March 2011
42 posts
Fuck Yeah Women's History: HISTORY BLOGS! →
fywomenshistory:
http://rarelyinhistory.tumblr.com/ | Rarely in History http://fywomenshistory.tumblr.com/ | Women’s History http://awesomeshitwomendid.tumblr.com/ | Women’s History http://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/ | History Crushes …
What the right means when it calls NPR "liberal" -... →
sunsmudge:
So what do conservatives really mean when they accuse NPR of being “liberal”? They mean it’s not accountable to their worldview as conservatives and partisans. They mean it reflects too great a regard for evidence and is too open to reporting different points of views of the same event or idea or issue. Reporting that by its very fact-driven nature often fails to confirm their...
Slut The Fuck Up, Conservatives: Memo to all girls... →
beezusishere-:
Your ignorance is showing.
Also, and you should probably clutch your pearls now, women have sexual needs, just like men. Scandalous!
Women are allowed to have healthy, safe sex with whomever they choose. It is none of your fucking business. As long as it’s consensual and…
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The Path of Protest →
This has got to be the dopest timeline EVER: the Guardian sets up an interactive timeline of Middle East protests.
Check it, and educate yourself.
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The Normal of War
(by John Cory)
So here we are.
The 8-year anniversary of shock-and-awe and the invasion of Iraq. 10 years into Afghanistan.
War is so normal, so mundane, that we just accept it - like checking the daily weather report - cloudy, with a chance of gloom and death.
I read a poll that said 60 percent of Americans want out of Afghanistan, but only 2 percent thought about war during the 2010...
“It’s not just gay people Gaga has offended.
For some, lumping together...”
– Andrew Eaton, The Scotsman (via gaysagainstgaga)
Corrupt Politics: Ending The Afghan War Would Save... →
corruptpolitics:
Ending the Afghan war would save approximately 40,000 times more taxpayer dollars than defunding NPR’s grants from agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additionally, as the National Priorities Project shows, ending the war could help free up…
Give Peace A Chance.: 'I will come again... →
promotingpeace:
David R Arnott writes: Toshihito Aisawa’s father, mother and grandmother are all missing. For days the 9-year-old has been desperately searching for them at evacuation centers in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki, holding up hand written signs pleading for information. On one is written their…
Hipster Racism – this ain't livin' →
kulturalguerilla:
One of the main reasons I have an intense hatred for hipsters.
freeshaw:
“What is hipster racism?
Hipster racism involves making derogatory comments with a racial basis in an attempt to seem witty and above it all. Specifically, the idea is to sound ironic, as in “I’m allowed to say this because of course I’m not racist, so it’s funny.” It’s an aspect of a larger part...
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety...”
– bell hooks
Pan Party: Queertionary 2.0 →
pansexualparty:
Ace: (orientation) shortened version of and slang term for Asexual, and slang term for Aromantic.
Agender: (gender) see Genderqueer, a- meaning non; being of no gender.
Ally: a person who is not queer/LGBTQ but supports and promotes rights and equality for queer/LGBTQ people.
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R E B I R T H
“I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it’s...”
– Leo Buscaglia (via quote-book)
“If you wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
– Toni Morrison (via fattarocubes)
Chevron Wins Halt to $18 Billion Judgment in... →
loveandzombies:
“In a New York courtroom yesterday, oil giant Chevron Corp. won a halt to enforcement of an $18 billion judgment for oil pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon imposed by a court in Ecuador.”
FUCK YOU CHEVRON.
“Your car is German. Your vodka is Russian. Your pizza is Italian. Your kebab is...”
– I’m pissed about Arizona’s bill SB1611 (via bookandbolo)
“Throughout Eclipse, we’re presented with some of the most damaging, dangerous,...”
– Quoted from Mark Reads Twilight.
ALL OF THIS. ALL OF IT. This man is my best friend ever.
(via rabblevolunteer)
“If you plow through your life and all your encounters with deadpan seriousness,...”
– “Pulling your own strings.” Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. (via satune)
“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents...”
– George Bernard Shaw (via periastrons)
