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dorothy-cotton: THE WORST PART ABOUT CONSTRUCTING YOUR OWN FICTIONAL UNIVERSE IS FUCKING NAME FOR...

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:28:19 -0400

THE WORST PART ABOUT CONSTRUCTING YOUR OWN FICTIONAL UNIVERSE IS

FUCKING NAME

FOR EVERYTHING

AND EVERYONE

peevesies: peevesies: i went down to the middle school today for relay for life and i saw my old...

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:28:06 -0400

peevesies:

i went down to the middle school today for relay for life and i saw my old social studies teacher i had a crush on (don’t talk to me) and he was like “hey how are you i haven’t seen you in ages?” and the first thing i blurted out was “I JUST TURNED 18” and jesus christ if that’s not the thirstiest thing i’ve said in my whole life

whY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME

"Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:26:14 -0400

“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions.

Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time.

In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows:

The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.

In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts. This may sound outrageous, but think about how you react when precocious children dominate the talk at an adult party. As women begin to make inroads into formerly ‘male’ domains such as business and professional contexts, we should not be surprised to find that their contributions are not always perceived positively or even accurately.”

- [x] (via neighborly)

As a teacher, I give girls what I hope is a lot of attention. I don’t know if I give girls their fair share, but I aspire to, especially after noticing that boys are willing to use their greater share of teachers’ attention to get girls who they feel aren’t being quiet and docile enough punished. I have therefore acquired a reputation for “caring more about the girls.” This has had two marked results: Some straight boys have gotten more hostile toward me, and most girls have gotten more confident around me. This makes me think I’m doing something right.

Longer thoughts on how this phenomenon relates to sexual harassment in classrooms, if you’re interested: The girls figured out I won’t report them if they hit boys who are sexually harassing them, I’ll only report the boys. This led to an increase in how often girls got the last word and boys got smacked in my classes, and, also, to a DECREASE IN HOW OFTEN GIRLS GOT SEXUALLY HARASSED. The sexual harassers seem to have been depending on the sort of “equal blame” and “retaliation is never warranted” and “don’t hurt others’ feelings” perspectives so many schools try to instill in kids; the sexual harassers were usually the ones bringing me into the situation by saying, “Miss, she hit me! You should write her up!” Once they figured out I was only ever going to respond, “If you don’t treat girls like that, they won’t hit you,” the girls got more confident and the sexual harassers largely shut the fuck up.

In schools, fighting against sexual harassment is often punished exactly the same as, or more severely than, sexual harassment — a lot of discipline codes make no distinction between violence and violence in self-defence, and violence is ALWAYS the highest level of disciplinary infraction, whereas verbal sexual harassment rarely is. Sexual harassers, at least in the schools I’ve been in, rely heavily on GETTING GIRLS IN TROUBLE WITH HIGHER AUTHORITIES as a strategy of harassment — creating an external punishment that penalises girls for and therefore discourages girls from fighting back. Sexual harassers are willing to use their greater share of floorspace to ask to get girls who won’t date them punished. By and large, teachers do punish those girls when they swear or hit. Schools condition girls to ignore sexual harassment by punishing them when they speak up or fight back instead.

Once the sexual harassers in my classes understood that girls wouldn’t be punished for rejecting them, they backed off around me. And there started to be a flip in what conversations I get called into — girls are telling me when boys are being nasty (too loud and dominant), instead of boys telling me when girls are being uncooperative (louder and more dominant than boys think they should be).

(via torrentofbabies)

reblogging again for the wonderful commentary.

(via partysoft)

Holy crud, so glad I read this. Reblogging for other educators.

(via eupheme-butterfly)

As a girl who would not be shut up and would not tolerate teasing or abuse from boys in my class and was several times sent to such higher authorities for it, reading this is extremely, extremely vindicating. I was lucky, though, because being a particularly bright, advanced student for those grades, they generally took my side and I never got into any severe or lasting trouble. Again ,this was luck, and shouldn’t be the rule.

(via eruditechick)

I was going to write that exact last paragraph; WOW.

(via supersandys-space)

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Fri, 24 May 2013 04:20:05 -0400

death-by-lulz: radhauswife: This is amazing.

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:19:03 -0400

death-by-lulz:

radhauswife:

This is amazing.

fuckyeahillustrativeart: by Simon Eckert...

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:15:55 -0400

fuckyeahillustrativeart:

by Simon Eckert http://scebiqu.cghub.com/

The Dreaming and the Dead: To All Writers of Everything Ever

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:58:00 -0400

The Dreaming and the Dead: To All Writers of Everything Ever:

loweryi:

marshmallowvodka:

latenightspooky:

I need to rant about this:

Also known as the best writing program ever! It’s a full-screen writing program!

So you open it up, and it looks like this:

You’re thinking, “Ok, so what? It’s a screen with a picture. Whoopdie do.” But it get’s better! It’s customizable!

See that “appearance”? Click it.

You can also use custom fonts that you have installed!

See that “music”? Click it.

If you drag your own music into the folder, like so:

You get this!:

But wait! It gets better!

See “typing sounds”? You can change those too!

Perhaps the best is - YOU CAN USE ANY PICTURE FOR THE BACKGROUND. It will automatically fade it for you!

Seriously, guys, this tool is wonderful. You can use it for:

Research papers

Novel writing

Play writing

Short stories

Homework assignments

Ranting about your friends when they piss you off

Writing your shopping list

It auto-saves. It exports to .rtf. Hotkeys from Word for italicize, underlining, and bold work. You can print RIGHT FROM THERE.

And the seriously best thing ever?

It fits on a flash drive. The entire thing with added music is maybe 131MBs.

The bestest thing ever.

It’s free.

I am downloading this right now to use to help me with my NaNo. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING

DOWNLOADS IMMEDIATELY

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Fri, 24 May 2013 03:56:35 -0400

jennykitkats: Among The Sleep - Indie Horror Game Among The...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:56:04 -0400

jennykitkats:

Among The Sleep - Indie Horror Game

Among The Sleep invites you into the mind and body of a two year old child. After being put to bed one evening, mysterious things start to happen.

Being played in first person, the game let its players immerse themselves in a child’s limitless imagination. This is a perspective we all have a distant familiarity with, but few can clearly remember what it felt like.

In the borderland between dream and reality, surreal creatures and diverse environments will present you with both physical and mental obstacles that challenge your creativity.

Download: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/krillbite/among-the-sleep

hotanimegirl: did this broccoli just flip me off?

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:54:06 -0400

hotanimegirl:

did this broccoli just flip me off?

lulz-time: hallloween: me at sleepovers

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:52:41 -0400

lulz-time:

hallloween:

me at sleepovers

lulz-time: need them wishes

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:52:19 -0400

lulz-time:

need them wishes

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Fri, 24 May 2013 03:49:20 -0400

heytinaloser: iveneverhadnutella: This guy in my class likes to think he’s the only one who knows...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:48:32 -0400

heytinaloser:

iveneverhadnutella:

This guy in my class likes to think he’s the only one who knows about tumblr
When a girl messed up her presentation he literally held up a drawn star that said ‘you tried’ and said to me “you probably won’t get it it’s an Internet thing.”

bl00d-sugar: I FOUND A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE DILDO POPSICLES...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:47:35 -0400

bl00d-sugar:

I FOUND A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE DILDO POPSICLES IM LEGITIMATELy DYING OF LAUGHTER RN

shroomyloomyland: That awkward moment when you moonwalk into...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:45:56 -0400

shroomyloomyland:

That awkward moment when you moonwalk into MJ

peckerhead-red: yet another unrealistic standard for cats

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:44:54 -0400

peckerhead-red:

yet another unrealistic standard for cats

thatsnotwatyourmomsaid: im sorry rosie youve been a good...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:44:33 -0400

thatsnotwatyourmomsaid:

im sorry rosie youve been a good friend

bepeu: it’s 7:40am and i camt stop laughing abt carrot

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:43:30 -0400

bepeu:

it’s 7:40am and i camt stop laughing abt carrot

toomanyforgottendreams: kerilu: mtnduh: Coca-Cola’s long...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:42:55 -0400

toomanyforgottendreams:

kerilu:

mtnduh:

Coca-Cola’s long experimented with its vending machines, trying to make them more technologically advanced than the average soda-spitter-outer.

In the past, they’ve been known to give you a beverage only if you give them a hug, or if you dance or sing in front of them. Now, the beverage giant is attempting a much loftier goal: world peace.

Behind Coke’s Attempt to Unite Indians and Pakistanis with Vending Machines

this video is tears — like cryingidon’tcareitmustnotbecapitalismihopeit’sreal tears it’s so stunning

wah cool!

This video is so beautiful. I don’t think a commercial has ever made me cry before…