February 2011
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Walk for Choice has got me feeling feelings
psychotropicpolitics:
Pictures from Boston, Tampa and Gainesville, Toronto, Washington DC, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Greensboro North Carolina, Oakland California, Austin, Grand Rapids have been on my dash all day. People with signs and voices, turning out in droves to support women, to support reproductive health, to support Planned Parenthood, to say that we won’t go back.
My favorite...
My 1000th post was the video of Suheir Hammad...
I think that’s worthy of 1000th posting. :)
“I have a few friends who are straight male dominants, and they’re both...”
– BDSM is PLAY - Thoughts From The Peacock Angel (via sexisnottheenemy)
stfusexists:
stfuconservatives:
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To Well Intentioned Sexual Assault Activists in...
I am sorry that you find avoiding the fetishization of women as victims and the marginalization of transfolk difficult and not simple. However, neglecting to avoid those two things might be misconstrued as perpetuating these said issues and might just make you and your event team look like douchefucks. I’m glad you “kinda fixed” the issue though. That’s a little progress....
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Facepalm moment
I sent this email to the event coordinator for this event called “I Always Get Consent”
“My name is Jon and I’m a Junior at ASU. I wanted to tell you how awesome it is that you are putting on the “I ALWAYS Get Consent” event on March 3rd. I do have a concern though regarding the information on the facebook page of the event. The only statistic you put on there...
“I feel like I have a responsibility to my community and other young girls to...”
– Janelle Monáe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via meisterj)
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“Why are tumblr’s ‘FY[variant of asia]’ all just ‘FY[watch us fetishize &...”
– http://twitter.com/weekdayblues/statuses/39333958881771520
— So much yes! There is more to Asia — hell any culture — than pictures of brownbrown peeps looking aesthetically at something. When speaking of the FuckYeahSouthAsia tumblr I’m sure the people who run it — I’ve been following a few of them...
“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via friendlyatheist)
When people constantly complain about having to be...
taniada:
You may think you’re a rebel, but really, you’re just being kind of a douche. You’re not a special snowflake because you don’t want to be ~*one of those oversensitive PC people*~. Yes, you have freedom of speech. Yes, you can say certain things. But that doesn’t mean that you should.
I can’t possibly articulate my thoughts better than this article manages to do, so I’ll just leave an...
Veterans sue over sexual abuse - The Boston Globe →
A group of US veterans who say they were raped or abused by their comrades wants to force the Pentagon to change how it handles such cases.
More than a dozen female and two male current or former service members say servicemen get away with rape and other sexual abuse and victims are too often ordered to continue to serve alongside those they say attacked them.
In a federal class-action...
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“In particular, there are three bills that would massively roll back a woman’s...”
– Pelosi Wants Fight on Abortion, Family Planning Funding in the House | FDL News Desk (via robot-heart-politics)
