March 2010
10 posts
i don't care how cliche it is...bob dylan's... →
“Within the gay community so many leaders want acceptance from polite society. I...”
– Exclusive: Lt. Dan Choi on His Arrest Over DADT - Newsweek.com
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“The question of “was it rape?” does not depend on an alleged victim’s actions...”
– Trial for Officer Accused of Rape Invokes Victim-Blaming Myths : The Curvature (via clingtomymouth) (via robot-heart-politics)
It’s been a damn long time since I’ve been on tumblr. However, I have a good excuse. I’ve been damn busy with school work and securing my future. For those who are interested, I’ve been accepted to an internship at my local women’s shelter next semester and I will receive credit hours for it! Also, (and this is a big fucking deal) I’ve been accepted to the...
Rabble: What The US Health Care Reform Bill Means... →
First off, we need to talk about the Hyde Amendment: Basically, after Roe v. Wade was ruled on by the Supreme Court, abortions were covered by Medicaid until Henry Hyde (a senator) proposed an amendment to restrict public funding for abortions in the United States. This amendment is voted on…
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you...”
– Mahatma Gandhi (via secrets0ciety) (via soulabstracts) (via crossingborders)
February 2010
38 posts
“…freedom to create and to construct, to wonder and to venture. Such...”
– Eric Fromm
“The oppressed suffer from the duality which has established itself in their...”
– Paulo Freire
Pedagogy of the oppressed - Google Books →
I read the first chapter today. Good stuff.
ihatethismess:
Janis Joplin - Piece Of My...
Corporations Ain't People: Top 10 Responses →
ihatethismess:
1) “If corporations are ‘people’ then HEY it’s time to re-institute the draft…” —ddeclue, Democratic Underground
2) “Corporations are legally people. And it makes sense, folks. They do everything people do except breath, die, and go to jail for dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson River.” —Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
3) “A corporation has no soul to be...
BBC News - G7 nations pledge debt relief for... →
How the U.S. could help Haiti |... →
Dewey's Creative Democracy →
tiredofbeingignored-deactivated asked: What personal experience made your realize that things were not equal?
Watchschmolitics:
soupsoup:
Full, unedited Jon Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly interview.
Yesyesyes I’ve been waiting to watch this until an unedited version came around.
Watchinothernews:
fatmanatee:
Samantha Bee investigates the important issue of male inequality.
“When do you start masturbating?”
Can't sleep. Ask me questions. Entertain me. →
“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering...”
– Leo Tolstoy (via adamquinn)
“So take right now, for example, there is a right-wing populist uprising. It’s...”
– Noam Chomsky (via adamquinn)
“You would rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer,...”
– Dead Prez (via newleft)
ihatethismess:
Children as Victims:
1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be victims of sexual assault before the age of 18;
61% of all sexual assaults occur before the victim reaches 18;
Over 85% of all sexual assault involves someone the child knows.
Teens as Victims:
1 in 5 teens who regularly socialize on the Internet have encountered a stranger who requested cybersex;
83% of...
“Feminism, to me, is all about the idea of being equals. But have you ever...”
– What My Father Taught Me About Feminism (via ihatethismess)
and men are the victims of patriarchal society just as much as women.
kimbrulee asked: What are some of your favorite Feminist films?
eightsixteen-deactivated2010042 asked: What do you like the most about yourself?
crossingborders:
“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
crossingborders:
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” — Mahatma Gandhi
“The rise of wages therefore is confined within limits that not only leave intact...”
– Karl Marx, Capital, volume I (via newleft) (via fyeahsocialism) (via ihatethismess)
ask meh a question →
you wanna know what really pisses me off?
it’s when someone asks you a question and then refuses to let you speak by talking over you. kinda like what o’reilly did to jon stewart. actually, it’s exactly like that.
“By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don’t think you can...”
– Phyllis Schlafly (via atrapforfools) (via ihatethismess)
bullshit.
“As usual, the self-delusional rhetoric from the pro-lifers serves to obscure the...”
– Super Bowl = Patriarchy | Reclusive Leftist (via smart-tart) (via ihatethismess)
Greensboro Woolworth Sit-In: The 50th Anniversary →
From The Finish Line To The Gender Line : NPR →
“The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, ‘Senator, we...”
– Sen. John McCain to an audience of Iowa State University students in October 2006.
McCain Flips Again | The New Republic (via think4yourself)
Top Officer Calls For Ending 'Don't Ask' Policy :... →
January 2010
63 posts
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
– Howard Zinn (via lovealesia)
“The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political...”
– Howard Zinn, author and historian
The world lost an incredible person today.
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