March 2012
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“It is shocking that in 2012, Brown and his Republican colleagues would try to pass a law to threaten women’s access to birth control and other health care. Women all across this Commonwealth should have the right to use birth control if they want to. Giving corporate CEOs and insurance companies the power to dictate what health care women can and cannot get is just wrong. Those decisions should be up to women and their doctors.”
—In the Boston Globe, Elizabeth Warren rightly notes that Scott Brown (R-MA) and his GOP colleagues are not men who trust women. (via unquietmindofamy)
Watching Rick Santorum open his mouth makes me feel physically ill.
Like, no, fuck you. “Separation of Church and State” DOES NOT MEAN “my religion shouldn’t be affected by your government!” Nobody is telling religious people that they cannot have political beliefs or be involved in the public square. We are telling them that they cannot let their religion affect how this country is governed.
And wanting higher education for everyone makes you a snob? Extending the access to higher education is now a BAD THING? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
Or right, because colleges are trying to “indoctrinate our college students into losing their faith.”
Yeah, I fucking bet you’d care oh so much if a Muslim or Jewish or Buddhist student “lost their faith” while in college. Get the fuck out.
- Woman: Can I have birth control?
- Government: No.
- Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
- Government: No.
- Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
- Government: No.
- Woman: Well, why can't I have birth control?
- Government: Because. Sex isn't for recreation. It's for procreation.
- Woman: But it can help regulate my period and benefit me in other ways.
- Government: Too bad.
- Man: For no reason other than for recreational sex, may I have birth control?
- Government: Do you have a penis?
- Man: YES, YES I DO!!
- Government: WELL HOWDY, VALID CITIZEN. You can buy condoms by the dozens. Here, here's a pack of special condom for "His Pleasure." Oooh, these come in different colours and flavours. Here, try these. They have ribs on them. And this one glows in the dark!! LOL OMG DICK LIGHTSABER!!
- Government: But seriously, you're a man. You can do what ever you want.
- Woman: But-
- Government: Shut up, you sinning, freeloading hussy.
so when is the point where you’re allowed to call someone by their name and not their url
is it like the animes with the first name basis thing or
i need to know this for future reference
No, but really.
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Republicans don’t even acknowledge that racism exists. There were a couple of new stats in the paper last week. One showed how blacks were treated way worse than whites by mortgage lenders. The other was about Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi who just pardoned like 200 prisoners as he was leaving office. Two thirds of the prisoners he pardoned were white, even though the prison population in Mississippi is two thirds black. And another study found that the odds would be ONE TRILLION TO ONE that that would be coincidental.
And what is the Republican solution to these outrageous inequalities? There isn’t one. And that’s the point. Denying racism is the new racism. To not acknowledge those statistics, to think of that as a ‘black problem’ and not an American problem. To believe, as a majority of FOX (News) viewers do, that reverse-racism is a bigger problem than racism, that’s racist.
Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort a Pregnancy Rests with the Wife, Not the Husband →
thehindu.com
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally affect the mental health of the pregnant woman…” said the court.
Stressing that marital intimacy between a couple does not automatically translate to the woman’s consent to child bearing, Justice Jitendra Chauhan said, “Mere consent to conjugal rights does not mean consent to give birth to a child for her husband.” Welcoming the judgement, Jagmati Sanwan, All India Democratic Women’s Association national vice-president said, “If the family conditions are unsuitable, no woman would like to give birth to a child because after all, she is the one who takes care of the children for all practical purposes. We see around us that fathers often desert their families after a couple of deliveries. But children become a part and parcel of the mother’s physical and emotional world. She invests much into their well being and she alone suffers. Hence, the rights of whether to give birth or not, should be with her.”
Take note, America.
From now on, every time someone pulls a "reverse oppression!" argument, I will reply:
A PAPERCUT IS EQUAL TO A GUNSHOT WOUND! THEY BOTH MAKE YOU BLEED, OKAY? LET’S NOT GET INTO OPPRESSION OLYMPICS, ALL BLEEDING IS BAD!
Liberals Are Cool: Conservatives Think Contraception Was A Plot To Make Them Look Bad →
liberalsarecool.com
“The whole point of this contraception stuff [that] started last week is to make sure that if Santorum get this Republican nomination, that’s what he’s going to be known for, and of course the theme of that is: Santorum hates women, Republicans hate women, Republicans have no respect for women.” - Rush Limbaugh
The radio host went on to blast Americans “who do nothing but have sex mindlessly day in and day out” for whom contraception is simply a means of avoiding serious consequences.
Limbaugh has been married four times.
Made a Doctor Who themed treasury on Etsy... →
etsy.com
…no shame. There’s seriously some awesome stuff on it though. I really want that laptop decal, and the TARDIS purse, and the dalek mug…
The the anon who's unhappy with her weight: YES YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!! Because in all the world, there is no one exactly like you! Think about that: You are literally one in 7 billion, uniquely you, and looks don't matter. Your personality, the things that make you "you", including your weight, make you beautiful. And even though I've never met you, I think you're beautiful, for those reasons.
<3
And I think it’s important to add that while looks don’t define us, they are certainly something to love ourselves because of, not despite. I love both of you, anons. <3
I weigh almost 300 lbs. Are you going to say my body is beautiful? I'd give anything to drop 100 lbs.
Yes. Yes I am. <3 <3 <3 The only reason anybody should try to lose (or gain) weight is if their weight is directly causing a health problem as shown through a serious conversation with their health provider. But even then, it doesn’t make them any less beautiful. You are beautiful, it’s society that’s ugly. We’ve been trained the think that fat = ugly, or unhealthy, or bad. But it’s not true. It’s just not. To hell with body ideals and a “I’m never good enough” mentality that is pushed on us by the media and beauty industry. You are beautiful.
Listen.... (I wouldn't read this if you're wearing anything that is easily bunched.)
Listen…. (I wouldn’t read this if you’re wearing anything that is easily bunched.)
It’s not that I’m against feminists. Alright? That’s sort of it actually. I’m not against anyone. I’m for everyone. I’m for equality, Equality for everyone. I fight for everyone, equally. I don’t fight especially hard for women, I don’t fight especially hard for gays, I don’t fight especially hard for transgender or queer people. I fight for equality on all fronts. I am an equalist. No choice, no gender, no genetic quality, no dysphoric feeling, no emotion, will ever make any human, less human. I’m also pretty against the ‘Fuck H8’ movement. Fighting hate with hate isn’t solving anyone’s problems. Education and compassion will. Teaching people equality, and expressing love in all forms will push humanity forward. I don’t know, maybe I shouldn’t say that, that I’m pushing for humanity. Really, what else is there? We all have to work to push our species forward. Society is our greatest invention, and is being used against us as our greatest weakness. We will push forward, we have to. We cannot possibly have a sustainable society with all the hatred in the world.
I sort of understand where you’re coming from, but the reason we have to fight harder for certain groups (women, the LGBTQ community, racial minorities, people with disabilities, etc) is that there is not a level playing field. Would everyone benefit in some way by the wide spread elimination of all forms of hatred? Yes, of course, no matter what group(s) you belong to. But the fact of the matter is, certain people have far more privilege than others. Being a white heterosexual cis-gendered, middle class, young, able-bodied woman, I have a lot of privileges. The only one I don’t have is that I’m not male or male-identifying. Therefore, I don’t think that people who have more of these privileges need to be fought for like those who do not. I fight against sexism (which, to be clear, is only against women, since prejudice against men isn’t systematic) because men do not need to be fought for in society simply for being men. The same goes for fighting for ending racism. Racism against white people doesn’t exist, therefore I do not fight for everybody “equally.” Why should I focus on (or even care about) myself with regards to being against racism when I have the highest race-related privilege possible? The only thing I should be addressing about my whiteness is to realize that it affords me great privileges that I usually don’t even recognize, and to try to be more aware.
Fighting hate with hate might not be making the most progress, but I am never going to blame an oppressed person for hating their oppressors. Why not blame the oppressors and the propagators of hate in the first place? Why not address the source of the hatred (the oppressors) and not the individuals they hold back who, as a product of their oppression, hate in return? To achieve equality, we have to fight harder for oppressed groups than for the privileged or the non-oppressed. It’s as simple as that.
