably the best move. For now.

I find myself disappointed with our President and his party at times for not moving the ball forward more aggressively, but I’d say this counts as a first down. There is progress here.  

 My complaint is simple—he’s spent the last two years actively defending the bill. Almost all the news coverage has been from people pissed that he’s defending something he’s ostensibly against—quietly refraining from defense would have cost him nothing.

So, while I’m pleased with this, anyone who uses this as proof that Obama is pro-queer rights is still gonna get smacked down by me.

I also think that Obama should have told the DOJ not to defend DOMA in the first place. However, the most heinous thing about it was the way that it was defended. The DOJ under Obama didn’t argue for DOMA on the basis of congressional power or precedent, but actually used the kind of arguments NOM makes about the immorality of gay marriage and childrearing. That is what was most despicable about the whole affair to me. Not only did they defend a discriminatory law, but they used their defense as a way to perpetuate the worst kinds of lies and prejudice.  

gertymac:

In order to combat being a cranky bitch, I’ll going to blog a bunch of things I love.

1. My shower. I’m the first to admit that I’m a bourgeois asshole and my house is way too nice for me to live in. But, my shower, my glorious shower! It’s a stall, tiled floor to ceiling with various shades of tan…

1. My flannel sheets. They are super cozy and one of the main reasons I spend so much time in bed.

2. My bunnies. They are kind of crazy and feral now that they are free range, but nothing makes me as happy as just sitting on the floor and hanging out, observing their cuteness. Or, alternatively, hugging and cuddling them even though I know they don’t like it much. (However, their takeover of the living room is another reason I spend a lot of time in bed.)

3. Metropolitan Triple Cream Brie

4. My soon to be 5 year relationship with my boyfriend/significant other, which has probably made me happier than anything else in my life. 

gertymac:

tomhardysblackbry:

collapsingparadox:

megalin15:

moe-chan-uguuu:

sexyharasho:

-bakyura:

rellers:

Almost named Aubree. Or Jeremy. No joke. My mother could accept me telling her I wanted to label as genderqueer or get a sex change if I said I’d go by Jeremy.

I…

If I were a boy: Mom wanted Jacob and my Dad wanted his name but I would have been a IV.

Since I was a girl, Dad wanted my name to be (NO JOKE)… MORGAINE, as in the Welsh version of Morgan le Fey. Thanks for saving me from that one, Mom.

My parents were big Doctor Who fans and almost named me Nessa after one of the companions. The other option was Akiko, which would be a bit weird since I am not Japanese at all.

Of course, my Indian grandmother thankfully vetoed both of these choices. I did once meet a kid named Adrick though!

This is heartening - An important and established part of that red-blooded American institution, professional football, saying that collective bargaining is “a fundamental underpinning of our middle class.”

gertymac:

nefariousnewt:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Not the Van Goghs!!! Why couldn’t the Renoirs break down…

This is so sad.

I have 3 framed pieces of art in my living room. One is a Van Gogh print from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The other two are Star Trek autographs.

I really hope the doctor exists. He could go back in time and get Vincent to change his pigments!