February 2012
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rivertrash:
smitten kitten: Ways Gender-Privileged Men Can Challenge Sexism
meeca:
(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).
Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “hoe”, “slut.”
Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion more than a woman’s, or when...
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Personal Health: Giving City Streets Built-In... →
mumblrnots:
I like how the picture shows a cyclist going the wrong way in the bike lane. I use these bike lanes, going in the right direction, but I have to share them w/ pedestrians, dog walkers, cab hailers, cabs, police cars, UPS trucks, Fedex trucks, random delivery trucks, wrong way cyclists, skateboarders, food carts, grocery deliverymen, and other cyclists. Sometimes (almost always), it’s...
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“Really, conservatives just hate women. They resent the fact that we work, go to...”
– hunnichild (via brienne—of—tarth)
(via unknowablewoman)
Beautiful.
(via imanassspankme)
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“One Planned Parenthood clinic does more in a day to prevent abortions than the...”
– Helen Philpot (via feminishblog)
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mashanda replied to your post: I’ve been in the mood to update my ‘look’ lately,…
Have you tried J.Crew? I might be biased because I work there, but I really think there’s something for everyone and you can book an appointment with a personal shopper for free.
I don’t think I ever have shopped J. Crew. And actually I think one of my friends works for them. Maybe I’ll check them...
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I’ve been in the mood to update my ‘look’ lately, both casual & professional clothes. I’ve been kind of paying more attention to style stuff (online & just when I see people & think “oh I like that look”) but I can’t figure out what direction I want to go in. And when I try to go buy stuff I’m just not finding anything I like, whether...
“One day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there forty million poor people in...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr And this is what really got Dr. MLK killed. (via black-culture)
THIS
(via killthemass)
…anti-poverty, anti-war, pro-Black and Brown unity agenda (re: “beyond vietnam”)
Now this is truth.
(via somepolitics)
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Arizona Lawmaker Proposes ‘White Appreciation Day’
fuckyeahfeminists:
On the House floor Monday, state Representative Cecil Ash (R-Arizona), suggested that Arizona create a White Appreciation Day when White Americans are no longer the majority in the United States, reports CBS5AZ.com.
Ash made the oddly not surprising statement — as it’s coming from the land of Governor Jan Brewer, revisionist history books and the most repellant immigration...
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“Let’s look a little closely at the correlation between rape and alcohol, for...”
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Jaclyn Friedman, Defense of going wild or: How I stopped worrying and learned to love pleasure (and how you can too) in Yes Means Yes.
(via fem-blog)
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Have y'all seen this article? →
starvethebeat:
Johanna Fateman just tweeted asking about this, it’s so rad, please read it. Liz Phair on Lana Del Ray. Fuck yes. Read it no matter what you think about either of them.
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“Because we need to reclaim the word ‘feminism’. We need the word ‘feminism’ back...”
– Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman (via josielovesfirefly)
There are completely valid reasons for women to not want to claim the label feminist - things like racism or classism or cissexism in the ‘movement’. But I think the percentage of women who choose not to identify as...
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sexism in classical music
everydayfeminism:
I just got back from a chamber music competition (my quartet got an honorable mention, yay!) and while I was there, I had a conversation with a mentor/friend who is a grad student in a music school.
He was just talking about the pressure of doing auditions for orchestras (big ones, like the Cleveland Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra) and how blind they are. The judges sit...
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Why the Komen/Planned Parenthood Breakup—While It... →
girlwithalessonplan asked: It's showing up on my dash that Moscow picture is a fake.
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Obama Vs. Bush On Job Growth: 3 Long Years, 1...
fuckyeahfeminists:
via MoveOn
The Susan G. Komen foundation is ending its grants... →
rivertrash:
Oooooh, this story just gets better and better.
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Why Susan G. Komen Yanked Planned Parenthood's...
hotsportsopinions:
Pro-“life” activists are like cancer: they’re ubiquitous, often go undetected until their damage is irreversible, and heartbreakingly detrimental to women’s health.
Which is why it’s so mind-blowing that one of the country’s most powerful and well-known cancer charities has teamed up with pro-life activists to deny women lifesaving breast cancer screenings.
I would be irate...
“It’s a Biblical principle. If you double a teacher’s pay scale, you’ll attract...”
– Alabama State Senator thinks raising teacher pay is against the teachings of the Bible (via desertmar)
So we should pay teachers less to make sure only people who really really really want to be teachers become teachers? WHAT THE FUCK. Teaching is one of the hardest jobs out there. Unlike office...
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“The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country....”
– riese (via fuckyeahautostraddle)
wow i forgot about this essay
(via autostraddle)
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THIS BLOG IS NOT RON PAUL FRIENDLY.
stfuprolife:
paxamericana:
Ron Paul wants to define life as starting at conception, build a fence along the US-Mexico border, prevent the Supreme Court from hearing cases on the Establishment Clause or the right to privacy, permitting the return of sodomy laws and the like (a bill which he has repeatedly re-introduced), pull out of the UN, disband NATO, end birthright citizenship, deny federal...
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I love how Freaks & Geeks not only makes Lindsey...
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Companies Support Planned Parenthood
stfuhypocrisy:
adriennecrista:
(Cus I know my followers will LOVE this….)
Do you know who gives financial support to Planned Parenthood?
This list will surprise you.
The information on these companies was gathered directly from Planned Parenthood sites. More information is available at GreatDebateUSA.com
3Com Corporation Abbott Laboratories Fund Adaptec, Inc. Adobe Systems, Inc. Alcoa...
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“[TW RAPE]
And if the girl you’ve taken for a drink happens to belong to the...”
– A recent article from UniLad, a decently-sized online lad magazine with a fan base eager to support it. Fuck, that’s terrifying. (via cateematthews)
Oh my God, this is sickening
(via breakmyheartslowly)
The whole Lad culture that this magazine promotes makes me SICK. How they attempt to pass off...
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“The thing with the war on drugs is, and the question we have to ask, is not why...”
– Dr. Gabor Mate, speaking in The House I Live In, a new film about the so-called “war on drugs” that won the 2012 Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. (via squintyoureyes)
Can I give a quote a standing ovation?
January 2012
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damnitdisney:
V Tech’s Disney Princess Magical Learning Laptop Vs. McQueen Learning Laptop from VTech
Let’s see who can spot the bullshit from the following descriptions:
V Tech’s Disney Princess Magical Learning Laptop toy combines learning and role-play fun featuring every girl’s favorite Princesses. Cinderella, Snow White, Belle and Aurora lead the way to learn letters, letter order,...
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If you are happy that the Susan G. Komen...
awkward-time-lady:
If you are happy over this, you are happy that THOUSANDS of people are going to be unable to get regular breast exams. You are happy that people will be denied access to life saving medical exams. YOU ARE HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE OF CANCER BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO GET SCREENED EARLY EHOUGH.
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Watchplannedfatherhood:
pbsvideovault:
LET’S MAKE CRAYONS!
Explore the fascinating and colorful process of making crayons.
This Sesame Street segment debuted in the 1981 - 1982 season.
Don’t forget, Sesame Street is on Tumblr!
Mock me if you want, but I remember this video when it debuted. Sooo showing this to the boys tonight.
Hifive because I also remember - vividly - this episode.
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reallyfoxnews:
Amid abortion debate, Komen cancer charity halting grants to Planned Parenthood
The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women.
The change will mean a cutoff of...
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serious question to Obama by a google+ hangout...
mohandasgandhi:
realfakescientist:
why are we spending so much money on foreign aid when we have people jobless in the middle class???
he said: it’s really not nearly as much as some make it out to be.
he should have said: because people in other countries are humans too. we are not the only human beings worthy of eating, drinking, sleeping and “living” in general. Americans are no better...
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Today in "I didn't know they were Black!!": Ludwig...
theafrosistuh:
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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making Spain their capital—for some 800 years.
In order to make such a substantial statement, presentation of verifiable...