February 2012
9 posts
Facebook censors cupcakes! →
veggielezzyfemmie:
Facebook refuses to remove pages that promote rape and sexual assault and instead asks the page owners to add a [humor] tag to make sure everyone knows the graphic and often threatening content was just a “joke.” But now the site has started taking down pictures of a tray of vulva cupcakes as “pornography.” What gives, Facebook? Rape jokes are cool, women’s anatomy in food...
Breaking: NYPD fatally shoots 18 year old in the...
occupyallstreets:
occupyallstreets:
Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said the shooting happened following a struggle with the suspect. He said an officer from the Special Narcotics Unit fired one time, striking 18-year-old Rahmarley Graham in the chest.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon in the bathroom of the apartment house where Graham lived with his mother and...
Komen Just Released an Apology and Reversed Their...
fuckyeahfeminists:
I’ll still forever side eye them, though. Never donating.
Check out what it says at their blog:
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have...
Komen VP retweeted (then deleted) message saying...
fuckyeahfeminists:
Stay classy, Karen Handel.
via @JessicaValenti
Komen cuts grants for Planned Parenthood cancer...
jessicavalenti:
I’m sure that most folks know by now that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity and advocacy organization, announced that they were cutting funding to Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings. In the last five years, the money from Komen allowed PP to provide almost 170,000 breast exams and 6,400 mammogram referrals.
As I said in Salon, whether the organization...
January 2012
22 posts
Harper bans pre-op and non-op trans* people from... →
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?
The Sitcom Season in Rape Jokes →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Aaaand they’re still unfunny.
Oklahoma bill wants to ban the use of fetuses in...
jessicavalenti:
This bit of bizarreness reminds me of this abstinence only speaker who told students that lipstick is made of aborted fetuses. (At around 3:35) Fun!
Yeah, this is one of those moments were I will leave my commentary at “WTAF?”
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence...”
– bell hooks (via cultureofresistance)
Word…we do this to all little boys…”quit crying toughen up you are a boy”
(via slumbeauty)
patriarchy hurts everyone.
(via dopegirlfresh)
letstalkabouted:
“I remember when I was doing “Rent” and I was too thin, and I was doing that on purpose because I’m dying, I’m a HIV+ drug addict. I remember having to eat raw food and doing all this work to make sure I could stay thin… And I remember everyone asking me when I was doing press for the movie, “what did you do to get so thin? You looked great!” and I’m like, “I looked...
Alfred Lubrano at Philly.com: Pennsylvania to... →
panasonicyouth:
kiriamaya:
abandontheships:
transimatter:
aliciafaye:
forrestbondurant:
face-down-asgard-up:
damekatharsis:
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...
Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. This should be...
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[Trigger warning for sexual assault]
A friend of mine who was sexually assaulted by her then-boyfriend and his friend six years ago recently found out that he posted an account of it as an erotic story on Fetlife (which you may or may not know is a social networking site for kinksters). She created an account to report the post, and I’ve already reported it, but she’s asked me to...
Why The Washington Post's new lady blog is wrong...
jessicavalenti:
Here’s the thing: I will always want more women’s (and feminist) voices in the mainstream media, particularly in politics. There’s an overwhelming byline gender gap and that needs to change. But The Washington Post’s new lady blog, “She the People,” is not a step in the right direction. In fact, I think it’s pretty terrible.*
I’m all for WaPo featuring more women covering...
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Writes About Planned Parenthood... →
The actress talks about her support for the organization and why we need to keep fighting for our beliefs.
LEGO for Girls: Have They Stooped to Stereotype? →
If you thought that the “LEGOs for girls” endeavor might not be that bad? Think again. Looks like LEGO is planning to offer girls the exact same thing most other toys aimed at them are already saying: look pretty, be social and don’t you worry your pretty little head about actually having to think or build anything!
LEGO Friends, as the new line is called, creates a place called ...
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Listening To Chris Brown: An Offense To All Women
Listening To Chris Brown: An Offense To All Women
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At a holiday party this year, I noticed an R. Kelly song playing on my friend’s iPod. I looked at two of my (male) friends who were standing nearby and asked, “You guys are listening to R. Kelly?”
One of them responded, “Yeah, so what?”
“I separate the music from the...
December 2011
20 posts
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
Perry changes stance to oppose all abortions →
I believe actor James Urbaniak has said it best: “Gov. Perry has amended his position on women from Fuck Off to Fuck Off and Die.”
Reasons to say 'fuck you' to the Salvation Army. →
applepretzel:
respirrave:
apiphile:
kiriamaya:
strawberryfaerie:
“The Salvation Army has refused assistance to gay couples unless they break up and “go straight”, Muslim families who refuse to attend “Christian Bible classes”, kids who can’t prove their immigration status, and more.”
Admittedly, i only skimmed the article, but this quote alone should give you a pretty good idea of how...
HEY, All The People Giving Up Coffee Until...
…could you give up chocolate, too? ‘Cause, see there’s this theory that we’re going to have a chocolate shortage for the next few years. But if you guys give it up forever we might just make it through.
And see, you WOULD be giving it up forever. Just like you’re giving coffee up forever. Because you really cannot end abortion. You can make it illegal, of...
K. Im. Berlynn.: ATTENTION FEMINISTS AND QUEERMOS... →
inberlynn:
Fucking Fabulous Feminist Extravaganza is going down 12/16.
- We will be celebrating the births of a few activists in our community.
- We will be showcasing and supporting feminist talent!
- We will have zines for you to check out!
(message me if you want us to include your zine.)
Wisconsin Anti-Choice Activists Plan To Harrass... →
Because judging people and their choices is the reason for the season, right?
PA Liquor Board Pulls Victim-Blaming Ad
So, that victim-blaming “girls who get drunk get raped” ad we posted yesterday? According the PA Liquor Control Board, the people behind the campaign, the ad has been pulled.
molliolio asked: Although I don't live in Pennsylvania, can I still contact someone about the victim blaming ad they are using in an effort to curb teen drinking?
TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE, RAPE CULTURE AND VICTIM...
Control Tonight is apparently a group dedicated to curbing “irresponsible drinking” in youths. And what’s the best way to do that?
Oh, right. Scare tactics. And? Victim-blaming.
If you are disgusted, please contact someone at contact@controltonight.com. Elephant Journal even has an example e-mail up:
To Whom it May Concern:
I recently viewed one of your Control...
Obama administration refuses to relax Plan B... →
jessicavalenti:
The Health and Human Services Department has overruled the FDA decision to make Plan B available to anyone regardless of age. Fucking outraged.
I second that “Fucking outraged.”
