December 2011
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Whenever a woman says, "I hate girls; they're...
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Trigger Warning! NPR: The 'Girl In The Blue Bra' →
There have been countless accounts of violence recorded during the uprisings in Egypt, but the image that perhaps has captured the most attention is the most recent. The image has been widely referred to as the “girl in the blue bra.”
Trigger warning! Link contains photo of assault!
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Binge drinking, straw man arguments and rape... →
From Feministing.com. Read it.
“Sure, there are proactive things you can do to keep yourself feeling safe generally, but the problem is that until rapists stop making the decision to rape, there will still be rape victims.”
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watching If These Walls Could Talk 2
alone, in my apartment, drinking wine.
scratch that - my cats are here.
if this is how life after college is going to be, i need to get a (second) job, hobby, or a girlfriend. pronto.
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Nikki S. Lee
Currently fascinated by this artist: Nikki S. Lee.
Her photos from one of her more famous works, Projects, is a series of photographs showing Lee as part of different ethnic and social groups, “including drag queens, punks, swing dancers, senior citizens, Latinos, hip-hop musicians and fans, skateboarders, lesbians, young urban professionals, and Korean schoolgirls.”
“She...
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Watchqbits:
Coming Out On Christmas - watch more funny videos
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One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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The biggest women’s demonstration in modern... →
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taking a moment
to be thankful for how incredibly lucky i am (though not so lucky to have to pay for it) to have a college education under my belt.
Today i completed the last final of my (undergraduate) college career. I feel accomplished, proud, anxious, relieved, scared, and hopeful.
hey world, here i come. I’m ready for you.
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“Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one...”
– » Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice League (via sexisnottheenemy
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40 Reasons Why 2011 Was The Best Year For Gays... →
qbits:
Nice compilation of significant events from around the world.
Q.
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Wow, ABC... →
actuallyjessalyn:
Tell ABC today: Programming should not mock transgender people!
ABC’s new ad for their upcoming comedy, “Work It.”
ABC has announced that in January they will premiere a new comedy show “Work It,” featuring two men who dress as women to secure employment.
According to ABC, the show centers on two unemployed men who have “learned the hard way that the current recession is...
“We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives...”
– Howard Zinn (via herecomesxthesun
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“No real social change has ever been
brought about without a revolution -...”
– Emma Goldman
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Dear Alternative Epistemologies paper,
fuck coffee fueled all-nighter’s and the gender and racial inequality in America that I’m currently attempting to analyze from a critical race perspective while also incorporating feminist epistemology/methodology and how the intersection of race, class, and gender create an intersectionality of oppression that undermines/undervalues the voices of many (particularly non-white) women...
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Attacks on Obama Administration’s LGBT policy... →
projectqueer:
(TRIGGER WARNING: mention of ‘corrective’ rape)
By Alvin McEwen
On Tuesday, the Obama Administration took a huge step against LGBT persecution worldwide:
The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality.
In a...
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Three amazing women were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this past saturday.
Leymah Gbowee (far left photo) is my hero. Newsbrief here:
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=13374
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Reality Check
I wrote this just after Thanksgiving, after having spent a lot of time with my Dad and the rest of my family.
It’s way more personal than anything else I’ve posted, and I may decide to take it down.
Every time I catch up with my Dad I lose more faith in our society and gain more respect for him.
My Dad is one of the most hard-working, intelligent, kind people I know. Within the...
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New Blog, different focus.
http://ellaflickamusic.tumblr.com/
Still refusing to make a personal tumblr. Had one once, did not like it.
Anyway, click the above link to see what music i’m listening to!
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NAACP warns black and Hispanic Americans could... →
ladyhippie:
sati5000:
I’m not sure if it’s amusing or incredibly sad that this headline hasn’t made an appearance in a single one of my American news sources.
I really really wish I had a more articulate response than screams of rage.
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Why Slutwalk? →
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Men's Magazines Sound Like Convicted Rapists →
U.K. study proves, once again, that our women-hating culture continues to be shaped and perpetuated by media sources. we live in a rape culture. come onnnn people.
The Bloggity Blog of a Person That is Me: "Men Who... →
borednerd:
ellaflicka:
is a far more apt title than “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”.
“This is not, after all, a story about what women look like (tattooed or otherwise), but about what women are capable of, even when subjected to the worst of men’s depravities.” -Ms. Magazine
I hate the title…
I disagree. The English/U.S. title draws attention to something that isn’t even...
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"Men Who Hate Women"
is a far more apt title than “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”.
“This is not, after all, a story about what women look like (tattooed or otherwise), but about what women are capable of, even when subjected to the worst of men’s depravities.” -Ms. Magazine
“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the...”
– Howard Zinn
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US Senate declares the entire USA to be a... →
fucckkkk. reason #367 to move to Sweden
