February 2012
24 posts
“By definition, most families are not optimal, but society does not allow only...”
– Who Is Marriage For? - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Buffy's choice: Joss Whedon gets political | Books... →
“Whedon’s talk of abortion being a ‘painful’ decision for young women may be true as far as it goes, but such rhetoric is often code for pro-choicers who really mean it’s too painful a decision for any of us judgmental anti-choice yahoos to intrude on,” wrote Calvin Freiburger in a post entitled “Buffy the Unborn Slayer” on Live Action, which...
St. Petersburg, Russia Bans Gay Pride Events, LGBT... →
A petition against the bill with more than 262,000 signatures is online.
Uganda gay death sentence bill back on the table |... →
A bill that would make the death sentence mandatory for gay “repeat offenders” has been reintroduced in the Ugandan parliament
Sonoma County CA separates elderly gay couple and... →
It sounds like the first episode of “If these walls could talk 2”. Only problem is that that episode was set in the ’60s.
Only consolation: there is going to be a trial. I hope they get some justice.
BBC News - Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops... →
…still: life imprisonment for gays, anyone failing to report a gay person is to be prosecuted.
Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill Headed to Floor of... →
On a day of good news, some bad news.
“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– Prop. 8 overturned in California, court says state can’t ban gay marriage | The Lookout - Yahoo! News (via conundrum)
Commercializing Cancer - The Dish | By Andrew... →
And some other interesting (and depressing) facts…
The Power Of Pink, Ctd - The Dish | By Andrew... →
On the same theme:
I am sick and tired of the constant in-your-face pink ribbon brigade acting as if breast cancer is the ONLY medical problem in the world. What about a cure for cancer, period? Not just breast cancer but ALL cancer.
The Power Of Pink - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan →
A new film Pink Ribbons, Inc. (trailer above) takes this a bit further in a polemic broadside against the Komen foundation’s relentless marketing machine:
As Barbara Brenner of the activist group Breast Cancer Action puts it, breast cancer is the “the poster child of cause marketing” because of its links to motherhood and women’s sexuality. […] As well, the pep-rally mentality of...
Top 10 English Pubs -- National Geographic →
The Royal Oak, Borough, London
Situated close to the spot where the Tabard Inn in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales supposedly stood, this pub has its own pilgrims, who come to contemplate the magnificent beers of Sussex brewer, Harveys. Keeping alive the traditions of London pub life, it is a good place for that time-honored pub activity: conversation. Planning: Opening hours: 11 a.m.–11 p.m.,...
This is heartbreaking, in the best possible way. →
“The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and...”
– On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone (via grrlyboy)
Yes.
(via utopiaisbanished)
A Cat in an Empty Apartment-Wisława Szymborska →
Die? One does not do that to a cat. Because what’s a cat to do in an empty apartment? Climb the walls. Caress against the furniture. It seems that nothing has changed here, but yet things are different. Nothing appears to have been relocated, yet everything has been shuffled about. The lamp no longer burns in the evenings. Footsteps can be heard on the stairway, but they’re...
Poland's 1996 Nobel Poet Szymborska Dies at 88 -... →
January 2012
51 posts
“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before...”
– Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful thing. Can we send her flowers?
(via jaimealyse)
BOOM.
(via nerdysouth)
I think I love you, Janet Howell.
(via panamanianmoon)
Seems only fair.
(via nefariousnewt)
Indeed.
Adopted by Two Gay Dads After a Tumultuous... →
found via facebook.
“I tend to look at the LGBT community as a big umbrella of sexual otherness. And...”
– Dorothy Surrenders: Pro-choice
“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– “The Way It Was” — Mother Jones Magazine — Abortion before Roe v. Wade. (via deltumbles)
read this article, it’s 100% incredible.
(via homotronic)
Trigger Warning: Article describes molestation by a backalley abortion provider.
(via prolifehypocrisy)
Roe V Wade closed off entire wings of...
Phillip Parker, 14, Has Killed Himself | Towleroad →
A Gordonsville boy’s parents say bullying caused their son to take his own life. Phillip Parker, 14, died this week. His parents said he was constantly bullied for being gay.
