February 2012
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“Your job is not to educate others, (…) it is, first, to survive.”
– Speaker Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a Professor of Sociology at Duke University. (via razycrandomgirl)
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Virginia governor no longer fully supports... →
jessicavalenti:
Props to all the pro-choice activists in VA!
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“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us...”
– Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via limpwristsraisedfists)
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Petition to remove Alexander Ryking as editor of... →
lgbtlaughs:
steviemcfly:
The goal is 1,000 signatures. Please sign and reblog, because we should not have someone who is an unrepentant sexist and rape apologist, who heaps praise upon men who threaten to beat and rape women, in an editorial position here.
This is a little off-topic, but if you were unaware this kind of person is granted a position as editor of tumblr tags, you need to be...
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“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– - Queen of the couch
You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
“And we have the audacity to wonder why women stay in abusive relationships?” BOOM. right there. TRUTH.
(via deltumbles)
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Virginia school district considering ban on... →
gaywrites:
In an attempt to protect students from bullying and harassment, a Virginia school district is considering outlawing cross-dressing, a vague way to describe students wearing clothing that would traditionally be worn by people of the other sex.
Administrators in Suffolk, Virginia believe they’ll be keeping kids from the teasing and even suicide that has taken place across the country...
girlonthebridge asked: What do you think of the quote "your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady"?
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So I just got kicked out. of my place. In Ny/NJ
littleorphanammo:
And I haven’t written anything about it until now, because I thought I had some time, but I have ONE DAY. She wants me gone by tomorrow and I am BEGGING AND PLEADING anyone in the NYC area for somewhere to go.
Because I have no where to go. And I am fucking terrified and afraid. And I really need your help, tumblr, like I’ve never ever needed it before.
I have one day. All I...
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End Violence Against Women and Girls! →
morewaterdeeperbreaths:
I just added a few new photos to my Etsy shop (can be accessed by clicking the link above). Just wanted to put it out there again that I am donating 50% of every purchase made in February to VDAY: A global movement to end violence against women and girls (www.vday.org). I would really appreciate if you could reblog this post. I’d really like to raise some money for such...
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The Problem with Nude →
Or, That Time Etsy Bloggers Pointed Out Systematic Racism in Fashion.
heart.
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“I watch movies and I don’t care who is the protagonist, I feel what that guy is...”
– Meryl Streep
“men don’t live through the female characters” - the realities of living in a andro-centric society…
(via newwavefeminism)
I love Meryl. I’m not totally on board with her starring in a movie portraying Margaret Thatcher as a BAMF feminist icon, but I love Meryl.
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“Some people think that you can’t let same-sex couples get married without...”
– California attorney and semi-professional cynic Bill Smith on today’s Ninth Circuit decision regarding Proposition 8. Read the full decision here. (via cognitivedissonance)
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“There is a dangerous myth going around this country that sexism doesn’t exist...”
– Margaret Cho (via morewaterdeeperbreaths)
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“Mr. Speaker, once again I call on the minister to apologize for the disrespect...”
– Randall Garrison
I voted for this guy!
(via danikathelesbrarian)
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Rolling Stone: "One Town's War on Gay Teens" (TW:... →
gaywrites:
Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district is essentially run by evangelicals. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann exercises an extreme influence over the workings of the school district while religious and conservative groups fight to silence LGBT students and teachers - factors that arguably contribute to the district’s absurdly high suicide rate.
Nine students in this school district...
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“I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more...”
– (via littlelightx)
Does anyone know who said this?
annafiiii asked: On the subject of drunken sex: I was once talking to a guy I sort-of liked, and he kept saying we should get together, or at least have sex. I said repeatedly that we could hang out but I didn't want to sleep with him. He then asked me if I would if we were drunk. I said I'd be more likely to cave to him pressuring me, but I didn't want to sober and would regret it, so it would not...
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“The reality of what women, even feminists, find pleasurable is not always...”
– Feminist Porn: Sex, Consent, and Getting Off (via butchrag)
Not super into fawning over the 2G feminists as per the rest of this article, but this particular quote highlights a nice point
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Komen cuts grants for Planned Parenthood cancer...
jessicavalenti:
I’m sure that most folks know by now that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity and advocacy organization, announced that they were cutting funding to Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings. In the last five years, the money from Komen allowed PP to provide almost 170,000 breast exams and 6,400 mammogram referrals.
As I said in Salon, whether the organization...