musings on life, love, and something else that alliterates with L
06.02.2012
My opinion of the word “douche” is well described by bitch magazine
The products involved in douching have historically functioned to scare women into believing that their all-natural ladyparts are dirty, smelly, unpleasant, and unfresh. These same products have actually rendered many a woman’s perfectly wonderful ladyparts unhealthy, painful, and infected by their very use. (Check out some vintage ads that touted Lysol as the cure for lonely, dateless, stanky ladies if you’d like some visual proof of the ways women have been shamed into using these unncessary products.)
Douches and douchebags are a pointless, irritating, unfortunate, and generally toxic enemy of women throughout history. A Tool of the Patriarchy. A menace to women’s autonomy and well-being. Something that should not come into contact with a smart, self-respecting woman’s body. Tell us again why we shouldn’t use the term to refer to people who share those same characteristics?
06.02.2012
This is just one of the many reasons why I love Adventure Time.
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.
[An infographic titled: “The Genderbread Person, revised”. Under the title there is black text on a grey rectangle: “Gender is one of those things everyone thinks they understand, but most people don’t. Gender isn’t binary. Gender’s not even a spectrum or a continuum. Gender is a complex concept of n-dimensions that varies wildly from person to person. The only way to understand a person’s gender is to ask them.” Below this is a picture of a gingerbread person holding a sign that says: “Ask me about my identity.”]
The Genderbread Person infographic, revised to remove all cissexist ideas.
This is very good (or at least better than the original) but it’s kinda close to suggesting that it’s my job to educate people on my identity.
Tonight I was hit with a hand full of eggs and huge rock on my back and called “Nigger” by a white guy in the backseat of a dark blue truck as I was riding my bike on Westheimer and Jeanetta. They drove too fast for me to get the license plate number. I had to get a cop to drive me home. This night makes me wonder how blacks did it back in the day, and why the community is looking the way it is now. I am trying not to cry, but I am in physical pain from the rock and not understanding why I deserved this.
Considering I’ve played way too many video games and love Community, I decided to break down the list of Hilda’s topics from the brilliant Digital Estate Planning by game. This is truly a testament to the absurd amount of detail the show puts into even the smallest jokes.
frog extinction (Winky the Frog) ostrich (Expresso the Ostrich) other parrot (Parry the Parallel Bird) anglerfish (Glimmer the Anglerfish) spider (Squitter the Spider) snake (Rattly the Rattlesnake) parrot (Sqawks the Parrot) swordfish (Enguarde the Swordfish) rhino (Rambi the Rhinoceros)
These are all animal buddies in the Donkey Kong Country series. Why frog is listed as frog extinction is a bit more of a stretch, however. It could be because Winky is the only animal buddy to appear in Donky Kong Country I that doesn’t show up in the sequels (though Expresso only returns in the Gameboy Advanced version of Donkey Kong Country II).
magic carpet rocket ship albatross ladder bug
These all deal with travelling in Super Mario Brothers 2.
hidden pipe subcon vase magic flute (Warp Whistle) star zone
These are ways to skip levels in various Mario games. The Star Zone refers to bonus levels.
rashes zits pimples dark queen
Rash, Zitz, and Pimple are the protagonists of the infamous NES game Battletoads. The Dark Queen is the antagonist.
old man trainer (The Pokemon catching tutorial in Viridian City) fly on a bird (Use Fly) cinnamon island (Cinnabar Island) seal along the shore (The Surf sprite looks like Seel. Use it along the shore of Cinnabar Island)
This is how you encounter the glitch Pokemon Missingno in Pokemon Red and Blue.
black lightning hornet shredder avenger
Ok, I totally had to Google this one. These are all apparently hovercrafts from the next to unknown N64 racing game AeroGauge.
These are all power-ups from Mario. Each one greatly boosts Mario’s abilities when doing a running jump.
collect all blue coins (A way to get Shine Sprites) island of annoying voices (Isle Delfino) hot tub end boss (Bowser)
All references to Super Mario Sunshine. Right down to the incredibly annoying Pianta voices.
mustached mushroom (Toadsworth)
I’m not 100% sure about this one, but it does fit in with the Super Mario Sunshine section. Toadsworth was introduced in Sunshine.
bell toss charged fireball time bombs rock punch
I honestly have no idea. If anyone does know, please hit me up. UPDATE: An anonymous user suggests these could be Minecraft references and user Graywing suggests Megaman Battle Network.
UPDATE II: I’m pretty confident this is a reference to Megaman Battle Network after a post by user putaheartonyourpage.
“That one set does sound like it could be from battle network—the quake chips involve megaman throwing a bell-shaped weight, there’s a chargeable fire attack in bn2 (i think; i haven’t played it) and the fire-element cross in a later game lets you charge up any fire chip to use as a firebomb, there are multiple time bomb chips, and the stone punch could be the gutspunch series as they can move obstacles including the rockcube.”
Thanks for the input everyone!
blue fire (Beth) green fire (Amy) purple fire (Meg) boring regular old fire (Joelle)
These are the colors of the Poe sisters’ flames in the Forest Temple of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
flying war ships (Super Mario Brothers 3) clown face helicopter (Super Mario World/Paper Mario) teeter totter flying floor (Super Mario 64) unstable bath (Super Mario Sunshine)
The ways you encounter Bowser in Mario games.
impervious to lava (Juno can walk through fire and lava) underwater exploration (Vela can stay underwater indefinitely) hover puppy (Lupis the dog has a jet pack) giant ant dance club (Insect Dance Club)
These describe the abilities of characters and a location from the N64 shooter Jet Force Gemini.
good karma quests fun quests unkillable bears antiphysics horse
The first two could really describe several modern RPGs, but unkillable bears is a glitch found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. As for antiphysics horses…
bubble attack (Bubble Lead) leaf attack (Leaf Shield) time freeze attack (Time Stopper) metal blade attack (Metal Blade)
These are all special weapons in Megaman 2.
egg treatment (You must hatch the Pocket Cucco) blue poultry (The blue Cucco Cojiro) the chicken lady (The lady in Kakariko Village who breeds Cuccos) forest fungus (The Odd Mushroom in the Lost Woods) wild children (The pale guy that gives you the Odd Mushroom) trippy potions (The potion brewed from the mushroom) pharmacist (The potion shop owner) sawing small trees (The Poacher’s Saw) carpenter camps (The carpenter in Gerudo Valley) broken swords (The broken Biggoron’s Sword) giant rock monster (Biggoron himself) frog prescriptions (The prescription for Biggoron’s eye drops needs an Eyeball Frog) vision medication (The eye drops Biggoron needs to see) brick vouchers (The claim check for the sword. It’s written in stone) extra large swords (Biggoron’s Sword)
This is the trade sequence you need to go through to obtain Biggoron’s sword in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
05.19.2012
Saying bye to a bunch of friends is going to be hard. (Taken with instagram)
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[An infographic titled: “The Genderbread Person, revised”. Under the title there is black text on a grey rectangle: “Gender is one of those things everyone thinks they understand, but most people don’t. Gender isn’t binary. Gender’s not even a spectrum or a continuum. Gender is a complex concept of n-dimensions that varies wildly from person to person. The only way to understand a person’s gender is to ask them.” Below this is a picture of a gingerbread person holding a sign that says: “Ask me about my identity.”]The Genderbread Person infographic, revised to remove all cissexist ideas.
This is very good (or at least better than the original) but it’s kinda close to suggesting that it’s my job to educate people on my identity.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17f19Ddyx1qenhtzo1_1280.jpg)
