December 2011
189 posts
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
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“You can take somebody’s head off with a cheesecutter in films but heaven forbid...”
– Michael Fassbender on sex scenes (via vanilla-owl)
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Whether you view it romantically or platonically,...
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abbyleaf101:
file under: things that are accurate
Very accurate
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“When a person is craving weight loss, they are never craving weight loss. Weight...”
– http://www.bigfatblog.com/desire-weight-loss-never-about-weight-loss (via wut4)
Just what I needed.
(via thestate-iamin)
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“Plan B is safer than Tylenol, yet we’re putting barriers to keep young teens...”
– Susan Wood who, in 2005, resigned her job as the top women’s-health official at the FDA, claiming that the agency’s refusal to allow over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception was the result of political pressure by the Bush administration. (via iamdrtiller)
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pompadoursandpincurls:
AAA Is Aiming To Save Your Life on New Year’s Eve
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mycoffeemuse:
peecharrific:
How do you get a free ride from AAA Tipsy Tow if you drink too much on New Year’s Eve? Keep the number for AAA’s Tipsy Tow service in your pocket and if you get drunk ringing in 2012, this service could save your life. The American Automobile Association is offering free...
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a character in Doctor Who: Doctor Who?
me: ohhhhhHHHHHAHHAH YOU DID THE THING
THEY
THEY DID THAT THING WHERE THE NAME
HA
OHGOD
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“And here it is that I miss my Watson. By cunning questions and ejaculations of...”
– Sherlock’s art is vastly improved when John is there to ejaculate over it. Indeed, Sherlock hardly knows what to do with himself without a steady stream of John’s ejaculations.
From The Blanched Soldier, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Okay, yes, I also enjoy giggling over...
Partying on New Year's Eve?
Don’t drink and drive-and don’t ride with anybody who does. Tipsy Tow offered by AAA: you don’t have to be a AAA member, from 6pm-6am on New Years Eve/day, they will take your drunk self and your car home for FREE. Save this number… 1-800-222-4357. Please reblog this if you don’t mind.
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“When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you...”
– Adrienne Rich, “Blood, Bread and Poetry” (1986)
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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...
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“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is...”
– bell hooks (via cuntflavor)
kiriamaya:
Reasons to say ‘fuck you’ to the Salvation Army.
strawberryfaerie:
“The Salvation Army has refused assistance to gay couples unless they break up and “go straight”, Muslim families who refuse to attend “Christian Bible classes”, kids who can’t prove their immigration status, and more.”
Admittedly, i only skimmed the article, but this quote alone should give you a pretty good...
Ugghhhh, there’s this super annoying guy commenting on an aquantence’s Google+ post. It’s a link to an article about how awesome it would be if Helen Mirren played The Doctor (she recently expressed interest in the role.) Said guy is shitting his pants at the idea, and spouting sexist bullshit in an effort to maintain a grip on his reality.
It’s seriously pissing me off,...
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Whenever a woman says, "I hate girls; they're...
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“Look how your children grow up. Taught from their earliest infancy to curb their...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre (via petitefeministe)
The best part of this essay is when she advocates for children to be brought up with no gender-role stereotyping, and gets in some not-so-subtle digs at heterocentricism and heterosexism in the process.
Did I mention this was written over a hundred years...
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