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Cueca Sola: women < fetus

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:05:59 -0400

murder charges for killing fetuses, but not for keeping women in chains?

wonkette: Cranky Sarah Palin Did Not Want To Go To Your Nerd...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:38:46 -0400

Cranky Sarah Palin Did Not Want To Go To Your Nerd Prom, Anyway

Grifter quitter slob Sarah Palin made her own White House Correspondents Dinner joke, guys! We are going to be optimistic and speculate that she has evolved to a new level of self-awareness. Why else would she be joking about how hard “our asses” are working when everyone knows Sarah Palin doesn’t have a job?

Just kidding. As the most bitter scold in America, Sarah Palin will now remind you, on her Facebook page, that all fucking fun was cancelled the minute she was not elected to Vice President:

Yuk it up media and pols. While America is buried in taxes and a fight for our rights, the permanent political class in DC dresses up and has a prom to make fun of themselves. No need for that, we get the real joke.

(Side note: WOW PROJECTION.)

Read more at http://wonkette.com/514160/cranky-sarah-palin-did-not-want-to-go-to-your-nerd-prom-anyway#4md3YiJpJ13RRMRq.99

All panicky because no one is talking about this half-mad anger bear….

on single mothers: ugh you are the ruin of this country couldn't you just keep your legs together you dumb welfare slut

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:38:05 -0400

on single mothers: ugh you are the ruin of this country couldn't you just keep your legs together you dumb welfare slut
on single fathers: oh god you brave man raising your kid(s) all on your own that must be really hard what bitch would leave a hero like you she must be a whore

Photo

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:56:40 -0400

thearcanetheory: androphilia: “Being a woman is not a means to...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:20:19 -0400

thearcanetheory:

androphilia:

“Being a woman is not a means to humiliate and punish anyone”

After a policeman in the Iranian Kurdish town of Marivan paraded an accused criminal in traditional Kurdish women’s clothes in the streets in order to humiliate him, women marched in the city condemning the use of women’s attire as a kind of humiliation.

In support, an internet campaign of Kurdish and other Iranian men has sprung up showing men wearing Kurdish women’s clothes and messages and support. For example, this message says,”wearing Kurdish women’s clothes is not only not an insult, it is instead a great honor for us,” and goes on to describe how women stand side by side with men in every part of society and during wartime.

Support the campaign by liking the page!
زن بودن ابزار تحقیر و تنبیه هیچ کس نیست

(via Ajam Media Collective)

WOW

This is awesome

The People's Record: Reporter asks White House if US airstrikes that kill Afghan civilians qualify as 'terrorism'

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:27:27 -0400

The People's Record: Reporter asks White House if US airstrikes that kill Afghan civilians qualify as 'terrorism':

thepeoplesrecord:

Amina Ismail, a journalist at McClatchy: I send my deepest condolence to the victims and families in Boston. But President Obama said that what happened in Boston was an act of terrorism. I would like to ask, Do you consider the U.S. bombing on civilians in Afghanistan earlier this month…

I have felt so ashamed of the ongoing drone strikes while our nation grieves our dead in Boston. We are hypocrites.

moniquill: regina-and-the-dragons: Pause for a moment. Does it seem weird to anyone else that the...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:04:26 -0400

moniquill:

regina-and-the-dragons:

Pause for a moment.

Does it seem weird to anyone else that the shrinking habitat of polar bears due to global warming gets more attention than the disruption and danger posed to Inuit communities by same?

Boosting the fuck out of this because TRUTH.

That’s because polar bears are white.

psychobiddy: boston police looking for a “dark-skinned or black male with a black backpack, wearing...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:36:12 -0400

psychobiddy:

boston police looking for a “dark-skinned or black male with a black backpack, wearing a black sweatshirt”

please watch out for your brothers, fathers, sons, and loved ones

keep them inside tonight

It’s going to be a disgruntled white man - pissed about paying taxes and worried about his guns…

seriouslyamerica: TW: domestic violence quickhits: You can...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:49:56 -0400

seriouslyamerica:

TW: domestic violence

quickhits:

You can stop pretending that guns protect women now.

New York Times:

Early last year, after a series of frightening encounters with her former husband, Stephanie Holten went to court in Spokane, Wash., to obtain a temporary order for protection.

Her former husband, Corey Holten, threatened to put a gun in her mouth and pull the trigger, she wrote in her petition. He also said he would “put a cap” in her if her new boyfriend “gets near my kids.” In neat block letters she wrote, “ He owns guns, I am scared.”

The judge’s order prohibited Mr. Holten from going within two blocks of his former wife’s home and imposed a number of other restrictions. What it did not require him to do was surrender his guns.

About 12 hours after he was served with the order, Mr. Holten was lying in wait when his former wife returned home from a date with their two children in tow. Armed with a small semiautomatic rifle bought several months before, he stepped out of his car and thrust the muzzle into her chest. He directed her inside the house, yelling that he was going to kill her.

What saved Holten was not another gun, but a phone. She dial 911, then hid the phone. “The dispatcher heard Ms. Holten begging for her life and quickly directed officers to the scene,” the report tells us.

“For all its rage and terror, the episode might well have been prevented,” NYT goes on. “Had Mr. Holten lived in one of a handful of states, the protection order would have forced him to relinquish his firearms. But that is not the case in Washington and most of the country, in large part because of the influence of the National Rifle Association and its allies.”

I know that the NRA would argue that Stephanie Holten would’ve been better off had she been armed too. But exchanging gunfire with a lunatic does not guarantee success. And since her kids were present, tragedy would be all that more likely. Gun fanatics live in a fantasy world, informed by action movies, where the “good guy” always comes out on top. But in the real world, criminals aren’t automatically incompetent. Justice is a human construct, not a law of physics. In a gun v. gun confrontation, either party can lose. This is why people with guns are more likely to be shot — if I’m a criminal and someone pulls a gun on me, they’re my primary target. And of course, belief in the “good guys always win” theory promoted by the NRA causes people to take stupid risks.

The fact is that there are people who should not have guns. More guns is not the answer here, fewer guns obviously are. There are situations — and this is one — where meeting the NRA’s definition of “pro-gun” is in reality just pro-crime. Cory Holton is obviously scum. He can live without his guns.

And his ex-wife and kids would stand a better chance of living as well. A woman’s chance of being killed by an abuser increases by 700% if he has access to a firearm. That’s just a fact. And it’s a fact the NRA doesn’t want you to know, because they want to be able to sell guns and ammo to criminals like Stephanie Holton’s stalking, abusive ex-husband.

“A woman’s chances increase by 700% when her abuser has a gun” really? REALLY? So, in the human game of Rock Paper Scissors - fetus beats woman, gun beats woman; who wins in fetus vs gun?

"Women are socialized to make men feel good. We’re socialized to “let you down easy.” We’re not..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:59:56 -0400

“Women are socialized to make men feel good. We’re socialized to “let you down easy.” We’re not socialized to say a clear and direct “no.” We’re socialized to speak in hints and boost egos and let people save face. People who don’t respect the social contract (rapists, predators, assholes, pickup artists) are good at taking advantage of this. “No” is something we have to learn. “No” is something we have to earn. In fact, I’d argue that the ability to just say “no” to something, without further comment, apology, explanation, guilt, or thinking about it is one of the great rites of passage in growing up, and when you start saying it and saying it regularly the world often pushes back. And calls you names.”

- The art of “no.” « CaptainAwkward.com (via professorpinka)
This is for you…

Don’t underestimate me. Don’t take me for granted. Don’t take advantage of my kindness. Be good.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:30:11 -0400

Don’t underestimate me. Don’t take me for granted. Don’t take advantage of my kindness. Be good.

"How hard is it to be a female human being in the media? Anne Hathaway is a pretty good measure. She..."

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:22:43 -0400

“

How hard is it to be a female human being in the media? Anne Hathaway is a pretty good measure. She learned everything she could about sex trafficking and prostitution to play Fantine, and knew only too well that modern-day Fantines were probably living within blocks of the Academy Awards. As she said in her acceptance speech, ‘Here’s hoping that someday in the not too distant future the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and never in real life.’

Did that get coverage? No. Instead, the huge and expensive media beast speculated on her nipples. In a way, that makes Anne’s point. No wonder there are still Fantines, so many in the media think like pimps, traffickers and johns.

”

-
Gloria Steinem (via alittlecoconuttart)

thepeoplesrecord: gigolo-joe: thepeoplesrecord: gigolo-joe: t...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:44:07 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

gigolo-joe:

thepeoplesrecord:

gigolo-joe:

thepeoplesrecord:

Source

Actually, as one who was taught the Triangle Trade, it’s more of a description of the overall slave/rum/molasses trade between America, Europe, and Africa than a replacement for the term slavery. But the rest are pretty spot on.

After two years of heated political debate, the Texas State Board of Education spent the past week incorporating their own conservative values into final guidelines for history and social studies classes taught in the state’s public schools for the next 10 years.

Among the proposed changes were plans to “teach” children to challenge the “solvency” of “long-term entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare” and other euphemistic views of history that, for example, would remove the phrase ‘slave trade’ and refer to it simply as the ‘Atlantic triangular trade’.

Source

I know what the term ‘triangle trade’ means and was also taught all that stuff about molasses, rum &-HUMAN BEINGS TREATED LIKE LIVESTOCK industry.

What the line in the image is referencing is the above story in which the phrase ‘triangle trade’ was additionally being proposed as a term to sanitize and replace frank descriptions of slavery in U.S. education policy.

Damn, maybe I should’ve googled it…

That’s okay, it gave me the opportunity to clarify, so, thank you! :)

I become obsessed with recording everything men don't want me to. Their motivation to quiet me seems to parallel, if not exceed, their motivation to be with, in, or around me

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:10:16 -0500

I become obsessed with recording everything men don't want me to. Their motivation to quiet me seems to parallel, if not exceed, their motivation to be with, in, or around me:

Our complicit silence is necessary for the continuation of the patriarchy, but see how angry the commenters are for listing all the examples of bad behavior? She’s ugly, she lacks talent, she’s just showing off because all women actually appreciate the attention of men, irrespective of how disrespectful that attention actually is. That anger is meant to ensure our continued complicit silence…

"You think relationships are difficult? Try friendships. Try courting someone in order to convince..."

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:05:34 -0500

“You think relationships are difficult? Try friendships. Try courting someone in order to convince them to join you in some nameless, shapeless Platonic complication — forever. Convince an adult stranger that you are worth a healthy slice of their limited time and energy without the prize of sex or romance.”

- Laura Jayne Martin (via sweetleviathan)

I love this. Most people I know really only care about the romantic relationship they are in. I’ve pretty much decided that if you don’t consider my friendship to be an important part of your life worthy of time and consideration you can fuck right off.

(via fuckyeahwomenprotesting2)

You know who I mean!!

"why do you live in your body like you will be given another? as if it were temporary. you starve it,..."

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:03:22 -0500

“why do you live in your body like you will be given another? as if it were temporary. you starve it, you let anyone touch it, you berate it. tell it that should be completely different. you tug at your soft flesh, wish it thinner, wish it gone. you fall in love with those who praise the way it sighs under their hands, but who praises the way it holds up your weight, even when you are falling apart?”

- warsan shire (via warsanshire)

stfuconservatives: daniellemertina: nevver: You say Yes so...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:23:58 -0500

stfuconservatives:

daniellemertina:

nevver:

You say Yes

so to translate this:

the entire relationship needs to be on his terms, don’t ever question him or your relationship, do everything to please him

got it!

and i should be an “independent” woman but i can’t be independent to the point where i decide how i want to dress or how i want to speak or how much i want to drink. “independent” really means don’t call him on saturday night when he’s out with another girl! because that’s clingy!

got it!

This piece is such a lesson in contradictions and the expectations we place on women in society. Don’t dress like a slut, but dress sexy and always say Yes to him (rape culture). Be an independent woman, but don’t drink too much or swear. Don’t be clingy and ask where the relationship is going, but continue to do the sort of cutesy things you did at the beginning of the relationship.

Fun fact for the men out there: if this is what you want out of a woman, women probably don’t want to date you.

This.

"As younger Americans individually eschew families of their own, they are contributing to the..."

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:12:00 -0500

““As younger Americans individually eschew families of their own, they are contributing to the ever-growing imbalance between older retirees—basically their parents—and working-age Americans, potentially propelling both into a spiral of soaring entitlement costs and diminished economic vigor and creating a culture marked by hyperindividualism and dependence on the state as the family unit erodes.””

- “Where Have All the Babies Gone”, by Joel Kotkin and Harry Siegel in The Daily Beast

This hints, but only barely, at the mostly invisible work contributed by women to maintain the family unit. That work, both the emotion and physical work, is seen as dependence by the State because it inhibits women’s ability to perform paid work in a market economy. There is value in what women, as mothers, contribute to the culture and to the economy, but it is so starkly devalued - why would anyone with a choice become a mother?

jessicavalenti: Shhhh…no one tell Fox News that the “wedding...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:13:50 -0500

jessicavalenti:

Shhhh…no one tell Fox News that the “wedding kiss” picture they’re using to accompany a piece about traditional gender roles is actually of a same sex couple. (MADE MY DAY)

Congratulations! This is beautiful and I hope they have a wonderful life together

"Everything we feared about communism - that we would lose our houses and savings and be forced to..."

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:55:21 -0500

“Everything we feared about communism - that we would lose our houses and savings and be forced to labor eternally for meager wages with no voice in the system - has come true under capitalism.”

- Jeff Sparrow (via lavenderlabia)