March 2012
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URGENT: Google privacy policy change
holdontoyourassbutts:
Just got this in an email
In just a few hours, new policies will take effect at Google, endangering your privacy.
Tech publication Gizmodo reports, “things you could do in relative anonymity today [like your web searches], will be explicitly associated with your name, your face, your phone number come March 1st.” And this applies retro-actively if you don’t act...
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February 2012
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Santorum Obliquely Suggests Obama Worships Earth,... →
This weekend, the GOP hopeful insisted that the president holds earth above God. But what does the Bible tell us about stewardship, asks Kirsten Powers.
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Why I'm okay with "born this way"
sidneyia:
There has been some pushback lately against the concept of “born this way” as a rallying cry for queer people. I’d like to go on the record as a queer person who finds the idea of “born this way” very useful, even empowering. There are a couple of reasons for this; one is highly personal, and the other has to do with the way science is understood and discussed in the public sphere.
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French Socialist Party presidential candidate...
golden-zephyr:
In a February 12 interview on Canal Plus TV, François Hollande, Socialist Party candidate for president in the upcoming elections, proposed as a “solution” to the presence in France of Roma European Union (EU) citizens “the creation of camps … to accommodate them”.
The association of a “solution” in relation to specific racial groups with special camps can only bring to mind the...
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A cautionary tale for Chris Brown fans (and...
drdonnaatx:
When I was 19, I married my high school sweetheart. He had never hit me in anyway. Never had yelled at me. He was in the Navy and we moved nearly 1000 miles away from home. We had been married one week when he first slapped me. I forgave him. We had been married about a year when he first punched me in the stomach. I forgave him. After about a year and a half it became common for him...
Please sign and pass along: Save the Coral Sea —... →
In less than 48 hours, Australia could save one million square kms of ocean forever — setting up the largest marine reserve in the world and preserving thousands of delicate species. But they will need a global outcry to beat out commercial fishing and mining companies hoping to destroy the plan. The Australian government is holding a public consultation, hoping it will give them a mandate...
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An Amazingly Well-Written Article: I'm Not Ok With...
exsraus:
vladdraculea:
vladdraculea:
theanxiouswriter:
by Sasha Pasulka
I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys.
I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich...
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FREE AND CHEAP DRUGS YA'LL
holdontoyourassbutts:
Hey Tumblr, if you’re poor, under-or-unemployed, and/or uninsured, you can probably get free drugs directly from the manufacturers.
Yeah, free. Like seriously all you pay for is maybe the doctor/nurse visit you’ll probably need to go to for the prescription.
The basics, because every program is different:
You need:
to fill out a buttload of paperwork, which is a pain...
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An Amazingly Well-Written Article: I'm Not Ok With...
vladdraculea:
theanxiouswriter:
by Sasha Pasulka
I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys.
I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich and powerful old white men in...
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“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
Oh my god, this… THIS. It is THIS mentality that is the beginnings of abuse culture, especially for young girls. I was told that shit when I was young. We TRAIN our girls to think that assholish...
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One of the scariest things about being an Ace in a...
asexualeducation:
I’ve always wanted a younger sibling. When I was a teen, my cousins lived with us. Eventually they’d gone home and I was a lonely only child again. Unfortunately when I was around 20-21 my maternal instincts decided to make that feeling worse. The fact that we’d moved to a new state and I had no friends didn’t help - since every time I’d meet anyone interesting they’d soon...
Watchneil-gaiman:
Just watch this. (If it lets you watch it where you are.)
“You’ve confused a war on religion with not always getting everything you want.”
inflateablefilth:
mstashers:
thisvyvyy:
Abortion really has nothing to do with God. Abortion has to do with someone taking another person’s life into his or her own hands. Abortion has to do with ending an innocent life. Abortion has to do with disregarding someone’s rights. Abortion has to do with making the excuse that the child is not a “person” because he or she is still in the womb....
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Gleeful Exaggeration #9 (TMI)
aseofspades:
WARNING: If talking about menstruation disgusts and/or offends you, click the back button or close the tab now. Read no further, and for God’s sake do not read the comic. You won’t be doing yourself any favors.
See full-page comic here.
This was back before I started taking birth control for my cramps and had a really heave flow. Thanks to having anxiety issues, I was always...
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the radical asexual
sidneyia:
I think I might be a radical asexual. I’ve never self-identified as a radical anything, with the exception of possibly radically prochoice - but even then, I feel like “radical” is acknowledging one’s beliefs fall far outside the norm, and I think more people probably agree with the so-called radical prochoice stance than are consciously aware of it.
“Radical asexual” is not...
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An Amazingly Well-Written Article: I'm Not Ok With...
theanxiouswriter:
by Sasha Pasulka
I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys.
I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich and powerful old white men in the music...
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prude-shaming
sidneyia:
This post will probably evolve as I come up with better ways to word things. Or it might get deleted altogether. We’ll see.
Content warning for discussion of rape culture and slut-shaming.
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If rape culture and the systemic oppression of women’s sexual agency can be traced in large part back to the virgin-whore dichotomy, then all the focus on slut-shaming is only dealing with...
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Dr. David McKenzie Talks About Asexulity Resarch... →
An excellent interview, well worth watching!
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Atheism in America →
sidneyia:
I guess I am incredibly lucky (I live in a big city) but I’ve never felt persecuted for being an atheist. Even people who want to proselytize to me will usually just mutter something dismissive (“God bless you!”) and walk away when I tell them. It can be irritating, but I’ve never felt unsafe or even particularly silenced as an atheist.
So it’s really eye-opening to read how...
My bets for today's Superbowl:
johngreenismypatronus:
Ireland will win, but Krum will catch the Snitch.
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Rape Culture 101 [Trigger Warning: Rape Culture,... →
Frequently, I receive requests to provide a definition of the term “rape culture.” I’ve referred people to the Wikipedia entry on rape culture, which is pretty good, and I like the definition provided inTransforming a Rape Culture:
A rape culture is a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women. It is a society where violence is seen as sexy and...
I was just about to close up ye olde browser for the night when I chanced to check tumblr one more time before heading off to bed, and to my delight, I saw this notice,
teagankgb started following you
Thanks, Tegan! ♡ I know I need to do a way better job of thanking my new followers, but in this case, I think we were following each other before?? I can’t remember. Anyway, I’ve just...
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Internet Vlogger Attempts to Educate Jenni... →
ace-reporter:
And he forgets that Earthworms are hermaphrodites that use sexual reproduction.
Edit: Link is now corrected. It should not have pointed to our editorial holding area.
I’ve disabled the link above because I don’t want this guy to get any more views. Here is what Dallas Brysan hace to say about this vlogger,
Yes, this guy is a terrible troll who makes offensive...
I am. I am. I am.: NO BLACK PEOPLE NEED APPLY →
minionier:
NO BLACK PEOPLE NEED APPLY
zorascreation:
Black workers in the restaurant industry are routinely kept from the highest-paying jobs in the highest-paying restaurants.1 They’re told their appearance isn’t the right fit. They’re relegated to fast food while their White peers climb the ranks to earn upwards of $50,000 a year.2
One of the industry’s serial offenders is Darden...
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"People with HPS have albinism too" →
[ … ] most people with albinism don’t have HPS. It’s sometimes hard for us to reconcile these very different perspectives on living with albinism (yes, those of us with HPS ALL HAVE ALBINISM – but not everyone with albinism has HPS.) We are not as rare as everyone once thought. Our numbers grow every day with better diagnosis.
Even on this blog, I am sometimes of two minds about how much...
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Beta Of The Month: Asexual Purgatory
aiiim:
southpawscopic:
dahmersfishisnamedalbert:
asexualeducation:
[TW] Acephobia, rape culture, sexist language.
Also, please take note that the comments on this article are just as bad and as disgusting as the article itself!
Guys, I really need your help here.
This article right here: This right here badly needs our attention.
Whoever wrote it has an extremely...
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Japan's population decline may be connected to... →
tokyo-daisuki:
About a year ago, I did a large research project on this very subject. The future for Japan looks a little grim, unless you’re an immigrant to the country.
I’d be interested to hear more about this. From what little I’ve been given to understand, they don’t treat immigrants — particularly Koreans — very well. Back when I learned about this, they didn’t...
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Petition re Planned Parenthood vs. Susan G. Komen... →
In case you haven’t heard, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on Tuesday that they’re pulling funds for breast cancer-screening from Planned Parenthood. This issue is important to me because not only did both my grandmothers have breast cancer and my mom have a benign tumor in her 30s, but both my caregivers have had breast cancer scares. Fortunately, my caregivers both turned out...
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Japan's population decline may be connected to... →
alannalp:
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. I can tell you all about how big of sex fiends Japanese men are and all the dirty shit that goes on in the bedroom in Japan from personal experience dating in Japan. However, the now 19-26 age group is not a group that I have experience with. But I’ve heard about this phenomena. My ex, Ken, once called his younger brother a soshoku...
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Quick Washington Civics Lesson...
redbeardace:
Gay marriage is not yet legal in Washington.
What passed tonight was just the Senate bill (SB 6239 Roll Call). But that’s not the end…
The state House still has to pass it. That’s HB 2516. That should happen soon, and it’s virtually guaranteed to pass.
After the House passes it, it’s onto the Governor’s desk, and she’s said she’ll sign. (She was the driving force behind this,...
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Big Charity — a discussion of the recent decision... →
