August 2012
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squidlykitten asked: Hey, I know that this will almost certainly be lost in the shuffle, but it is, in fact, illegal to fire someone for being gay/transsexual in Salina, KS thanks to a recent campaign by some of my friends as well as others. I'm not sure about other cities. It was a pretty awesome victory though, and I'd prefer it not be overlooked!
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July 2012
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“[TW: For rape]
Such overblown rhetoric disguises the operation of a double...”
– Joanna Bourke- Rape: Sex Violence History (via girlofgallifrey)
This is something that I have been thinking about. YAY PEOPLE PUTTING WORDS.
(via joans-own-words)
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His, hers, hens: Swedes' gender-neutral push gains... →
sarahinreallife:
Sweden’s bid to ensure equality between the sexes has reached another milestone with the gender-neutral “hen” being included in the online version of the country’s National Encyclopedia.
The pronoun was officially added to the encyclopedia this month as an alternative to the gendered pronouns “han” and “hon” (he and she), according to Slate magazine.
The word, pronounced like...
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“The Telegraph, a traditionalist, center-right paper, ran commentary from foreign...”
– Brit papers blast Mitt Romney - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (via bohemiansouth)
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Bernie Sanders Exposes the 26 Billionaires who are... →
questionall:
In his new report, America For Sale: A Report on Billionaires Buying the 2012 Election, Sen. Bernie Sanders named names and called out the billionaires who using Citizens United to buy our democracy.
In front of a Senate panel today, Sen. Bernie Sanders outed the 26 billionaires who are members of 23 billionaire families that are using Citizens United to buy elections. Sen. Sanders...
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“About once every half hour in America, a veteran within the VA healthcare system...”
– For too many veterans, the ultimate defeat - Reuters
h/t @pourmecoffee
(via brooklynmutt)
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“The space that we’re looking through is 9-dimensional. If you build a...”
– Jill Tarter: A Scientist Searching For Alien Life : NPR (via nprfreshair)
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Fox News banned from broadcasting in Canada →
rabbleprochoice:
Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada’s right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.
Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.”
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NCAA hits Penn State with $60 million fine,... →
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liquidiousfleshbag:
Pennsylvania State University was fined $60 million as college sports’ governing body penalized the school for its handling of a child sex-abuse case involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. It avoided the stiffest punishment, a shutdown of the football program that was at the center of the scandal.
The school also was stripped of all its wins from 1998 through...
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"Girl Model" Filmmakers Seek Help With Educational...
documentarychannel:
You may be aware that I’m a fan of Girl Model, a new documentary from David Redmon and Ashley Sabin (whose Invisible Girlfriend has appeared on Documentary Channel in the past) about teenage recruits from Siberia seeking successful modeling careers in Japan. I caught the stunning and sometimes strange film almost a year ago at Toronto and have been blogging about it here...
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“One of the worst ways to stop someone from telling sexist jokes is to tell him...”
– If This Isn’t From a Book, It Should Be (via gaircyrch)
Oh my god, I’m gonna have to try this it’s brilliant. I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
(via stfufauxminists)
I’ve done this (it’s been so long I can’t remember what came seeing this quote or responding that way), but let me tell you...
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Stories from women who don't regret having... →
thegits:
This is important material.
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8 Hours After Quitting Smoking … What Happens To... →
ryeisenberg:
My favorite thing about this ad campaign is that it doesn’t shame smokers into quitting. It focuses on the positives of quitting instead of on the OMG LOOK AT WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO YOURSELF AND HERE HAVE A PICTURE OF SOMEONE ELSE’S DISEASED LUNGS aspect that so many campaigns seem to love.
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“I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders’...”
– Jessica Redfield (real last name: Ghawi) was shot and killed last night at a midnight screening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ along with 11 others when a gunman opened fire in a theater. The above is from her blog, written in June, after she narrowly escaped another senseless shooting at a mall in...
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“‘I have sort of a guilt feeling about being the only person in the world who’s...”
– HIV Cure Is Closer As Patient’s Full Recovery Inspires New Research (via npr) 