February 2012
BREAKING NEWS
greenbrowngirl:
Common sense reveals that there is no correlation between self-respect and whether or not you show your tits on the internet or how many people you sleep with.
That’s why hating ass “nice” girls and sexist assholes can suck it.
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idledreamer replied to your post: idledreamer replied to your post: I want to write…
well apparently we are allowed to say “shit” in the newspaper now, so i think “douchecanoe” would be fine :-) but seriously, write it tonight and send it to Cooper Sutton at cas058@ if you want it in this week’s issue!
Awesome!! Okay. Well.
I needed a reason to procrastinate, yes?
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“I got an email and I was excited! but then it was spam and I was sad.”
– Me to Carina
this is super important tw: cissexism,... →
inflateablefilth:
fracturedrefuge:
kyriarchy:
http://www.change.org/petitions/berlin-youth-welfare-office-stop-the-institutionalization-of-a-11-year-old-transexual
http://www.iglyo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=256&Itemid=42
Because institutionalization is always, always better for a child than being raised by her loving mother.
Guys, please read and sign. An...
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idledreamer replied to your post: I want to write a letter to the editor.
seriously, please write one!! this annoys me every day.
Only if you promise to let me call them entitled douchecanoes and okay me telling them to fuck the fuck off with their nonsense.
Oh, copious amounts of .gifs, too, please. We can do that, right? We’ve gotta have that magic!
:P
Planned Parenthood: Susan G Komen Foundation Bows... →
hellolmc:
Susan G Komen For the Cure has announced that it will stop funneling money to Planned Parenthood, ending a years-long partnership between the two organizations that provided mammograms and related services to low income women.
“Our research shows that blacks comprise 62.7 percent and whites 36.7 percent of...”
– Human Rights Watch - “Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs” (via fuckyeahdrugpolicy)
sometimes i feel like the criminal justice system is the least talked about, yet most dangerous & harmful domestic institution. What sucks is that the system depends on Americans being so apathetic about the...
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500 Years of Chicano History offered for FREE to... →
triangularisthepie:
velocicrafter:
Banned 500 Years of Chicano History offered free to AZ students by ABQ publisher
500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures, edited by Elizabeth Martinez and published by the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), is included in a set of primarily Chicano and Native American books that have been banned by the Tucson Independent School District. The school...
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I want to write a letter to the editor.
Or at least a letter to all of my peers about their manners in a food service capacity and how they SUCK.
Quite fucking expecting everything you want to be handed to you promptly. I’m sick of the snide comments to friends, the frustrated sighs, the bitching when things take a little while in the Bison. The people who are making our food are people. Not machines. Would it kill you to say...
January 2012
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I just got this email from Planned Parenthood....
BREAKING NEWS: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has been pressured by right wing groups to stop supporting breast cancer screenings for poor women at Planned Parenthood health centers. Please — if you can — make your emergency gift to Planned Parenthood Federation of America today.
Dear Alyssa,
I wanted to share some extremely discouraging news from a partner and longtime ally for...
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eyeslikesunsetsbaby105 replied to your post: Today in reasons why I love my professors:
Fuck I didn’t go to that class either lol
Whoops.
Welp.
Erm.
Emily? Angela?
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“As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney vetoed a bill paying for kosher food...”
– Newt Gingrich Robocall: Mitt Romney Forced Holocaust Survivors To Eat Non-Kosher Food
Is there a GOP candidate who isn’t sleazy, manipulative or slightly racist? Is that too much to ask for? (via thenoobyorker)
Watchthelefthandedwifegonerogue:
tomom1k:
jashiku:
reaill:
tyleroakley:
I usually hate street performers.
Unless they’re good.
Like this guy.
wow
shivers. good shivers all over.
MIND. BLOWN.
holy shit.
So, Arizona has banned a woman from running for...
knitmeapony:
hamburgerjack:
According to them, she just doesn’t speak English fluently enough…
Deets on this racist bullshit: http://www.yumasun.com/news/cabrera-76336-council-english.html
All up on Your Thighs: A bit of an apology →
harmonioussanctity:
dreamsofalis:
It came to my attention today that a comment I made a while ago about how the homosexual community has been part of the mainstream for decades has upset some people. For that, and for my lack of explanation, I deeply apologize.
I never meant to compare…
Number of homeless children highest in American... →
soupsoup:
Josh Sternberg for Current - The number of homeless children in the United States is at its highest levels in the nation’s history, according to a study released last week from the National Center on Family Homelessness. 1 out of every 45 children is homeless. That’s a staggering number; a majority of them are under 7.
Cynthia Nixon clears up "gay is a choice"... →
gaywrites:
After weeks of heated discussion in the LGBT community following Cynthia Nixon’s comment that she chooses to be gay, the actress has released a statement clarifying what she meant to say in the original interview. Read the whole statement at the Advocate article above, but here’s the most telling part:
“While I don’t often use the word, the technically precise term for my...
“Because, you see, the Fantasy of Being Thin is not just about becoming small...”
– The Fantasy of Being Thin
(via marfmellow)
So important to remember. Do not EVER let yourself think that your body, or most especially your weight, prevents you from doing ANYTHING you want to do. Because if you lose weight, if you gain weight, you are still the same person. It’s not your weight...
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You're on a computer RIGHT NOW
unfuckyourhabitat:
Or possibly a phone, but likely a computer. Move your eyeballs away from the screen and look to the closest flat surface, whether it’s your desk, your nightstand, or the coffee table. It could be the very surface that your computer is on! Clean it off. Come on, you can survive away from the Internet for a few minutes.
Today in reasons why I love my professors:
I emailed my 1pm prof to tell her I was sick & not coming to class.
This is the response I get:
SALLIE MAE: FORGIVE STUDENT DEBT →
brosephstalin:
In 2010 something unthinkable happened – student debt surpassed credit card debt as the largest form of debt in this country, passing $800 billion dollars. In 2012 more history will be made as the amount of unpaid student debt climbs to $1 trillion dollars, with an additional $1 million dollars added to that number every 6 minutes. The ripple effect that this has on our economy is...
“There’s a push to make people ashamed of being offended by anything, as if it...”
– The 7 Stupidest Things That Make People Proud | Cracked.com (via upshot)
“Someone who offends you hasn’t ‘got’ you or ‘won’. What they said, and why, matters. They don’t get a free pass on being scrutinized on any of that just because they got a certain reaction.”
(via erikawithac)
It’s a bit...
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