February 2011
“North Carolina Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry disagrees. His Charlotte-area...”
– Something GOP doesn’t want to cut: Funding for NASCAR - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com
So, to be clear, cancer screenings, annual exams, and contraceptives for women are a terrible use of federal funds…but NASCAR is a-okay?
(via robot-heart-politics)
“Shared sacrifices” are only supposed to...
What's Happening in Libya Explained →
wallacefennel-:
Read this. Take a second to stop looking at all the pretty pictures on your dash or reblogging all of the fun memes and read about what is happening. Just read it. People need to know what is happening before they can help, and the more people that know the better. There could be something you could do, or there could be something someone you know could do. Maybe one of your...
““Your passports please,” said the young man in civilian clothing toting an AK-47...”
– Ben Wedeman: In eastern Libya, citizens bouyant and cautious as they await Gadhafi’s move | CNN
This is Ben Wedeman’s first post since entering Libya. As CNN states, ‘He is the first western TV correspondent to enter and report from Libya during the current crisis.’
(via pantslessprogressive)
“Men’s lives are being damaged by sexism - we can’t separate it out from how...”
– Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters (via cupkacie)
Dear Planned Parenthood →
lipstick-feminists:
The other day I was was thinking “if PP stories had more publicity, more people might get behind the cause,” then I found this.
Submitted by ohbelowme.
Things that you should just NOT say to/ask a rape...
annieelainey:
theraptorwhomurderedlove:
Possible Trigger Warnings: Rape, rape culture, victim-blaming.
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My mom needs to read this -__-
Everyone keeps reblogging old news from Libya. If...
shesfineshesnarrating:
http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/7778734.html
This livepost has the most up to date information, links, and important Twitters.
Newest comments and such are on Page three as of now
PLEASE REBLOG
ontd_p is great, and I agree that everyone should be up to date as much as possible. But I also don’t think that reblogging old new is a bad thing, as...
and she's not even pretty!: dr-grumbles:... →
dr-grumbles:
stfufauxminists:
Teachers make too much money!
world-shaker:
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby…
Tea Party plan to impersonate union protesters:... →
timekiller-s:
corruptpolitics:
Our goal is to make the gathering look as greedy and goonish as we know that it is, ding their credibility with the media and exploit the lazy reporters who just want dramatic shots and outrageous quotes for headlines. Even if it becomes known that we are plants the quotes and pictures will linger as defacto truth.
HOLY FUCK. That’s fucking crazy....
“There are dozens of videos doing — showing horrible things happening at Planned...”
– Glenn Beck, on his hour-long show devoted to “exposing” Planned Parenthood, exaggerating and conveniently forgetting to mention that Planned Parenthood contacted the FBI to report the possibility of sex trafficking in the area. (via Media Matters)
People fell for this crock of shit with ACORN,...
And whilst I'm ranting about language, I would...
it-takes-a-muscle:
It’s racist bullshit. And it’s not clever either.
It’s not just teenagers, either. My 25-year old brother, whose best friend is Vietnamese, I might add, is constantly doing that. It makes me sick.
Ori Cupcakes: When my mom picked me up this... →
orifuckingcupcakes:
He’s been really depressed lately and I guess he’s been talking about it off-and-on, and today he called to say he was going to do it. My mom got in a big fight with him and was angry and told me he wasn’t going to do it, that he wouldn’t go through with it. She said he was just saying it to mess…
Oh, honey. :( ilu, and tell your mom I’m sending her happy...
I am... Feministilicious: Trans Allyship →
genderebelqueer:
avry:
Allyship: first steps
Bare mimimums
Call people by their preferred name, pronouns, and label. Always. Even if you’re angry with them, even if they’re total jerks, even if they’re using gender-neutral pronouns that “sound weird” or “are hard to remember.”…
Montana may include gays in antidiscrimination... →
supersoygrrrl:
gaywrites:
Montana’s Democratic state representative Edie McClafferty has introduced legislation in the state that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Montana Human Rights Act.
Part of the Act currently states: The right to be free from discrimination because of race, creed, religion, color, sex, physical or mental disability, age, or national origin is...
I am... Feministilicious: THINGS YOU CAN ACTUALLY... →
abudai:
INFORM PEOPLE - Write op-eds and letters to the editor to your local newspapers. Blog about it. Use twitter, include #Libya hashtag.
SUPPORT NEWS MEDIA THAT IS DOING COVERAGE OF LIBYA - CLICK CLICK CLICK on news articles! And comment on them! And share them on Facebook, on…
“Our findings demonstrate that sexist humor is not simply benign amusement. For...”
– Humor Research « Social Psychology Lab (via tabularasae)
“Gawd, it’s just a joke, stop making such a big deal about it.”
(via viviopsis)
OH GOLLY, LOOK, MORE SCIENTIFIC PROOF THAT WORDS AND LANGUAGE INFLUENCE MINDSET NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE CLAIM ABOUT IT JUST BEING WORDS.
OH HO HO.
(via...
