March 2012
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"My sister lost her baby... and my state requires... →
stfuconservatives:
leeleeleelee submitted: “This is the reality of Texas’ ultrasound for abortion bill. A 30 year old Texas woman’s fetus’ heart stopped beating after 12 weeks. The options given were to wait until miscarriage, give birth to it, or to abort it (the preferred, safest option). She has to look at an ultrasound of her already dead fetus and if she looks away, she will have to...
February 2012
“I’m fascinated by [America’s income inequality] because a lot of the people who...”
– David Simon on unregulated capitalism (via thesoapboxschtick)
Now if he would just stop wearing those Hawaiian shirts.
(via paxamericana)
Another Batch of Birth Control Pills Recalled →
femalesexpositive:
Glenmark Generics is issuing a nationwide recall of seven lots of birth control pills. The pills are labeled “norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets.”
Because of a packaging error, some of the pills were placed in the wrong order within the packs, according to a statement from the Food and Drug Administration. The packs contain three types of pills with varying levels of...
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Barry Johnson of Joyce Manor is "Violent Inside"... →
So this really great band called Joyce Manor is putting out a new record soon, and released their song for “Violent Inside” over at Alt Press… Posting here because I loved what their vocalist, Barry, had to say about it.
Let’s talk about “Violent Inside” first. What’s it about? What was the experience like recording it?
“Violent Inside” I’d just say is about always feeling...
Texas just cut funding for the reproductive health... →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
Reproductive rights are being dismantled at an alarming rate here in Texas. Can Amy Poehler do a segment about that on SNL? Can Jon Stewart do one on the Daily Show? Can we get some national media coverage of this? PLEASE!
Unless some last-minute agreement is brokered, the program, which receives $9 in federal...
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“BEST FEMINIST RANT: Paint It Black
FFF’s Black Stage was mostly devoted to...”
– The 12 Best Sets at Austin’s 2011 Fun Fun Fun Fest by Jason Cohen, via Spin
I love this.
“The slaves are taught that petitions or elections, or lobbying for this or that...”
– Larken Rose (via liberationfrequency)
What even is to be civilized.
(via scarlet—-skyline)
to be “civilized” is to act according to how your colonizers want you to. in other words, to grovel at rich white mens feet and let them keep their boot on your neck.
(via baddominicana)
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I am all of the above, and a professional...
annalsofonlinedating:
are you a lesbian because it says are you are a feminist. at the very least you must be vegan. :)
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+6 for smiley after a string of insults. Not that “lesbian” or “vegan” are insults, but he definitely means them that way.
+2 for entry-level negging. Even Neil Strauss would be embarrassed.
+4 for asking a woman who is...
Cop spends weeks to trick an 18-year-old into... →
speakgirl:
More fun from the self-loathing society: This American Life had a show about how young female undercover cops infiltrated a high school and flirted with boys to entrap them into selling pot, so they could charge them with felonies and destroy their lives at an early age.
Last year in three high schools in Florida, several undercover police officers posed as students. The undercover...
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“I think a big reason many girls shy away from calling themselves feminists is...”
– How to Not Care What Other People Think of You -Rookie Magazine.
(via nowaddthefrosting)
I admit that I hadn’t actually (consciously) considered that. Thoughts? I know that I personally feel like a feminist-fail when things like street harassment or a male “friend” making me out as our groups’...
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“I’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with...”
– David Levithan - Supporting Gay Teen Literature (via cake-light)
SERIOUSLY! I’m sick of LGBTQ culture being treated as just some political issue. Queer people aren’t just a handful of people who want to get married, okay? We’re real, and we’re fucking important, and we need to be represented...
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Virginia apparently has passed two very... →
prochoicegeneration:
I CAN’T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE MY OUTRAGE
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“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via how-to-kiss-distinctly-american)
The 10 Most Dangerous Meds Driving America's Pill... →
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“Falling in love, we said; I fell for him. We were falling women. We believed in...”
– Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid’s Tale (via comelycreatures)
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Vaccinating Against Semen - Immunity as... →
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Liz Tells Frank what happens in the anti-choice... →
My friend Liz writes really great and funny posts on television shows and movies. This is one such post.
The disadvantages of an elite education →
anothergirlontheirt:
An elite education not only ushers you into the upper classes; it trains you for the life you will lead once you get there. I didn’t understand this until I began comparing my experience, and even more, my students’ experience, with the experience of a friend of mine who went to Cleveland State. There are due dates and attendance requirements at places like Yale, but no one...
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the... →
I saw a post by Ryking just now
coldbitterness:
And I’m not gonna reblog it because fuck that shitstain I don’t feel like talking directly to him, I’d make more headway talking to my toothbrush
But the post was a question asking “if Chris Brown had beaten up a man three years ago, would anyone still care?” tagged with, among other things, “misandry” and “hypocrisy”
And wow so I have a lot of (sad, angry) feelings about...
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One Town's War on Gay Teens (by Sabrina Rubin... →
[CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, anti-gay bullying]
Asked on a radio program whether the anti-gay agenda of her ilk bore any responsibility for the bullying and suicides, Barb Anderson, co-author of the original “No Homo Promo,” held fast to her principles, blaming pro-gay groups for the tragedies. She explained that such “child corruption” agencies allow...
“Why are you so angry all the time? Stop over-analyzing things so much.”
– Why don’t you shut the fuck up and let me change the world? (via smalltowngrrrls)
truth.
(via stfuhypocrisy)
Happy League of Women Voters Day!
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In House With Dessa: The MC/Singer on Doomtree's... →
Dessa also encouraged students to explore the social impact and responsibility of rap, a subject that’s come up repeatedly in the music press thanks to Odd Future. “Do entertainers have any moral obligations to the culture? Do listeners?” she asks. “How does homophobia in hip-hop play out?
“Most of my extended circle would not identify as homophobes, but [they]...
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Why the friendzone is bullshit and self-proclaimed... →
angels-and-angles:
Wow, accidentally deleted my original post. Reblogging so I can keep it in my archives.
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As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…
“When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more handsome boyfriend. There is little you can do without feeling like a dick. All in all, one of the meanest things a girl can...
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“If you’ll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years and it may...”
– Grammy Executive Producer Ken Ehrlich, confirming Chris Brown’s appearance on tonight’s show.
Let’s not mince words here. Ken, you weren’t “the victim” of shit. You were inconvenienced by the fact that a couple years ago, one of your performers committed felony assault by beating the absolute shit...
“I have a daughter who’s 10 and we walked past a billboard the other day...”
– Monica Ali (via petitefeministe)
If the culture is so all pervasive that you can’t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?
^ That just needed repeating.
(via kungfucarrie)
I needed this on my blog again… I’ve been thinking about it quite a lot lately, in regards to...
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Covering the Apocalypse (via On The Media) →
apocalypseinsurance:
At a recent journalism pow-wow, the role of journalists in two apocalyptic scenarios — global pandemic and alien invasion — were discussed with funny and useful results.
Very interesting discussion here.
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Abortion Laws and Global Abortion Rates (via... →
10 Anthems for a Feminist Revolution: The Best... →
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Dear Nice Guy Syndrome,
bottleage:
Please go fuck yourself. Get fucked. Go away forever and never come back. This shit drives me into such terrible and ridiculous fits of rage. Anytime I see a “nice guy” complain about the trifflin’ girl that “friend zone’d” him, that girls are only into jerks, that she’s just a giant whore anyways since she doesn’t love me, or what have you, I just get so fucking asjfewjufrewurewds...
theoceanandthesky asked: YES i used to have so much internalized racism and sexism. i was cissexist too. i was a horrible person. just.. ugh.
mothsinamoshpit asked: i used to be a transphobic shitbag, it's uncomfortable to think about.
