August 2009
29 posts
I am still writing graffiti on your body.
“When somebody says, “I don’t think women should be raped for wearing short...”
– From the follow-up post to A Few Things To Stop Doing When You Find a Feminist Blog. (via wingsandfins & igather) (via alohanico) (via theawesomeashlyn) (via nothigh)
Chris Brown Is Sentenced for Attack - NYTimes.com →
A judge sentenced the R&B singer Chris Brown on Tuesday to five years of probation and six months of community labor for his assault on the pop star Rihanna
Utilitarianism(s)
U1: an act is right is and only if it promotes happiness
U2: an act is right if and only if it causes pleasure and the absence of pain
U3: an act is right if and only if it causes pleasure and does not cause pain
U4: an act is right if and only if its utility is greater than zero
U5: an act is right if and only if its utility is very high
U6: an act is right if and only if its...
Regarding the "T" in "LGBTQ"
Terminology within the Queer community is always a hot topic. I kind of like it. I recently attended a GLSEN training, where we spent much longer than our allotted time as a group trying to come up with definitions for the words “Gay,” “Lesbian,” “Bisexual,” etc.
Gender, sexual identity, being invisiblized, etc. are issues that are so individualized that it is...
We're STILL here, we're STILL Queer, They got used...
Now what?
Cost of Living: Sarah Palin is afraid Obamacare... →
“Conservatives often accuse liberals of not valuing human life. Rarely do they accuse them of valuing it too precisely.” Article by Christopher Beam of Slate.
Too often, people say “I don’t care,” when what they really mean is “I don’t mind.”
The problem, you see, is that by doing so, they give others the impression that they don’t care, even if they seriously do.
“When we speak of social war, we do so because purist class analysis is not...”
– Toward the Queerest Insurrection (possibly the best thing i’ve read in some time) (via beetx)
We take care of each other.
Scrapping a night of planned tumblewars and...
a vegan triumph →
start-anywhere:
joshuajudd:
(via noteasybeingred)
I don’t feel bad for slave-owners. I feel bad for their life-partners, their children, and others who rely on the funds they produce. I feel bad for the families who have to tighten their belts and work through the tough times. But I don’t feel bad for slave-owners.
a vegan triumph? could you be anymore totally tone deaf? this is an...
a vegan triumph →
(via noteasybeingred)
I don’t feel bad for slave-owners.
I feel bad for their life-partners, their children, and others who rely on the funds they produce. I feel bad for the families who have to tighten their belts and work through the tough times.
But I don’t feel bad for slave-owners.
Seinfeld summed up in one picture, and quite well... →
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“Feminism is not, and never has been, about putting in place “a prescriptive...”
– From Laurie Penny’s review of The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism by Ellie Levenson
(via feminision)