May 2012
“Media sexualization of women and the pressure on women involved in sports to...”
– How Equality In Sports is Undermined by Compulsory Heterosexuality (via sociolab)
MOST WRITERS
celebratepoetry:
Poem submission by ericboydblog
are idiots. they aren’t even writers at all. they are turtlenecked housewives and college-degreed hamburger flippers who talk about a whole lot more than they have to say.
they don’t suffer and they don’t beg or cry or do time or kiss ass or break down or find god. they sit around feeling smug smug smug. most writers try to squeeze wine out of a...
“But the body is also directly involved in a political field; power relations...”
– Michel Foucault, The Body of the Condemned (via transformfeminism)
alfheim: A list of norse goddess' →
scartalfheim:
Akka (Maa-Emoinen) An earth mother goddess of the Finno-Ugric and consort of Ukko, the supreme sky god. She is also called Rauni, which is from rönn, Swedish for rowan, her sacred tree. Her festival was celebrated on the fifteenth of July.Alaisiagae Nordic war goddesses (see also Valkyries).Alfhild
Feds honor 66-year-old East Flatbush transgender ... →
Transgender advocate Victoria Cruz was recently awarded a top honor by the Department of Justice for her work helping victims escape abuse.
The feds are watching one of Brooklyn’s toughest ladies.
East Flatbush resident Victoria Cruz, a transgender woman who has been “out” since grade school, is a Justice Department 2012 pick as one of the nation’s top crime fighters.
The 66-year-old Latina,...
April 2012
Different Hardcore Kids Confront Bully
Tough Guy Hardcore: Bully makes fun of his Hatebreed shirt, he pulls out a padlock attached to a bandanna, smashes head in.
Youth Crew Hardcore: Bully makes fun of his Youth of Today shirt, gets all his buddies together, beats guy up.
Christcore: Bully makes fun of his For Today shirt, he tells him about Jesus and trys to get him to go to Church.
2004 "Posi" Hardcore: Bully makes fun of his Righteous Jams shirt, doesn't give a fuck and walks away because he knows he waaayyyyy better than that dude.
2012 "New Wave" Hardcore: Bully makes fun of his Touche Amore shirt, he then finds out the bully is dating his ex-girlfriend so he goes home and complains about it on Tumblr writing passive aggressive indirect posts about them.
I just want some tables : (
Bored waitress is very bored.
Corey Foster, 16, dies after dispute on basketball... →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Lol, the news show I just watched on this gave a VERY fucking different story, saying that he shot the basketball and it accidentally hit a staff member and that’s when he was TACKLED to the ground by 6-8 people.
There wasn’t shit about him “being angry”.
Specifically in the TV news report, it said:
“Corey said he couldn’t breathe, and the teachers said ‘if you can...
ihopebarackobama:
I hope Barack Obama pours his cereal into a bowl but can’t find any milk then discovers it was behind the orange juice.
stfuprolife:
Federal judge stops Texas from banning Planned Parenthood from receiving state funds
communismthrills:
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Austin has stopped Texas from banning Planned Parenthood from participating in the state’s Women’s Health Program.
Judge Lee Yeakel ruled Monday there is sufficient evidence the state law is unconstitutional. He imposed an injunction...
“The Hill is reporting that Senate Democrats are planning to bring the Paycheck...”
– Political Animal - Senate Dems plan to give Mittens a wedgie (via dendroica)
17 year old imprisoned for failing to testify... →
karnythia:
feminismoaqui:
sparkamovement:
trigger warning:
In Sacramento, a county judge has taken “victim-blaming” to a whole new level, ordering that a rape victim be jailedwhile awaiting the trial of her rapist.
The 17-year-old had failed to appear for two previous court dates to testify against Frank William Rackley, 37, who is accused of abducting and raping her and is believed to be...
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Buffalo Least Fashionable City →
Bundle used their data on retail transactions in the 50 biggest cities in their database. Using this data, Bundle created an index of “fashion-conscious households” which were defined as households that had at least four transactions at top-end designer merchants in the past 30 months. A city ranked 1.0 is perfectly average (by Bundle’s fashion-conscious metric).
i find this...
I need more friends. Who’s in buffalo? Who wants to be friends? NOTHING SEXUAL (if you don’t get that reference you need not apply).
But seriously. Friends.
can I tell you a wonderful thing?: Yes, Ron Paul... →
metalgarurumonismyhomeboy:
alexholzbach:
Because CommunismKills says so. Ron Paul hates Israel.
Nevermind that he was one of only a few Congressman that supported Israel’s sovereignty when they attacked Iraq in 1981; the rest of Congress condemned Israel.
Nevermind that Ron…
The Womanifesto: beyond-dimensions:... →
beyond-dimensions:
the-womanifesto:
An image created by a member of Western Kentucky University’s new group, Hilltoppers for Choice. It’s referring to this. We’re trying to show support for the art student who responded to Hilltoppers for Life’s display of 4,000 popsicle stick…
“People of color have to learn white culture for survival. White people learn...”
– Sara David (via fatwasandfanboys)
or to appear ‘well-rounded’ or ‘spiritual’ or ‘authentic’ or ‘enlightened’ or ‘hip’ or ‘radical’ (via theanimalnamesofplants)
“The Europeans are not yet willing to acknowledge that the world did not wait in...”
– John Henrik Clarke, “Education for a New Reality in the African World” (1994)
reblogging because of that santorum stan
(via audiodopexx)
Toxic Environmental Racism in Tennessee Threatens... →
“The way the state responded to black families and white families is like night and day. In 1993, nine white families in Dickson were found to have TCE contaminated wells. A detailed written action plan was developed for each family. The families were notified by the state within 48 hours of that determination and informed not to drink the well water. On March 2, 1994, TCE was detected in a spring...
ihopebarackobama:
I hope Barack Obama is wearing a white shirt and spills whatever he’s eating, but looks down and sees he didn’t get any on his clothes.
