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So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists for being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists.
Our celebrity obsessed culture may be a joke but breast cancer definitely isn’t - nearly 500,000 people die from it every year. Angelina Jolie’s doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer because she carries the common gene mutation that causes both. Her mother died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer as well. My own mother had both breast and ovarian cancer within a couple short years and let me tell you, it’s about the least funny thing in the world to watch someone suffer from.
Valuing someone’s body parts you sexualized over their life and humanity goes beyond sexism, it’s sub-human.
My mum had breast cancer and got her boobs cut off and i still thought she was pretty cool my mum used to be the only person i knew who told me i was handsome i think i miss my mum more than i know
…these people are idiots, and completely deluded if they think that their ridiculous opinions have any actual impact on someone who has experienced a serious health concern and chosen the option that she thought was best.
Oh, wait… silly me… according to American standards (set by those idiotic politicians) women don’t have the right to control their own body, or have a say what happens to it!
Notice something else in common, they are all men. Fine and dandy for them, men have a significantly lower (on average) risk of breast cancer than women.
But let’s assume for some reason, that one of the idiots above got testicular cancer… the only option is to remove one or both of the testicles to prevent potential spreading into penile, rectal or scrotal cancer…
Suddenly the game changes, everyone is expected to feel sympathy for them, yes? Well, what if people reacted the way they have?
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For example:
“He’s obviously only doing it for the attention, I mean come on!”
“Heh, looks like his wife will have to go find herself a REAL man -like the gardener!”
“R.I.P. Your Manhood! Suck it up and die like a man!”
“Dude, getting your ‘nads cut off is like taking the dog to be neutered, prepare to sing soprano!”
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Oh wait, no one would ever dare do that, would they?
Because doing this to a man/male celebrity would be a taboo subject, anathema to modern society because of how utterly rude, crude and disgusting it would be…
Why then is this allowed to happen to this poor woman, of all people?
If it’s not your body, keep your goddamn opinions to yourself; because who’s to say that, if you ever found yourself in the same situation, you wouldn’t make the same call?
She wants to still be here for her husband, kids, and herself… why should you criticise that right?
ONE LAST RAGE:
Something that utterly irks me about the whole thing is the connotation that the love shared by Angelina and her husband is based solely on looks/her breasts alone. Apparently wherever these inbred idiots come from, love is a more material commodity than in other places; gods forbid that two people love each other no matter what.
Real relationships don’t fall over the second someone has a major health crisis, that’s not how it works at all… I’m not saying it will be a walk in the park, but I highly doubt he’ll be leaping for the nanny at every opportunity (as was implied).
These people are simply rude, arrogant idiots… and perhaps they will never grow up; but let us hope one day they realise people are more than just the some of their parts. No matter how you sexualise them…
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1. Shailene Woodley is a brilliant actress and Golden Globe nominee. I cannot think of any 18-year-old actress who has received the kind of critical acclaim that she has (she also won an Independent Spirit Award).
She auditioned for The Fault in Our Stars not because she needs the part (I mean, she’s in the new Spider Man movie, for God’s sakes) but because she loves the book. Her depth of understanding were immediately obvious in the audition and for me there could be no one else to play Hazel. (There were a bunch of really good auditions, but Shailene just understood Hazel as I imagined her.)
I am not particularly concerned with physical looks; Hollywood can fix that stuff. (Remember when Nicole Kidman became Virginia Woolf?) I’m concerned with whether she can embody the voice and experience and life of Hazel. She can.
2. Ansel Elgort is also a huge fan of TFiOS (it is, in fact, his favorite book). He was a high school basketball player who also happens to be a very intellectual guy. Most importantly, when he auditioned, he became Augustus. Watching him audition with Shailene, he was just Gus and she was just Hazel. He understood Gus, and clearly had a very deep and thoughtful relationship with the book. Honestly, I’m a bit confused as to how you can dislike an actor whose work you have definitionally never seen, since his first movie isn’t out yet.
3. Novelists do not cast movies, so these were not my decisions (although I did have a lot of input). But I’m defending them because I think they’re both perfect for their parts (and I’d tell you if I felt otherwise).
4. There seems to be some concern that Ansel and Shailene are playing siblings in a different movie. I guess I can understand that, but they’re actors. They can play different roles. They’ll look different and act different and be different. I mean, no one watched Silver Linings Playbook and thought, “When did Katniss move to the suburbs of Philadelphia?”
If the movie works, you’ll sit down in the theater and you won’t say, “Oh look it’s Shailene Woodley,” or, “Oh, look, it’s Tris from Divergent.” You’ll say, “Holy wow Hazel Grace.”
It’s also not super cool to tell people you’re going to kill them, cut them etc. because of their casting choices/who they were cast as. It’s scary and it’s not okay and there really is no need to say that shit. I know sometimes we all feel things really intensely and we want to express that, but those things come off as threatening, as they should, because it’s violent language. I guess I just think we’re all like 10,000x better than that, I honestly do. Just something to bear in mind.
Okay now I’ll return to my regularly scheduled holy-shit-tfios-is-actually-going-to-be-a-film-quick-get-me-a-lauren-conrad-gif.
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I am grateful for the intense feelings about the book. It means a lot to me that so many people care so much about the story and its integrity. I also care, I promise, and will always try to do right by The Fault in Our Stars.
I know that you’re speaking figuratively when you say, for instance, “I’m going to kill you” or “I hate you” or “I’m going to cut out your intestines” (which someone wrote to me this morning). But it’s worth remembering that all the people involved here are real people, in the same way that you are a real person. And it’s scary to hear that someone wants to cut out your intestines, and it does not predispose you to like or listen to that person; it just makes you feel worried and defensive because you like your intestines and want to keep them.
I’d like to point out that in this scene Peggy is having CRIPPLING emotional issues with an aspect of her body. Bobby is not only comfortable enough with his body to not give a fuck, he’s aware enough to use that to bring his mom up from what might be the lowest he’s ever seen her.
LOVE IT
In the dry lakebed of Racetrack, Death Valley stones as big as 700 pounds mysteriously slide across the surface of the earth without any notable external forces acting upon them. While some researchers believe a combination of natural events, such as wind and ice, cause these stones to “sail”, others question this theory pointing out that the stones don’t follow a predictable path and change directions abruptly.
THE PIONEERS USED TO RIDE THESE BABIES FOR MILES
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Depression, as described on Hyperbole and a Half.
“And that’s the most frustrating thing about depression. It isn’t always something you can fight back against with hope. It isn’t even something — it’s nothing. And you can’t combat nothing. You can’t fill it up. You can’t cover it. It’s just there, pulling the meaning out of everything. That being the case, all the hopeful, proactive solutions start to sound completely insane in contrast to the scope of the problem.
It would be like having a bunch of dead fish, but no one around you will acknowledge that the fish are dead. Instead, they offer to help you look for the fish or try to help you figure out why they disappeared. ”
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this is what i have done with my day
never forget
It’s that time again
yuuuup
oh lord this is perfect
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Identifying key issues of modern parenting
as a student teacher, i’ve this happen waaaay too many times. it’s ridiculous.
THIS HAPPENS?!?!?!
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Green Cookies. EWW.
Blue Salad?
But I’m not wearing pants right now…. :<
Flesh cookie? :O
Nonexistant Buffalo Wings???
Plaid Apple. I could roll with this.
Brown Hot Chocolate
Uhh
Black Oreo.
HUH
Blue mexican stew
Woah
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