February 2012
41 posts
kate or die!: Some things →
kateordie:
Calling yourself a feminist doesn’t make you an extremist. It’s a cultural misunderstanding, and it’s prevalent enough that the general public shuns the term. It has a nasty reputation for extremism, for anger and vitriol towards… well, everyone. So, nobody wants to be a feminist. They’re not like those women. They’re normal people, for goodness sakes! Do they believe in equality...
Sex, Uneducated
kateordie:
This morning, I put out a call for Sex Ed horror stories from former and current teens, after reading about Utah’s decision to adopt an abstinence-only policy when it comes to teaching about sexual health. Of course, that’s ridiculous - but not as crazy as some of these testimonials. Read on, it’s fascinating.
On Periods & Other Ovarian Mysteries
“Our sex ed in biology class was...
Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
violettabellocchio:
kateordie:
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
I’m really happy to see Tumblr taking a stand on this!...
Lipstick Feminists: twelvefootmountaintroll: IOWA:... →
twelvefootmountaintroll:
IOWA: Life Sentence For Abortion Docs?
handgrenade2:
As the nation is deluged in an avalanche of bills restricting abortion access, Tea Party freshman state Rep. Kim Pearson has introduced an Iowa bill that some are calling the most radical of them all.
Among other things, the bill makes it so a doctor that performs an abortion commits “feticide” — a Class A...
I love my wife. My wife is dead. →
phonkmeister:
“In June of 1945, Arline Feynman — high-school sweetheart and wife of the hugely influential physicist, Richard Feynman — passed away after succumbing to tuberculosis. She was 25-years-old. 16 months later, in October of 1946, Richard wrote his late wife the following love letter and sealed it in an envelope. It remained unopened until after his death in 1988.” (Bellissima. Grazie...
Kidnapped for Christ: documentary about children... →
Guess what the children’s “fault” was.
February 15, 2012 : Savage Love →
My friend is a lesbian but recently started dating a gay man. They seem really happy. What does that make them? They were both really active in the LGBT community before getting together. Confused Straight Ally
You see that “B” in LGBT, CSA? It stands for “bisexual,” and it’s there for a reason. Your friend may have been B all along, or perhaps she’s just B for this one particular guy, and...
A visual walk through the Crystal Palace. →
“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 -... →