February 2012
70 posts
Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Terrified of Birth... →
Georgia Democrats to propose limitations on... →
bitchiamtheswanqueen:
tehsunshine:
historicalupstart:
As members of Georgia’s House of Representatives debate whether to prohibit abortions for women more than 20 weeks pregnant, House Democrats planned to introduce their own reproductive rights plan: No more vasectomies that leave “thousands of children … deprived of birth.”
Suck on that.
I approve.
I find this so clever and...
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What the fuck.
I just had the most infuriating and disappointing conversation with a group of people about domestic violence.
The really interesting thing was no one in the group knew I was a feminist, but then a man called me a feminist. And once that happened, it seemed although I had been demonized. And then, everything at that point was dismissed BECAUSE I was a feminist.
And then they continued calling...
Support Gender Equality at UVM! →
fedupvermont:
Recently, University of Vermont has been in the spotlight after a Fraternity survey asked members “If you could rape someone, who would it be?” This egrarious expression of rape culture ignited a fire of action to combat sexism and rape culture at the University and society as a whole.
Please help us create a safe, supportive and gender equal culture for students, faculty,...
“Here’s the thing about being a girlie girl. I think there was a generation...”
– Zooey Deschanel (via mezasaurusrex)
“I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks...”
– M.I.A. (via janejacqueline)
If men could get pregnant, birth control pills...
seriouslyamerica:
*cis men
Black people serve 60% longer sentences than... →
leftcollection:
“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.
The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the sentences given to...
If You're Not Upset, You're not Paying Attention →
iamateenagefeminist:
Today in Washington DC the GOP held a Congressional oversight hearing about the new birth control mandate.
Not one woman was on the panel for the hearing.
Let me repeat.
In a hearing about birth control, an issue that affects largely women, not one woman was on…
Tumblr users launch petition to have fellow... →
halvgal:
lau-ra-sau-rus:
14kgoldnyc:
mohandasgandhi:
producermatthew:
Tumblr users are asking 1,000 bloggers to sign an online petition that calls for a controversial publisher to be removed as an editor of an enhanced tag on the site.
The petition targets user “Ryking,” with the claim that the blogger has defended “rapists, calling women who disagree with him ‘feminazis,’ using...
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“It’s not that Chris Brown is categorically unforgivable. It’s more that he’s no...”
– VICE on Cord’s Chris Brown post (via tyleroakley)
chris brown's reaction to criticism for performing... →
grrrlvirus:
he shows zero remorse and zero self control.
sign the petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/the-grammys-apologize-to-domestic-violence-survivors
“The Virgina bill is actually worse than the other bills because it also mandates...”
– I’d reblog inothernews’s post of this quote, but I apparently can’t reblog answered questions. (via siphersaysstuff)
Trigger Warning: Hey Grammys! Just wanted to... →
sassypanties:
Because obviously you forgot, since you let him perform this past Sunday. Here’s the full LAPD report from when Chris Brown PUNCHED, BIT, and CHOKED his girlfriend.
“A verbal argument ensued and Brown pulled the vehicle over on an unknown street, reached over Robyn F. with his right hand, opened…
what you said: boys will be boys. they're dumb. ignore them.
what you meant: men have a birthright to act the way they do because they are better than you, so shut up.
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HELP!
My club SAGE (student activists for gender equality) was asked to do an event for the month of celebrating women in March. I really have no ideas and i thought it should ask all of you! I want to do something fun and different and bring something new to my campus.
I'm not okay with Chris Brown, and you should not... →
