February 2012
I wonder how many people could be fed for the cost...
Probably just ONE of those outfits on the red carpet right now could pay for my entire college education.
“And yet a woman’s weight is seen by American culture as an outward manifestation...”
– Everybody, Every Body: the Media’s Erasure of Fat Girls
this is a really articulate way of describing why despite being a cisgendered woman with 100% cisgender privilege, I still have extreme issues with seeing myself as a woman.
(via ladiebear)
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Republicans: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Republicans: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Republicans: No.
“I absolutely reject the premise there is anything wrong with Black people...”
– Elaine Brown, Secretary of the Black Panther Party, professor of sociology. (via ifury)
THIS.
(via morticiamorticia)
LIFE!
(via therhapsodyincidents)
Exactly. There is no such thing as “acting white.” Blackness is its own fucking entity that is rich and multifaceted.
(via sourcedumal)
lol if...
What anti-choicers think a fetus looks like at 12...
stfusexists:
What anti-choicers think a fetus looks like at 12 weeks:
What a fetus actually looks like at 12 weeks:
Sorry, defenders of religion. You can't sit by and...
nefariousnewt:
Who is being persecuted more: a bunch of mainly old, white males who run the government, industry, and religious organizations, all of which are busy trying to strip women of their civil liberties, or the women who will be subject to the depredation and degradation the aforementioned men are trying to put into law?
Dear cissexism,
dearcissexism:
These things are not exclusively “women’s issues”:
Reproductive health
Breast cancer
Stop acting like they only affect women.
(This message brought to you by all the Susan Komen/Planned Parenthood things on my dash today.)
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I have the best child interactions in Fantasyland.
Today, in Enchanted Chamber, a mom came in and bought a pink light up wand with a mirror at the end of it.
When I asked who it was for, a little boy came from behind the corner wearing a Sleeping Beauty shirt and tiara. She said, “that’s what he wants, so that’s what he gets, and that’s okay,” (as if I was going to...
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler (via moonbrains)
bezoomy:
xvxavier:
If you’re a “nice guy” to a girl up until you realize she doesn’t want to date you, then go on about how she’s a cold shrew that friendzoned you and how no girls date nice guys, like, nah mate, girls do date nice guys. You just aren’t a nice guy. You’re a passive aggressive beta with internalized misogyny and a serious victim complex.
real talk
this
this
this
“Depression in children and teens is a growing problem that often goes...”
– Depression in Children and Teens - WebMD (via h0ld0npain3nds)
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
– Unknown. (via futureabortiondoctor, inherhipstheresrevolutions) (via aoawaywego) (via she-hulk-smash) (via loveyourchaos) (via yanettcanhazsoul) (via baddominicana) (via vernicq) (via adailyriot)
“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via how-to-kiss-distinctly-american)