April 2011
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Donald Trump insists "there's nobody less of a... →
Apr 29th
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Saudi Women Revolution Organizes Online for... →
Apr 28th
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“First, the facts. While it is satisfying to know that Maine has a staggeringly...”
– Bill Limiting Access to Birth Control Short-Sighted | Maine Politics  MAINE! Whats going on!? (via becauseiamawoman)
Apr 28th
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White House to host first ever trans meeting →
Chris Johnson | Apr 27, 2011 | Comments 0 The White House on Friday is set to host a meeting on trans issues (Blade file photo by Michael Key) Transgender activists intend to discuss federal policy issues at an upcoming White House meeting that will be the first ever held by the Office of Public Engagement to focus solely on trans issues. Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson, said the...
Apr 28th
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“Yes! Release his Occidental (College) records! Release his high school records!...”
– STEPHEN COLBERT, on Donald Trump’s call for President Obama to “release his Occidental records,” on The Colbert Report (via inothernews)
Apr 28th
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“In fact, “atheism” is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to...”
– Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation (via cocknbull) (via vruz)
Apr 28th
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“[Minorities] earn less than white people because they don’t work as hard and...”
– Rep. Sally Kern of Oklahoma, speaking about eliminating affirmative action in Oklahoma.
Apr 28th
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The Real Appeal of the Royal Wedding - Women Still... →
reallyfoxnews: Unless you have been living on another planet, you know there’s a royal wedding about to happen. The world is waiting for the moment when the bride steps out of her carriage at Westminster Abbey on her way to wed her prince. I can’t help but be drawn to such a fairy tale, and neither can many others. Despite forty years of feminism telling us otherwise, most women still want to...
Apr 28th
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under feminism,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #feminism, #anthropology
Apr 27th
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Stephen Baskerville proposes that feminism and its... →
While America’s criminalization may have a number of contributing causes, it coincides precisely with the rise of organized feminism. “The women’s movement became a vanguard of conservative law-and-order politics,” Gottschalk writes. “Women’s organizations played a central role in the consolidation of this conservative victims’ rights movement that emerged in the 1970s.” Gottschalk then twists...
Apr 27th
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“Female fat [as] a moral issue is articulated with words like good and bad. If...”
– Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth (via ephemerals)
Apr 26th
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“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the bible & we had the land....”
– Desmond Tutu (via monochromaticblack) i love this man !!! (via sufigeek)
Apr 26th
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“Only in America can you be pro-death penalty,...
flirtingwithfoolishness: feministslut:  John Fugelsang Posted this before but I love it so I don’t care. HAH!
Apr 26th
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Bill Proposed to Ban All Abortions in Louisiana →
Representative John LaBruzzo of Louisiana (R-Metairie) has filed legislation that would ban all abortions in the state. The bill would subject both a woman who has an abortion and her doctor to charges of feticide. Penalties range from 5 to 15 years in prison.  LaBruzzo claims the bill is designed to take on Roe v Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. He said he does not...
Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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“Man was not made subject to woman, nor should woman be subject to man. Neither...”
– Phebe Hanaford (Universalist, educator, minister, suffragist)
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Kentucky Church Unanimously Votes To Stop Signing... →
stfuconservatives: Members of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, located in Louisville, KY, unanimously voted to stop signing marriage licenses for heterosexual couples until same-sex couples are afforded equal marriage rights. The decision comes at the same time that a CNN poll shows that a majority of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriages, the fourth poll to show similar...
Apr 25th
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Apr 22nd
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“[Today], every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips,...”
– Tina Fey, Bossypants  (via whatisconfidence) this is beautiful <3 Pure poetry (via wherestoriesaretold) why is so so godly (via idontknowwhatthatmeans)
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Oklahoma lawmakers authorize life prison sentence... →
stfuconservatives: Converting marijuana to hashish could land Oklahomans a life prison sentence under a bill approved in the Oklahoma Senate. The Senate voted 44-2 for the bill on Wednesday, which now heads to the House for final consideration. The bill was requested by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, which says the state has seen few cases of hash manufacturing in...
Apr 22nd
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“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no...”
– Dale Spender (via earlyfrost)
Apr 22nd
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Free stickers about the wage gap! →
Apr 22nd
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Five civilians have died in Misrata today. They... →
abudai: Don’t let the growing numbers and overwhelming footage to desensitize you to the tremendous amount of pain and grief Libyans continue to suffer every day. These people are not army men. They are not killers. They’re students. Doctors. Lawyers. Teachers. Storekeepers. They’re parents and children. And while we mourn the lives of the incredibly brave journalists, we need to also remember...
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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I hate when this happens:
balancefit: When someone sees a teen mom and says “HAHAH what an idiot” Then sees a teen dad and says “wow its awesome that hes taking responsibility” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
Apr 21st
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“Here’s a formula for both the collapse of our economy and our democracy… There’s...”
– Rep. Dennis Kucinich, speaking on the US House floor April 6th, 2011 and dropping some serious truth bombs regarding what’s killing our budget via cognitivedissonance (via omnivory)
Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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It's 'Shock and Awe' for Women, the Middle Class... →
Watch out — the war being waged on women, the middle class and the poor just took another dark turn. Those connecting the dots will recognize the progression from the calamitous shock to the economy perpetrated by Wall Street to the systematic looting of public assets and families’ pocketbooks by conservative lawmakers in Washington and various states. …We hear repeatedly that the...
Apr 20th
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“There is a country where the leading cause of death of pregnant women is murder...”
– Jessica Valenti, in “Equality begins at home: U.S. lags pathetically behind other nations in some basic rights for women.” (via loveyourchaos)
Apr 19th
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“But within the space of a year, Republicans went from passively ignoring the...”
– Now the GOP Is Going After Sexual Health and the Pill — And the Battle Is Just Beginning | Sex & Relationships | AlterNet (via standupforwomen)
Apr 18th
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“Anyone who thinks ending war is naive hasn’t put enough thought into it. What’s...”
–  Veteran Paul Chappell (via changingmyperspective)
Apr 18th
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