inthethickofit:

I want to pause for a minute and talk about queerness and clothing.

I want to talk about how often when folks talk about gender neutral clothing they’re talking about clothing that is traditionally seen as male clothing.

I want to talk about how despite best efforts,…

THE BODY IS NOT AN APOLOGY

smirkingbenevolence:

kateoplis:

emmtotheatt:

“We came, We saw, We destroyed, We forgot” by William Blum

An updated summary of the charming record of US foreign policy. Since the end of the Second World War, the United States of America has …

1. Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of which were democratically-elected.
2. Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries.
3. Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.
4. Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.
5. Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.

In total: Since 1945, the United States has carried out one or more of the above actions, on one or more occasions, in the following 69 countries (more than one-third of the countries of the world):

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Australia
• Bolivia
• Bosnia
• Brazil
• British Guiana (now Guyana)
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Congo (also as Zaire)
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Fiji
• France
• Germany (plus East Germany)
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• North Korea
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Panama
• Peru
• Philippines
• Portugal
• Russia
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Soviet Union
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Syria
• Thailand
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Vietnam (plus North Vietnam)
• Yemen (plus South Yemen)
• Yugoslavia

mohandasgandhi:

The first democratically elected government the CIA overthrew was actually Iran’s in 1953 through Operation Ajax. Democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadiq and his National Front Party planned on nationalizing the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now known as BP). To protect British interests, the CIA and MI6 overthrew Mossadiq, reinstalled the Shah, and set up a secret police known as SAVAK. Until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the Shah and SAVAK killed over 20,000 Iranians.

True story.

Making the world safe for democracy…

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anothergirlontheirt:

blurintofocus:

r0bertbrowniejr:

Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.

She explained to him in the store that they were really made for girls. Sam then told her that he didn’t care and that…

Click and read, click and read.  Although perhaps the part where he was most excited they were “made out of Zebras” is off-putting. ;)

All cute awwws aside who has time to worry about gender norms when Sam is so OBVIOUSLY a future zebra poacher?!!!! :)

This is cute and sweet.

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Sent out a message earlier in the week about the screening12th and Delaware. If anyone in the RVA area is interested in helping this campaign move forward (involving the screening and educating the public), please fill out your availability in the doodle link below for the week of the 13th.  I’d like to organize a general interest meeting so we can plant our feet.

http://doodle.com/tv8n4qvffdbznhwr

Look forward to meeting you all.

Interested in eradicating sexual injustice? Post or message me to get involved in our screening of the film 12th and Delaware. We also need help organizing educational sessions on campus.  Our goal is to educate women (and men) about the truths of Crisis Pregnancy Centers and they way they misrepresent themselves to women experiencing unintended pregnancies.  We don’t care whether you’re prochoice or antichoice - we can all agree that misleading women is wrong.  #TruthFail at VCU

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

somewhitenonsense:

stfuandlistenwhitepeople:

Shut the fuck up and listen

That’s all I’m asking. I’m not expecting you to understand all of this right away, I don’t expect you to change overnight. All I’m saying is, “Shut the fuck up and listen.”

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fuckyeahfeminists:

stardustevolution:

THE AMERICAN DREAM ..RIGHT??!!

If you live in GA or know one of your followers does please re-blog this. Ill be posting more information from SPARK (events, updates) as we get them concerning HB 653 and our efforts to stop shackling. Please visit the links below and pass them along.

“On April 14, 2011, our anti-shackling bill, HB 653, was introduced and will be reviewed during the 2012 legislative session. This is the first pro reproductive justice bill introduced in Georgia in 4 years”

- http://sparkrj.org/content/

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9041527/SJTA/Legislate%20THIS/SPARK_RESOURCE_INTERACTIVE_rev_02182011.pdf

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