March 2012
Police officer punches rape victim in the face... →
barefeetdirtyfeet:
Police officer punches rape victim in the face and then brags about it.
nefariousnewt:
When officers arrived, Gibson said she was hiding in a closet naked. She said the officers ordered her to leave the closet.
“I told them what had just happened to me and I…
February 2012
Hating Santorum - now rebloggable!
stfusexists:
Want to make a drink that really shows how you feel about Rick Santorum? Or maybe a drink to help you forget that he exists? Well Miss O and followers have got you covered!
2 parts 151 rum - to make you “drunk enough to believe women signed the Declaration of Independence“
1 part Kahlua - for brownness
Blend with ice for appropriate frothiness
Banana chunks for extra...
“I have the deepest affection for intellectual conversations. The ability to just...”
– (via tribalseeds)
maxlibertarios asked: How can you be so partisan?...
stfuconservatives:
stfuconservatives:
(cont.’d: Anything different from Bush is he has started the class warfare. Wake up.)
D’awww, a widdle Wibertarian telling me to “wake up”! What *has* Obama done differently than Bush? Other than:
healthcare reform
Lily Ledbetter fair pay act
Credit card consumer bill of rights
Auto bailout
Repealing DADT
Pulling troops and slashing the military...
thecuntmentality:
This Needs To Go Viral cornerof5thandvermouth:
crisscrosscutout:
How is this even legal? Suddenly doctors can withhold medical information from patients to prevent an abortion in any case? What about an ectopic pregnancy? And forget prosecution because this bill protects medical personnel from malpractice charges. Even if one is pro-life the idea that any law would prevent...
“Dew glittering on a spider web. A litter of kittens sleeping in a furry, purring...”
– Laura Byrne Paquet (via face—the—strange)
thewayistare:
occasionally pensive: baddominicana: thatmuchlove: 13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by… baddominicana:
thatmuchlove:
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester City School District Over her essay on Frederick Douglass.
ai-yo:
jumpstart-therevolution:
theafrosistuh:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick...
Oh my
is that Andrew Garfield in Doctor Who right now?
After evil Giles?
And Annie?
What is this show doing to me?!
Conversation (when done right) is beautiful.
this is my mind: You don't actually think a fetus... →
nessfraserloves:
abaldwin360:
religiousragings:
like-an-echo:
When you hear that a woman gets an abortion, you go nuts about the fetus having rights. You feel sorry for the poor baby. You feel angry because the baby was done injustice. It’s about the baby.
Taking the…
Five Important Things To Keep In Mind Before You...
paradiscacorbasi:
A lot of would be white allies freak out when people of color start using hostile language. This is nothing new.
But it occurs to me the why is something I’d never realized before.
I’ve said before People of Color are angry and they have every right to be angry.
But when a Person of Privilege is on the receiving end of that anger, they don’t understand it. I mean they...
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
melodic-pond:
wild-pokemons:
Violin x...
PSA:
filipinafeminist:
kiriamaya:
ouyangdan:
Hitting children is wrong. Full stop.
If you can’t think of a better way to discipline a child, a tiny human who is smaller than you, you need to re-evaluate your approach.
There is NOTHING that a child, who is on the losing end of the power imbalance, can do that warrants striking them. Ever.
Children are an oppressed class of humans. They have no...
Already
on the last episode of season one of Doctor Who.
This is bad, I started last night.
Is it just me who doesn’t really like Captain Jack?
Fuck off, kyriarchy.: The Bechdel Test and Race in... →
crystalsavestheday:
1. It has to have two POC in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something other than a white person.
No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human.
Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original Bechdel Test.
Check…
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice
)
“My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.”
“The first time that Katniss has to go into the cylinder and she goes up into the...”
–
Jennifer Lawrence on The Hunger Games
I am so incredibly excited for this movie. I hope it’s amazing.
(via sammyg123)
This just made me like 10 times more excited that she’s playing her!!
“A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time...”
– Albert Einstein (via tribalseeds)
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“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 so many...
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Woman: My boyfriend isn't excited about sex anymore, because I lost my figure due to pregnancy. Will you pay for his erectile dysfunction pills?
Government: Yes.
Feminist Disney: "featuring a strong female lead"... →
blogwoodtree:
my netflix is flooded with suggestions that “feature a strong female lead” based off my previous preferences.
…okay.
exhibit a) of present day gender inequality. i have never seen the headline of “featuring a strong male lead,” on any of the movies with male main…
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When all your friends are stoners, it becomes not smoking that differentiates, defines and eventually distances you from them.
desertblessingoceancurse:
when your friend comes over but all you do is sit next to each other and use the internet
true friendship
My best friend literally demands I stay off her computer while she’s awake because I’m not paying enough attention to her.
