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thewinterotter:

the-kellephant:

thrace-:

“The all-new FOX Series, PITCH, tells the emotional story of GINNY BAKER who became the first woman to play Major League Baseball.”

Guys I can’t tell you how excited I am for Pitch. Ever since I first heard about it I’ve been waiting for the pilot and here it is! It stars Kylie Bunbury as Ginny and is in affiliation with Major League Baseball, as in made with their help and advice. Here’s a good article in THR about how onboard MLB was with the creation of this show.

Anyway this is a sports show about a black woman on a major network and I’m SO FREAKING EXCITED. Go watch the trailer and leave a like so the network knows that people are interested and watching.

[description: four gifs from the upcoming tv show Pitch.]

Do yourself a huge favor and don’t read any of the comments on youtube. But do watch that trailer. I had low expectations (because Fox, they make the worst decisions, I’d hate to get attached), but now I’m super stoked for this show. And aside from the premise which is already cool and the lead who looks fucking awesome, I think the thing that impressed me most is how many characters they show just in this trailer being really supportive of her. Like MALE characters showing SUPPORT and COMPASSION toward a female character. FEMALE characters with supportive FEMALE friendships. I am delighted. Just the commercial for this show passes the Bechdel test, which means it’s starting out on better footing than like 90% of our media these days. I’m definitely planning to watch.

theroguefeminist:

pustulus-maximus:

yarking:

micdotcom:

Watch: Viral clip shows a woman in genderless clothing being ejected from a ladies’ bathroom by the police.

I saw this tagged as transphobia and while the laws and atmosphere that surrounds this is very much grounded in transphobia, I think it’s worth mentioning that that’s a cis woman.

So you know.

Fucking thanks, TERFs. Aren’t you glad bathroom laws trying to prevent “men” from entering the ladies room has caused two male police officers to eject cis women from the bathroom already? Since that’s the only women you care about maybe you might actually spend longer than .5 seconds thinking about possible fucking reprocussions of this shit now.

Oh my goooooddddd this shit is ridiculous. Like, this law has always been complete and utter transphobic bullshit, but here’s the god damn proof it will never work the way these idiots want it to. You cannot determine someone’s gender by the clothes they wear. Fuck, I get misgendered and called a man all the time. Do I need to bring my I.D. next time I take a shit? I am so tired of this garbage. Let people use the damn bathroom they want to.

But this is exactly the outcome of laws like this: policing and punishing people who deviate from the gender norm. The direct target is of course trans people (with the brunt of the focus on trans women), but anyone who doesn’t fit with the norms will also be impacted by the law because now there’s a witch hunt against anyone who doesn’t seamlessly blend in.

Let’s also not ignore this person is a masculine-presenting lesbian. Gender nonconforming people face discrimination. This is a cis heteronormative law meant to reinforce cis heteropatriarchal norms.

revisedcodeofwashington:

s-un-rise:

think about all the cute people you’ve seriously crushed on in class or the times you’ve looked at a stranger and realized how beautiful they looked in that moment, flecks of gold light hitting the tips of their eyelashes, deep in thought, rosy-cheeked and unknowingly captivating

now think about how many times that’s likely happened to you but no one voiced it. just like you have secretly admired others, others have admired you. someone has been silently overwhelmed with the uniqueness of your features or the smoothness of your voice. even though you might not always be told how beautiful you are, remember this. and maybe even tell someone the next fleeting compliment you have, because people aren’t reminded often enough just how beautiful they are

Wow. I mean, I know I’m shit at communicating with the people I like, but wow.

“I was told by the men in my life to buy a gun — that was the responsible thing to do. But after a lot of thought, I decided there was one principal reason I wouldn’t buy a handgun: I don’t want to live in fear. I know that sounds strange — a gun is supposed to bring peace of mind. But to keep a piece at your side is to look at the world through gunsights. It’s a profoundly anti-social posture. To me, carrying a handgun is an acknowledgement of weakness, not strength. It’s an admission that you’re out of ideas for how to deal with people, even those — especially those — who mean you harm. It’s a failure of imagination, a failure of wits and, in the case of open carry, a threat of violence to every passing person.”

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Forrest Wilder, “Why I Don’t Own a Handgun” (via morecoffee)

Exactly this!

(via maryschild)