February 2012
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In NYPD Custody, Trans People Get Chained to... →
A trans woman says that when she was arrested for a minor subway violation, NYPD officers belittled her, called her names, asked about her genitals — and kept her chained to a fence for 28 hours. Now she’s suing. And it turns out she’s far from alone.
In her lawsuit, Temmie Breslauer says she was arrested on January 12 in a subway station for illegally using her dad’s discount fare card (only...
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Why Planned Parenthood Matters & Why the Susan G....
I’m not one to bash organizations that fund healthcare initiatives for people, but what I can’t seem to wrap my head around is the Susan G. Komen foundation. This foundation is supposed to be politically neutral, but as we’ve all seen in the past couple of days, the organization has veered to the far right and pulled its funding from Planned Parenthood.
HERE’S WHY IT...
January 2012
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Democrats Take Lead in Congressional Ballot
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liberalsarecool:
For the first time in about two-and-a-half years, a national Rasmussen survey finds Democrats leading Republicans in the generic congressional ballot, 41% to 40%.
Rasmussen tilts very Right. Nate Silver says that their results usually skew about 5% in favor of the Republican/GOP position. So this would mean that the actual numbers are 44/38, or...
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A fish in an aquarium.: The invention of the... →
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The history of straightness is much shorter than you’d think. An expert explains its origins
By Thomas Rogers
A detail from the cover of “Straight”
If you met Hanne Blank and her partner on the street, you might have a lot of trouble classifying them….
STFU, Conservatives: The problem with selecting a... →
cognitivedissonance:
MSNBC and Fox News are both hammering home that out of all the candidates in the GOP primary in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich’s support was the highest among people who said the most important factor in their selection was a candidate who could defeat Barack Obama….
November 2011
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October 2011
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Why did you think that this was okay? →
Reason # 400 on why I love my best friend.
whyblogger:
Urban Outfitters Removes 24 Products Labeled ‘Navajo’
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
SOURCE: Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters was selling two dozen products labeled as “Navajo” before the Navajo Nation asked them to cease and desist.
Mass retail chain Urban Outfitters has come under fire for breaking...
Under (de)Construction: The 99% Movement...as... →
jalisanwhitley:
I’ve been thinking a lot today about the 99% movement and going through the tumblr feed with the hundreds of pictures, many of them students telling their stories of debt and broken promises. We have all been fed a fairytale that has told us that if we do the right thing - stay out of trouble, go…
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#HR358 Passes in the House
with a vote of 251-170.
This is a WAKE UP CALL to all people (not just women). This is the 7th anti-choice bill that was passed since January of this year.
If you are not registered to vote, please so do for the next Presidential Election. We can not have the GOP continue to attack women’s rights.
“So this is a call for each of you to remember herself and himself, to reach for...”
– Audre Lorde, “Difference and Survival: An Address at Hunter College” Undated address printed for the first time from the Audre Lorde Paper at Spelman College, in I am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde
(via tgstonebutch)
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Three "Coming Out Day Web" Series →
Stand and Be Counted: Join the #CountMeOut... →
stfuconservatives:
Happy National Coming Out Day! HuffPo writer Andrew Pond Oldershaw is doing a Twitter campaign called #CountMeOut. Here’s how to get involved:
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I.D. Yourself: Click on the letter “A” on the left. Then click on your image,...
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My love/hate relationship with National Coming Out...
On Oct. 11, 1987, half a million people participated in the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. To this day National Coming Out Day continues to promote a safe world for LGBT individuals to live truthfully and openly. (Human Rights Campaign)
I love that we are able to have a national awareness day for the LGBTQ community because it promotes acceptance within our...
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How #OccupyWallStreet eerily reminds me of The...
*Warning*- if you are interested in reading “The Hunger Games” trilogy, I would advise you not to read this blog because I will be sharing the plot from all three books.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a huge fan of “The Hunger Games” trilogy by Suzanne Collins. I read the first book for my Adolescent Literature class and was so blown away by the complexities of their...
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Why breastfeeding supremacists can suck my left...
jessicavalenti:
Yesterday, when I quoted Lorrie Hearts about a hospital’s decision to stop making free formula available to new moms in an effort to be “baby-friendly”, I got a lot of supportive comments and questions through Tumblr. (Thanks, y’all!) I also got a lot of hate and misrepresentation directed at me through Twitter. (Does this decide the never-ending social media battle in my head?...