January 2011
“Young guys are afraid of women’s bodies. ‘My girlfriend’s having her period,...”
– Louis CK (via leeroyjenkins)
Daniel just compared my vagina to one of those...
With hand motions. And mentioning vinegar.
I feel so… lucky? to have a partner who compares my lady parts to a kids’ science project.
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Watched: 127 Hours
127 Hours (2010)
I’m not even going to put a spoiler alert on this one. There’s not that much of a story here to spoil. Aron Ralston (played by James Franco) falls in a canyon while rock climbing, sits around trying to escape for a few days, and finally cuts off his own arm in order to get free.
Intellectually, I can say that this was a very good film. It was well-crafted, with...
Al Jazeera now reporting 8 killed in Cairo and 11...
Things a Rape Victim Shouldn't Have to Do, Part...
rabbleprochoice:
[TRIGGER WARNING for rape and self-harm]
thingsmostgrey:
Throw herself down the stairs to avoid carrying the resultant pregnancy to term.
“You will see me on the news.” Stella* said with complete seriousness. “I’ll throw myself down the stairs. I’ll do what it takes. I need to get rid of this baby.”
The gravity of what she was saying hadn’t immediately hit me. Stella...
Biden: Mubarak Should Not Step Down
newsflick:
Vice President Biden, issuing the Obama administration’s most definitive statement to date on the turmoil in Egypt, said President Hosni Mubarak should not step down and downplayed the protests spreading across the Mideast as generally unconnected.
He described the unrest as an expression of “middle-class folks” looking for “a little more access and a little more opportunity.”
...
“The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel, not a guide on how to legislate real...”
– Slut Had It Coming
avry: What's Happening in Egypt Explained.... →
courageuse:
adailyriot:
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia. Its other neighbors are Sudan (to the South), Libya (to...
“With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith...”
– The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother Jones
All rape is fucking forcible, you assholes. I hate you all, Republicans. Seriously. Every last one of you. I don’t think I will ever feel safe in this country as a woman, and I am terrified for my daughter’s future.
Mariel Clayton - Doll Photographer →
I know I ranted about it this morning, but did anyone else see and hate The Kids Are All Right?
“You’ve heard all about Christina Green, but do you know about Brisenia...”
– When the politically fueled murder of a 9-year-old girl in Arizona is NOT national news | Media Matters for America
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“Sexual assaults — a lot of them that I read — involve alcohol, so females, watch...”
– Lieutenant Mark St. Amour of the Ann Arbor Police Department, simultaneously victim blaming rape victims and giving rapists advice. From this article. (via sweatshorts)
Charming.
(via bluebears)
“Sexual assaults -a lot of them that I read- involve alcohol, so males, watch your alcohol. The odds...
Pelgrane Press Ltd » Blog Archive » The Depiction... →
Worth a read.
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under atheism, feminism,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #atheism, #feminism, #politics
“…the “war on science” is only the most blatant, surface manifestation of a...”
– David Brin (via azspot)
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Watched: The Kids Are All Right (Spoilers ahead,...
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
So, uh, there was SO MUCH going on in this movie. Unfortunately, not a lot of it made any sense because it was basically just a 2-hour string of semi-related vignettes and unfinished character sketches.
Annette Bening: Mostly believable as Nic, part butch lesbian, part harried matriarch, part bad cop.
Julianne Moore: Not believable at all as Jules, Nic’s...
“The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...”
– anon. (via reqbat) (via directactioniswitchcraft) (via justjasper, directactioniswitchcraft-deacti) (via aaabbbbbbiiieee) (via ohmyegosweak) (via wholesomeobsessive) (via craftastrophies) (via mymilkspilt) (via sevenofcups) (via keatscommajohn)
Ashton Kutcher...forget abstinence sex ed, let's... →
sevenofcups:
mymilkspilt:
holidaysmakelifefun:
“For women in the sex education process in schools, the one thing they teach about is how to get pregnant or how to not get pregnant, but they don’t really talk about sex as a point of pleasure for women. The male orgasm is actually right there and readily available to learn about because it’s actually part of the reproductive cycle, but the...
“In the end, William-Bolar’s real punishment is not the indignity and injustice...”
– Mother Jailed For Sending Her Children to the “Wrong” School — The Curvature
My baby held a bake sale at his nursery school.
mybabyisaverage:
My baby gave whole cookies to the Black and Hispanic babies in his class and half cookies to the White babies to illustrate the inequity of Affirmative Action in the nursery school admissions process.
“Baby,” I pleaded, “Why are you being so racist?”
“Well, Dad,” my baby began. ”I believe a baby should get into nursery school on his own baby merit. So I got Mom to bake me...
“Meanwhile, Roethlisberger’s lawyer is telling journalists, “Ben has never...”
– —When sports culture meets rape culture - Kate Harding
Trigger warning for being way too fucking real.
(via stfusexists)
agihaeuobadva;;
I was trying to explain rape culture to a potential date last night who was interested in feminism, and I don’t know if I did a very good job. I think I’ll...
“At a federal level, the US penal system has been inching towards a more lenient...”
– US child appeals against being tried for murder as an adult | World news | The Guardian (via schbank)
This kid was eleven and he’s being tried as an adult.
(via jonathan-cunningham)
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I open at the close: Have you read more than 6 of... →
robot-heart:
openbookopenmind:
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a...
Why am I seeing so much stuff today that makes me...
It’s like it’s racist, sexist asshole day on the internet or something.
Or, you know, like I woke up in the US this morning.
Or something.
I think I need to hurl.
Only 47% of working age Americans have full time... →
“PARIS—At a press conference Tuesday, the World Heritage Committee officially...”
– Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Imagining a Nation without Abortion →
Imagine a nation that loved all its children so passionately that it built an entire social and economic structure around protecting them, nurturing them, fostering their growth, and supporting their every stage of life. The logic of this care for children would, of course, extend to the conditions by which those children entered the world. The nation would first care about young adults and...
So, you have an addiction? This is how you look...
redlightpolitics:
This post is part of the “Because I said so” series, which, this week is exploring the topic of Chemical Addiction.
Addiction. Chemical Addiction. Substance abuse. Dependence. All of these words are used more or less interchangeably in media. Chances are, if you pick a newspaper in any major city in the Western world, you are likely to come into, at least, one item discussing...
