February 2012
52 posts
ladyofriverrun:
If I have to read one more chapter where Tyrion bitches about the fact that his 14 year-old wife who was forced to marry him, despite the fact that his family is responsible for the deaths of the entirety of hers, doesn’t want to sleep with him, I’m going to scream.
NEW STUDY: "Birth and abortion rates among U.S....
solitaryforager:
The teen abortion rate in 2008 dropped to the lowest rate seen since 1972 at 17.8 per 1,000 teen girls and women, the analysis found, and was down 59 percent from 1988 when the abortion rate peaked at 43.5 per 1,000 teen women.
Catholic Church: your argument is invalid.
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (via quote-book)
My favourite book
Venus as a Boy: White people on racism →
angryfuckingliberal:
People of color are incarcerated at a higher rate with greater sentences for the same charges faced by white people. “…”
Unemployment is higher for POC than it is for white people. “Well, they should find jobs, then.”
A disproportionate amount of people of color are…
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“There is a dangerous myth going around this country that sexism doesn’t exist...”
– Margaret Cho (via morewaterdeeperbreaths)
“Sex-negative messages don’t keep people from having sex. They keep people from...”
– Sex-Negative Education and the Spectre of Rape « Sex Positive Activism (via anorable)
a dream of passion: on asoiaf, -isms, and the... →
villainesses:
As you may have noticed, there’s been a post going around the ASoIaF/GoT fandom asserting that those fans who have taken it upon themselves to call out problematic statements they see in the tags are running a dictatorship of sorts, in which there are definitive rules about which characters…
“I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my...”
– I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. (via erythronium)
“Stop degrading the act of sex by calling it ‘opening your legs.’
I’m so sick...”
– flowersarebetterthanbullets on This Post (I made this a quote, because the original picture with text was visually offensive. These pro-life people need to take a graphic design class.)
“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”
– John Oliver (via 24ribs)
Santorum: Being Female is a Mental Disorder →
goddessofcheese:
sleazeandhustle:
mrsjojharrison:
It has been my experience that when dealing with females, you need to treat them as though they have a mental disorder… especially those that are constantly seeking equality in the workplace, the military, and in the home. Women need to know their place and need to know when it is okay for them to speak. They were put on this earth for two...
“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)
“Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no...”
– Tolkien, on Arwen. (via lunar-prisms)
I’M NOT OKAY WITH CHRIS BROWN PERFORMING AT THE... →
I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys.
I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich and powerful old white men in the music business have not just issued an enormous...
Words fly up, thoughts remain below: Republicans... →
cyruspotnoodle:
politicalprof:
So the Violence Against Women Act is up for renewal this year, and surprise of all surprises … not a single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize the act. Not a single one.
Why? Well, the editorial in the New York…
CaptainSonic: spectroscopes: deadasdisco: Get on... →
spectroscopes:
deadasdisco:
Get on facebook: Everyone is praising that father who shot his daughter’s laptop.
I’m probably going to get shit from people but I posted: This video about the father shooting the daughter’s laptop makes me incredibly uncomfortable, but not nearly as…
Thou Shalt Not Spill Thy Seed! Anti-Masturbation... →
They have spent their whole lives believing that... →
They don’t see their privilege, just that they have succeeded - so that must mean they worked harder, or are smarter, or are loved better by their deity. And if they don’t, for whatever reason, its never their own fault. Didn’t get into the college you wanted? Must be cause some woman or minority took ‘your’ place. Didn’t get the promotion that someone else got...
Why the friendzone is bullshit and self-proclaimed... →
marilynstays:
angels-and-angles:
Wow, accidentally deleted my original post. Reblogging so I can keep it in my archives.
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As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…
“When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more handsome boyfriend. There is little you can do without feeling like a dick. All in all, one of the meanest...