Echoes of Pareidolia

notyrqueer:

thefrogman:

I believe that there are a small group of women who hate men just for being men. I believe that the textbook definition of the word misandry fits that description. I believe there are bad things that happen to men. I believe those issues should be addressed. I do not believe that a fringe group of women who hate men can be blamed for those issues.

Misandry was a dead word until recently. A group of men who feared the progress of feminism revived the word and used it to undercut the movement. They like having the power being a man provides and they don’t want to lose that. So they created a movement, found a bunch of legitimate issues that affect men, and tried to blame women for those issues. They called this misandry. It’s like conservatives using buzzwords like “death panels” to make people fear health care. They let people assume it meant Obama wanted to kill your grandma. They let their cute little phrase infect the minds of good people and convince them of falsehoods.

People are telling me that men cannot report rape without getting laughed at. They say this is misandry. It is the fault of women who hate men. But that just doesn’t make any sense to me. When I seek a logical explanation, it seems more likely that this is because men are supposed to be strong and women are supposed to be weak. And rape has been viewed as something that happens mostly to women. So if it does happen to a man, they must be weak. How did this idea of men=strong and women=weak start? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t because of misandry. It is an ancient patriarchy collapsing in on itself.

Feminism is about fighting inequality. It’s about erasing the strong/weak perception ingrained into our society. Misandry, as the term is often used today, is about trying to blame women for anything bad that happens to men.

If you want to fight to fix issues that affect men, go for it. But I would really consider distancing yourself from this term. It is used to evangelize folks into a movement that is very problematic. A group that can’t handle scrutiny of their comic books and video games, so they send death and rape threats. A group that calls women sluts and think they ask for rape if they show too much cleavage. Those are the people who coined this term, and you should want nothing to do with them or their language.

Every fucking day I love you more, Frogman.

I would go so straight for thefrogman.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:43 -0700

transparent-flowers:

Great Mormon Papilio memnon found in Malaysia. (x).

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:52 -0700

deermary:

leucistic or “blonde” raccoons

transparent-flowers: Blue peony. (x).

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:54:59 -0700

transparent-flowers:

Blue peony. (x).

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:46:39 -0700

handsomestjack:

vrisktorias-sekret:

all-good-usernames-are-taken:

WHAT A LITTLE SHIT

i lOVE HOW HE JUST HESITATES FOR A SECOND

THEN HE JUST

“REBELLION”

aclockworkpink: Naeem Khan S/S 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:46:17 -0700

aclockworkpink:

Naeem Khan S/S 2013

bloodmilk: tiny paper cuts by fiona bearclaw.

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:13 -0700

bloodmilk:

tiny paper cuts by fiona bearclaw.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:36:01 -0700

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shy-ghostie: babycuts: <3 cute porn <3 awh

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:31:56 -0700

shy-ghostie:

babycuts:

<3 cute porn <3

awh

evocativesynthesis: This is an abandoned railway station in...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:28 -0700

evocativesynthesis:

This is an abandoned railway station in Abkhazia, former Russian territory. It stays untouched since the collapse of USSR – the railway connection of Abkhazia and Russia stopped and railway station left out of demand so nature could take over the left-overs of Soviet architecture. (via English Russia)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:29 -0700

tootricky: the egg struggle

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:49 -0700

tootricky:

the egg struggle

wahnwitzig: A Mid 16th/early 17th Century Gold and Enamel...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:03 -0700

wahnwitzig:

A Mid 16th/early 17th Century Gold and Enamel ‘Memento Mori’ Ring

A post dedicated to Nicolas' hair

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:18:42 -0700

thehouseholdcat:

Not Strictly Human-centric: Different forms of Language Contact

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:51:57 -0700

Not Strictly Human-centric: Different forms of Language Contact:

ms-sabrine:

When we talk about ‘language contact’, we are referring to the ways in which different languages interact with one another within the societies speaking the separate languages. How the engage with one another and influence one another. Below will be a brief explanation of the…