March 2012
The Self Made Men on Tumblr: Things I'm Expected... →
radtransfem:
After seeing bidyke’s remix of sanctimonioussilentagony’s list, I thought I’d sketch out the beginnings of one for transsexual folk. Improvements welcome:
Answer any and all questions about my body and my medical treatment no matter how invasive
Answer questions about…
Ira Gray - Huffington Post: Transgender... →
Kinsey Hope Can't Focus For Shit: 13 Year Old Jada... →
sanityscraps:
ladyatheist:
baddominicana:
thatmuchlove:
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester City School District Over her essay on Frederick Douglass.
ai-yo:
jumpstart-therevolution:
theafrosistuh:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday,…
"My sister lost her baby... and my state requires... →
stfuconservatives:
leeleeleelee submitted: “This is the reality of Texas’ ultrasound for abortion bill. A 30 year old Texas woman’s fetus’ heart stopped beating after 12 weeks. The options given were to wait until miscarriage, give birth to it, or to abort it (the preferred, safest option). She has to look at an ultrasound of her already dead fetus and if she looks away, she will have to...
“When she worked the streets, Yvette Gonzales said, she frequently saw other...”
– Albany Bill Would Bar Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution - NYTimes.com
Good article about no condoms as evidence legislation.
Two things, though (always! always with the critique):
There’s no mention of how the collection of condoms as evidence of prostitution is an act of profiling people of...
February 2012
Inside Clarissa Explains It All with Creator... →
pushinghoopswithsticks:
Splitsider featured a fascinating interview with Clarissa creator Mitchell Kriegman yesterday. It really shed light on how such a strong female lead, uninhibited by gender stereotypes, came to be as well as how the culture of Nickelodeon in the 90s led to the engaging shows we fondly remember today. Turns out we haven’t all just been imagining it, there was something...
“When you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore...”
– Jamie Raskin - who is now a senator in Maryland and served as floor manager of the recently passed bill allowing same sex marriage. (via abaldwin360)
BOOM.
(via tehblackbirdisincognito)
STFU, Conservatives: Why supporting Ron Paul is... →
gop-circus:
Ron Paul is racist, or at the very least, allowed racist literature to be published under his name. But to me, this isn’t the worst part about Paul as a candidate - His stances on civil liberties and economic issues when it comes to state’s rights are scary. And his supporters…
