January 2011
64 posts
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. →
hitrecordjoe:
We Americans are giving the Egyptian government shit for trying to block information. Meanwhile, American cable companies refuse to offer this world-renowned news source, which would be the best place on TV for us to see what’s going on over there.
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http://www.ugandaurgentaction.com/ →
Homosexuality is already legally a crime in Uganda that can lead long prison sentences. An anti-homosexuality bill has been introduced calling for the death penalty for those convicted of repeated same-sex relations. It could also lead to the execution of HIV positive Ugandan citizens, and further proposes to make it a criminal offense not to report family members who may be suspected of being...
URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
roxanneritchi:
[via]
“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that...
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the...”
– Noam Chomsky (via androphilia)
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“A joke worth laughing at always has an idea behind it, and usually a subversive...”
– George Orwell
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sadydoyle:garlandgrey:kelsium:thetart:
I am making a passive-aggressive rebuttal to this post without mentioning it directly.
I am, entirely ignorant of the original post, reblogging this post because I think you’re right in the abstract, then being extremely confused when everyone starts yelling at me.
HOW DARE YOU.
I am coming into your conversation, without paying much attention to...
deathbyamerica:
If you’ve lost faith in the two-party system, reblog this.
What if you never had faith in the two-party system?
“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– PostBourgie (via glamaphonic monkeyknifefight somerset meowsense beckysanspants)
This is an edgy tumblr post
inautumn-inkashmir:greenstate:stfuconservatives:ailanthusaltissima:
First I am going to say that I am not being “offensive” and that if you read it as offensive, then there is something wrong with you.
Next, I am going to jump head first into a racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic rant. I will refer to groups as “those people” or “others”. I will minimize their concerns while also implying...
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the...”
– Elie Wiesel (via azspot)
“Rape isn’t a ‘natural hazard’ like a cliff edge that women must be careful to...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via marxisforbros)
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Abortion Rights
corruptpolitics:
With anti-abortion politicians gaining traction, women are on the verge of losing their most sacred right: the right to their own bodily integrity. If laws are passed providing legal protection for fetuses women will become incubators who lose all human rights during pregnancy, even if the conception was formed during the cruel crime of rape.
A woman’s choice to have an...
Stop telling me, women, and people in general,...
genderbitch:ovarycat:crystalsoulslayer:
If I want to go to the worst part of town in the middle of the night, naked, drunk, alone, and with no means whatsoever of defending myself, singing a song about all the sex I have loved and enjoyed with other men, I should be able to do this without anything happening. (Not that I would ever actually do this, obviously. I’m making a point.)
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“Most of us, in our daily lives, do not think about rape at all. Women, however,...”
– Pornography, Lad Mags, Video Games and Boys: Reviving the Canary in the Cultural Coalmine Matthew B. Ezzell (via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
This x1000. Being on guard a majority of the time is exhausting.
(via reclusiveobscenities)
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“Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes...”
– The above is a great excerpt from a post at Fugitivus a couple years ago. The post is longish, and definitely worth a read, but this particular quote stood out.
You can probably imagine the stupid ass shit that doesn’t get out of The Border House moderation queue. ”HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT MEN ARE...
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“We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via rosietherioter)
“Being born a woman is an awful tragedy… Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with...”
– Sylvia Plath (via tulletulle)
“Don’t let anyone make you think God chose America as his divine Messianic force,...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via itreallygoes)
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[TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSUALT AND... →
genderbitch:
thecuntmentality:
I seriously don’t recommend clicking the link, but PLEASE this blog needs to get the fuck off of tumblr.
Email support@tumblr to get them to take this shit down.
KILL IT WITH FIRE.
I think they forgot jokes are supposed to be funny. To someone. Ever.
Republican school board in N.C. backed by tea... →
bohemianarthouse:
Excuse me while I hit my head against a wall in frustration repeatedly
Children of rape: Latest legacy of Haiti quake →
A year after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, women in Haiti’s still-teeming tent cities face yet another threat: sexual violence. With little protection from community or law enforcement, many have been violently raped, only to become pregnant with their attackers’ children.
A community organizer and a local midwife confirmed his worries: Many of the women were pregnant as a result of rape....
“Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and...”
– Ryan Singel (via soupsoup)
“I won’t stop talking. I am a girl you have no control over. There is not a gag...”
– Kathleen Hanna (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
“Progressives… will tell you that this unconditional Party support is necessary...”
– Glenn Greenwald on Progressive support of a regressive president (via jonathan-cunningham)
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“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead trying to kill me....”
– George Orwell (via demizero)
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Dudebrocialist (noun):
haterina:genderbitch:
Affluent to middle class white, cis, abled, western guy who is really obsessed with socialist theory but manages to be a classist piece of shit to every poor person he deals with through prescriptivism of their life choices and describing issues they face as being upper class issues, despite them being poor.
Often doesn’t know what things like homelessness actually...
Internet Identity System Said Readied by Obama... →
genderbitch:jemimaaslana:a-n-a-r-c-h-a:vruz:
vruz: obama founds the MININFO, US goes full blown fascist state.
The Obama administration plans to announce today plans for an Internet identity system that will limit fraud and streamline online transactions, leading to a surge in Web commerce, officials said.
While the White House has spearheaded development of the framework for secure...
Watchandystepanian:
REBLOG FOR #HAITI & HELP MAKE THIS IDEA VIRAL !
Maurice Mitchell thought it possible that the DIY music scene could actualize over 100 shows to benefit Haiti around the anniversary of last years devastating earth quake. He called his friends & they called theirs, a month later over 71 events have been planned. 100 events is possible & you can help make that...
With the phenomenal support of 107,053 people from... →
neutresex:
TRIGGER WARNING: links to photo and text surrounding sex violence
thefeministhub:
Please reblog to get the word out. And please, please, please sign this. It takes two seconds to enter in your information that could save many women’s lives.
I am a feminist, and Naomi Wolf does not speak for...
Enough.
haterina:pianycist:kiriamaya:
It is not anti-feminist to talk about transphobia in feminist writings and spaces.
It is not transphobic to object when a trans woman mocks your disability.
It is not ableist to ask an autistic person to call you by the correct pronouns for you.
It is not rape-apologist to have misgivings about donating to an organization that partners with transphobic orgs.
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“You believe in equality? That women shouldn’t be beaten up or raped? That we...”
– Jessica Valenti (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
HOW TO AVOID A RAPIST: A Post of Exciting Facts,...
sadydoyle:
Rapists can be your friends. It’s true! Rapists are people, and as such, have friends!
Rapists can have jobs. Good jobs! Important jobs! Bad jobs! Indifferent jobs! Rapists can have your same job. Rapists can work with you. Rapists can be good at their jobs, and you can like the jobs that the rapists do. This is because rapists are people, and people need money. Therefore, most...
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EPA Considers Banning Triclosan, A Common... →
Triclosan is a pesticide that has become ubiquitous in consumer products. It can be found in everything from about 50 percent of all consumer soaps to deodorant, cutting boards and clothing; basically most products labeled “anti-bacterial” or “anti-microbial” (Check the ingredient list).
Unbeknown to most shoppers, triclosan poses serious personal health, public health and environmental...
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“Can there be anything more outrageous than the idea that a healthy, grown woman,...”
– Emma Goldman, Marriage and Love (p. 231)
Petition to DC Police Re: Trans Woman Arrested For...
bohemianarthouse:
Transgender woman arrested for being assaulted by a cop
pansexualpride:
On December 1st Chloe Moore, a transgender woman living in DC, pepper sprayed a man after he reportedly hurled transphobic slurs at her and pushed her. The man then chased Moore, threw her to the ground, pinned her down, and pulled out a badge identifying himself as Officer Raphael Radon of the DC Police...
“Arizona would claim the right to determine citizenship of those born here under...”
– Proposed legislation would let each state define citizenship - East Valley Tribune - Arizona Local News: Immigration
this is just such indescribably unbelievable horses ass BULLSHIT.
(via radicallyhottoff)
I am dead serious when I say something big and terrible is happening, y’all. we have no...
Ready to Fight Boehner’s Anti-Choice Agenda
corruptpolitics:
Today, John Boehner was sworn in as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the most powerful anti-choice politician in the country.
Boehner pledged to Americans United for Life – an extremist anti-choice group – that he would be “the most pro-life Speaker ever.”
I’ve seen my fair share of anti-choice politicians hell-bent on taking away a woman’s right to...
haterina:
tranzient:
adorianmode replied to your post: I don’t know of anyone who has to eat meat for health reasons… when our bodies aren’t even made to process meat — that’s just absurd. I understand that being vegan is not for everyone, and to expect that would be classist and ridiculous… but I spend much less money now that I’m vegan than I did when I ate meat. Rice and beans are...
The planet is being murdered, and you're on...
To be fair, so are you.