A Curious Incident

The Geekarium

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Silly me, I forgot that my body is public domain because it happens to be thin. Of course it’s acceptable for strangers at my place of employment to comment sarcastically that I need to watch what I eat because I need to lose a few pounds. I’m not allowed to vent my frustration about the vanity sizing phenomenon and how it’s so difficult for me to find clothes and I should just “shut it”. Why yes, boss, it’s appropriate for you to call me “Skinny Mini” as you walk by and poke my side. My petite frame welcomes all comments including those uplifting “Oh my god, look at you,  I hate you” remarks. It’s not a “humble brag” when I complain about Banana Republic not carrying clothes that fit me and requiring a size 0 dress to be altered. That is me voicing frustration at incurring added expense after purchasing an already expensive dress. 

Because real women don’t look like this. Men like curves; dogs like bones. And lest we not forget the epidemic “when did this become more attractive than this?” plague that pockmarked my Facebook timeline. 

I’ve made this rant before. I’ve been made to feel guilty about making this rant before. But I’m unapologetic about my petite body. Please note the slender wrist below my raised middle finger. 

Filed under my uterus is fake because it's surrounded by a little body real women body acceptance rant personal body shaming

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Delilah

by Carol Ann Duffy

Teach me, he said -
we were lying in bed -
how to care.
I nibbled the purse of his ear.
What do you mean? Tell me more.
He sat up and reached for his beer

I can rip out the roar
from the throat of a tiger,
or gargle with fire
or sleep one whole night in the Minotaur’s lair,

(Source: malheurs)

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I often imagine my life as an intricate web of alternate realities with me standing standing in the epicenter, snipping strands with each decision I make.
The curiosity is overwhelming, at times.

Nothing is really reversible.

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consciousburning: thiscuntsays: kiskex: Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization.  as highlighted by the image, Erving Goffman made it known that these poses were problematic because if we saw any reversal of the gender roles, we perceive it as weird or strange. this image shows a man posing in a feminine fashion… men are very rarely posing like this in professional photography. essentially, if our instincts tell us something is strange about a person in a photograph, it is representative of the demand of gender display in advertisements. I would be down for more advertising like this. In fact, my first thought was ‘sexy neck time’.

consciousburning:

thiscuntsays:

kiskex:

Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization. 

as highlighted by the image, Erving Goffman made it known that these poses were problematic because if we saw any reversal of the gender roles, we perceive it as weird or strange. this image shows a man posing in a feminine fashion… men are very rarely posing like this in professional photography.

essentially, if our instincts tell us something is strange about a person in a photograph, it is representative of the demand of gender display in advertisements.

I would be down for more advertising like this. In fact, my first thought was ‘sexy neck time’.

(via tumblinfeminist)

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decaturjim: Meet Dave. He is made of things, as are you and I Our bodies are comprised of a vast array of elements, with oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen remaining the most abundant. But there are many other chemical elements present, all contributing to our health and longevity. The nifty figure above lists each element that has been isolated from the human body in the order of decreasing mass. This chart is based on the work of Ed Uthman, who derived the data from The Elements, by John Emsley. (via Starts With a Bang)

decaturjim:

Meet Dave. He is made of things, as are you and I

Our bodies are comprised of a vast array of elements, with oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen remaining the most abundant. But there are many other chemical elements present, all contributing to our health and longevity. The nifty figure above lists each element that has been isolated from the human body in the order of decreasing mass.

This chart is based on the work of Ed Uthman, who derived the data from The Elements, by John Emsley.

(via Starts With a Bang)

(via roundthelab)