May 2011
Asshole of the month- May (hint, it's HR3 and... →
Submitted my macguffinandpuffin. Read it!
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THERE SURE ARE A LOT OF HIGH HORSES OUT THERE...
I forgot that some of you KNOW EVERYTHING EVER and also can apparently PREDICT THE FUTURE.
Well, I clearly should just stay away from Tumblr for a while (longer), because some of the Osama-related stuff I’m seeing is just not material I care to read/see. So the rest of you, have fun, or whatever it is you’re doing.
April 2011
Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!: Ground Zero for... →
Do yourselves a favor and read this and watch the Maddow video, if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s truly unreal.
Tories Defunding Planned Parenthood
stfuconservatives:
harpergov:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/20/cv-election-planned-parenthood.html#socialcomments
Really? Did I accidentally move to the US and not realize it?
Submitted by vita-dulcis
WHAT. THE. F*CK. ???!!!??
If the Cons get a majority, if they even get a larger minority than they used to… I don’t know… I don’t even have words… this...
So, someone just e-mailed me asking if I'd be... →
[TW for victim-blaming]
The article is called “20 Ways to Lessen Your Risk of Sexual Assault.” Of course, not a one of them deals with the whole “don’t sexually assault someone” approach.
I declined the article, with this response:
Thank you for thinking of my blog. I’ll have to decline this, however, as I believe we need to stop putting the onus of...
“For the 400 U.S. taxpayers with the highest adjusted gross income, the effective...”
– Business Week (Go read the whole interesting/infuriating article.)
I have no problem paying taxes. But it still baffles me how a larger portion of MY money belongs to the government, but a smaller portion of RICH PEOPLE’S money belongs to the government. I understand marginal tax brackets and all...
“The big lie about capitalism is that everyone can be rich. That’s impossible....”
– Michael Rivero (via dietgingerale, fucknobigbrother) (via stfukyriarchy)
“Your experience tells you that no women will demand Tolkien? Okay. Let’s talk...”
– OP/ED: Hey NY Times - Geek Girls Really Do Exist!
Follow-up to the “Fuck you, douche! I love me some hobbits!” outrage from the other night.
(via caraobrien)
Neediest and sickest Americans would pay the price... →
AND the plan would increase the deficit. Go figure.
i just wrote a very angry letter to skechers.
stfusexists:
mizjenkins:
porknachos:
This is pretty unbelievable. I’m really glad you wrote this, Michelle! Those women’s studies minors of ours are incredibly useful, aren’t they? <3
cheetahstripes:
while watching nickelodeon this afternoon (shh) I saw a commercial for Skechers Shape-Ups….For Girls. For. Girls. I went to their web site, and they don’t make these shoes for boys. Just...
Watchundertheselights:
floatingparticles:
mnwka:
ATTENTION INTERNET: THIS IS A PENGUIN BEING TICKLED.
GODDAMMIT FUCK THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD.
INTERNET GOLD.
<3
ofanotherfashion:
Not all women in the 1920s were flappers. This California-based Chicana gunslinger in pants, button down shirt, and tie is Maria Alatorre (ca. 1925). I love photos like this because they’re visual evidence of the wide range of femininities that have always existed.
Credit: Los Angeles Public Library
am soooooo behind on Tumblr. and the internet in general. blargh.
Misfits star Robert Sheehan to leave show
socalfeminist:
mondayeyes-:
Robert Sheehan, one of the main stars of E4’s supernatural comedy drama Misfits, has quit the hit TV series. Sheehan has played the role of cocky ASBO offender Nathan for two series of Misfits, but it was revealed today at a comic convention that he will not be returning for the forthcoming third series. This is being seen as a huge blow for the show, as Sheehan’s...
“Sex workers often work in isolation because of the criminalized status of the...”
– Prostitute Disappearances Unnoticed Until Bodies Were Found - NYTimes.com
There’s a really good, sensitive article about sex work and violence in the New York Times. I’m pleased with my quotes, and there’s a good shout out to the Red Umbrella Project.
Last night, at the Red Umbrella Diaries, I was...
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Suggested Sunday reading (4/10/11) →
Weekly roundup of feminist news.
The budget deal: $39b in cuts, no Planned... →
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Shutdown Near With No Sign of Compromise -... →
“We have an agreement on the cuts and savings, and that agreement includes a historic level of cuts,” Mr. Reid said on the Senate floor. “But now the Tea Party is trying to sneak through its extreme social agenda — issues that have nothing to do with funding the government. They are willing to throw women under the bus, even if it means they’ll shut down the government.” Senator Barbara Mikulski,...
“I am really stunned, and I am angry as a woman, that we have come to this after...”
– Senator Patty Murray (Democrat, Washington) (Abortion Dispute Complicates Budget Negotiations - NYTimes.com)
[Trigger Warning: Abuse/Assault/Threats] Charlie...
adrianlouise:
Let’s set his drug use and penchant for prostitutes aside for a moment and focus on some of his other “winning” moments of the past 20+ years.
1990 Sheen shot then-fiance Kelly Preston with a .22 during an argument.
1994 Sheen was sued by an unnamed student who alleged that he struck her in the head after she refused to have sex with him.
1996 Sheen was arrested for...
Averting a Government Shutdown? GOP Says Over Your... →
As of this morning, we are in a situation that could have been predicted at least two months ago when the first loud whispers of government shutdown became routine among members of the GOP/Tea Party in Congress, a situation that became a virtual certainty after a rally last week in which Tea Party members shouted like drunken frat boys to “shut it down.”
What is that situation? A...
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In History: Pancha Carracso →
First woman in Costa Rica’s military.
Watchgabrielesque:
natatas:
princeney:misha-bawlins:
Awesome nature sounds generator.
You can choose any combination of sounds you like - for example, fire + wind in leaves + forest birds - and click “Export to file” to save it on your computer.
No need to go camping or to a beach or actually to ever to go outside any more. Tumblr provides everything.
i have thunder, heartbeat whales and...
“And let’s be very clear about what their demand to defund Planned Parenthood...”
– - Melissa McEwan at Shakesville
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN: Women are under attack. And this is class warfare.
(via keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus)
Not just women; anyone with a uterus, and really anyone who uses PP, which is not exclusive to women.
“I mean, do a group of old white ladies govern what goes on with my balls? No....”
– Ned Hepburn of Death and Taxes magazine sums up the situation in Indiana, where all abortions past 22 weeks were banned last week.
You can see part of the state legislature’s chilling debate here, when a GOP rep says there can’t be an exception for rape or incest, because women might lie about...
Scott Walker’s Election Nightmare in Wisconsin -... →
So, this is kinda awesome.
Cruel But Not Unusual: Clarence Thomas Writes One... →
mizjenkins:
Both Thomas and Scalia have produced what can only be described as a master class in human apathy. Their disregard for the facts of Thompson’s thrashed life and near-death emerges as a moral flat line.
This absolutely sickens me. I swear…going to Hell might be worth it just to watch Clarence Thomas burn.
If you are not familiar with the facts and circumstances of this case...
We are unrapeable. →
thecranium:
thecurvature:
We can’t be raped.
It can’t happen.
Rape doesn’t even fucking exist.
Rapists can’t be held responsible for it.
We are all unrapeable.
Oh no.
Idaho Rejects Rape Exception In Abortion Bill... →
“Is not the child of that rape or incest also a victim?” asked Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton. “It didn’t ask to be here. It was here under violent circumstances perhaps, but that was through no fault of its own.”[…]
The Idaho bill’s House sponsor, state Rep. Brent Crane, R-Nampa, told legislators that the “hand of the Almighty” was at work. “His ways are higher than our ways,”...
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Bristol Palin's "teen pregnancy" charity a scam →
jonathan-cunningham:
In 2009, Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol joined a teen pregnancy prevention nonprofit called the Candie’s Foundation. Today, the Associated Press reported that the Candie’s Foundation released its 2009 tax information, revealing that Bristol was paid a salary of $262,500.
But a closer examination of the tax form by ThinkProgress shows that the group disbursed only $35,000...
“Amy [Poehler] was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Myers across the...”
– Tina Fey (via drinkyourjuice)
“Because when we find ourselves believing that killing a man makes us more of a...”
– Jay Smooth, founder of New York City’s longest-running hip hop radio program, WBAI’s Underground Railroad and video blogger. (via spunkywarcannon)
Gotta reblog. This is on my favorite quotes list on Facebook for goodness sakes.
(via stfufauxminists)
This is a beautiful statement.
(via...
