February 2012
89 posts
I got the strangest assortment of food from my...
A bottle of green taco sauce
Some peanuts
A bottle of honey
“17 bean and barley mix*
Some heat-able curry things (many varieties)
2 noodle boxes
A mini-box of Oreos
A bag of almonds
Rice crackers
A salami
He is not good at “matching” foods. Nonetheless, I am deeply grateful for his love and support (especially because, for most of my life, I did not have much in the...
“When mistress says she wants to pretend to be a platypus, she gets to pretend to...”
– me (via thepeacockangel)
Transvaginal Ultrasounds ARE ALREADY HAPPENING
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
I keep wanting to scream, “TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUNDS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TODAY IN TEXAS!!!!”
Texas has THREE times as many people as Virginia AND they already have mandatory transvaginal ultrasounds before abortions (I also have no hard data but I’m going to guess that Texas probably also has a much larger poor population and a higher percentage of...
“Oh we can’t use this design…it’s too nice.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
I feel as though I’ve experienced this before.
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Monsanto's Roundup Found in People's Urine →
A recent study conducted by a German university found very high concentrations of Glyphosate, a carcinogenic chemical found in herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup, in all urine samples tested. The amount of glyphosate found in the urine was staggering, with each sample containing concentrations at 5 to 20-fold the limit established for drinking water. This is just one more piece of evidence that...
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Translation -> dollars
HEY.
So I’m thinking of doing some on-the-side translation stuff (German to English) to earn dollars (because eating regularly, being able to use the subway, and maybe trying to pay off the money I still owe for this semester are all good things). Does anyone know of how I could get into this?
From George Takei
pol102:
70 years ago today, the President signed a decree that sent me and my family to a prison camp. Hear my story, and learn how you can help fulfill our pledge: Never Forget. Never Again.
Worth a close look today, especially considering the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric these days.
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Sequin Queen - The Shiniest Dresses Around →
WHAAAAAAT!
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Today in text messages:
“My tits need luxurious accommodation.”
This is entirely true, by the way.
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
“You have the right to eat, because you are a human being.
You also need to...”
– Michelle, aka The Fat Nutritionist, “How to eat, in a nutshell”
Go read the whole thing. *shoos*
(via drst)
The Fat Nutritionist was the first person I read who laid out the (in retrospect totally logical) argument that all this talk about how sugar or fat or carbs are “addicting” and all this...
Breaking: Democratic Women Boycott House... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
This morning, Democrats tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for preventing women and minorities from testifying before a hearing examining the Obama administration’s new regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to their employees. Republicans oppose the administration’s rule and have sponsored ...
This is why OkCupid is ok in my book...
pompadoursandpincurls:
curiouserjane:
Can this be my superpower?
^^OMG lol.
Invisiqueer! Now with straight-filtering goggles!
“It is my opinion that the combat exclusion policy actually increases the risk of...”
– Former Army Sergeant Kayla Williams dropped a lot of wisdom in an NPR interview earlier this week. You should go read/listen to what she had to say. (via thepoliticalnotebook
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“When someone tells me she has feminist concerns with sex work, knowing that sex...”
– To the would-be sex work abolitionist, or, ‘ain’t I a woman’? | rabble.ca (via workingsex)
A few pals of mine and I are in the beginning...
hemaletrouble:
chub-rub:
SIGNAL BOOST PLEASE? THANKS LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! <3
For all of y’all in the NYC area.
Dayum. That’s awesome.
Ainee's gif is perfect
queeniman:
I’m sorry that you’re so oppressed
Does your father beat you?
Are you going to be forced to have an arranged marriage?