February 2012
27 posts
“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via mamaatheist)
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Dear Feminism:
andythenerd:
I think you’re swell and I generally appreciate what you’re doing for women. However, there’s one little thing I’d like to point out, before there’s any further confusion:
TRANS WOMEN
ARE
WOMEN
Anyway, I’m sure there was just a slight misunderstanding, and I look forward to you incorporating this fact into your future endeavors.
Hugs!
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flapjackstate:
[image: one picture of an aisle with blue toy packaging and another with pink packaging].
sparkamovement:
The issue isn’t that girls shouldn’t cook and have fun with it. It’s that we’re being told by companies, toy stores, and their marketing teams that this is the way it’s supposed to be. Girls should cook and clean (essentially playing “mom”) while boys create, destroy, and...
PUSSIES & ANKHS: Examples of White Privilege →
aprilzosia:
stfuandlistenwhitepeople:
iamsher-locked:
kaxbeokay:
iamsher-locked:
thecultofcraze:
dank-potion:
Not getting followed around in a store.
Not getting stopped by the police without probable cause.
Not getting your credentials and…
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Today in things that made me cry
Well, I nearly cried. I had to stop myself.
First I read this rather sterling piece of reporting from Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/one-towns-war-on-gay-teens-20120202
and was alternately devastated and enraged. I couldn’t form my thoughts with any kind of coherence because they were busy being assaulted by those aforementioned alternating emotions.
This...
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“What’s it like, being on benefits? Being on disability benefits – “I’ve had a...”
– Cutting to the heart of the welfare state, Caitlin Moran (via eatstarchmom)
January 2012
86 posts
sapphrikah:
Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada
ethiopienne:
empressmo:
stfuhypocrisy:
The shit hit the fan in the trans blogosphere last night, when it came to light that there is a disturbing new section in the Identity Screening Regulations used in airports throughout Canada. Simply put, Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding...
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AUTOSCOTS AUTOSTRADDLE MEET!!
Come meet some nice people. We’re the awesome queermos. I mean, all queermos are pretty awesome but we’re super awesome. ANYHOO.
SATURDAY THE 28TH OF JANUARY, 2012 THAT’S TOMORROW!!
8PM!!
PLANET OUT IN EDINBURGH!! THAT’S AT 6 BAXTER’S PLACE EH1 3AF!!
PARTNERS AND FRIENDS WELCOME!! THAT’S ALL OF YOUSE WELCOME!! SO COME ONE, COME ALL!
Seriously, it...
Alisonofagun: BREAKING: Hugo Schwyzer "Legally... →
thecurvature:
milkeemountainmama:
sexgenderbody:
dr—grumbles:
fucknohugoschwyzer:
As of this moment, legally gagged from further publicly discussing specifics of my pre-sobriety past.
-Hugo Schwyzer via his Twitter account Posted: 4:24 EST on Jan 24, 2011
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“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
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