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December 2011
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France to vote on outlawing prostitution →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
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fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Fucking ass-backwards business going down on the continent…
Today French MPs will be discussing making prostitution a crime punishable by six months’ imprisonment (and a €3,000 fine for those caught buying).
One Paris sex worker, Christiane, comments:
“It’s just blah, blah, blah, because there’s an election coming up. They’ll...
Obama the Patriarch →
lookoutsideyourself:
I usually stay away from commenting on Obama’s presidency because, to be honest, I was just a kid during all the previous presidencies I’ve lived through and really have no comparison to make.
However, a recent statement by Obama has caused me to come out of my apolitical cave and rage. After the FDA made a recommendation that Plan B One-Step, a form of emergency birth...
November 2011
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October 2011
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from my newsfeed
“i had to repost this just because it is soo true(:Yes, I’m a girl. I push doors that clearly say PULL. I walk into a room and forget why I was there. I count on my fingers in math. Yes, i talk with hand motions. I say it is a long story when it’s really not. No, im not extremly girly or prissy. Give me directions and i will always have a better way. I try to do things before the...
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Stéphane Hessel on the spirit of the French resistance, democratic values and why now is the “time for outrage.” What a sweet & humble guy!
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September 2011
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Gielows Go East: Nous sommes tous Troy Davis →
gielowsgoeast:
I just got back from the Troy Davis rally at Place de la Concorde. There had to have been between five and six hundred people there, all carrying signs emblazoned with “Sauvez Troy Davis” slogans. The speakers were plagued with all sorts of technical difficulties (like every rally I’ve ever been…
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Watchgielowsgoeast:
Here’s a reality check, lest you think I’ve been sitting here nomming on caraibos and forêt noires all day. Troy Davis is slated to be executed by lethal injection tonight at 7:30. The death penalty has never been my issue and I’ll admit I haven’t followed this case as closely as I should have, but I’m about to leave for a protest rally that’s being held a few blocks away. That’s...
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France's burqa ban: women are 'effectively under...
gielowsgoeast:
French politics are still somewhat incomprehensible to me, but I’ve picked up on enough to know that I am as firmly entrenched on the political left here as I am back home. I don’t have enough time to explain in detail, but this article gives some idea of the brand of French nationalism that animates the right wing. Thanks but no thanks.
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Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP... →
For much of the American mainstream, there’s very likely an assumption that voters can choose between a center-left party and a center-right party, because this assumption was generally accurate for several generations. It’s past time for the mainstream to realize this is simply no longer true. Those who have any doubts should apparently talk to Mike Lofgren. - Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
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Don't Let Your Kids Watch Chaz Bono On 'Dancing... →
unbelievable.
reallyfoxnews:
Dr. Keith Ablow, resident Fox News bigot psychiatrist, for round three of transgender bashing. Please go read the entire article.
Chaz Bono, the “transsexual” woman who underwent plastic surgery and takes male hormones in an effort to appear to be a man, and who asserts she is a man, will appear on the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars”, according to...
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“The test of how racist you are is not how many people of color you can count as...”
– Deeply Embarrassed White People Talk Awkwardly About Race
(via so-treu)
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First 'fetal pain' lawsuit filed in Idaho →
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my brother and I are blogging from Europe →
August 2011
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UK feminists: Take action against mandatory... →
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100 Interviews: #1: SARINA DUVALL - "Someone who... →
100interviews:
I have never fundamentally disagreed with anyone I like more than Sarina Duvall. This can only end in a screaming match, I think, as soon as I spot Sarina’s burgundy Mitsubishi in the parking lot of the train station. We’re in Pt. Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. In the car, I can hardly get…
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“I don’t see what else they could have done…they... →
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
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“People are entitled to their own opinions but they are not entitled to their own...”
– Senator Pat Moynihan
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WatchAn aspect of reproductive freedom that doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
WatchCalled out. Glad I wasn’t the only one who found that cover to be in incredibly poor taste.
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Get Out The Vote, Wisconsin!
wisconsinforward:
Need to register? You can still register on election day! Here’s info on how to do so. Also, check out this great 1-page info sheet with all sorts of info.
Not sure where to go? Find your polling place here. Polls are open from 7am -8pm.
Questions? Problems? Need to file a complaint? You can call the ACLU’s Election Protection hotline: 866-687-8683.
On, Wisconsin!
The tea party just cost you $322 →
That’s the latest cost of their incoherent national tantrum — $100 billion in increased financing costs for which America gets nothing in return. That works out to $322 for every man, woman and child in the United States.
So the Tea Party just cost you $322. They just cost my family $1,288.
You don’t get anything in return for that $322, nor does my family get anything in return for that...
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The Supreme Court's Painful Season →
or why I want to pursue a career in conlaw
“The current standard for upholding a law or practice rooted in gender difference is somewhere between “rational basis” (where just about any government rationale will do) and “strict scrutiny” (where the government has to show it really knows what it’s doing). If they [Kagan, Sotomayor, Ginsburg] can get a couple of men on their side (hello,...
“That is a medical problem!”
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Sean Hannity, defending the medical coverage of male enhancement products, while insisting that birth control is not “a women’s health issue” and should not be covered by insurance without co-pays.
Pregnancy, however, is a medical condition liberal propaganda.
(via reallyfoxnews)
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WatchWhat could be better?
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Darling Wrong About When She Left Planned... →
Interesting that Darling served ten years on the Board of the organization she is now actively defunding. Guess that’s what happens when you use women’s health as a political pawn. 12,000 women in rural Wisconsin communities go without basic healthcare so that she can continue to revel in her conservative darling status. Hope she’s sleeping well at night.
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