December 2011
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“Victims of the disease AIDS argue, with no qualms of inconsistency about rights,...”
– Ron Paul on pages 22-23 in Freedom Under Siege
Ron Paul demonstrating that his version of liberty belongs solely to the free market. Oh, and that he’s a heartless asshole that loves making blanket assumptions about people suffering from a debilitating disease.
(via sinidentidades)
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I’m tired of people instructing me to “dress to impress” or “come classy” to their parties. I hate dressing up because it makes me feel uncomfortable and I don’t have the money to build that sort of wardrobe. I don’t care about impressing you and the concept of class makes me angry. So how about I’ll wear whatever the hell I want and you do the same....
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“In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
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“Nonviolence is an inherently privileged position in the modern context. Besides...”
– Peter Gelderloos, How Nonviolence Protects the State, p. 17 (via so-treu)
Interesting. I’m still a supporter of nonviolence.
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“What I say to women of color and other young feminists or womanists is this:...”
– — Helen Xia, feminist, Asian American, racial justice advocate. all around badass (via frass)
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“Using ‘gay and lesbian’ as a phrase that’s supposed to include the whole queer...”
– Lindasusan Ulrich, bisexual-identified LGBTQ+ activist and principal author & editor of the 2011 San Francisco Human Rights Commission report “Bisexual Invisibility: Impacts and Recommendations” (via bialogue-group)
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“On January 1, Connecticut will become the first state in the United States to...”
– Fair Work, Fair Pay: Lessons From Australia | Truthout
Good for you, Connecticut. Of the U.S. states I’ve lived in, Connecticut was and is the most progressive. Still, we have a long way to go on this issue, don’t we folks? Why doesn’t the richest country in the world treat its workers better?
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“1. What message does it send to girls when we tell them that they have a body...”
– Dr. Logan Levkoff: Sex Education: It’s Called A Vulva
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In the future, history classes will be told that...
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Before I discovered feminism I was really unhappy...
I was unhappy with myself because I knew that I would never live up to society’s expectation of me, as a woman. I knew that I would fail to fill the role that the entire universe seemed to be demanding that I play. I constantly felt like I was faking some huge part of my personality and I hated myself for it.
I also hated my life. I felt defeated and hopeless. I thought I had no real...
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“The love expressed between women is particular and powerful, because we have had...”
– Audre Lorde (via feminishblog)
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“No man is in any real physical danger on the internet— or even in real life —...”
– Hugo Schwyzer, on the use of the term “male bashing” (via michellehaimoff)
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“There are times when casual sex actually deepens one’s self-knowledge. With...”
– Stanley Siegel (via shandog)
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“Misogyny is a systematic and institutionalized form of bigotry and oppression...”
– My response to a man asking “can’t we all just be friends?” and “isn’t misandry just as bad as misogyny?” (via sixtyforty)
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“When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land....”
– Bishop Desmond Tutu: Revolutionarily (via cocknbull)
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“As we focus on policy toward North Korea after the death of the “Dear...”
– Nicholas Kristof
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“Atheists are routinely asked how people will know not to rape and murder without...”
– 10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked (via lavender-labia)
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“And here was another thing many in the middle class were discovering: the...”
– The Making of the American 99% And the Collapse of the Middle Class (via azspot)help US (via jmichealortiz)
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“No one can deny that women speaking out inspires others to do so as well. It’s a...”
– Working Together Against Sexism. (via theashkaari)
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