So here’s the real reason that rape jokes are troubled territory -
Because rape victims say so.
They get to say that. They get to feel that way. On this, they get to set the cultural rules.
It’s not about right or wrong, or logic versus emotion, or arguments of over sensitivity or hypocrisy - you have the free speech to make whatever jokes you want or talk about rape in whatever way you feel is illuminating. But they get to be upset about it. And call you on it. And be hurt by it.
But consider this:
You get to not be a rape victim.
They, however, are not afforded that luxury. Ever again.
- Rape Culture: If a woman drinks alcohol and gets raped, it's partially her fault. If you don't want to get raped, you shouldn't be drinking.
- Men at bars: Can I buy you a drink?
- Me: No thanks.
- Men at bars: What the fuck, why not? Come on. Come ON, let me buy you some alcohol. God, I was being nice. Why would you turn down my generous offer? I guess chivalry really is dead. What a bitch.
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A long-form response to Ionic, who, in essence, has found woman’s dedication lacking, if she submits so few papers in comparison to her fellows of the masculine gender.
Mr. Ionic (or Mr. Esser, if you prefer) I am writing this because we have exceeded the capabilities of Twitter to contain our…
Men fear women will reject them, women fear they won’t be allowed to say no
Straight people fear being made uncomfortable by gays, gay people fear they won’t be allowed to love
Cisgendered people fear being fooled, transgendered people fear they won’t be allowed to be honest
The rich fear the…
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Please meet a few members of DragonCon’s “300” fandom
lol that dude on the left. ”Nah, man. YOU’RE awesome!”
This was the second post with multiple hot guys in skimpy costumes on the first page of my dash today. From two different posters.
Today is a good day.
Sweet baby jesus. Droooooooooooooool.
ooooohhh my
Urgh with these fake geek guys. You just know they watched the movie, saw the hot costumes and decided to parade their rock hard abs and muscled shoulders around that convention so all the real geeks would get hot and bothered. I mean, look at them! They probably have no idea why the comic was so important, and they’re probably too busy spending hours perfecting their physique to have even done a wikipedia search on Frank Miller’s contribution to graphic novels! Besides, no real geek is that toned and flawless and unashamed of their bodies.
DragonCon is saved…RUINED! I meant ruined! It’s not fair! I was distracted by biceps…
Reblogging for bolded comments. And, you know, shirtless dudes for your Saturday.
I am okay with all of this. Will take the 300 regiment over the storm trooper unit any day.
As much as half of all the food produced in the world – equivalent to 2bn tonnes – ends up as waste every year, engineers warned in a report published on Thursday.
The UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) blames the “staggering” new figures in its analysis on unnecessarily strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free and Western consumer demand for cosmetically perfect food, along with “poor engineering and agricultural practices”, inadequate infrastructure and poor storage facilities.
In the face of United Nations predictions that there could be about an extra 3 billion people to feed by the end of the century and growing pressure on the resources needed to produce food, including land, water and energy, the IMechE is calling for urgent action to tackle this waste.
Their report, Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not, found that between 30% and 50% or 1.2-2bn tonnes of food produced around the world never makes it on to a plate.
In the UK as much as 30% of vegetable crops are not harvested due to their failure to meet retailers’ exacting standards on physical appearance, it says, while up to half of the food that is bought in Europe and the US is thrown away by consumers.
And about 550bn cubic metres of water is wasted globally in growing crops that never reach the consumer. Carnivorous diets add extra pressure as it takes 20-50 times the amount of water to produce 1 kilogramme of meat than 1kg of vegetables; the demand for water in food production could reach 10–13 trillion cubic metres a year by 2050.
This is 2.5 to 3.5 times greater than the total human use of fresh water today and could lead to more dangerous water shortages around the world, the IMechE says, claiming that there is the potential to provide 60-100% more food by eliminating losses and waste while at the same time freeing up land, energy and water resources.
Tim Fox, head of energy and environment at the IMechE, said: “The amount of food wasted and lost around the world is staggering. This is food that could be used to feed the world’s growing population – as well as those in hunger today. It is also an unnecessary waste of the land, water and energy resources that were used in the production, processing and distribution of this food.”
In order to prevent further waste, governments, development agencies and organisation like the UN “must work together to help change people’s mindsets on waste and discourage wasteful practices by farmers, food producers, supermarkets and consumers,” the IMechE said.
