September 2011
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Remember the article I posted yesterday about the...
(Trigger warning for misogynistic bullshit)
slightly-delusional:
It’s here if you missed it. I highly recommend reading and giving Ben a piece of your mind in the comments. Here are some little gems from the article itself:
If you have a lung problem, you see a pulmonologist. If you have a heart problem, you see a cardiologist. If you have a lady problem, you see pest control or a...
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“Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in...”
– Understanding the Anxious Mind - NY Times (via polyvinyl)
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Manuel Valle execution carried out amid fight over... →
A Cuban man who spent 33 years on death row has been executed in Florida in a case that campaigners say highlights the cruelty of America’s system of capital punishment.
Manuel Valle, 61, was killed with three drugs including an anaesthetic that has not been tested for executions and that medical experts have said could cause extreme suffering. The manufacturer of pentobarbital, the Danish firm...
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thefuror:TRIGGER WARNING for anti-trans violence
anarchafeminist:
19 year old transman violently attacked for being trans
19-year-old transman, James Alexander, was violently attacked for being trans yesterday morning while going for a walk in his neighborhood. To get to his destination, he had to walk past the house of a girl he was once interested in who had turned him down in the past...
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How the media maintains misogyny (What magazines... →
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CNN's "Gender Identity: A Change in Childhood" →
Yesterday, CNN did a story on the Gender Spectrum Family Conference, a “unique gathering dedicated solely to the needs of transgender and gender nonconforming children and teens, their families and loved ones, and the community of professionals and allies who surround them.”
The great thing about the video (embedded below), is that the adults—parents and CNN reporters alike—allow the kids...
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Rookie: First Encounters With the Male Gaze →
grrrlpower:
“I want these guys to know that they’re able to be so cavalier because they don’t hear unsolicited opinions on their bodies and alleged sex lives all the time. Because the changes they noticed in the mirror a year or two ago were not interpreted as permission by strangers to offer an opinion on their bodies. Because they don’t put up with the kind of language the list used on the...
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“In the practice of our politics we do not believe that the end always justifies...”
– The Combahee River Collective “A Black Feminist Statement” (1977).
The Combahee River Collective was formed after black women broke off from the National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO). They broke off because of the classism and heterosexism within NBFO. Neither of the organizations are around...
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REPOST: SlutWalk SF and...
creatrixtiara:
So this post got taken down by Tumblr the first time citing a “copyright violation” - they never explained what was the problem. I know the woman in the story had been trying to get this story offline so I’m not terribly surprised. I’m reposting this again, without the photo (in case that’s what they’re claiming as the copyright violation - it was from a Facebook events album) and...
