May 2012
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Reblog if you were ever bullied. I want to see how...
lightspeedsound:
…how about just a list of people bullied ON TUMBLR?
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Rumor: Hulu Will Soon Require Viewers To Have A...
danforth:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/rumor-hulu-will-soon-require-viewers-to-have-a-cable-subscription/
Cable subscribers, under this model, would get access to a show on Hulu the next day, while non-subscribers would have to wait at least 30 days.
No they wouldn’t. They’d download it illegally approximately one hour after it aired on the East Coast and not one second of commercials...
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“You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:...”
– Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl
This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their...
Sometimes I feel that if Liberals had their way,...
other-stuff:
stfuconservatives:
zacchaeus:
By trying to help make one group of people feel accepted, you are systematically repressing everyone else who you feel has too many rights as it is. I’m not ashamed of who I am or what I stand for, so I will be damned if I let you take rights away from me.
That’s why I’m a Republican.
Yup, that’s our long-term goal. No more straights.
But for...
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White feminists:
ladyatheist:
split-the-coast:
When you discuss the wage gap, here are a few things to keep in mind:
Only white women make $0.77 to a man’s dollar.
Black women make about $0.68 to a man’s dollar.
Latina women make about $0.58 to a man’s dollar.
Intersectionality matters.
Also, please keep in mind that the “man’s dollar” is the white man’s dollar. Both Black and Latino men make less than...
Researchers double estimate of plastic trash in... →
socialuprooting:
from Deep Green Resistance News Service
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Holder Admits Obama Misled Rolling Stone About... →
While attending the White House Correspondents’ dinner Attorney General Eric Holder admitted to the Huffington Post that President Obama misled Rolling Stone about federal marijuana law. From the Huffington Post:
Attorney General Eric Holder was a guest of The Huffington Post at the correspondents’ dinner. Before it began, a HuffPost reporter noted to Holder that Obama’s reference to...
CeCe McDonald's Trial begins today. Here's what's... →
TRANS COUCHSURFING NETWORK - PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST... →
transcouchnetwork:
Hi! I just started a tumblr, the Transgender Couchsurfing Network. After seeing dozens of posts come across my dash about displaced or homeless trans people needing places to crash, I decided that there had to be a way to organize these posts somehow, and to put those in need in contact with those willing to lend a hand. If you’re trans and need a place to stay, or if you...
“The [Oklahoma] state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a proposed ballot issue...”
– http://newsok.com/oklahoma-supreme-court-strikes-down-personhood-proposal/article/3671171 (via sluthaditcoming)
“What men mean when they talk about their “crazy” ex-girlfriend is often that she...”
– Lady, You Really Aren’t “Crazy”
(via sparkamovement/glamsoda)
April 2012
“No. The American people don’t want to vote for a loser. They don’t want to vote...”
– John Boehner on Mitt Romney. Yeah John, every American sure can succeed when they’re raised in a ridiculously rich household. Some serious bootstraps self-made man stuff right there.
-Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
“Five banks — JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup Inc. (C), Wells Fargo &...”
– Source: Bloomberg financial news. (via pieceinthepuzzlehumanity)
“(Nuns) were the first feminists, earning Ph.D.’s or working as surgeons long...”
– New York Times columnist NICK KRISTOF, “We Are All Nuns” (via inothernews)
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Deadly Drone Strike on Muslims in the Southern... →
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theamericanbear:
From March 5th. I’ll bet you didn’t hear about it either.
Early last month, Tausug villagers on the Southern Philippine island of Jolo heard a buzzing sound not heard before. It is a sound familiar to the people of Waziristan who live along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, where the United States fights the Taliban. It was the dreaded drone,...
“Skousen quotes from an essay which argues that “one of the blessings of slavery”...”
– Meet W. Cleon Skousen: conspiracy theorist, slavery apologist, tea party icon. Mitt Romney says you should read him. (via motherjones)
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“WHAT SHOULD WE DO to help America’s young? Basically, the opposite of what Mr....”
– Paul Krugman (via underthemountainbunker)
Texas State Department of Health Services is going... →
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Why feminism hasn't taken on disability issues yet
fromonesurvivortoanother:
1. Mainstream feminism hasn’t even accepted race as a factor for analysis yet.
We are still having race problems; the Slutwalk sign fiasco is notable. Mainstream feminists like Naomi Wolf and Jessica Valenti getting away with barely mentioning intersectionality (or non-white authors) in their work is another. Or, you can just open up the pages of Ms. Magazine and see...
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“I guess some of this mad right-wing love comes from the idea that in America,...”
– Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! - The Daily Beast (via ronmarks)
“I’ve known rich people, and why not, since I’m one of them? The majority would...”
– Stephen King, “Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!”
The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America.
(via liberalsarecool)
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“There’s a lot of anger, but people don’t know what they’re angry about. You...”
– Rep. John Tanner (D-TN), to Nancy Pelosi in August 2009, on the Affordable Care Act. This quote is from Robert Draper’s Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives.
I think there are varying degrees of truth here, depending on 1) where you land on the political spectrum,...
“General Electric preyed upon low-income minorities—people of color and...”
– William Greider (via azspot)
“Blessed are the rich, the reign of this world is ours. The rich rule the world,...”
– GOP Je$us (via azspot)
“A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln...”
– Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% (via mchotdog)
what a radical idea yo
(via matthewdgold)
Bam. Kids “misbehave” for actual, real, valid reasons. And have feelings.
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The Post Office is not broke--and it hasn't taken... →
What’s going on here? Right-wing sabotage of USPS financing, that’s what. In 2006, the Bush White House and Congress whacked the post office with the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act—an incredible piece of ugliness requiring the agency to PRE-PAY the health care benefits not only of current employees, but also of all employees who’ll retire during the next 75 years. Yes, that includes...
