April 2011
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[How To I.D. Genetically Modified Food at the... →
dahlias-y-rosas:
Not many consumers realize that the FDA does not require genetically modified food to be labeled. That’s because the FDA has decided that you, dear consumer, don’t care if the tomato you’re eating has been cross bred with frog genes to render the tomato more resistant to cold weather. Some consumers may not be concerned with eating Frankenfood, but for those who are, here’s how...
Help OUT/LOUD-- the largest queer women's music... →
lipstick-feminists:
Hey all! I work at the amazing women’s center at the University of Oregon and for the past ten years we have held the now-largest queer women’s music festival OUT/LOUD. OUT/LOUD strives to be a safe, fun, all-ages concert where LGBTQQI people and our allies can shake our booties and celebrate queer women artists/activist—from the raw to the sweet, honoring the herstory that...
Project Ho Lovers: A Film Made by Naomi →
lipstick-feminists:
Submitted by anaomily:
Hi Everyone,
I am making a short film about relationships between sex workers and their partners. It will contain a series of interviews where sex workers and their partners discuss their relationships and give advice to other couples. It will also have individual interviews with sex workers’ partners to talk more about their experiences dating a...
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Conversation with my Mother tonight
I haven’t seen my Mom in 17 years and moved out from living with her when I was 12. This question came after discussing various family members and addiction, abuse, resentments and bactstabbing, etc.
Mom: Can I ask you a personal question?? Is that OK??
Me: lol Sure. At this point anything is game, go ahead.
Mom: Is your wife really OK with her working and you being home to take care of...
Walk for Choice needs a Spanish translator!
walkforchoice:
Hey folks!
I’d like to get our materials and website translated into Spanish!
If you or anyone you know is a native speaker or equivalent, please email me at ravengeary [at] gmail [dot] com. This would most likely be an ongoing volunteer gig. Please reblog if you have Spanish-speaking followers! It would really help us out! Thank you so, so much.
And remember: the next Walk for...
Proposition 8 backers: Gay judge's ruling should... →
cognitivedissonance:
Can a divorced district court judge preside over divorces? How about marry people, can the judge do that? What if the judge is willfully single or happily married? What if a judge who has no children is deciding child custody? What if the judge has children but hates them? How about a judge who rents deciding anything having to do with real estate?! They’re all biased!
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Benton Harbor emergency manager strips power from... →
cognitivedissonance:
The Emergency Financial Manager of the city of Benton Harbor has issued an order stripping all city boards and commissions of all their authority to take any action. The order, signed Thursday, limits the actions available to such bodies to calling a meeting to order, approving the minutes of meetings and adjourning a meeting. The bodies are prohibited under the act from...
“The more I read the news, the less I feel I should because all it does is make...”
– Anonanimal (via jonathan-cunningham)
Good. It should make people angry. Why not channel that anger into action so we won’t have to read about such injustices (or poor journalism if that’s the case) in the future? Complacency should never be an option.
(via mohandasgandhi)
Prader scale for genital variation →
iwillnotshavemyvagina:
The Prader scale is often used to describe what a baby’s external genitals look like. At one end of the scale, the genitals look like a typical girl’s. At the other end, they look like a typical boy’s. In between, there are variations on these patterns. If a baby has a uterus and vagina, the place where the vagina opens may vary.
SEX AS A SPECTRUM! SEX AS A SPECTRUM! I...
Pennsylvania Fracking Spill Investigated By State... →
sustainable-sam:
CANTON, Pa. — Workers replaced a damaged portion of a natural gas well Monday night that had spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water into fields and a stream last week, the well’s owner said, and officials said early tests show the spill had little effect on the environment but an investigation is continuing.
“The Central Intelligence Agency’s practice of shredding and burning classified...”
– The CIA • In an Earth Day posting to their website. The fact that the CIA actually said this is much funnier than any joke we could hope to make, so we’ll just let it stand. source (via • follow)
Huh??
“What we found was that in G-rated movies, for every one female character, there...”
– Geena Davis (via reelaroundthefountain)
I will forever love her for “The Long Kiss Goodnight”. Rock on, Geena.
(via squee-gee)
Tell me again who thinks women and men are equal in America?
(via stfuconservatives)
Right?? Leaves a hole in your heart when you watch these flicks with your boy and...
The U.S.A. houses 5% of the world's population and...
iwillnotshavemyvagina:
Guess what race or ethnicity makes up the highest proportion of that U.S. prison population? (I’ll give you a hint: it’s not white)
Off white??
“Consider this: no matter what the situation, men are only required to think...”
– “Why I Want A Male Birth Control Pill” by Kyle Munkittrick (via itsjustsex)
I never though about it from this perspective (mostly because I’m female-bodied so…) but good fuckin point!
(via sexisbeautiful)
They actually have made the break through in this. The pill/patch/shot (still in testing) is...
The Abortion Monologues | Anti-Choicers don't... →
stfuconservatives:
propaganda-for-life:
prolifehypocrisy:
A somewhat silly example of pro-life hypocrisy.
Just an excerpt:
Yesterday, the clinic had to call the police (again) because the protesters had (again) violated the terms of the injunction. There were four women on the sidewalk and together they had three kids in strollers. In my world, four plus three equals seven. When told...
Watchstfuconservatives:
wtfox-:
caitz1129:
itsonreserve:
magulartheimpalor:
Angry beyond words.
Has anyone seen this Maddow segment on the Catherine Ferguson Acadamy For Young Women?
It is a school designed to help young mothers and mothers-to-be continue their education. With a severe lack of funding, they turned to growing a garden on the school property to raise money.
The girls bring...
The first MLB Player to take paternity leave is... →
Of course he is. Sports Pros are expected to miss the birth, childhood and any surgery/health situations that come up in their loved ones lives. Glad to see someone be the first to doit though, and I hope more do the same.
Kentucky Church Unanimously Votes To Stop Signing... →
stfuconservatives:
Members of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, located in Louisville, KY, unanimously voted to stop signing marriage licenses for heterosexual couples until same-sex couples are afforded equal marriage rights. The decision comes at the same time that a CNN poll shows that a majority of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriages, the fourth poll to show similar...
Your royal wedding guest name - Start with either...
the-doctor-dances:
itwasabusinessdoingpleasure:
87daysbefore:
m0leteaser:
Lord Ferdinand Spike-Hawkins
lolol i like mine
Lady Mary Chacha-Cinnamon
oh my god
Lady Mary Lady- Hill Booooring. Haha.
Lady James Tracker-Rumac.
(Didn’t say it had to be my grandmother’s name. :P)
I’m Lady Beverly Chubbs-Northway.
