August 2011
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Can fat people be healthy? A provocative new study shows that obese people who...
– CBS article on a new weight study via @Fatheffalump on Twitter (via shallanelprin)
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Anonymous asked: Who wrote the piece on August 8 "Let Me Tell you..."? It's amazing.
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Let me tell you some things.
I used to investigate child abuse and neglect. I...
– STFU, Conservatives: When I say I’m pro-life…
This is perfect.
(via mis-anthrop-ologie)
And I mean, I believe in stuff like this.
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Well, this made me tear up this morning.
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““Pro-life” is simply a philosophy in which the only life worth saving is the one...
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This kind of faux concern about teenage girls and sexual activity has nothing to...
– Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism (via angrywomenoftumblr)
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Patriarchy conditions men to use emotional extortion and passive aggressive...
– Are you a smart lady who has difficulty dating men because you are a smart lady? Especially a black smart lady? Read on! via the Crunk Feminist Collective (via psychotropicpolitics)
and signal boost for the safercampus tumblr!
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I really want to tag this with ‘Chair’….
(via...
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If you are a woman, if you’re a person of colour, if you are gay, lesbian,...
– Margaret Cho (via fuckyeahfemmes)
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When the cops are the rapists: The Chicago police... →
socialismartnature:
Caitlin Sheehan and Nicole Colson report on revelations about incidents of rape and sexual assault perpetrated by Chicago police—and what it will take to get justice. In May, a 22-year-old woman (who remains anonymous) filed a federal lawsuit alleging that she was raped by two Chicago police officers on March 30. After the victim came forward, it was discovered that weeks...
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Verzerrung Macht Frei: Inclusion Backfire →
verzerrungmachtfrei:
We’re all victims of some bullshit fallacy of inclusiveness. I’m tired of it. Inclusiveness is alright so long as it doesn’t entail letting the frat-boys-by-any-other-name in. If you’re some sloppy home-bro it’s time for you to leave. I don’t give a fuck about your band shirt and crusty pants. I…
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The sad truth behind London riot →
As political and social protests grip the Middle East, are growing in Europe and a riot exploded in north London this weekend, here’s a sad truth, expressed by a Londoner when asked by a television reporter: Is rioting the correct way to express your discontent? “Yes,” said the young man. “You wouldn’t be talking to me now if we didn’t riot, would you?”
The TV reporter from Britain’s ITV had...
You know how vampires have no reflections in the mirror? If you want to make a...
– Junot Diaz (via oddballsdontbounce)
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