perchance to dream

alexespitia: Oh…hold on…I think I got a text. Lemme check. It’s...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:27 +0200

Oh…hold on…I think I got a text. Lemme check. It’s okay. I got two arms.

damagedbeliefs: stfuconservatives: norsegays: astrolope: Peop...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:22:49 +0200

stfuconservatives:

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman.

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

Target has had its share of problems, but their willingness to hire LGBT folks has always impressed me. I live in an area with a large LGBT community - all four of the letters well-represented. And the staff at my local Target reflects that. It’s so nice and sadly unexpected to see large companies stepping up like that.

Target <3

When I’m back with my relatives I know where I’ll shop.

knowhomo: LGBTQ* People In History (of Great Importance) The...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:28:15 +0200

Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld 14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935

1st Sexological Congress Berlin 1921. Langenbeck-Virchow Haus. Organizer: Magnus Hirschfeld.

3rd Sexological Congress Copenhagen 1928. Organizers: Magnus Hirschfeld and J.H. Leunbach.

The Institute for Sexology (1919 - 1933)

Nazi soldiers burning the contents and library of The Institute for Sexology in 1933

knowhomo:

LGBTQ* People In History (of Great Importance)

The “Einstein of Sex”: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld

14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935

Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld was a scholar, physician, sexologist, and arguably the first outspoken gay and transgender activist in modern history.

Why he rocks?

Hirschfeld’s Accomplishments:

1. Jewish gay* identified doctor, fought to end Paragraph 175 in Germany ( a law that made homosexuality punishable by law)

2. Founding member of Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee(WhK) ( English: The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee), which acted advocacy group to many underrepresented individuals (including the queer* population).

3. Led the FIRST congress for sexual reform

4. Co-wrote and acted in the 1919 film Anders als die Andem (“Different From the Others”)

5. Created a way of cataloging identities, 64 of them, outside of “gay/lesbian,” including many ways to identify oneself outside of cisgender identification. Hirschfeld is one of the earliest scholars and advocates for the transgender community in Western culture.

6. Created the Institute for Sexual Research, which became a safe haven for queer* individuals in Berlin

7. Joined the Bund für Mutterschutz (League for the Protection of Mothers), fighting for women’s equality and the decriminalization of abortions

8. Lost his entire library and most of his life work to the Nazi party but was able to flee and save his life (and rumored to have saved a few others). Nazi soldiers burned the entire institution’s contents on May 6, 1933 (80 years ago this month).

Imagine what the world might be if we still had all of his notes and the stories of hundreds of queer* identified and trans* identified individuals.

(Photo Source:Magnus Hirschfeld)

(Photo Source 2/3: International Sexological Congresses)

(Photo Source: Institute for Sexology)

(Photo Source: Nazis burning Hirschfeld’s Institute’s contents)

littlecthulhu: Radical dude.

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:37:59 +0200

littlecthulhu:

Radical dude.

smallpotatoescolored: Ah yes I can feel the equality.

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:49:48 +0200

smallpotatoescolored:

Ah yes I can feel the equality.

staceythinx: Forms in Nature by Hilden Diaz is a light...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:46:58 +0200

staceythinx:

Forms in Nature by Hilden Diaz is a light sculpture that casts shadows resembling tree branches on the surrounding walls.

thepreppyyogini: Country fabulous.

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:21:35 +0200

thepreppyyogini:

Country fabulous.

madlori: I bet you did. Did you estimate what mpg your car is...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:38:38 +0200

madlori:

I bet you did.

Did you estimate what mpg your car is getting? Did you figure out how many hamburgers you could get for six bucks? Did you think about how long it would take you to get somewhere given the speed and distance? Did you plan a meal so all the components would be done at the same time? Did you encounter anything on sale? Did you figure out how many groceries you could get for how much money you had?

There are about a million other daily, unconscious tasks that use algebra or at least algebraic thinking. Just because you weren’t writing out an equation or employing variables doesn’t mean you weren’t using the skills that algebra and other math courses taught you.

Science and math aren’t important because you’re going to need to know the exact steps of photosynthesis or the quadratic formula. They’re important because they teach you scientific and mathematical literacy and rational thinking, and that is sorely needed in a world where charlatans and cheats or people with a political or religious agenda can get away with all manner of pseudoscience and bullshit because people don’t have enough scientific literacy or critical thinking skills to accurately weigh the arguments or even discern where they fail logically.

So study math and science, and art, and literature, and history, and politics, not because you’re going to need it or it’s going to do something specific for you, but because an uninformed populace is bad for the world.

Preach!

christinefriar: The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:28:32 +0200

christinefriar:

The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth About Women’s Bodies

The Nu Project is a no-glamor honest look at beauty and image in our world.

Female nudity isn’t hard to come by in the media, but the bodies we see usually represent a fairly limited scope of sizes and shapes. The Nu Project, a collection of nude photographs shot by Minneapolis photographer Matt Blum, seeks to add some variety to the mix. Blum started The Nu Project in 2005 but said it really took off when his wife, Katy Kessler, became the project’s editor. Blum sees the photos as filling a void. “When I started shooting nudes there was no project like it,” he told The Huffington Post in an email. The things that I had seen either used models with typical model bodies or average people who were made to look extremely unimpressive. I figured there was a way to treat women (of any size/shape) like models and photograph them beautifully, respectfully without a lot of sexual under or overtones. The women photographed are all volunteers, and most of the pictures are taken in the subjects’ homes — where they feel most comfortable. The Nu Project’s website showcases six galleries of nudes, three shot in North America, three in South America. Although Blum told HuffPost that he feels that they have a “good variety of people involved,” he and Kessler acknowledge on The Nu Project website that they’d love for the subjects to be more diverse. “The hardest part for us is that the project is 100 percent volunteer, so I do not see the women until I show up at their door,” Blum writes on the website. “We’re doing our best to encourage all types of women, but we need volunteers of all backgrounds and walks of life to make the project more complete.” Blum said he ultimately hopes that these images inspire the women who see them to feel better about their own bodies. “It’s been really exciting to hear people react to the images,” he told HuffPost. “We get a lot of feedback from women (especially) who have struggled to see themselves as beautiful, and this project has helped them on that path.”

http://thenuproject.com/

[nemomeimpune-lacessit]

scottishbitch:

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:33:58 +0200

scottishbitch:

Photo

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:05:52 +0200

lampsarepeopletoo: punsicle: hurdygurdygirl: This is how I’d...

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:13:05 +0200

lampsarepeopletoo:

punsicle:

hurdygurdygirl:

This is how I’d play chess

I HAVE NEVER LOVED A VIDEO SO DEARLY

HOLY SHIT

like-lucy-in-the-sky: chokinghazard: look at the guy in the...

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:38:31 +0200

like-lucy-in-the-sky:

chokinghazard:

look at the guy in the bottom gif

its like his soul has finally come back to its body

I was going to reblog this anyway because it was funny enough on its own

but that guy

humansofnewyork: “When my husband was dying, I said: ‘Moe, how...

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:07:00 +0200

humansofnewyork:

“When my husband was dying, I said: ‘Moe, how am I supposed to live without you?’ He told me: ‘Take the love you have for me and spread it around.’”

Photo

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:20:07 +0200

zwischendenstuehlen: moniquill: Carmina Burana lyrics...

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:27:34 +0200

zwischendenstuehlen:

moniquill:

Carmina Burana lyrics competition winner - Ode to Sleep Deprived Parents and Terrorising Toddlers (by SydneySymphony)

I know I have followers who will appreciate this.

I’m not a parent, but from my memories as Third Parent In Training (i.e. much older sister with both parents working full time), I find it rather accurate.

Yeah. Always knew there was a soundtrack to those feelings, now I know!

"Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them...."

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:30:29 +0200

““Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being sad or struggling or trying to heal. We are all desperate, depraved and sacred. We are all terrible and brillIant. I can list all the things that can make a girl want to escape her own body (re: patriarchy). But I’d rather list all the things that make me want to stay in my body, and adorn it like a home, rub oils into my skin, tell it how sorry I am for trying to leave, for trying to hurt it into submission.””

- Warsan Shire (via warsan) (via fyoured)

thorinoakenshielded: goatofglitter: videohall: Hoop dance to...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:47:47 +0200

thorinoakenshielded:

goatofglitter:

videohall:

Hoop dance to thrift shop

> I can’t be the only one that wants to see the completed dance… right?

> She’s amazing.

> WHY IS SHE NOT IN THE OLYMPICS.

THE NAKED KID AT THE END IS THE ICING ON THE CAKE

I thought this was going to be one of those typical “White girl” videos but oh my god this is actually awesome HOW

Picking the right guy to play Obama, that was the challenge, I...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:07:35 +0200

Picking the right guy to play Obama, that was the challenge, I mean, who is Obama really? We don’t know. We never got his transcripts and they say he’s kinda aloof. So I needed someone who could really dive in and really become Barack Obama and as it turns out, the answer was right in front of me all along: Daniel Day Lewis. He becomes his characters – Hawkeye from ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ and Bill the Butcher from ‘Gangs of New York’ and Abraham Lincoln in, ‘Lincoln’. And you know what? He nailed it. - Steven Spielberg (x)

livia-carica: Reblog if you’re currently writing a novel, even if it’s only in your head or...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:53:54 +0200

livia-carica:

Reblog if you’re currently writing a novel, even if it’s only in your head or scribbled in the back of a notebook somewhere.

Think about how many books don’t exist yet.