December 2011
154 posts
in honor of 2011 i have wasted the final day of 2011 just like how i wasted every other day in 2011
hey0! my life, right here.
Through chaos as it swirls.:... →
sixty-seven:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
amaditalks:
rockmelikeahurrikahne:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Kasey Kahne (NASCAR driver) thinks breastfeeding is “nasty”
[Kasey Kahne’s Twitter comments from yesterday are at the link.]
I was a breastfeeding mom. I fed my son until he was 13 months old. I worked from the point when he turned 3 months old. I added…
I’m sorry, but I agree...
Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, the 2012...
Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
“Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix...”
– bell hooks - all about love, 2000 [*M. Scott Peck - The Road Less Travled, 1978] (via jenniferbundock)
SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN "CIS" TO ME!
a simple google search will give you lots of resources on cis and cissexism. Seriously, I typed ‘what does cis mean’ into google and a shit ton of stuff came up. So how about instead of expecting other people to educate you, you take responsibility for your own enlightenment.
PS: cis basically means that you identify with your assigned birth gender - just in case you were too lazy to...
MIT students to encourage South Portland girls to... →
fempapillon:
The Women’s Initiative is a student group at MIT that aims to increase the number of female engineering students through outreach in middle and high schools around the country.
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able...”
– Simone de Beauvoir (via quirkybowtie)
Why women have second trimester abortions →
yesmeansyes:
“Late abortions are under attack in state houses nationwide. A new study shows why it’s important they remain legal”
(via Salon)
Activate the Mechanism!: Lee County Deputies Tied... →
abaldwin360:
by Mike Riggs | reason.com
From Fox 13 in Tampa comes the horrifying story of Nick Christie, a 62-year-old Ohio man who was detained by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for being publicly intoxicated. While Christie’s wife asked that he be taken to the hospital, Lee County cops decided…
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Black Cats and Voodoo Dolls
My parents are not superstitious people. They don’t believe in ghosts or in fate, they don’t believe in black cats or wishbones. But they believe that bad things come in threes.
I’ve become pretty familiar with the sense of impending doom that imbues that belief; When one bad thing happens, my parents don’t mourn and try and regroup. They batten down the hatches and wait...
“You want to show solidarity with women? Acknowledge their right to be sexual...”
– Unknown. (via slut-shaming)
Dude my blog has transformed into a feminism...
forever-the-optimist:
Maybe it’s just the fact that I’ve been on Tumblr all night and it’s now 6 AM but I am totally okay with this
I just noticed that I am saying “dude” quite excessively while making pro-feminist posts…how ironic
this is my life SO MUCH OF THE TIME. EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS.
Daily Pagan News: It's Time To Ordain Women—Again... →
pagannews:
In their new book, Women Deacons: Past, Present Future, Gary Macy, William T. Ditewig, and Phyllis Zagano revisit the question of women’s ordination to the diaconate in the Roman Catholic Church. Unlike ordination to the priesthood, women’s ordination to the diaconate has unambiguous roots in…
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You know you've broken up when
the lyrics from ‘That’s what you get’ better describe your relationship than the ones from ‘the only exception’
STFU, Sexists.: On Hugo Schwyzer →
stfusexists:
One of my readers pointed out to me that many people are uncomfortable (rightfully so) when it comes to Hugo Schwyzer as a feminist ally in large part due to his public confession that he once tried to kill an ex-girlfriend, and also regularly engaged in seemingly consensual but highly…
Watchrockyh0rr0rbeetlejuice:
spraynard-krueger:
oceanevolution:
butterflyriots:
where-the-heart-is:
I’m literally sobbing.
this is important.
this is really powerful and i urge everyone to watch it.
Reblogging again for emphasis
Wow. This.
“Researchers posing as 17-year-old women called pharmacies around the country to...”
– Pharmacists routinely misinform young women about whether they can get emergency contraception (via heavenearthandhoratio)
Well done Pharmacists!
Newt Gingrich Tells Gay People to Just Vote for... →
Democrats Are Still Compromising Away Women's... →
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
[NB: More than just people who identify as “women” are hurt when democrats compromise choice, abortion access, and bodily autonomy rights away.]
The question remains: With a Democrat in the White House and a Democratic woman in charge of HHS, why are contraceptives and reproductive rights still a bargaining chip to be traded away for mythical swing voters who...
The 10 Best Descriptions of What Rooney Mara Looks... →
brittadictarnold:
8. “Ms. Mara is a damaged ferret, her eyes darting, her tongue rubbing her stapled lips as she helps the mentally distraught reporter try to make sense of a deepening mystery.” [NYO]
6. “She sports the spiky black plumage of a punkette peacock, with oversize earrings tightened onto her lobes like gears, pale-gray skin set off by barely perceptible eyebrows, choppy bangs, and...
“What was it like, in the Dark Ages when abortion was a crime, for the girl whose...”
– http://www.feministlab.com/reproductive-rights/an-ode-to-ursula-le-guin/ (via littlefootandfist)
It's you that I give thanks for when I pray.: An... →
doubtingansley:
Where to begin? So I’m currently reading this book called Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. I picked it up because it was in the feminist section, it talked about an end to rape, and mentioned “sexual power.” In my head, I was like, “Yeah! I’m a feminist, I’d…
first of all I want to say that I’m so sorry this happened to you -...
“Is it frustrating to be viewed with suspicion merely because of one’s sex? Heck...”
– In Rape Culture, All Men Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent
(via daniel-plainview)
“A vaccine that may prevent HIV has been given the green light by the U.S. Food...”
– HIV vaccine trial approved by FDA - Health - CBC News
Holy cow this is fantastic news.
(via ubermichael)
Incredible!
(via becauseiamawoman)