February 2012
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From One Survivor to Another:... →
apparitionbasedinquiry:
“Kristen Stewart: smiling is not an obligation, professional or otherwise”
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outlaw-monarch:
I’m not terribly familiar with her acting work (I personally could not be paid to watch Twilight, and I missed [the Runaways, wasn’t it?]) but…
Not a huge kristen Stewart fan, but this is right on point.
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I always wonder if my meds are actually helping...
genderbitch:
And then I forget to take them for a few days and end up spending all day in bed and not being able to do shit.
I hear you. I felt fine after I stopped taking my meds for about a month or two after my body got used to being without it, but now that I’ve been off it for at least 4-5 months I’m back to feeling like this. Not sure how I get out of bed most days.
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“I don’t want any more vicissitudes, I don’t want any more of this...”
– Elizabeth Wurtzel
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“The truth is, sex is both more important and less important than our culture...”
– Jean Kilbourne (via frass)
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“For me, hard femme is about being tough, badass, strong, independent, dirty,...”
– On Being Hard Femme #1 (via genderfuckandsecrets)
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fuck yeah sex education: bebinn: Woman’s emotional... →
bebinn:
Woman’s emotional testimony helps kill abortion bill in Virginia Senate committee
stfuhypocrisy:
By Associated Press, Published: February 2
RICHMOND, Va. — After hearing emotionally wrenching testimony Thursday from a woman who terminated her high-risk…
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“When we consider the myriad school shootings that... →
padaviya:
“When we consider the myriad school shootings that have occurred between 1992 and 2002 (there have been twenty-eight cases), several constants stand out. All twenty-eight cases were committed by boys. All but one was committed by a white boy in a suburban or rural school. We speak of teen violence, youth violence, violence in the schools. but no one in the media ever seems to call it...
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“The “whites only” sign may be gone, but new signs have gone up — notices placed...”
– Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow (via courageuse)
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An Apology, But Not A Reversal, From the Susan G.... →
In its press release, the Komen Foundation has promised that only “criminal” investigations will disqualify potential grantees, not political ones. The original criteria (written in late 2011, possibly for the exclusive purpose of ending Planned Parenthood funding) disqualified Planned Parenthood from receiving Komen Foundation funds since it is the target of a political “investigation” [read:...
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Teaching sexual assault to middle schoolers
I have an interview on Monday for an outreach specialist position where I would be teaching about sexual assault. I have a lot of info from when I interned at RAINN and a couple other orgs, but I was hoping some tumblr friends could help me out.
Resources, ideas, and/or suggestions about effective and INTERESTING ways to teach sexual assault to middle schoolers? Any help is greatly...
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“We have anti-choice women in for abortions all the time. Many of them are just...”
– A physician at an abortion clinic (via fuckititsfriday)
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January 2012
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CANADA IS PASSING A SOPA COPY IN 14 DAYS. EVEN IF... →
itsrainingcatsandpumps:
the letter is already written, so all you have to do is click send.
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“Something’s gotta give,
it may as well be our fingers.
Touch me, ‘til my ribs...”
– Andrea Gibson (via loveyourchaos
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fuck yeah sex education: Survivor Vocabulary #14:... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
[trigger warning: sexual abuse]
A word that survivors of sexual abuse wish they could fit— a normal family, a normal sex life, a normal sleep cycle, a normal perception of the world…but eventually they start to hear other people’s stories, and they discover that…
“I’m not ashamed to ‘dress like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to...”
– Iggy Pop (via anorable
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Feminist pic of the day
pridenotprejudice:
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sleepy kisses, warm bodies.: Rape Culture →
adelicatedarling:
Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how you wear it, how you carry yourself, where you walk, when you walk there, with whom you walk, whom you trust, what you do, where you do it, with whom you do it, what you drink, how much you drink, whether you make eye…
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Project Unbreakable →
ichbinerica:
“This project was created in October of 2011 by Grace Brown. Grace uses photography to help heal those who were sexually abused by asking them to write a quote from their attacker on a poster and photographing them holding the poster. Rape survivor and advocate for victims of sexual abuse, Yvonne Moss, describes the project as a way for victims to take the power back of the words...
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