February 2011
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name woes.
can i just say that having an exceedingly common name means that i can’t google myself and find myself very easily. it also means that there are people of note in the world with the same name, who’s accomplishments/internet existences show up first and hide my own.
January 2011
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“We need to cut these things that aren’t constitutionally mandated, that are kind...”
– Sarah Palin, on President Obama’s State of the Union address, to Fox News’ Greta von Susteren, Jan. 26, 2011.
(via technipol)
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Republicans attempt to "redefine" rape laws to... →
actually, you republican fucks, to add the word “forcible” before rape is tautological. all rape is forcible rape. UGH x 100,000,000.
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avry: What's Happening in Egypt Explained.... →
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 the West), and...
A Short Course in Indigenous Feminism →
Online Articles:
Indigenous Feminism Without Apology, by Andrea Smith
Jennifer Nez Denetdale on Indigenous Feminisms
An Indigenous Perspective on Feminism, Militarism, and the Environment, by Winona LaDuke
Zapatismo and the Emergence of Indigenous Feminism, by Aida Hernandez Castillo
Academic Journal Publications:
Wicazo Sa Review “Native Feminisms: Legacies, Interventions, and...
10 Reasons Why Life Would Be Better As A Cat:
hopesanchor-:
kittycatmeow-:
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hospital visitation rights for the gayz and trans... →
take note, this applies to “hospitals participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs”
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He Who Must Not Be Named
Me: Go Voldemort!
Me: Whoa! Phone made Baltimore into Voldemort!
Dad: DON’T SAY HIS NAME. HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED.
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could we please get some quality queer movies
that aren’t about suicide
or self-hate
and don’t have terrible acting
or low production quality
or internalized homophobia
or transphobia or racism or misogyny?
it’s really not too much to ask for.
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Anti-choice pharmacist refuses woman medicine →
womanrebel:
“A Walgreen’s pharmacist in Nampa, Idaho refused to fill a prescription for a drug to stop uterine bleeding unless the nurse practitioner revealed whether the patient had had an abortion.”
I hate that I live in a country where the laws allow people to refuse to do their jobs and dispense needed medications on a whim [Conscience Clause]. This honestly makes me sick… I mean, if the...
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it's 2011...
and i feel like my life and future have been on hold for the past week and a half. waiting for the miracle job to come through. thinking about what i’m going to do when (if) it doesn’t.
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“‘How,’ one might ask, ‘can a woman who accepts money for sex...”
– Inga Muscio, Cunt
Googling
Me: Hey, check out whenparentstext.com
Mom: funny they should also make a website for “when eight year olds use google”
Mom: some of Sammy’s latest googles include “are mermaids evil” and “how to make a real baby dinosaur”…
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“— July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how “liberals” are...”
– Eighteen examples of right-wing domestic terrorism detailed by freelance journalist and author David Neiwert (via Digby)
I remember many of these. But of course each one happened in its own convenient vacuum. No need for society to turn a critical eye to itself, no siree.
(via tenderstatue)
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surprise gifts from my GF for no reason.
EEEK. <3