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Pink is not the problem.

2012-04-06T08:24:41Z

I thought only men identified the colour “salmon”? (Seriously, guys. That shirt you’re wearing? It’s pink. It’s lovely,

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Unbreakable.

2012-04-06T08:24:36Z

In October of last year, Grace Brown began a photography project called Project Unbreakable. Grace uses photography to help heal sexual abuse survivors by photographing them with posters that hold quotes from their attackers.

Unbreakable.

Major trigger warning for quotes from sexual abusers.

This is one of those projects that, if you haven’t seen it, you should.

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To be fair, “cuntknuckle” is sort of my favourite word…

2012-04-06T08:24:05Z

The “Justifications for Saying ‘Cunt’” bingo card | Blag Hag.

In other news, apparently Penn Jillette’s wife, Emily, is just as big of a douche as her husband. Who knew?

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Counting stars.

2012-04-06T08:23:37Z

Stranger than fiction.

D’aaaw.

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Movie Steam.

2012-04-06T08:23:31Z

You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You – Forbes.

Of course, we already have a variety of “Movie Steam”-style servies — iTunes Store, Netflix, Hulu, etc. — but the problem at the moment is that none of them quite compare to the ease-of-use of piracy. Or are, yanno. Available where I live.

Oh, and true story: I have not pirated a single game since I actually started using Steam. I used to be a huge pirater of games, mostly due to the outrageous cost of physical boxes here (~$80-110). If I wasn’t 100% sure of a game, or knew I’d only be playing it for a little while, I’d pirate it. I didn’t take very many risks in what I actually bought.

Enter Steam, and now I purchase everything. Sometimes on sale, but frequently not. I never have to worry about CD keys or losing physical media or reinstallations when I change PCs, either. Steam just works, in a way that’s easier than both physical box copies and piracy.

Sure, Steam’s not perfect, but it’s Good Enough. (Not to mention the risk of malware is significantly less, despite what Avast! likes to tell me.)

Would I use a service similar to Steam to watch movies and TV series? Damn right I would. I’d install that shit on every computer, mobile device, and TV (which, to be fair, are also computers with bigger screens and XBMC installed) in my house.

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Social media.

2012-04-06T07:01:54Z

Social media explained. : funny.

Tumblr Reblog if you like donuts.

WordPress [2,000 word essay on donuts.]

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Catholic Church still evil, film at 11.

2012-04-06T07:00:24Z

Absolutisms do not allow for humanity or compassion. In an organisation ruled by celibate men, who understand nothing of women, because they deliberately cut themselves off from the world in which women live in order that they may live lives unencumbered by women’s cares and concerns, and who then call that peculiarly deprived and twisted state holy, it may not seem at all surprising that they should come to make such ridiculous and inhuman judgements. [...] Women are, to them, more related to sinful Eve than to the impossible Mary, whose self-contradictory state of being at the same time mother and virgin governs Roman Catholic ideals of womanhood. This duality of woman — as either asexually subservient, pure and holy, or sexually compromised and dangerous (to the holiness of men) — as Don Cupitt points out from time to time – is prejudicially expressed in Christian iconography in fairly startling terms. Mary is always represented as demure, eyes cast down in obedience to the will of God and man; Eve on the contrary is shown as forthright, looking into the viewer’s eyes, independent and self-contained.

Religion and the Control of Women.

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Every days is Tim Minchin Day!

2012-04-06T07:00:01Z

This is my body
And I live in it
It’s 31
And 6 months old
It’s changed a lot since it was new
It’s done stuff it wasn’t built to do
I often try to fill it up with wine
And the weirdest thing about it is
I spend so much time hating it
But it never says a bad word about me

Tim Minchin – Not Perfect – YouTube.

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The nerdiest soaps on the internets.

2012-04-06T06:59:55Z

Chrystal Doucette on Etsy.

Yes, I said “soaps”. Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew scented and all!

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alis.me

Pink is not the problem.

Unbreakable.

To be fair, “cuntknuckle” is sort of my favourite word…

Counting stars.

Movie Steam.

Social media.

See also: “The IT Crowd”

Catholic Church still evil, film at 11.

Every days is Tim Minchin Day!

The nerdiest soaps on the internets.