December 2011
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“Ask ten adults to define a slut and you’ll hear things like: a woman who has sex...”
– Emily Maguire- Princesses & Pornstars (via missrockmeup)
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“Doctors in emergency rooms have no right to refuse to provide medical care to...”
– Erin Gloria Ryan, “Nurses Fight For Their Right To Refuse Women Care”, Jezebel.
(emphasis mine)
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November 2011
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Watchtheangryblackwoman:
i hate the fact that nickelodeon cancelled taina and the brothers garcia
What HAPPENED TO HER??? I LOVED this show!
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The Womanifesto: THIS BLOG IS NOT RON PAUL... →
paxamericana:
Ron Paul wants to define life as starting at conception, build a fence along the US-Mexico border, prevent the Supreme Court from hearing cases on the Establishment Clause or the right to privacy, permitting the return of sodomy laws and the like (a bill which…
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Conflict-free diamonds. →
the-womanifesto:
My boyfriend is really against buying diamonds because of how much trouble they cause globally (see conflict diamonds.) He says that if he were to propose to me, it wouldn’t be with any kind of precious stone. So of course all I can picture is him giving me one of those flower rings I used to make when I was a kid.
But here is a website with eco-friendly and conflict-free...
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occasionally pensive: The Case of Reggie Clemons:... →
yepdeesaidit:
Reggie Clemons is a 33 year-old African-American man sentenced to death in Missouri after an unfair trial biased in favor of execution. Reggie’s case is filled with many injustices, including police brutality, gross prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective defense counsel. Reggie was sentenced to death for the 1991 rape and murder of two young women, who drowned after plunging...
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“The mainstream media is ripe with oversexualized images of women of color, and...”
– Samhita Mukhopadhyay’s Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life
Found via: Racialicious
(via newwavefeminism)
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The War on Children: Sex Education in America →
newwavefeminism:
While this isn’t a new topic, our country is STILL fucking up when it comes to sex education.
Or perhaps this issue really bothers me because I grew up in the south where they were MILITANT with their abstinence only education… Every single year we were told to take our virginity and keep it locked in a “special box” or some weird shit…
from the article:
The battle over sex...
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Homelessness Statistics USA →
newwavefeminism:
submission from karikariquitecontrary:
This is a reliable site with some straight statistics on homelessness in the United States. I recently prepared a presentation on this topic, though most of it was done on French websites because it was for my French class. If you happen to know French, check out “La Monde” it has an article on homelessness. I would submit my...
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In Our Own Voices: African American Stories of... →
newwavefeminism:
a VERY interesting read!
From the intro:
This guide is divided into four sections:
• Chapter I will provide some historical highlights regarding African-American survivors and mentalhealth treatment in America.
• Chapter II will explore the themes shared in the oral histories collected in this initial phase of the project and provide a guide to collection oral history in...
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Watchmageofd00m:
elizzibeth:
devils-in-my-head:
xenons:
kingofshoottheshit:
shoulderblades:
nzafro:
My grandfather died and left my family this video will. R.I.P papi.
exactly how i want to go out
jesus
LOL.
i expected everything except this
This is going to be me.
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“Labels are mentally lazy ways by which people assert they know you without...”
– Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
African-American Atheists - NYTimes.com
(via think4yourself)
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If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet... →
projectqueer:
Harvey Milk was shot and killed 33 years ago today.
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Always want to go to the Sistine Chapel but can't... →
progressivefriends:
Finally, the vatican does something right.
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