December 2011
68 posts
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formspring.me
Ask me questions about anythinggggg http://www.formspring.me/BorderRunner
“A three-day-old human embryo is a collection of 150 cells called a blastocyst....”
– Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
Get it through your heads, people. Potentiality=/=actuality, and we don’t hand out rights based on mere potential.
(via prolongedeyecontact)
I have the potential to be a doctor! Give me a medical license before finishing school!
I have the potential to...
“No wonder some women are unconsciously passive aggressive when expressing anger,...”
– Why Women Aren’t Crazy (via lagrandefille)
I hate when people claim that women are crazy or complicated or don’t know what they want because fuck you. When a woman is vocal about her opinions, desires, feelings, you call her a bitch or crazy or hysterical. Women have been taught that the only way...
“What I hope for is a country that sees women as whole human beings whose...”
– Jessica Valenti. (via feministhistorian)
aninotannie:
Everybody needs to have a sexual bucket list
“talking about virginity is so annoying to me, and here’s why- firstly it’s used...”
– mutualaddiction responding to an ask saying she was hot because she was a virgin (via babrahamlincoln)
This is why Nicole is the best.
(via mutualaddiction)
I love it when my tumblr buddies get the recognition they deserve when they write awesome things.
(via akagoldfish)
My favorite part: I’m...
feminist historian: Female privilege? →
feministhistorian:
[TW: violence and sexual assault]
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
stfufauxminists:
brightblackdaylight:
As feminists, we tend to think a lot about male privilege (stuff like the fact that men are more likely to be bosses and CEOs and less likely to get raped), but not very much about…
this is my mind: "What is it like being a girl?" →
starmagnolia:
Not to make it sound like guys aren’t victims of rigid gender roles, too, but…
Having strangers constantly tell you you’re beautiful, but with implication that that’s really important and it’d be bad if you aren’t.
Being bombarded by messages that your body isn’t good…
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formspring.me
Ask me questions about Anytaaaang http://www.formspring.me/BorderRunner
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
feminist slut: privilege; a poem for men who don't... →
feministslut:
[TW: RAPE]
dopestdee:
privilege is simple: going for a pleasant stroll after dark, not checking the back of your car as you get in, sleeping soundly, speaking without interruption, and not remembering dreams of rape, that follow you all day, that woke you crying, and privilege is not…
“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
Exactly this. This is why I despise it when men refuse to have a conversation with me about these issues and instead play dumb.
(via ladyatheist)
This deserves to be reblogged FOREVER.
(via adventuresofporter)
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“So, just so we’re clear: a 15-year-old who had unprotected sex and knows that...”
– Teen Girls Can Suck It: No Morning-After Pill Without Doc’s Consent (via marxisforbros)
“I’m pro-choice because the personhood of a embryo/fetus is irrelevant: no person...”
– http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2011/04/im-pro-choice-because/#comments (via oceanevolution)
I just love this post so much. I want to bear hug it.
(via keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus)
WTF
http://jezebel.com/5866602/can-you-tell-the-difference-between-a-mens-magazine-and-a-rapist
laziness in the afternoon: 100 THINGS TO DO IN... →
catatonicdisasters:
1. Lie face down on the glass floor at the CN Tower 2. Sit upstairs at Union Station during rush hour 3. Skate at Nathan Phillips Square 4. Tour the Steam Whistle Brewery 5. Have a hot chocolate at Soma in The Distillery District 6. Do a bike tour of …
