February 2012
“The fact that he [Rick Santorum] is pro-life and pro-gun is very important to...”
– Mike Dewine, Santorum supporter on MSNBC
Do these people not understand how silly that sounds? (via seriouslyamerica)
“The pro-choice movement opposes forced ultrasounds because they override the...”
– The ultrasound fallacy (via iamdrtiller)
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”
– (i wish i could put this on a business card and hand it out to people who make rape jokes. the flip side would say FUCK YOU)
agree
Sometimes I see men on the feminism tag...
friendlyangryfeminist:
My self respect cannot and should not be defined by men.
Self respect isn’t defined by how many consensual sex acts I engage in, it isn’t defined in what I wear. This isn’t news to anyone who’s moved past feminism 101 and yet I need to repeat it over and over again.
fuckyeahbisexuals:
What ‘Bisexual’ Means to Me, and Why I Claim the Title
By: maria-burnham
The thing is, I didn’t always identify as “bi.” For the first 20 or so years of my life, I considered myself straight. Of course, during those years I did little actual considering all around, given that I had a boyfriend for most of the time, and that I was raised in...
ILU-486 →
socialmisadventures:
yesiac:
Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though.
an absolutely amazing short story. you need to read this.
Wow. That is a reallllllly scary future. Let’s hope it never comes to pass.
LGBT History Month icons: Alison Bechdel
pflagmom:
Cartoonist
b. September 10, 1960
“The [comic] strip is about all kinds of things, not just gay and lesbian issues—births, deaths and everything in-between happen to everyone.”
Alison Bechdel is a celebrated cartoonist and author of the long-running comic strip, “Dykes To Watch Out For.” Her groundbreaking graphic memoir, “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic,” was awarded the GLAAD...
“If vaginas disgust you then you hate women. If vaginas don’t actually disgust...”
– Misogyny in the Gay Community
THIS. behaving as if they are valuable, sure, but also behaving as if YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMMENT ON THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. because, sorry im not sorry, you dont.
(via porcupunx)
omg kerin remember living with mikal? i’d never heard so much cunt hate
“11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. I think part of the reason we have trouble...”
– Holly over at The Pervocracy with an excellent 101 post on Consent Culture. Read the whole thing.
I used to want people to chide me into doing things because in some twisted way it meant that they really did want me around (because otherwise they were just being polite). I’ve started to get past...
“So a dog walks into the forest and he sees a whale and says “aren’t you supposed...”
– A joke told by the Russian exchange student that used to go to my school (via lungs-)
“For medical experts, the appearance of external genitalia tends to be considered...”
– Regulating Middlesex by Anne Bloom, found in the anthology Fault Lines, edited by David M. Engel and Michael McCann (via reinventionoftheprintingpress)
