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Mon, 20 May 2013 21:58:22 -0400

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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:28:45 -0400

mcbrayers: yet another unrealistic expectation for women

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:22 -0400

mcbrayers:

yet another unrealistic expectation for women

Colleges Soak Poor U.S. Students While Funneling Aid to Rich

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:16:17 -0400

Colleges Soak Poor U.S. Students While Funneling Aid to Rich:

oldenough2burmom:

U.S. colleges such as Boston University are using financial aid to lure rich students while shortchanging the poor, forcing those most in need to take on heavy debt, a report found.

“Colleges are always saying how committed they are to admitting low-income students — that they are all about equality,” Burd said in a phone interview. “This data shows there’s been a dramatic shift. The pursuit of prestige and revenue has led them to focus more on high-income students.”

stfufauxminists: spuffyfeels: sexistfacebookdudes: Holy shit...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:02:25 -0400

stfufauxminists:

spuffyfeels:

sexistfacebookdudes:

Holy shit this is amazing

i am like one hour going through this twitter.

SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THIS A TUMBLR/FACEBOOK.
https://twitter.com/WHITEFEMINIST

Oh daaaaamn.

fauxmosexualtranstrender: fuckyeahfeminists: rhrealitycheck: C...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:50:17 -0400

fauxmosexualtranstrender:

fuckyeahfeminists:

rhrealitycheck:

Cost Of Birth Control Higher In Some Low-Income Neighborhoods Than In Wealthy Ones

Researchers focused on the price of seven commonly-used contraceptives — including various forms of the pill as well as transvaginal options like the ring. They cross-referenced the price information across various counties with median household incomes from the 2010 census.

Nearly every prescription contraceptive was more expensive in low-income zip codes, the researchers found.

In most cases, price differed by just a few dollars. For two of the contraceptives, the cost was significantly less in the wealthiest zip codes.

Researchers said they don’t know the reason for the price discrepancies. Certain neighborhoods may not have a large, chain pharmacy that offers lower prices and runs specials, Zite speculated.

“There is other research that has shown that a lot of needs for health, like fruits and vegetables, are more expensive in lower-income neighborhoods,” Zite added.

uh oh is this going to start another fight that healthy food isn’t actually expensive and poor people just dont try hard enough to eat well because “duh my family eats sooo many veggies with little money, so everyone is able to do it!”

wut? people are systemically kept in poverty?!

but but american dream and upward mobility and and…. bootstraps!

parscilla: instead of publicly shaming girls for wearing shorts on an 80 degree day you should...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:41:35 -0400

parscilla:

instead of publicly shaming girls for wearing shorts on an 80 degree day you should teach teachers and male students to not overly sexualize a normal body part to the point where they apparently cant function in daily life

for real though, walking down the street today was rough

When I pretend to be listening to what someone is saying

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:38:01 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

moviestarsgalore: Noomi Rapace at the TDKR premiere

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:41:48 -0400

moviestarsgalore:

Noomi Rapace at the TDKR premiere

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Mon, 06 May 2013 01:51:25 -0400

"A woman’s right to bodily autonomy outweighs fetal pain because we live in a society that does not..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:22:09 -0400

“A woman’s right to bodily autonomy outweighs fetal pain because we live in a society that does not force people to use their bodies to support others — not their organs, not their bone marrow, not their blood, not their skin. We do not force people to sacrifice parts of their bodies to save others not because we don’t care about a patient’s pain, but because we recognize that bodily autonomy is an essential part of a functioning free society. To suggest that we ignore that and make an exception when it comes to forcing pregnant women carry a pregnancy to term suggests that we force pregnant women to submit to a violation of their rights that we impose on no one else.”

- Ana Mardoll via Shakesville
http://www.shakesville.com/2013/03/the-rhetorical-power-of-pig-pain.html (via catronicon)

This is actually what many people do suggest when it comes to pregnant women all the time, though, (forced transvaginal ultrasounds before you can receive an abortion for starters) and it all goes back to the idea that a woman’s body is community property all the time, not just when she’s pregnant.

(via robot-heart-politics)

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:58:32 -0400

iamblaq: N.Y.C., Harlem - Neighbourhood ballet class, 1968

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:06:38 -0400

iamblaq:

N.Y.C., Harlem - Neighbourhood ballet class, 1968

New research shows 0.6% of rape allegations are false.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:37:29 -0400

New research shows 0.6% of rape allegations are false.:

skyliting:

rememberyes:

boldmatter:

jadelyn:

likeadeadchinadoll:

and for those interested, you can find the report HERE

Just in case any dudebros are unclear on what this means: it means that your buddy who totally just had some bitch trying to ruin his life by accusing him of rape…almost certainly actually did rape her.

Just keep that in mind.

Yeah man, imagine that, bitches don’t be lying.

Can we put this into context? It means that 99.4% of rape allegations are true.

It means that 99.4% of rape allegations are true.

Entitled: If media covered America the way we cover foreign cultures

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:10:22 -0400

Entitled: If media covered America the way we cover foreign cultures:

jahanzebjz:

Yet another massacre has occurred in the historically war-torn region of the Southern United States – and so soon after the religious festival of Easter.

Brian McConkey, 27, a Christian fundamentalist militiaman living in the formerly occupied territory of Alabama, gunned down three men from an opposing tribe in the village square near Mobile, the capitol, over a discussion that may have involved the rituals of the local football cult. In this region full of heavily-armed local warlords and radical Christian clerics, gun violence is part of the life of many.

Many of the militiamen here are ethnic Scots-Irish tribesmen, a famously indomitable mountain people who have killed civilized men – and each other – for centuries. It appears that the wars that started on the fields of Bannockburn and Sterling have come to America.

As the sun sets over the former Confederate States of America, one wonders – can peace ever come to this land?

"On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they have..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:42:09 -0400

“On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds when they have period-related irritability. It doesn’t lower their ability to reason; it lowers their patience and, hence, tolerance for bullshit. If an issue comes up a lot during “that time of the month,” that doesn’t mean she only cares about it once a month; it means she’s bothered by it all the time and lacks the capacity, once a month, to shove it down and bury it beneath six gulps of willful silence.”

- Shakesville: Feminism 101 (via belle-de-nuit)

Boston Bombing: The Meaning of Dunkin' Donuts

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:04:09 -0400

Boston Bombing: The Meaning of Dunkin' Donuts:

micathemineral:

Why Dunkin Donuts matters to Bostonians.

sadly, this very nearly made me teary-eyed

My dad had to do deliveries for his job in some of the outlying boston areas that were under lockdown. He interacted with one dunkin’ donuts employee who was working alone in the store. My dad went over out of curiosity about whether or not it was open, when he found that is was he asked the young woman working why she was working during the lockdown, she said “I asked my boss the same thing.”

I saw a bunch of tweets compiled of people complaining about dunks being closed during the lockdown or praising it for being open. People should realize that those who work at dunks are real humans who are not paid enough or treated well enough to risk their lives to serve coffee… It is so ridiculous that a corporation who risked the lives of its throw away employees is getting positive press from this situation.

cognitivedissonance: thedailymeme: the theme song of...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:44:32 -0400

cognitivedissonance:

thedailymeme:

the theme song of Tumblr

Yeah…

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:12:38 -0400

hollylderr: Representation Visualization: Time to Wash Those...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:41:26 -0400

hollylderr:

Representation Visualization: Time to Wash Those Men Right out of our Hair