all disheveled wandering stars

Anna and Jeremy on the set of The Last 5 Years dying.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:13 -0400

Anna and Jeremy on the set of The Last 5 Years

dying.

Casey Malone Is The Brute Squad: This Is Not Fucking Harmless

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400

Casey Malone Is The Brute Squad: This Is Not Fucking Harmless:

I love Kickstarter. I think that’s clear to people who know me by now? I love it. There’s a dude named Brad Muir and he works at Double Fine and I love the games they make, so much. But before Kickstarter, every time a Double Fine game came out I was a little worried it would be their last, and I’d have to worry that if people didn’t buy it, who knows what would happen to that studio. Then they found KIckstarter and now they make games and people like me can front load the development cost for them and it is the absolute best arrangement for creative people who want a tool in the exhausting struggle of art + commerce. A friend of mine is taking a month off her job to write a children’s book because of this platform. It’s GREAT. I love it.

The outcome of this is that I spend a lot of time just browsing Kickstarter looking for something cool to either back or crow about online. I don’t really back much - I don’t have a ton of capitol to toss around, and I’m sure the fact that I have a lot of ideas and no money factors into my love of a platform that gives money to people with ideas - but I like to check it out. So tonight, I found THIS fucking thing.

This is a nightmare.

Watching the video, reading the description, it sounds fairly innocent but a little eye-roll inducing. It’s another book where some nerd, desperate to be liked by women (this is not an insult, we are ALL desperate to be liked by someone we want to have sex with) thinks he’s figured out some cheat code or check-list like routine they can run in a bar to make women sleep with them, as if women aren’t people but a series of subroutines or an obstacle course that they can optimize to get their dick wet as fast as possible. And he’s written that advice down! And he’s selling it! To you! You could learn his cheat codes. This is nothing new for the internet. In fact, a large swath of this book was published already on Reddit. What’s new is that he’s crowdfunding it.

And sure, you might think this is sad or dumb or that this guy is just another lonely dude talking to other lonely dudes who’ll head out into the night with their fedoras to failure, right? Not a big deal? Oops, turns out we’re wrong, because here are some excerpts from what he’s already put on Reddit -

”5) Get CLOSE to her, damn it!

To quote Rob Judge, “Personal space is for pussies.” I already told you that the most successful seducers are those who can’t keep their hands off of women. Well you’re not gonna be able to do that if you aren’t in close! ”

“All the greatest seducers in history could not keep their hands off of women. They aggressively escalated physically with every woman they were flirting with. They began touching them immediately, kept great body language and eye contact, and were shameless in their physicality. Even when a girl rejects your advances, she KNOWS that you desire her. That’s hot. It arouses her physically and psychologically.”

“Decide that you’re going to sit in a position where you can rub her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap. Don’t ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your advances.”

“Sex

Pull out your cock and put her hand on it. Remember, she is letting you do this because you have established yourself as a LEADER. Don’t ask for permission, GRAB HER HAND, and put it right on your dick.”

- Source

SO. Now I am no longer rolling my eyes.

This guy is no longer just being weird and creepy on the internet. Now he’s writing a book about how to sexually assault women, and he is using something I believe in (Kickstarter) to ask YOU for money to do it. I am offended as someone who believes in the platform, and more importantly I am offended as someone who believes women shouldn’t be treated this way, and that people who say otherwise CERTAINLY should not profit off saying they should.

This isn’t harmless. People come to these boards because they are scared of being humiliated, and they are saying to the world, “Tell me what to do, because I don’t know what to do.” And this guy has chosen to tell them, “You should be a rapist.”

There’s largely nothing we can do about people saying this shit on a place like Reddit - Reddit’s a mess for another time - but let’s get it off of Kickstarter. The project is funded in 10 hours - and unfortunately a lot of those are sleeping hours - but PLEASE report it to Kickstarter, please tweet @Kickstarter asking them to take it down, and PLEASE do not let something cool be used for the UGLIEST thing imaginable.

The Kickstarter - Report Button is on the bottom of the page

Please Tweet at @Kickstarter

Casey

THIS IS REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ THIS. WE HAVE A SMALL WINDOW TO GET THE MONEY REFUNDED. PLEASE REPORT THIS PROJECT TO KICKSTARTER.

pizzaforpresident: it’s kinda messed up that winnie the pooh and jack the ripper both have the same...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:19:37 -0400

pizzaforpresident:

it’s kinda messed up that winnie the pooh and jack the ripper both have the same middle name

how i go through life

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:57:31 -0400

how i go through life

corgnelius: i hope it’s not against maritime law to look...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:49 -0400

corgnelius:

i hope it’s not against maritime law to look adorable, bc Stumphrey would be arrested on sight.

megumiovvo: chuck-charles: i made a makeup tutorial for all my...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:03 -0400

megumiovvo:

chuck-charles:

i made a makeup tutorial for all my fellow feminists out there bye

jfc

watch it

Photo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:39 -0400

"Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:29:43 -0400

““Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people say, ‘slavery was 400 years ago.’ No it very wasn’t. It was 140 years ago…that’s two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That’s how recently you could buy a guy.””

- Louis C.K. (via 30thcenturyboy)

Sylvester Magee, the (probable) last American born into slavery died in 1971.

The last living child of former American slaves, Mississippi Winn, died in 2010.

Slavery in the territory that is now the United States lasted more than 330 years. We will be 330 years removed from slavery in the year 2195.
(via fishingboatproceeds)

Things that are the worst in New York City/life

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:21:45 -0400

1. People who just stop walking in the middle of the street to text.

2. People who just stop at the bottom/top of the stairs or escalator.

3. People who walk slowly and three across so that you can’t pass them.

4. People who have their sound on their phones, so we can hear the typing of every text or every Angry Bird shot off.

5. People who talk on their speaker phones on the bus.

6. People who hold their phone in front of their faces while using their headphones with the speaker part on them. THAT’S THE POINT. THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO HOLD YOUR PHONE UP.

7. Getting catcalled at 8 am.

8. Getting honked at at 8:15 am.

9. People hogging the bus seat.

10. PEOPLE.

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:02:45 -0400

execution-empress: Arrested Development - Getaway

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:01:54 -0400

execution-empress:

Arrested Development - Getaway

mitigatedwrath: elisetheawesome: glorifi3d: kaleidoeyez: momm...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:27 -0400

mitigatedwrath:

elisetheawesome:

glorifi3d:

kaleidoeyez:

mommalikey:

darnni:

THIS IS SERIOUSLY A SALAD DRESSING COMMERCIAL

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY TRYING TO SELL

Oh man I love salad!

can he be included

HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE ON PANTS

FINALLY a commercial that sexualizes MEN for a change!

Now we know why she is so happy

"If ‘Pineapple Express’ had been about two girls, they wouldn’t have made it. And if I were a woman,..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:19 -0400

“If ‘Pineapple Express’ had been about two girls, they wouldn’t have made it. And if I were a woman, I wouldn’t have a career.”

- Seth Rogen acknowledging sexism in Hollywood. (via chickdelalynch)

theseloversofthelight: A thousand times yes. NEED OMFG

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:59:54 -0400

theseloversofthelight:

A thousand times yes.

NEED OMFG

bryanthephotogeek: Samantha Bee is a role model.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:38:12 -0400

bryanthephotogeek:

Samantha Bee is a role model.

thefluffingtonpost: PHOTO OP: The Most Popular Pup on the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:41 -0400

thefluffingtonpost:

PHOTO OP: The Most Popular Pup on the Block

Via happy_golden.

jonathantoewsed: “you’ll scare guys off with that feminist crap” oh i’m sorry you’re right the kind...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:13:14 -0400

jonathantoewsed:

“you’ll scare guys off with that feminist crap”

oh i’m sorry

you’re right

the kind of guy who has problems with me demanding that i be treated as his equal is totally the kind of guy i want to be in a relationship with

my mistake

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:12:21 -0400

thefingerfuckingfemalefury: theresadiamondunderthedust: You...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:11:59 -0400

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

theresadiamondunderthedust:

You either love The Princess Bride or you’re wrong.

THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE

jaclcfrost: puppies saying things

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:01:39 -0400

jaclcfrost:

puppies saying things