January 2012
I'm getting very frustrated with some of the...
whyilovebeinggay:
Yes, a straight couple can raise a baby girl in a good home. Yes, straight people can be happy and proud of who they are. Yes, straight people can have great sex. Okay whatever lol. I’m honestly not trying to be rude, but those reasons and others like them can be praised by the LGBT community even if it doesn’t specifically apply to us. I just had to get that out. I’m just...
“Alarmed and Saddened” by Komen Foundation... →
cwnerd12:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
My sister-in-law died of breast cancer at the age of 33. In the last years of her life, as she bravely fought the disease, she came in contact with multiple groups claiming to be about saving the lives of breast cancer patients. Many were exactly about that and some were critical and extremely important to her in the last months of her life.
But she...
Immigrant Stories: How did you come to US?: State... →
immigrantstories:
Dear Immigration Reformers,
Taxpaying immigrant families are under attack in Congress. Join us tomorrow, Feb 1st at 2:00 PM EST( 1-800-895-0198 ) for the State of Play.
In order to extend the payroll tax holiday, Congress is considering a policy this week that…
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Mayor of Berlin: Stop the institutionalization of...
The Youth Welfare Office of Berlin is putting an 11 year old transgendered girl into a father’s care who is putting her into a mental institute simply because he believes transexuality is wrong. This young girl will be taught how her feelings are wrong,and pushed more into the denial that has claimed the lives of so many transgendered people, thanks to biased decisions by the Youth Welfare...
Fuck yeah, feminists!: afunnyfeminist: feminist... →
afunnyfeminist:
feminist historian: Why Isn’t There a White History Month
racismschool:
There are less than nine days left of January. You know what that means! Racists are about to come out of the woodwork! It’s almost Black History Month. The time of year when ever black…
The “Where is White History Month?” is the same question as the “But there are no Straight...
Sometimes I forget the Nordics aren't the main...
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the... →
Both countries had a history of horrendous poverty. When the 1 percent was in charge, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated to avoid starvation. Under the leadership of the working class, however, both countries built robust and successful economies that nearly eliminated poverty, expanded free university education, abolished slums, provided excellent health care available to all as a matter...
newsweek:
apsies:
“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.”
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Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful...
TELL HARPER TO ALLOW TRANS* PEOPLE TO FLY ON... →
gods-save-anonymous:
pilgrimkitty:
boobsanderson:
Under Sec 5.2(1)(c) of the ID screening regs of Aeronautics Act: “An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents.” This means that anyone who is a post-op or non-op trans* person, as well as anyone who doesn’t fit into the socially...
CANADA IS PASSING A SOPA COPY IN 14 DAYS. EVEN IF... →
youdontlooklikeafeminist:
astudyintruffle:
forgottenplayground:
itsrainingcatsandpumps:
the letter is already written, so all you have to do is click send.
Reblogging for all you Canadians out there.
HARPER GODDAMN IT
Signed, sealed delivered. Come on Canadians, lets wash this away. Reblog, click the link, send the letter. It’s easy! We’ve been hearing so much about SOPA, PIPA and...
Women In Refrigerators 13 Years Later
thewherefores:
Trigger Warning: discussion of sexual assault. Sexual violence is so ubiquitous in superhero comics that it is a part of the language. It’s a trope, a shortcut, a means to an end. It’s use is fetishistic: it’s about the hero; it’s about the trope itself. The dead girlfriend, the tragic sex worker, the battered wife—these are not characters, they’re props. Their abuse has a...
