February 2012
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“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”
– John Oliver on Rick Santorum, The Bugle 183. (via futureabortiondoctor)
Fucking. Yes.
(via angrywomenoftumblr)
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January 2012
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this is super important tw: cissexism,... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
inflateablefilth:
fracturedrefuge:
kyriarchy:
http://www.change.org/petitions/berlin-youth-welfare-office-stop-the-institutionalization-of-a-11-year-old-transexual
http://www.iglyo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=256&Itemid=42
Because institutionalization is always, always better for a child than being raised by her loving mother.
Guys,...
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“People don’t necessarily know what they want. That’s okay. Sometimes you don’t...”
– On Good Consent, Part One (via sexisnottheenemy)
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The Stupidity of Worrying About Piracy →
“Banning people from reading my book on Amazon is unlikely to deter someone who is truly motivated to pirate my book, and to scan every single friggin’ page — however one does it — you have to be pretty goddamn motivated. You’d also have to pretty motivated to read my entire book through Amazon’s less-than-entirely-user-friendly text preview tool. Most people...
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“And there are other groups of researchers around the world who are also...”
– Harriet Washington, author of Deadly Monopolies and Medical Apartheid, on the corporate takeover of medicine and the patenting of human genes in an interview with AlterNet
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“I have tried so hard to do right.”
– Last words of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
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Watchpoor bill nye…
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My body, my rules: a case for rape and domestic... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
*Trigger warning for sexual violence*
I started working at Starbucks on August 22, 2006. That was a little over five years ago. Every year we have annual reviews where I generally get to argue with someone younger than me who makes significantly more than do about why my hard work, aching back, cracking hands, sore wrists, the bags under my eyes, the burns, the bruises...
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“Twilight” as a cautionary tale about traditional...
fuckyeahfeminists:
Bella is warned by numerous people and events throughout the course of the story that she is actively pursuing her own destruction – but she’s so dependent on Edward and caught up in the idea of the romance that she refuses to see the situation for what it is. Charlie tells her Edward is bad news. Edward tells her that he believes he is damned, and devoid of a soul. He...
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Did you know?
newwavefeminism:
collectivecrack:
White American males constitute only 33% of the population. Yet, they occupy approximately:
80% of tenured positions in higher education
80% of the House of Representatives
80-85% of the U.S. Senate
92%of Forbes 400 executive CEO-level positions
90% of athletic team owners
97.7% of U.S. presidents
I wonder why…
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December 2011
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“Look how your children grow up. Taught from their earliest infancy to curb their...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre (via petitefeministe)
The best part of this essay is when she advocates for children to be brought up with no gender-role stereotyping, and gets in some not-so-subtle digs at heterocentricism and heterosexism in the process.
Did I mention this was written over a hundred years...
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occupyallstreets:
15 Facts About Military Spending That Will Make Your Head Explode
1. America spends more on its military than the next 15 countries combined,
2. By 2033 the U.S. will be paying $59 billion a year to its veterans injured in the wars.
3. In 2007, the amount of money labeled ‘wasted’ or ‘lost’ in Iraq — $11 billion — could pay 220,000 teachers salaries.
4. America’s defense...
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Partying on New Year's Eve?
Don’t drink and drive-and don’t ride with anybody who does. Tipsy Tow offered by AAA: you don’t have to be a AAA member, from 6pm-6am on New Years Eve/day, they will take your drunk self and your car home for FREE. Save this number… 1-800-222-4357. Please reblog this if you don’t mind.
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