October 2011
121 posts
TW: Police Brutality *** It's been confirmed that...
loveyourchaos:
more information here
UN report says all states should provide access to... →
prolongedeyecontact:
A groundbreaking new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, was released yesterday. And it is big!!
In the new report, Grover calls for the immediate removal of all impeding restrictions to abortion, full access to modern contraceptive methods, and complete and accurate information on sexual and reproductive health.
As the International...
“My part of Oakland is full of poor people. There’s at least one murder a week....”
– @el_gallo on BoingBoing.com (via lordmoudemort)
READ.
(via offbeatorbit)
Why is everyone having babies?? And why are they all so ugly???? Facebook sucks when everyone you know loves posting pictures of their ugly babies…
STFU, Conservatives: destroythevoid asks: I don’t... →
stfuconservatives:
destroythevoid asks: I don’t really understand the whole “I am the 53%” thing. I feel as though telling everyone, “My opportunities were limited and I’ve had to work hard and be miserable to get where I am. Everyone’s opportunities should be limited like mine.” is kind of counter-productive to…
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timekiller-s:
itsthemusicpeople:
Rachel Maddow schools Mitt Romney in her man cave on how babies are made and how birth control prevents that because clearly he missed health class thirty years ago, or he’s too busy with the pursuit of his ego to to think about something that affects 51% of the people he “wants” to represent
This is beautiful.
I just...
That awkward moment when a skinny girl calls... →
And you’re just sitting there like
““Empowered” and “sexy” are not universally synonymous. That a woman is not a sex...”
– Rachel Edidin talks about portraying female superhero characters at Comic Alliance (via georgethecat)
“I was at a complete loss. American mothers and their children could apparently...”
– Brits And Americans Don’t Speak The Same Language In The Kitchen : The Salt (via npr)
Open Letter to that 53% Guy →
If a family could live a good life with one wage-earner working a 40-hour job, then the American Dream was realized. If the income from that job could pay the bills, buy a car, pay for the kids’ braces, allow the family to save enough money for a down payment on a house and still leave some money for retirement and maybe for a college fund for the kids, then we were living the American Dream. The...
Empathy test. →
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theblueboxtraveler:
ellimist:
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20) 33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42) 53 - 63 is above average 64 - 80 is very high 80 is maximum
I got an...