caring is cool.

NOPE.

http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&ix=c1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=dolphin+rape.

Dolphins are the frat boys of the sea. (No offense, non-rapey frat boys.) 

jamesurbaniak:

slapclapper:

Yeah, I don’t know.

I think this dolphin movie is a bit much. I mean, it’s already a true story about a dolphin. You can stop right there. Instead we get Ashley Judd tears, and Kris Kristofferson mumble whispering, AND Morgan Freeman as some sort of science professor WEARING A BOW TIE.

C’mon.

Dolphins are already super great. They’re the blow jobs of the animal kingdom. But a CGI dolphin leaping up at us through the camera in 3D and now you’re just dick slapping us and calling it a good time.

Slapclap, ladies and gentlemen. Slapclap.

answer: yes, of course. prior to the invention of the internet there were approximately zero sex crimes, ever.

i guess this isn’t super surprising, but it’s interesting to have it spelled out like that for us. 

have any of you guys seen Century of the Self? it’s a BBC documentary that almost literally was too mind-blowing for me to handle. if you’re interested in the coercive nature of advertising, it’s going to basically change your life. it’s hard to find, but not impossible and HIGHLY worth the search.

I dunno, Dudes. What do you think? I was kind of unmoved by this trailer but there are a lot of elements worth getting excited over, you know? I’ll make a list.

Votes in favor:

-Paul Giamatti

-Dustin Hoffman

-MINNIE DRIVER! I LOVE MINNIE DRIVER!

-costumes

-Scott Speedman isn’t ugly

-lovey-dovey stuff

-Rachelle Lafevre!!! (For all of you who have healthy priorities and don’t pay attention to Twilight, Rachelle played Victoria in Twilight, then got bumped for some reason and her role recast. At the time it seemed like a total burn, and a serious career blow, given how popular the movies are now. But, ironically, basically no one in the cast has translated their popularity into commercial success so it almost seems like Rachelle is coming out on top in the end. I mean, as long as her movie is released, she’s kind of beating Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene already.)

Votes against:

-holy shit, what the fuck is going on with everyone’s hair? 

“Listen, I have a job to do. I’m a professional and I’ve been hired to do a job, and I’m going to do it, damn it. I will not rest until the hair of every single person in this film looks like it is made of sex doll pubes!” - this film’s head hairdresser who is unclear on the purpose of their job

Will I see this movie? Yeah, probably. I think I have some sort of condition where I find awful hair and makeup physically painful, but I also have a condition where I love love stories the very most, soooo…. yeah. Probably. 

“Rape isn’t just sex, people keep perpetuating the idea that ‘rape’ is just a fetish-y way to say ‘fuck’. but really what you’re saying is, ‘I would love to fuck you against your will while you cry and scream and try desperately to push me off of you and beg me to stop.’”

WORD.

rape culture, it’s the air we breathe.

morrrgan:

oheynaye:

Why is rape an okay thing to joke about? Even via Facebook comment. And if they’re not joking, why in Carrie Bradshaw’s name would they think it’s an okay thing to say in public? I just. Wha? 

The thing is… when you turn the idea of rape into an acceptable act, even as a joke, it perpetuates the notion that it’s somehow okay in certain situations. This is exactly the kind of mentality that seeds itself in a person, and eventually shapes all of their opinions, thoughts and eventually their actions. 

Furthermore, I read an article recently about how the state of NOT BEING RAPED is still considered a privilege in our society, as opposed to a right. “Are you drunk? On drugs? Dressed slutty? Really beautiful? You’ve lost your privilege!” This is why rape even occurs, because of this way of thinking.

Also, why would you ever talk about a girl like that? I mean, why do guys in general talk about girls like that? I work with several dudes, and so few escape the “horny, cheating, piggish male” stereotype. Each of them elbowing the others and saying, “BRO CHECK OUT THE TITS ON THE BITCH SITTIN AT THE BAR,” and chuckling and making crude jokes. If you want to make it clear that you find someone attractive, just say that. “She’s attractive”, “She’s beautiful”, whatever. I can recognize someone’s sexy and not have a visceral “must rape” reaction.

Do you think any self-respecting, stable, badass, interesting female wants to hear the words, “I would love to rape you”? Rape isn’t just sex, people keep perpetuating the idea that “rape” is just a fetish-y way to say “fuck”. but really what you’re saying is, “I would love to fuck you against your will while you cry and scream and try desperately to push me off of you and beg me to stop.”

I’m sorry to go on and on, but this is the kind of shit we all hear all the time and just accept as normal and I’m so fucking tired of it, and furthermore, actually frightened of it.

(Source: gurrlplz)

i know, not the sexiest sounding link. sorry. 

but this includes a lot of really scary, but important, information about common ingredients in sun care products. it’s cool the way skin care companies include cancer-causing ingredients in their sunscreen, when we are using sunscreen to protect us from cancer. good stuff, companies!

i wrote very angry letters to neutrogena and kiehl’s, my main skin care companies, and, if you see these gross ingredients in your products, i would encourage you to do the same.

points i made:

1) why would you include products that MIGHT have harmful ingredients, even if the research is not totally conclusive? why wouldn’t you err on the side of caution?

2) the environmental working group has an agreement for companies to sign, agreeing to provide complete information on their product ingredients and to refrain from including harmful ingredients in their products. why haven’t you signed that agreement?

3) neutrogena specifically, why would you make products that claim to have SPF levels higher than 50, when that’s just a sales gimmick? and why don’t you provide all the information customers need in order to get the best results from your products, such as the amount needed and how frequently to reapply?

it’s totally fine if no one cares about this issue at all and my feelings totally won’t be hurt if you want to ignore this, but for anyone who’s interested, i’m happy to have you on my crazy, angry consumer team! if there is a heaven, my mom is looking down on me with satisfaction. she was a big fan of the angry consumer letter. the irate apple doesn’t fall far from the irate tree!

p.s. thanks to nora, for emailing the link to ana, who emailed it to me. and thanks to gina, for posting the link to the article about the findings.

while working on my important chav research, i found this article about amy winehouse. she looks very pretty! (she doesn’t look pretty. she needs to just shave her head, burn all her clothes, wash her face a zillion times, eat spaghetti and meatballs for every meal for a few months, and also probably not do anymore drugs at all.)

i didn’t read the article. is she clean? i doubt it. look at her. that is not a look that says, “i have turned a corner with my drug usage. i have my head on straight. i’m gonna be just fine!”

poor amy. hope her new album is as good as the first one, and that she doesn’t die of a drug overdose or malnutrition before it comes out.

looking good, idiot!

this is one of the stupidest things i have ever seen done. that’s sweet that he got gavin rossdale to do the tattoo though.

(via mrs. grams.)

oh, lady. you should possibly ask for a refund because you look like jessica rabbit’s haggard tranny mom.

louisathome:

letmeworryaboutblank:

sarahspy:

Annette Edwards, 57, has spent £10,000 to make her look like cartoon character Jessica Rabbit.

(via)

Good, my Fountain of Nightmares was running dry.

ACK!!!!!!!! someone out there has a mom who is both kind of cool and also kind of disgusting!

thedailywhat:

Craigslist Ad of the Day: Moms! Amirite?

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