February 2012
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“We are expected to believe that using birth control or the decision to have an...”
– Martha Plimpton, “Stop Undermining Women’s Health With Personhood Amendments and Ultrasound Laws”
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“I think we can all recognize that the “it’s a joke excuse” is the most...”
– Loose Talk: You can take your “just joking” and shove it.
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“What if we stopped focusing on the number of abortions and instead focused on...”
– Aimee Thorne-Thompson
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“if I never see you again
I will always carry you
inside
outside
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– Charles Bukowski
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“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want...”
– Ghandi
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How to Be a Good Guy on the Sidewalk →
How to help make women feel safer and more comfortable in public spaces. “[Emily] May says men can help women as a whole by ‘asking them about their experiences and offering a safe space to talk’ — she adds that many men are shocked when they find out how bad street harassment really is, and that ‘male outrage can be really comforting.’ It can be nice to know that...
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“It took a special kind of guts to be a fuckup as a woman, I thought. To say to...”
– Rachel Shukert, on Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, in You Can’t Rape a Whore: A Love Story
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“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
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“Each night, somewhere out there, people go to bed, petrified that I might be...”
– I Wrote This For You: The Grinning Fool
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“According to The Guttmacher Institute, virtually every state limits who can have...”
– “Anti-Abortion Harassment and Violence Still Stifle Access,” Eleanor J. Bader
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US on Russian and Chinese UN Veto: "Disgusting",... →
A Quick Listing of The United States’ Record of Veto Use at the United Nations (UN): 1972-2011
(Including Resolutions against Decades of Atrocities and Violations, Often Supported and/or Bankrolled by the United States)
Year + The UN Resolution which was vetoed by the United States:
1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973...
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“I have heard people suggest that because humans are natural that everything...”
– Derrick Jensen
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“Ignoring male rape not only neglects men, it also harms women by reinforcing a...”
– The Rape of Men, from The Observer
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“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not...”
– Alice Hoffman
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women spoke around 30% of the time, men perceived them as dominating the discussion. They didn’t consider it “equal” until something like 5-10% of women...
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“No.”
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.”
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“How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.”
– Sigmund Freud
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7 billion reasons to empower women →
(CNN) If fertility rates continue at expected levels, the world’s population is likely to reach 10.1 billion in the next 90 years. Based on conservative estimates, the number of people in the world should pass 8 billion in 2023, 9 billion by 2041 and 10 billion at some point after 2081.
Just take a moment to think about that. By 2100, we could have nearly 50% more people on this planet...
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“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have...”
– Howard Zinn
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“The stain of racism and sexism, is not just for people of color or women, it’s...”
– Viola Davis
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