Fuck yeah, feminists!: Way to show that girls really can do anything, Scholastic
My store got two books in today. Both survival guides. Both feature strong images on the front. Promising survival techniques for ‘boys only’ and ‘girls only’. Let’s look at the boys, shall we?
How to Survive Anything: Boys Only!
Featuring articles such as “How to Survive a Shark Attack”, “How to Survive if You’re in a Plane Crash”, “How to Survive a Flash Flood”, and many articles along that line. Some are silly, like surviving a t-rex attack, some are more helpful for a real life emergency, like a freak blizzard white out. Everything is action packed, life or death situations. High energy! Boys do dangerous things! Rawr! Go GO GO!
It’s mostly funny, but hey, some things, like surviving a snake bite might come in handy.
Now lets look at the girls, shall we?
How to Survive Anything: Girls Only!
Look at that girl on the cover! She is on the go! She is doing action packed stuff! She is rough and tumble! Let’s look at what she needs to learn to survive.
“How to Survive a BFF Fight”, “How to Take the Perfect School Photo”, “How to Handle Sudden Stardom”, “How to Turn a No into a Yes” (I guess I should be thankful that’s in the girls’ book, it’s just slightly less rapey if it were in the boys’ book). Of course there is such insight as “How to Survive a Crush” and “How to Survive a Fashion Disaster”.
Yes, just about everything in the girls’ book is about looking pretty, getting dates, looking pretty, looking pretty, and looking pretty.
The ONE and only ONE redeeming factor for the girls’ book was “How to Beat Bullies”. The advice there is pretty standard, but at least it is addressed.
The Lesson Here?
Boys are meant to have adventures, girls are meant to shut up and look pretty. The two shall never, ever meet.
Scholastic should hang their heads in some pretty weighty shame right now.
what is this fuckery?
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Two-tiered wage system announced by Tories
“Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has always vehemently denied bringing cheap foreign labour into Canada. Employers had to pay foreign temporary workers “the prevailing wage,” he pointed out. That indeed is what the rules said – until Wednesday, when Human Resources Minister Diane Finley quietly changed them. Employers will now be allowed to pay foreign temp workers 15 per cent less than the average wage.
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Despite her 15-per-cent wage cut, Finley expects the influx of foreign temporary to swell. She’s undoubtedly right. Employers will always be ready to find workers overseas who are eager to come to Canada and willing to work long hours for low pay. And under the Conservatives, boosting economic growth will always eclipse protecting workers’ rights.”
(Source: hfml)
Holy mother of FUCK as if I’m only just learning this?!?!!?!?!
:o
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"There is nothing wrong with you. You’re amazing. I love you. When I look at you I see a complex human being with awesome potential but some others will look at you and see a thug. Even if their only evidence is your skin. Their racism relates to larger anxieties and problems in America that you didn’t create. When someone is racist toward you—either because they’ve profiled you or spat some slur or whatever—they are saying they have a problem. They are not speaking about you. They’re speaking about themselves and their deficiencies."
-Touré, from “How to Talk to Young Black Boys about Trayvon Martin” / Time
Very powerful piece. It’s sad this had to be written in the year 2012.
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Last night I spent the last of my funds in paypal on these! I was so surprised that the shirt was in my size! Hopefully I didn’t miss any fine print that stated that it’s not actually in the size I wanted, because it was on a whim of excitement! Oh well it’s pretty and I didn’t have to pay shipping!! Exclamation points galore!!!111!!
I really want to try this!
Source: thebeautystop.com via Jannett A. on Pinterest
