March 2012
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February 2012
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13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
strudelcuddy:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was never...
Just Smith.: On 'Teaching Men' →
elledy:
So here we are on a topic about men raping women and the disgusting ways in which men use the “mixed signals” excuse to justify rape against women, but I’m the bad guy because MEN ARE TOTALLY THE VICTIMS OF RAPE HERE, I’M NOT DERAILING AT ALL LOL, WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE MENZ, etc.
MANSPLAINING AT WORK, USE OTHER SIDEWALK
Then dudebro goes on to use racism, homophobia, and...
blah blah blah
unknowablewoman:
I’ve been in the “mental hospital” several times and I can assure you I never ran into anybody like Rick Santorum. People struggling with mental illness are usually too preoccupied with survival and getting well to organize widespread, racist, bigoted campaigns to topple the entire fucking country.
Look, I’m not going to jump on people for using “crazy” as an intensifier or...
“If vaginas disgust you then you hate women. If vaginas don’t actually disgust...”
– Misogyny in the Gay Community (via satifice)
whats even more disturbing is “straight” men who also hate vaginas. they wanna fuck them, but swear theyre gross: you sirs, are fucking misogynist as fuck.
(via baddominicana)
Transethnic FTW
nijireiki:
brandx:
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
Apparently a clutch of privileged, delusional bigots have hijacked the term “transethnic,” ensuring that us Class Bastard adoptees and foster kids encounter even MORE dismissal and confusion in public discourse.
“Transethnic,” for those who don’t know, occurs in the context of adoption. For example, a white Jewish child is adopted by non Jews. Or a...
Watchclosetospring:
korranation:
Sneak peek at the first on-air trailer for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra!
2/24/2012
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reblogging for...
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just caught AC360's segment about the Tyler...
and it was so frustrating. The whole trial is basically the defense arguing that Clementi’s roommate wasn’t homophobic and “just made a mistake, like all of us do when we’re young” while the prosecution is arguing that what Clementi’s roommate did was completely malicious and fueled by obvious bigotry. And of course the prosecution’s point is going to be...
unknowablewoman:
galesofnovember:
dykosaur: stfuconfederates: Deaf Aspie: Challenge to Vegans:deaf-aspie:…
pastimperfection:
Well, a lot of people would choose meat and potatoes over peanut butter and homemade bread. Me, for one.
I don’t think this challenge was meant to valorize a cheap meat, cheap oil, and potatoes diet as healthy or delicious. I think it was meant to point...
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“When you have 40 percent of kids being born out of wedlock, and among certain...”
– Mitt Romney, at Wednesday’s CNN debate in Arizona.
Hey, you know what prevents unwanted pregnancy? This.
Love the insinuation that poverty IS child abuse. And the racism. That throwaway remark is quite possibly one of the worst things to come out of last night’s debate.
I could say more, but...
Cultural Appropriation: Dreadlocks
racismschool:
Are Dreadlocks really cultural appropriation?
YES
Here’s why:
Dreadlocks originated first with Jamaican Rastafarians and then in Indian Sages and Yogis. Specifically it was started by holy men. These men renounced all of their worldly belongings (Including combs) and as a result their hair started (and remained) to turn into dreadlocks. In the beginning, it was actually...
one thing the world needs
saltmarshhag:
women-only deep lez/lesbian separatist PNW-style black metal band
come on someone make it happen
IWATC
stfuconfederates:
Deaf Aspie: Challenge to Vegans:
deaf-aspie:
violetbelle:
deaf-aspie:
violetbelle:
deaf-aspie:
Make me a vegan diet plan for 2 weeks. And if I like it, I’ll actually try it.
But it’s not so simple. See, I’m poor. And by poor, I mean, your meal plan can’t cost me more than $30 for 2 weeks (and I mean not a cent more).
And I live in the northeast by the great...
Esoterica: Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing... →
gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled…
“And do not think you shouldn’t be standing on that chair, shouting ‘I AM A...”
– Caitlin Moran (via alysinw0nderland)
no, what will happen is I will kick him in the bits because I’ve yet to meet one ‘male feminist’ who wasn’t a manipulative misogynist wanker. this quote rly upsets me, because it’s bullshit; leaving aside whether men can call themselves feminists (they could if...
lol some jackass just used the word neo-liberal...
saltmarshhag:
janedoe225:
don’t use words you don’t understand
i saw that
lol
unknowablewoman:
queer people who insist that other queer people must out themselves ~for the cause~ are the fucking worst
“Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not … ”—Badu pauses to get...”
– Erykah Badu: June/July Cover Story [Pg 1] | VIBE (via sexisbeautiful)
Yes, perfect.
(via alienshexv)
BADU!
(via newwavefeminism)
of-praxis:
Gender Imperialism
a-bayani:
(via The Biyuti Collective)
According the San Francisco Trans March’s about page, this was part of the original callout that started the march:
to encourage more trans and gender-variant people to come out; to build connections among ftm, mtf, bayot, crossdressers, sadhin, hijra, transvestites, bantut, drag queens, drag kings, mahu, transsexuals,...
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
– Unknown. (via futureabortiondoctor, inherhipstheresrevolutions) (via aoawaywego) (via she-hulk-smash) (via loveyourchaos) (via yanettcanhazsoul) (via baddominicana) (via masteradept) (via paradiscacorbasi) (via karnythia)
And this why I'm a "one-issue" voter.
unknowablewoman:
ginger—gal:
I get shit from a lot of people (“people” being white dudes) because I focus “too much” on abortion. “Too much”? Too much?
This is MY body we’re talking about. This is the bodies of millions of others we’re talking about. Right now Virginia Republicans want to forcibly insert vaginal wands in us if we dare get an abortion, for any reason. Rape survivors, who have...
“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of...”
– Democratic women in GA seek a state ban on vasectomies.
This is an actual bill they are proposing to point out the wrongness of the constant stream of abortion restrictions and bans being proposed. Mostly it highlights the hypocrisy of forcing restrictions on women “for the babeez” but not doing...
I cycle through SIP (senior individualized project) ideas pretty quickly, but so far I’m really liking my latest one: erasure of women in history, focusing on “historical lesbianism” (need another term, “lesbian” is ahistorical urghhhhh) and abortion and how the two topics are similar/intertwined.
Before this it was Riot Grrl/roller derby, before that it was lesbians...
“If I’m left without contraception, how can I plan my pregnancies? If I can’t...”
– The (Not) New War on Birth Control - we’re talking about it today. (via myplannedparenthood)