The Captain's Deck

"In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:20:55 -0400

“In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010).

Most minorities, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite differently. Colorblindness creates a society that denies their negative racial experiences, rejects their cultural heritage, and invalidates their unique perspectives.

”

- Monica Williams, Ph.D for Psychology Today, “Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism (via willworkforwords)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:11 -0400

veganrantss: White people get mad when you wear a band t shirt of a band you don’t listen to, but...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:53:00 -0400

veganrantss:

White people get mad when you wear a band t shirt of a band you don’t listen to, but they’re fine with wearing headdresses from cultures they know and care nothing about.

razorshapes: Dukno Yoon Wings Movement and interactive...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:51:19 -0400

razorshapes:

Dukno Yoon

Wings

Movement and interactive relationship with the body has been the most important element throughout my body of work. However through these works, I also started to explore the mechanical structure as a form. Mechanical structure becomes the most enjoyable form to me as it becomes complex yet remains simple and coherent. The contrast between metal structural form and natural feather, together with the repetitive and whimsical movements of fragile wings, provokes the imagination and evolves the intimate relationship between work and viewer/wearer. Although the recent series, segmented wings have been focused on the formal challenge to engineer an intricate movement that simulates bird wings, these works are intended to be a series of poems in which I develope my own formal language, interpret the nature of wings, create various structural forms with movements, and share the metaphor, imagination, humor, with viewer/wearer.

sinuousmag: Excellent read: “It’s time to admit that Goth...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:50:27 -0400

sinuousmag:

Excellent read: “It’s time to admit that Goth culture has a race problem…” by BedlamBedlam

via Afro-Punk

(image: Model Kelly Palcy aka Ozmoz)

buttwitch: rimadeer: In case you were starting to doubt if...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:48:06 -0400

buttwitch:

rimadeer:

In case you were starting to doubt if there really was a fat babe meet up :p
From left to right: Becky, Roisin, Summer, Charley, Rima and Samantha

I deleted the commentary last time. But yeah, lovely times. :)

rraaaarrl: Foxes Enjoying Belly Rubs [x]

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:25:42 -0400

rraaaarrl:

Foxes Enjoying Belly Rubs [x]

thedaintysquid: via

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:24:27 -0400

thedaintysquid:

via

thedorseyshawexperience: The Cola Road (2013)

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:20:52 -0400

thedorseyshawexperience:

The Cola Road (2013)

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Thu, 16 May 2013 12:15:17 -0400

pollums: how sad it is that we create a society where we raise boys to base their self worth on...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:53:19 -0400

pollums:

how sad it is that we create a society where we raise boys to base their self worth on whether or not they can trick unsuspecting women into sleeping with them and we raise girls to base their self worth on how long they lasted until they were tricked

Gaslighting

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:32:12 -0400

createsomething:

Gaslighting is a form of mental abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making a victim doubt his or her own memory,perception and sanity.^[1] Instances may range simply from the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred, up to the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim.

rraaaarrl: Akita Pups [x]

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:36:00 -0400

rraaaarrl:

Akita Pups [x]

bennybones-cumbercheeks: lordoftheinternet: poptech: And the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:35:02 -0400

bennybones-cumbercheeks:

lordoftheinternet:

poptech:

And the highest paid public employee in your state is…

are you fucking kidding me

Do you ever just see America’s priorities and cry?

maymay: “Repeat Rape: How do they get away with it?”, Part 1 of...

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:31:48 -0400

It turns out that if you ask the right questions in just the right way, some men will actually tell you that they're rapists. They'll just…admit it.

The key is, don't use the word rape. Just ask them what they've done.

Researchers asked 1,882 men: "Have you ever tried to have oral sex with someone by using (or threatening to use) physical force—twisting their arm, holding them down, etc.—if they did not cooperate?"

and: "Have you ever had sexual intercourse with someone, even though they didn't want to, because they were too intoxicated to resist your advances?"

120 answered yes.

(That's rape.)

1,882 men…

120 rapists.

They admitted to a total of 483 rapes and attempted rapes. 483!

Whoa.

maymay:

“Repeat Rape: How do they get away with it?”, Part 1 of 2. (link to Part 2)

Sources:

College Men: Repeat Rape and Multiple Offending Among Undetected Rapists,Lisak and Miller, 2002 [PDF, 12 pages]

Navy Men: Lisak and Miller’s results were essentially duplicated in an even larger study (2,925 men): Reports of Rape Reperpetration by Newly Enlisted Male Navy Personnel, McWhorter, 2009 [PDF, 16 pages]

By dark-side-of-the-room, who writes:

These infogifs are provided RIGHTS-FREE for noncommercial purposes. Repost them anywhere. In fact, repost them EVERYWHERE. No need to credit. Link to the L&M study if possible.

Knowledge is a seed; sow it.

qinni: Here, have a pile of bunnies （ノ＠￣∇￣＠）ノ･゜ﾟ･♥ done in...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:16:03 -0400

qinni:

Here, have a pile of bunnies （ノ＠￣∇￣＠）ノ*･゜ﾟ･*♥

done in watercolour. | More daily sketches here

abs-ent: toni-tan: taylorthelatteboy: Just a pool, disguised...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:44:49 -0400

abs-ent:

toni-tan:

taylorthelatteboy:

Just a pool, disguised as a pond, with a trampoline instead of a diving board

Holy fuck! I wrote a paper about these kinds of pools several years ago for a class when they were just prototypes. These pools have a natural filtration system that run based on the plants that are in the pool that give the water nutrients that allow it to not only be crystal clear, but you are also able to drink the water because it becomes so clean. And the best part is that once the initial filtration system is installed and calibrated, it maintains itself and eliminates the need for chlorine or constant maintenance like salt water pools.

I want one

wow omfg

Little poverty things

Sun, 12 May 2013 03:31:12 -0400

littlepovertythings:

feeling guilty about buying things you want, because you don’t feel like you deserve to have anything that’s nice

"Watching my mama, I learned some lessons too well. Never show that you care, Mama taught me, and..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 03:29:16 -0400

“Watching my mama, I learned some lessons too well. Never show that you care, Mama taught me, and never want something that you cannot have. Never give anyone the satisfaction of denying you something you need, and for that, what you have to do is learn to need nothing. Starve the wanting part of you. In time I understood my mama to be a kind of Zen Baptist - rooting desire out of her own heart as ruthlessly as any mountaintop ascetic. The lessons mama taught me and the lessons of Buddha were not a matter of degree, but of despair. My mama’s philosophy was bitter and thin. She didn’t give a damn if she was ever born again, she just didn’t want to be born again and wanting.”

- “Mama” by Dorothy Allison from her book Trash (via shakethecobwebs)

fromonesurvivortoanother: lots of love this mother’s day for everyone who has a complex...

Sun, 12 May 2013 03:27:32 -0400

fromonesurvivortoanother:

lots of love this mother’s day for everyone who has a complex relationship with their mom, everyone who has ceased communication with their mom for reasons of self-preservation, and every person whose mom is deceased

The Captain's Deck

"In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can..."

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veganrantss: White people get mad when you wear a band t shirt of a band you don’t listen to, but...

razorshapes: Dukno Yoon Wings Movement and interactive...

sinuousmag: Excellent read: “It’s time to admit that Goth...

buttwitch: rimadeer: In case you were starting to doubt if...

rraaaarrl: Foxes Enjoying Belly Rubs [x]

thedaintysquid: via

thedorseyshawexperience: The Cola Road (2013)

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pollums: how sad it is that we create a society where we raise boys to base their self worth on...

Gaslighting

rraaaarrl: Akita Pups [x]

bennybones-cumbercheeks: lordoftheinternet: poptech: And the...

maymay: “Repeat Rape: How do they get away with it?”, Part 1 of...

qinni: Here, have a pile of bunnies （ノ＠￣∇￣＠）ノ*･゜ﾟ･*♥ done in...

abs-ent: toni-tan: taylorthelatteboy: Just a pool, disguised...

Little poverty things

"Watching my mama, I learned some lessons too well. Never show that you care, Mama taught me, and..."

fromonesurvivortoanother: lots of love this mother’s day for everyone who has a complex...

qinni: Here, have a pile of bunnies （ノ＠￣∇￣＠）ノ･゜ﾟ･♥ done in...