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Superman Buffon
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An inspector wearing a mask tries to make a baby, held by an amateur sumo wrestler, cry during the Nakizumo Festival, or crying baby contest, at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo.
Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/EPA
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Times Square, New York City, 1960s.
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There are a number of disturbing aspects to this entire situation. The first reaction is one of repugnance and disgust for anyone who thinks it is appropriate or funny to threaten sexual violence. That is a behavior that should be so far beyond the pale that any individual should clearly know better.
But the very existence of this Facebook page and the way it encourages people to make anonymous postings about other people is just as troubling. It smacks of the old days when some idiots would write the names of girls they knew on the walls of men’s rooms and think that was funny.
The idea of the site may have been benign and a matter of having fun. But as it has turned out, it seems more like a refuge for stalkers.
It’s just as appalling that many of the comments posted on the Boomerang website about this story indicated that it was no big deal or that they didn’t find the comments all that objectionable. Sorry, but we don’t see it that way.
These sorts of posts and these reactions contribute to a culture that accepts sexual violence and abuse.
More to the point: If you think it is OK to threaten a violent sexual act to make a woman confirm to a man’s beliefs — as the post on UW Crushes’ site did — it can be viewed no less than the acceptance of a culture that encourages misogyny and violence toward women. Some have said the woman deserved it for her outspoken views. That smacks of a rape culture in which the victim is blamed for the rape (she was raped because of what she wore or how she danced or her past — “she deserved it.”)
—The Laramie Boomerang editorial staff in today’s edition calling out the larger issue of rape culture allowing pages like UW Crushes to thrive. (via cognitivedissonance)reblogged from: positivelypersistentteach -
At the Akwaaba Lodge there are three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena. The owner of the four- star hotel, Layla Cajee, has raised the cubs from birth. Bella the tiger, five months, is the leader of the pack, while the three lions, Delano, Romeo and Maximus, also five months. Meanwhile the eldest - Milika the hyena, six months - is the most mischievous in the motley crew.
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TALES FROM A HIJABI FOOTBALLER: Trendsetting Equality: David Beckham Declares Daughter Could Be Global Football Icon
A few months ago I wrote about inherent sexism in football. This being reflected in the attention and encouragement received by male children of superstar athletes.
In order to advance and respect women in football, footballers particularly those with daughters and sisters- themselves global…
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Damn. Right.
This. +10000000.
Even if we do not find a player attractive, MILLIONS of us find the beautiful game unspeakably breathtaking.
That is all that is required.
Football is for all of us.
(Source: footie-confessions)
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Sweet kitten purrs at Ronaldo’s firm touch.
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“You saved me and I won’t never let you go.”
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TALES FROM A HIJABI FOOTBALLER: *BREAKING NEWS*: Approved Hijab on The Pitch NOW AVAILABLE - Welcome ResportON
I missed my football match tonight. It’s the first Thursday in seven months of our indoor season that I have not played- due to ligament injury. As I lay icing and compressing- I had the most cathartic experience.
In my email account I received the MOST EXCITING e-mail.
An email that I have…
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A haiku from the article: To Many Yogurt Fans, It’s All Greek
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What Really Smart People Worry About At Night
- The proliferation of Chinese eugenics. – Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist.
- Black swan events, and the fact that we continue to rely on models that have been proven fraudulent. – Nassem Nicholas Taleb
- That we will be unable to defeat viruses by learning to push them beyond the error catastrophe threshold. – William McEwan, molecular biology researcher
- That pseudoscience will gain ground. – Helena Cronin, author, philospher
- That the age of accelerating technology will overwhelm us with opportunities to be worried. – Dan Sperber, social and cognitive scientist
- Genuine apocalyptic events. The growing number of low-probability events that could lead to the total devastation of human society. – Martin Rees, former president of the Royal Society
- The decline in science coverage in newspapers. – Barbara Strauch, New York Times science editor
- Exploding stars, the eventual collapse of the Sun, and the problems with the human id that prevent us from dealing with them. — John Tooby, founder of the field of evolutionary psychology
- That the internet is ruining writing. – David Gelernter, Yale computer scientist
- That smart people—like those who contribute to Edge—won’t do politics. –Brian Eno, musician
- That there will be another supernova-like financial disaster. –Seth Lloyd, professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering at MIT
- That search engines will become arbiters of truth. —W. Daniel Hillis, physicist
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