February 2012
227 posts
Not Cool: Live Tweeting 'Sexy or Sexism' at the... →
nownyc-notcool:
Via the Sexy or Sexism campaign, from Women’s Media Center
Women and girls are constantly objectified and hyper-sexualized on television and on the big screen. The Sexy or Sexism? Campaign monitors major television networks and the film industry in order to raise awareness and provide…
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
“We are the people of the book. We love our books. We fill our houses with books....”
– Cory Doctorow (via atomos)
“Now because the majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester, if...”
– JON STEWART, on Virginia’s inhumane, inhuman and shameful “personhood” law that requires women wanting to get an abortion to, in essence, be subject to rape, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
I am cringing.
(via mangocupcakes)
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1920's slang terms and phrases
dhemon:
For personal reference, though some are pretty interesting, so it can be used by anyone really!
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Fit Villains: Selfish, Shameless, Sassy, Fitness.:... →
fitvillains:
Brilliant.
So many fantastic things in this skit. Highlights include the Catholic Church’s support of Viagra and NOT birth control (a boner: clearly, a need. Not getting pregnant? More of a want), one of the ALL MALE panelists quoting Joseph Stalin to make his point and this quote…
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Period for woman on commercials:
Period for me:
Well if you used the brand of tampons advertised in the commercials your period could be like the top gif too!
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal,...”
– John Green (via drizzleandahurricane)
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“It is my opinion that the combat exclusion policy actually increases the risk of...”
– Former Army Sergeant Kayla Williams dropped a lot of wisdom in an NPR interview earlier this week. You should go read/listen to what she had to say. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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“I will write of you
and all that we ever shared
will live forever”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
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Black people serve 60% longer sentences than... →
leftcollection:
“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.
The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the sentences given to...
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Bill Defining Life At Conception Passes Okla.... →
steampunkanachronism:
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion “personhood” bill that declares life begins at conception, despite objections from the medical community that the bill could have dire unintended consequences.On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled Senate voted 34-8 for the bill by Tulsa Republican Sen. Brian Crain. It now heads to the House for...
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Watchfuckyeahwellesleycollege:
“Smart Girls At the Party: The Feminist” w/ Amy Poehler