Abandoning the Ruins

In which Daniel Tosh jokes about gang raping an audience member

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:14:21 -0500

In which Daniel Tosh jokes about gang raping an audience member:

So Tosh then starts making some very generalizing, declarative statements about rape jokes always being funny, how can a rape joke not be funny, rape is hilarious, etc. I don’t know why he was so repetitive about it but I felt provoked because I, for one, DON’T find them funny and never have. So I didnt appreciate Daniel Tosh (or anyone!) telling me I should find them funny. So I yelled out, “Actually, rape jokes are never funny!”

I did it because, even though being “disruptive” is against my nature, I felt that sitting there and saying nothing, or leaving quietly, would have been against my values as a person and as a woman. I don’t sit there while someone tells me how I should feel about something as profound and damaging as rape.

After I called out to him, Tosh paused for a moment. Then, he says, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her…”

ilovecharts: thedailydot: The evolution of rock concert...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:52:38 -0500

ilovecharts:

thedailydot:

The evolution of rock concert gestures. [via canvas]

Solid remix.

Hot Knife. Can’t get enough!

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:05:20 -0500

Hot Knife. Can’t get enough!

Fiona Apple - Every Single Night I need The Idler Wheel…...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:19:41 -0500

Fiona Apple - Every Single Night

I need The Idler Wheel… to be released already.

selchieproductions: This is Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:08:43 -0500

selchieproductions:

This is Buffalo Calf Road Woman, the Cheyenne woman who struck the blow that knocked Custer (also known as the coward Wanker Custerson of the United States of Colonize the Shit Out of America) off his horse before he was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

She was also instrumental in securing victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne at the Battle of Rosebud, a battle known among the Cheyenne as ‘the battle where the brave sister saved her brother’.

larebelde: Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno By...

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:45:12 -0500

larebelde:

Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno

By Victoria Cepeda

“Some of her biggest accomplishments were:

In 1930, she unionized Blacks and Latina cigar rollers and other tobacco workers in Florida. She also helped unionize sugar cane workers in Louisiana, Tuna canneries in California and beets

Was the first woman, and Latina, to be elected member to the California Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO.

She was an international representative of UCAPAWA [United Cannery Agricultural Packing, and Allied Workers of America.

Due to her organized labor activities and former membership of the U.S. Communist Party, her prominence was overshadowed and the US government declared Luisa Moreno a threat. She was eventually tried and underwent various immigration battles. She left the U.S for for Mexico, then went on to Cuba and then back to the U.S. Through her activism she brought awareness and social justice to many Latinos in an era where it was unimaginable to conceive the concept of labor law equality.”

(via Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno | NewsTaco)

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma More Fleet Foxes…this album...

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:40:00 -0500

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma

More Fleet Foxes…this album encapsulates my mood this week.

Talib Kweli and Junot Diaz read from the 2010 Prison Writing...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:34:16 -0500

Talib Kweli and Junot Diaz read from the 2010 Prison Writing Contest (via penamerican)

Please don’t fiddle with the Oreo middle.

Talib Kweli and Junot Diaz read from the 2010 Prison Writing Contest.

photojojo: Lorenzo Duran cuts leaves into intricate images like...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:29:41 -0500

photojojo:

Lorenzo Duran cuts leaves into intricate images like this tiny forest-scape!

Leaf Cutting Art by Lorenzo Duran

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:55:00 -0500

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Rufus Wainwright - Les Feux d’Artifice t’Appellent...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:06:05 -0500

Rufus Wainwright - Les Feux d’Artifice t’Appellent (live)

I love this performance, solely because of 4:25 to 5:10-ish.

inspiri: medicalstate: & Foods illustrations by Dan...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:00:05 -0500

inspiri:

medicalstate: & Foods illustrations by Dan Beckemeyer.

PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill “Cruel nature has won...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:00:26 -0500

PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill

“Cruel nature has won again.” I could listen to this album all day.

This is Harvey (formerly known as Stella, pre-discovery of...

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:42:57 -0500

This is Harvey (formerly known as Stella, pre-discovery of balls). I found him and his two brothers when they were about a week old. They’re now 4 months old.

About a month ago, Harvey started trying to suckle on my ear. It was funny at first, but now it’s annoying. But when I push him away? He keeps suckling…the air.

COLORS!

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:46:43 -0500

COLORS!

Rebels and onions got no respect.

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:47:36 -0500

shitmystudentswrite:

The rebel and onion armies showed grose negligence by having many of their battles right inside national parks, like Gettysburg.

This almost made me choke on my coffee. New favorite blog.

STFU Gwyneth.

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:04:17 -0500

Is Gwyneth Paltrow capable of being anything other than fucking obnoxious?

via People:

Last November, Gwyneth Paltrow gave Ross Mathews – aka Ross the Intern, the late night TV comic from Chelsea Lately – a little tough love.

“We were taping a Chelsea special,” Mathews, 31, tells PEOPLE, “and she pointed at my tummy and said, ‘What’s going on here? I love you. Get it together.”

Christ, mind your own fucking business! Not only is that sizeist, it’s just plain fuckin’ rude. UGH.

Ho.ly.shit. I die. That ending? ROTFL. Anthony. ANTHONY. WHAT...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:28:00 -0500

Ho.ly.shit. I die. That ending? ROTFL.

Anthony. ANTHONY. WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?!

I know it’s like ten years old, but wish I could pull off...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:03:30 -0500

I know it’s like ten years old, but wish I could pull off this haircut. Alas, I’d be too lazy/unskilled to make it work. Maybe one day.

In other news: PJ Harvey is a badass.

Beck - True Love Will Find You in the End

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:09:00 -0500

Beck - True Love Will Find You in the End