girl-germs:

mmmajestic:

boobsanderson:

Sec 5.2(1)(c) of the ID screening regs of Aeronautics Act: “An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents.”

OHHHHHHHH, THIS IS FUCKING RICH

Whaaaaaaaaaat

The ACTUAL fuck?

fuckyeahfeminists:

Aaaand they’re still unfunny.

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Word…we do this to all little boys…”quit crying toughen up you are a boy”

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patriarchy hurts everyone.

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harrypotterconfessions:

On January 18th many websites including Tumblr are going black for one of the largest Internet protest in Internet history. Thousands of sites taking part in the protest and will be directing people to contact Congress to kill SOPA and PIPA.

On Januray 24th the Senate is going to vote on PIPA which is the Senates version of SOPA. And here is a little clip from an email I got today.

In just 7 days, the Senate will vote on forever altering the free and open internet by instituting a new regime of extra-judicial, corporate-led website takedowns. This is a fundamental fight about who has power in society — the people with the means to communicate freely or the governments and corporations that feel threatened.

{ For some stats on the Bills go here. }

Pretty much, if these bills are passed it could not only effect the U.S., but other countries around the world.

For more information check out these sites.

• Tumblr’s Page
• American Censorship
• Mozilla’s SOPA site 
• Stop the E-PARASITE Act
• Stop the internet control bill Petition
• AVAAZ - Save the Internet
• SOPA Strike
• SOPA Blackout
• American Censorship Petition

So, please do you part even if you aren’t in the U.S.

MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING.

“Shit Everybody Says to Rape Victims.” 

panasonicyouth:

kiriamaya:

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nebraska-admiral:

Pennsylvania plans to make the amount of food stamps that people receive contingent on the assets they possess - an unexpected move that bucks national trends and places the commonwealth among a minority of states.

Specifically, the Department of Public Welfare said that as of May 1, people under 60 with more than $2,000 in savings and other assets would no longer be eligible for food stamps. For people over 60, the limit would be $3,250.

Houses and retirement benefits would be exempt from being counted as assets. If a person owns a car, that vehicle also would also be exempt, but any additional vehicle worth more than $4,650 would be considered a countable asset.

Anne Bale, a spokeswoman for DPW, said the asset test was a way to ensure that “people with resources are not taking advantage of the food-stamp program,” funded by federal money.

The real translation here is “We’ll make sure you’re penniless before we’ll let you eat.”

Previously, SNAP benefits were need and income based rather than asset based. For instance, those individuals with a monthly gross income of $1,444 or below are currently eligible in Pennsylvania, with some fluctuations and exemptions (students have different eligibility guidelines that require work or work study, the elderly and disabled have a higher upper ceiling.) And of course, the income ceiling goes up as the household goes up. 

But what remained a fact was that current income was the main guideline - with the idea that SNAP was a way to protect vulnerable populations, the recently unemployed, working families, low income individuals, the homeless and all sorts of other individuals for whom putting food on the table is an increasing difficulty. 

And the basic idea behind the social safety net is, on some level, resource building. By eliminating the most pressing issues in poverty - be it housing or food - we’re participating in a process that helps free up money that would otherwise have a family living paycheck to paycheck. 

So in effect, Pennsylvania is refuting this idea. And if the essential idea of “welfare reform” has been to eliminate dependency on welfare programs (or welfare like programs, as SNAP is actually a USDA program and not HHS), essentially, by adding in asset testing (especially at what I would term a fairly low level - this isn’t a family with $100,000 rolling in the bank. $2,000 in savings is a few months of rent for a recently unemployed person. If that.), you’re perpetuating cycles of dependency and poverty and discouraging asset building that could lead to lifting one’s self out of poverty.

So basically PA is basing legislative decisions off Fox News talking points. You hear that people in need of food stamps? Better get rid of your microwaves and refrigerators if you want to eat. 

This is so fucking wrong and really upsetting.

my friend’s family is probably fucked.

This honestly makes me want to vomit. What kind of sick fucking society do we live in? Ugh. 

hey you should be forced to sell everything that keeps food safe and also prepares it before we’ll consider helping you

never mind that you’d then be unable to actually use the food you buy??

Because if you at any point ever had nice things, you shouldn’t be allowed to have them if you need help.

Completely ignoring that yes, this sort of program is intended to help people GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

GUESS NOT ANYMORE.

I feel sick.

100% disgusting

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