July 2010
“Miller, an independent journalist, was on her way to the jail solidarity protest...”
– ‘I will not forget what they have done to me’ - thestar.com
20 people arrested at the G20 tell of inhunmane treatment at the hands of police
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Please, tell me that rape isn’t about power.
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I am gonna...
In which I take issue with Twilight
ilykadamen:
starsgowaltzing:
Not because of the shitty writing, ridiculous plot, Mary Sueisms, abusive psychotic characters, gaslighting, or any of the usual (legitimate) complaints but because I have issue with the Cullens hunting animals.
Especially Mr Sparkle himself. Your favourite meal is mountain lion? Really?
WHY WOULD YOU HUNT AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, YOU KNOBJOCKEY?
Just eat the...
“As these detention centers demonstrate, this isn’t a fluke. This isn’t certain...”
– G20 police used imaginary law to jail harass demonstrators and jailed protestors in dangerous and abusive “detention center” - Boing Boing (via garconniere) (via ihatethismess)
"Using abortion as a form of birth control"
ihatethismess:
sluthaditcoming:
thecurvature:
The above phrase, a common one from anti-choicers, grates on me more than perhaps any other in the English language. It’s not for the ideological reasons you may initially assume — there are ideologies that annoy me far greater than the idea that “using abortion as a form of birth control” is a bad thing to do — but a linguistic one.
Because do...
June 2010
Rape of Iraqi women →
sexartandpolitics:
clingtomymouth:
qexwejbey:
sliqa:
The leaked Public Affairs Guidance put the 101st media team into a “passive posture” — withholding information where possible. It conceals presence of both child victims, and describes the rape victim, who had just turned 14, as “a young woman”.
No words.
massive photographic trigger warning
Sy Hersh has said there is video of rape...
Johnny Depp as The Doctor in a big screen,... →
thetardis:
squishie:
toclafane:
justblaaaahhhhh:
alwaysyou:
lastofthetimeladies:
pandoricastrawberry:
starsholdyourfire:
anescapedfish:
What? WHAT? WHAT??
Wat.
THE ARTICLE WON’T LOAD FOR ME BUT WHAT
Holy…what???
RTD would be behind this.
Who’ll be the American ~Rose?
*sways*
This is a joke, isn’t it?
WHAT THE FUCK EVEN-
America, please, please, please...
Size Matters →
jadedhippy:
ilykadamen:
There are genuine medical risks involved with CAH (including sterility), as with many endocrinological disorders, but Dr. Dreger’s research has shown that some medical professionals are mostly concerned with those characteristics that don’t fit in with current ideas of appropriate feminine appearance and behavior. These docs are touting dexamethasone as a way to...
“Sexual harassment of women and queer people. We heard many first-hand accounts...”
– Maisonneuve | Appalling Conditions at the G20 Detention Centre (via illegalsoul) (via dorianisms)
“Amnesty International Canada is calling for an independent review of the...”
– CBC News - Toronto - Amnesty calls for summit security review
Nine. Hundred. People.
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I highly doubt those 900 people were vandals.
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Of course not. This fascist mass arrest tactic first appeared in the US recently in NYC in 2004, when 1800 people were swept off...
clingtomymouth:
General Stanley McTerror: The Shocking Admissions the Media Treated as Unremarkable « ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY
There is the nighttime war, the shadow war, part of the other war being fought in Afghanistan, away from media embeds, emerging from far flung forward operating bases and camps, dropped in by helicopter, evading the light of day. Those many NATO and Pentagon photos in...
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See this?—It’s totally ugly, right? But your tits will not MOVE. If it’s honestly too hideous (it is very hideous), then I’d bet their cami style works well too, although that one I cannot vouch for personally.
Also worth the cost because with proper care it’ll go 1-1/2…
I clicked the links and have been digging through pages and pages of bras.
Thank you so much,...
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ilykadamen:
chelle-shock:
ilykadamen:
fauxrealtho:
Now accepting sports bra advice for ladies with big racks.
See this?—It’s totally ugly, right? But your tits will not MOVE. If it’s honestly too hideous (it is very hideous), then I’d bet their cami style works well too, although that one I cannot vouch for personally.
Also worth the cost because with proper care it’ll go 1-1/2 to 2...
When Police Stick to Phony Script →
dorianisms:
Catherine Porter, The Toronto Star
“It’s the same lies every single protest,” [Naomi Archer] says. “It’s justification by law enforcement for their violent actions. This is a propaganda war.”
“For the most part, the majority of the protesters were peaceful and were trying...”
– Protesters, police clash at detention centre - CTV News
so. long story short: it’s the anarchists fault. and anybody who is hurt have the *anarchists* to blame, not the police that randomly snatch people and carry them away, bash them with their batons, ram their bikes into them, etc etc etc. it’s...
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peeve
thingsimreading:
when someone posts something about a situation that affects(ed) a specific place & people and a bunch of the people reblogging it do not in any way reference that reality but instead raise how the same thing has happened elsewhere (usually naming & giving specifics of their “pet” country/region/group).
yes, it happens elsewhere too.
yes, it’s great that you make the...
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich...”
– E. O. Wilson
Q.E.D.
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I find some strange comfort in that thought…its hard to explain why. Year ago it would have saddened and scared me, but I think now its nice to have a reminder that no matter how high we think we are in the scheme of things, human beings are...
“On Sunday June 27th 2010 at approx 1:30pm I was walking with a friend on Dundas...”
– A friend of mine, via Facebook. (via dorianisms)
So, for anyone wondering what fascism looks like, it looks like this. And I’m not saying that to single Canada out as a country; this and worse can and does happen everywhere.
Dorian, love to you and to your friend for sharing this. I’m so sorry. ...
“An American academic once told me: “Many people in the Islamic world think...”
– The roots of Israeli exceptionalism (via so-treu) (via chaichangechaos) (via clingtomymouth)
“i am not actually “smarter” than anyone. unless that anyone is a politician. or...”
– ~ me (via thingsimreading)
well, by “smarter” I mean “has articulated a wonderful point in ways I didn’t even consider” which you do regularly :D
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Fuckin Hell.
nezua:
I’m dealing with some Christing feelings here. That bike was my car. It was my freedom. It was no luxury. But worse? Dude walked right next to my living space, right next to my home and harmed me. Stole from me. While I was unguarded, relaxing, oblivious.
I feel watched. Violated. Not entirely safe. Furious. I want to hurt someone. I may not. Dealing with some feelings.
That was me...
Why not? →
(Image descrpition: A baby primate of the gold/orange and very furry variety [anyone that knows the exact name feel free to let me know!] clinging to an adult. Looks like the Firey’s in The…
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ihatethismess:
elledark:
“Don’t Taze My Granny” !
But they did. American police have been accused of tasering an 86-year-old bed-ridden grandmother in what is just the latest episode in the never-ending horror story about the stupidity and sheer bone-headed brutality that characterises police use of tazers.
In this case Lonnie Tinsley called the emergency services to...
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ihatethismess:
clingtomymouth:
on language, and body, and fear — Feministe
Cover it up. Some people have the right to wear certain clothes. She can’t pull that off. I can’t pull that off. You’re lucky you can pull that off. It’s a conditional right, based on your ability to please strangers. You owe it to strangers not to offend them by wearing what you want to wear. We have the right to...
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My thoughts on the Spanish Burqa Ban
dorianisms:
thingsimreading:
kissestokashmir:
A bare outline
1. Men liberating women from ‘oppressive garments’ is bullshit. Men cannot liberate women and should quit insisting that their actions are with the purpose of doing so.
2. Women who wear niqab/hijab do not exist in a monolith. They are not ALL oppressed. Yet those who wear it for cultural or religious reasons are ignored, in...
Readings on Cultural Respect - by NDNs →
ilykadamen:
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I have a few family members who engage in that New Age selective appropriation of various POC traditions shit. Its bits of things from India, bits of Indigenous American traditions, and some dianetics all mashed together. Unfortunately, they are also people that subscribe to the “if you think it, it will exist” school of thought, who like to...
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich...”
– E. O. Wilson
Q.E.D.
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I find some strange comfort in that thought…its hard to explain why. Year ago it would have saddened and scared me, but I think now its nice to have a reminder that no matter how high we think we are in the scheme of things, human...
“To that end, the notion that “we” are practicing non-violence when “we” partake...”
– “Our western privilege is the legacy of historical violence” | Jewbonics (via clingtomymouth)
This is something I’ve been chewing over in my head. Lots of people I know like to reference “passive resistance” as a reason for doing…nothing. I mean, we can’t expect...
“You don’t get to put on your culpability hat when it’s fashionable, and take it...”
– A Coupla Things | Fugitivus
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“So Bullock’s a hero. While black women are belittled for being single mothers,...”
– Sandra Bullock, Transracial Adoption, and the Worship of White Motherhood | Women’s Rights | Change.org (via clingtomymouth)
REAL TALK
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“First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So...”
– Carlos Santana (via mystifiedandsublime) (via thingsimreading)
My dad took me to go see him in concert with Buddy Guy when I was 11 or 12. I was a lucky, lucky kid.
Fat Issues
clitorisaurusrex:
sweaterves:
definatalie:
ilovefat:
orchidaceae:
Today was a difficult day.
In my Women, Food and Culture course we watched a documentary on the dance troupe Big Dance and basically the movie threw me into an anxiety attack. I knew at the start of the course that we would eventually be discussing weight- and fat-related issues and that it would probably be difficult...
The Savvy Networker →
thingsimreading:
abagond:
borednschooled:
If you’ve been job hunting for a while, it’s likely that nothing can shock you. Still, these job-search realities may give you pause. The 2010 job market is different from what many of us are used to, and some job-hunt tactics that used to work well are now ineffective (or should at least be reexamined). These six points represent the new reality—is...
Tiara the Merch Girl: Relevant Life Lessons of the... →
being reflected back to me from an unexpected source.
If you’re going to wait to be absolutely certain, or even almost-absolutely certain about something before proceeding, you’ll probably be waiting forever. At some point you’re going to need to decide whether you will proceed even with some…
I found #1 to be completely relevant to every phase of my life. Its something I am working...
“Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with the US secretary of defense, Robert gates,...”
– Barak: Shalit only Gaza resident in need of humanitarian aid - Israel News, Ynetnews
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Not surprised. Sickened, but not surprised. A fairly common statement from the Israeli government, that is backed up by their actions. They truly believe that one of...
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On Dismissing Sexual Violence Against Some Women... →
dorianisms:
thecurvature:
So about that link I posted earlier? Turns out I had a lot to say, after all.
A European woman readily, easily dismissed the idea of rape against African women as a genuine security threat. Never mind that Congolese women are routinely killed by rape, or permanently disabled by rape (usually without access to medical care, no less). Never mind that Congolese women...
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Fuck Yeah Yoko Ono: Question: What do you advise... →
guerrillamamamedicine:
zuky:
thingsimreading:
so-treu:
materialworld:
Question: What do you advise to emerging artists in the face of a world that dismisses the arts? Being Yoko helps in being taken seriously. Yoko: Being me did not help to being taken seriously. Even now, the number of people who even know that I am an artist is very, very small. It is inspirational and encouraging to...
clitorisaurusrex:
pigisapig:
Supreme Court upholds terrorism support law
hoaxzine:
“The Supreme Court has ruled that human rights advocates, providing training and assistance in the nonviolent resolution of disputes, can be prosecuted as terrorists.”
Charming.
“As 5-year-olds, the children who had been spanked were more likely than the...”
– The Long-Term Effects of Spanking - TIME (via apsies) (via ihatethismess)
i will not go quietly
zuky:
jhameia:
yiduiqie:
I made a post! It is about fierce Chinese ladies! You should read it.
awesome chinese ladies part one: i will not go quietly
Recently Tiger Beatdown had a post up about Sei Shonagon, then just this week Isabel wrote about the Disney version of Mulan. These are posts about two of my favourite Asian ladies of all time! Sure, there is some speculation as to whether...
Human foetus feels no pain before 24 weeks, study...
clitorisaurusrex:
naomiwaxman:
The human foetus feels no pain before 24 weeks, according to a major review of scientific evidence published today. The connections in the foetal brain are not fully formed in that time, nor is the foetus conscious, according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The findings of two reports commissioned by the Department of Health strike a...