caring is cool.

i try to have compassion.

i try to remember that even the sick pieces of shit that would decide to create a drug specifically to appeal to CHILDREN are sick pieces of shit who are allegedly being of light who are just struggling with a lot of darkness this incarnation.

i try to remember that even though there are stories like this, or that teenage mom who shook her baby to death when it interrupted her game of Farmville, that the good in the world is totally there. for every awful story like that there is a story about, like, a hippo and a walrus becoming best friends at their zoo or something.

BUT STILL. 

this is designed for kids! TO GET TEENY BABY HUMANS HOOKED ON HEROIN. 

i am 50% “namaste, may you awful dark hateful beasts find enlightenment!” and 50% “burn it to the fucking ground because humans are DONE.”

i often imagine that there is an invisible armada of aliens hovering over the earth, evaluating whether or not to totally eradicate the human race. (doesn’t everyone?) so when good things happen, like people behaving altruistically, or interspecies friendship stories, or people literally dancing as if no one is watching them, i always think, “THIS. this is why we deserve a bit longer, aliens. okay? because there is this.”

but, on the other side, when i read a story about this bullshit, or that baby-shaker, or think about The Wire, i feel like, “alright, aliens. you’re right. we’re done. just get it over with.”

ugh. drug dealers. UGH.

but still. 

there’s this:

thanks to lauren englisbee for posting this the other day and to chris dawson for reminding me about it earlier.

What, in the name of all that is holy, is even happening to our country? WHAT. THE. FUCK. WHAT????

You’re mad at a lady’s stupid stunt so you knock her to the ground and hold her down so that you can STEP ON HER HEAD?? Are you cavemen? Is this the middle ages? Are you gross demon pig monsters?

DUDES. Calm the fuck down. We are all allegedly aiming for the same thing - creating a better country. This is about people with differing opinions trying to create a country worth living in. This is NOT about literallyTRYING TO KILL each other in order to ensure that your ideas win. Even if you win then, you get to run a country full of disgusting, hateful beasts, at which point we might as well just nuke ourselves because everything good and worth fighting for in the country is gone.

I know that giving in to the feeling of hopelessness that a lot of people feel only empowers the people who already have all the control, and who thrive off of a general sense of “why bother”, but how can anyone stay hopeful of an inspiring and inspired resolution to our country’s significant obstacles and idealogical differences when people behave this way? There is no reasoning with mobs. There is no explaining the facts to them. There is only barricading yourself in your cabin in the mountains and hoping your supply of canned food and ammunition doesn’t run out.

I recognize that this video doesn’t represent the majority of the people on either side of the issues, but the refusal of both sides to recognize facts - not different ideas but concrete fucking FACTS - and both sides’ preference for just repeating the same stupid shit over and over again, as of repetition makes a statement fact, does not make me feel confident that the center of these opposing teams is any more level-headed.

I’m going to vote, because it’s the very least I can do to fulfill my responsibilities as an active participant in my citizenship, but I am not voting with any kind of confidence that the people I’m voting for will be any better qualified to make substantial changes happen. Both sides are making me sick.

Can Ralph Nader and Noam Chomsky run for co-president? I want my politics dry, unsexy, and totally factual. I’m tired of slogans and rousing movements. Fuck ‘em. Give me a couple of grim-faced old guys raging thanklessly and tirelessly against the machine, please.

have you guys already discussed how gross this is? hope i’m not recovering old, boring territory.

i guess there’s not much to say except: this is super gross and ugly. fashion is exactly as stupid as it is gorgeous and transcendent. 

also, the lady wearing this ridiculous outfit could’ve used that money to buy groceries for shut-ins or something. sure, spend a kajillion dollars on something lovely that makes people’s eyes happy, but don’t throw that money away on a NUDE BODY SUIT.

baaaaarf.  

i know that the whole point of a two party system is to keep the power concentrated into a limited number of hands, so there’s a ruling elite, and everyone else can just feel frustrated and overwhelmed and focus on this round of Dancing With The Stars instead of paying attention to what’s happening around them. i know that. that’s the point. 

but knowing that doesn’t make things feel any less hopeless, any less frustrating or any less disgusting. i’m just revolted by the behavior of approximately 1/2 of the country. it’s not about having different ideals, it’s about making those differences more important than the similarities. it’s also about not giving a fig about facts and just drowning out the opposition by shouting whatever nonsense comes to mind.

i will vote, but only because it is my privilege, not because i genuinely believe it will make a lick of difference one way or the other.

(via political-cartoons)

“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.

ohman, this is the best review of any movie i have ever read. soooooo good.

(originally via thedailywhat)

look, i’m not professor science over here.

read the article and tell me that we are not basically 20 years away from living naked in goo pods, hallucinating that we’re living normal lives, but really just acting as fuel for robot-alien overlords.

YOU CAN’T TELL ME THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT’S NOT TRUE.

everyone stock up on grey, poorly knitted sweaters and huge, thick-soled leather boots because shit is about to get super Matrix-y up in here soon.