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fuckyeahfeminists: tell ‘em!

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:07:29 -0500

fuckyeahfeminists:

tell ‘em!

intrepidgirlblogger: By my wonderful coworker, Chris Ritter

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:05:12 -0500

intrepidgirlblogger:

By my wonderful coworker, Chris Ritter

Northern Ireland's first abortion clinic to open

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:28:23 -0400

Northern Ireland's first abortion clinic to open :

missatralissa:

sinspookycosas:

The first abortion clinic in Northern Ireland will open next week amid fears it will attract protests along the lines of violent opposition to similar facilities in some US states.

The privately-run clinic in Belfast will be run by the Marie Stopes group, which said it would offer “a wide range of family planning and sexual health services under one roof”.

It is extremely difficult to get an abortion in Northern Ireland, and pro-life groups and smaller political parties have already voiced opposition to the Marie Stopes clinic.

Jim Allister of the Traditional Unionist Voice party told BBC radio: “Where is the need for this clinic? There could not possibly be one.

“So there are ulterior motives and I suspect the ulterior motives might be to try and push the boundaries.”

Just 35 pregnancies were terminated in Northern Ireland in the past year and it is estimated that about one thousand women from the province travel to England every year for abortions.

The clinic will not have a police guard because it is privately-run.

I hope everyone there will be safe.

"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in..."

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:25:40 -0400

“I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes when they realize they’re in love. I love the way people look when they first wake up and they’ve forgotten their surroundings. I love the gasp people take when their favorite character dies. I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams. Honesty is just too beautiful to ever put into words.”

- (via robbgreyjoys)

THIS.

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brooklynmutt: Biden Says Life Better Than It Was 4 Years Ago...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:02:12 -0400

brooklynmutt:

Biden Says Life Better Than It Was 4 Years Ago But Nothing Can Touch Summer Of ‘87

(The Onion)

fyeahpolitics: I love that phrase [we the people], I really do....

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:02:01 -0400

fyeahpolitics:

I love that phrase [we the people], I really do. So much, because throughout our country’s history we have expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more of us. And that’s what it means to move forward.

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jasonsaurusrex: lupinatic: here-is-the-place: When people say...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:46:55 -0400

jasonsaurusrex:

lupinatic:

here-is-the-place:

When people say these books are children’s books, as if to demean them, I balk. These books dealt with themes that adults do not fully understand or wish to. It dealt with racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, prejudice, and general ignorance. These books taught us that it doesn’t matter how you were raised, but that you get to choose to be kind, loyal, brave, and true. They taught us to be strong under the pressures of this world and to hold fast to what we know to be right. These books taught me so much, they changed me as a person. So just because they’re set against a fantastical backdrop with young protagonists does not mean that their value is any less real.

This.

First book: Starts with the double murder of a pair of twenty-one year olds who were much missed and leaving their baby son a war orphan. A child growing up in abusive conditions that would give Cinderella the horrors. Dealing with peers and teachers who are bullies. The fickleness of fame (from the darling of Gryffindor to the outcast.) The idea that there are things worth fighting and dying for, spoken by the child protagonist. Three children promptly acting on that willingness to sacrifice their lives, and two of them getting injured doing so.

Second book: The equivalent of racism with the pro-pureblood attitude. Plot driven by an eleven year old girl being groomed and then used by a charming, handsome older male. The imbalance of power and resultant abuse inherent in slavery. Fraud perpetuated by stealing something very intimate.

Third book: The equivalent of ableism with a decent, kind and competant adult being considered less than human because he has an illness that adversely affects his behaviour at certain times. A justice system that is the opposite of just. Promises of removing an abused child from the abusive environment can’t always be kept. The innocent suffer while the guilty thrive.

Fouth book: More fickleness of fame. The privileged mistreating and undermining the underprivileged because they can. A master punishing a slave for his own misjudgment, and the slave blaming herself. A sports tournament which involves mortal risk being cheered by spectators. A wonderful young man being murdered simply because he was in the way. A young boy being tortured, humilated and nearly murdered.

Fifth book: PTSD in the teenage protagonist. Severe depression in the protagonist’s godfather, triggered by inherited mental health issues and being forced to stay in a house where abuse occured. A bigoted tyrant who lives to crush everyone under her heel, torturing a teenager for telling the truth in the name of the government (and trying to suck his soul out too). The discovery that your idols can have feet of clay after all. An effort to save the life of someone dear and precious actually costing that very same life. The loss of a father-figure and the resultant guilt.

Sixth book: The idea that a soul can be broken beyond repair. Drugs with the potential for date rape are shown as having achieved exactly that in at least one case, resulting in a pregnancy. Well-meaning chauvinism trying to control the love life of a young woman. Internalised prejuidce resulting in refusing the one you love, not out of lack of love but out of fear of tainting them. The mortality of those that seem powerful and larger than life.

Seventh book: Bad situations can get worse, to the point where even the privileged end up suffering and afraid. More internalised prejudice and ~~fear~~ hysterical terror of tainting those you love. Self-sacrifice and the loss of loved ones, EVERYWHERE. Those who are bitter are often so with a reason. The necessity of defeating your inner demons, even though it’s never as cool as it sounds. Don’t underestimate those that are enslaved. Other people’s culture isn’t always like your own. Things often come full circle (war ending with the death of a dearly-loved pair of new parents and their orphaned baby son living with his dead mother’s blood relative instead of his young godfather). Even if ‘all is well’ the world is still imperfect, because it’s full of us brilliant imperfect humans.

So… still think that Harry Potter is a kid’s series with no depth?

Baby’s day out #phillies (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:18:42 -0400

Baby’s day out #phillies (Taken with instagram)

Baby’s going to prom 🎩💚💜💙 (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:47:30 -0400

Baby’s going to prom 🎩💚💜💙 (Taken with instagram)

lucastaylorrr: Ah, yes. My philosophy exactly. my life. in gif...

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:15:39 -0400

lucastaylorrr:

Ah, yes. My philosophy exactly.

my life. in gif form.

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I think I officially lost it.

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:28:36 -0400

Three weeks from today I’m running in a 10K.

Wait, what?

Yes. You heard right 6 miles. My ass is running 6 miles.

All in the name of research and finding a cure for multiple sclerosis.

MS has hit my family hard, my mom’s partner has been living with this disease for years now and we do it for her, her sister and all of our friends who have been affected by this disease.

It’s a mudrun, which means I will be covered head to toe in gross ass grime.

But I have to fundraise, so if you are ever so inclined feel free to throw a few dollas my way. If you donate I promise to send you a picture of me caked in mud!

Here’s the link, just click my name (Caitlin Smith) and donate to my team!

https://secure3.convio.net/nmss/site/Donation2?idb=1905032225&df_id=35982&FR_ID=17514&35982.donation=form1

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Sat, 19 May 2012 11:19:41 -0400

she was so badass in this movie.

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:19:32 -0400

she was so badass in this movie.

yup sure are :)

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:38:38 -0400

yup sure are :)