February 2012
jpegartifacts:
I wish I had as much political power as a fetus.
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Abortion, Babies, and the Moral High Ground →
garlandgrey:
[No babies were harmed in the making of this metaphor, but one was fed a few tiny marshmallows to keep him quiet.]
You know what I love? Babies.
I am totally down for the babbling and the obnoxious cooing and the soft baby whispers into baby’s ear and OH MY GAWD, THE TINY BABY HAIR, MUST KISS. I will change diapers and make bottles and play peekaboo and watch a baby rock in one...
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This is why I don't take naps.
expectations: I'm just going to take a quick power nap and I'll wake up refreshed and energized
reality: passed out cold for five hours solid, wake up not knowing what day it is or what the last meal you ate was
Guess what the NYT thinks was in poor taste about... →
xtremecaffeine:
glossylalia:
alexandrahamilton:
thatonegirlsierra:
maritsa-met:
NOT BLACKFACE. NOT RACIST JOKES.
Nope, it was Chris Rock telling the truth about Hollywood’s racism:
“Chris Rock followed with a racial joke, about black men getting lousy roles even in animated films. It may have been in questionable taste, but it jarred the show closer to modern times.”
I know none of us...
“I love animation because in the world of animation, you can be anything you...”
– CHRIS ROCK, introducing the Best Animated Film Oscar. (via inothernews)
The fact that a fat woman being a princess is so unbelievable to the Academy says a lot. Also, this quote is right on point.
(via bigfatfeminist)
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Woman: My boyfriend isn't excited about sex anymore, because I lost my figure due to pregnancy. Will you pay for his erectile dysfunction pills?
Government: Yes.
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flirtingwithparadox:
the salem bitch trials: Just, seriously, are we still having this conversation:
chonklatime:ayries:
Shit that is not sexist re: Irene’s portrayal in Sherlock:
She is a sexual person
She is a sex worker
She is gay/a lesbian
She is not 100% perfect 100% of the time
She does not do literally every single thing on her own
Shit that is just generally not automatically...
“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.” (via mamaatheist)
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solitaryforager:
A New Dark Age
Most scientists, on achieving high office, keep their public remarks to the bland and reassuring. Last week Nina Fedoroff, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), broke ranks in a spectacular manner.
She confessed that she was now “scared to death” by the anti-science movement that was spreading, uncontrolled, across the...
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NBC and 'Community' Launching 'Inspector... →
popculturebrain:
hulu:
Turns out the question really is when. 4 awesome words say it all: Inspector Spacetime web series.
From i09:
Word out of the Gallifrey One Doctor Whoconvention is that there is going to be a web series of Community’s Who-parody showInspector Spacetime. It sounds like it won’t be Donald Glover and Danny Pudi in the starring roles, however. Travis Richey, who plays...
bezoomy:
xvxavier:
If you’re a “nice guy” to a girl up until you realize she doesn’t want to date you, then go on about how she’s a cold shrew that friendzoned you and how no girls date nice guys, like, nah mate, girls do date nice guys. You just aren’t a nice guy. You’re a passive aggressive beta with internalized misogyny and a serious victim complex.
real talk
this
this
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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)
I posted this on facebook and my Uncle called it “A tad bit over the edge.” and I have been casually fuming ever since for some reason. 8/
(via emryssa)
Oh shit none of this ever occurred to me, but...
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xtremecaffeine:
thegoddamazon:
holybat:
Santorum: Being Female is a Mental Disorder
cakemeister:
sleazeandhustle:
mrsjojharrison:
It has been my experience that when dealing with females, you need to treat them as though they have a mental disorder… especially those that are constantly seeking equality in the workplace, the military, and in the home. Women need to know their place...
“talking about virginity is so annoying to me, and here’s why- firstly it’s used...”
– mutualaddiction responding to an ask saying she was hot because she was a virgin (via mutualaddiction)
Will never not reblog.
(via stfuhypocrisy)
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Senate Republicans want to attach an... →
crystalsoulslayer:
rabbleprochoice:
Because of course they do.
Love,
Rabble
I would like to see inside the mind of one of these people for a day. Just as a curious bystander. I just want to know how these ideas even come to their mind and how they rationalize and fuck up logic so badly that it comes to this.
“I understand that sexualized female characters on television are a dime a dozen,...”
– Sherlock Goes Sexist: Arthur Conan Doyle is Very Disappointed (via sparkamovement)
Really fantastic piece
(via baileythebookworm)
Go Stephanie!
(via crystalsavestheday)
Content warning: Domestic violence, rape
scrape-your-knee:
Think about this.
Rihanna got so much goddamn flack for showing her kill a man the music video for “Man Down”. A man who raped her in the video. People were up in arms over a video that IS NOT REAL that shows a victim retaliating against her rapist.
On the other hand, Chris Brown beats Rihanna to a pulp IN REAL LIFE and now he is performing at the Grammy’s and getting #1’s...
It really is horrifying
cyruspotnoodle:
brogigayo:
vuhnessah:
that Kanye West got not only more flack, but a worse reputation for grabbing a microphone out of Taylor Swift’s hands and making a rude comment than Chris Brown did for beating his girlfriend until her face was unrecognizable.
#quick guess the difference between Rihanna and Taylor Swift
uh one is blonde
frezned: laughinghieroglyphic: A liberal muslim... →
laughinghieroglyphic:
A liberal muslim homosexual ACLU lawyer professor and abortion doctor was teaching a class on Karl Marx, known atheist
”Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship Marx and accept that he was the most highly-evolved being the world has ever known,…
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“In the US, abortion is framed as a deeply moral and highly emotional issue. In...”
– via Feministing, “A new script for talking about abortion”
(thanks to keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus for sending this to me!)
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Why we should not bomb Iran
Ignorance: I’m worried about Iran. They are building a nuclear weapon, then they will blow up Israel and we will have even more terrorist attacks on our country. We most protect ourselves. The only way to do that is to attack Iran before they attack us.
Knowledge: Why do you think Iran would have a nuclear weapon?
Ignorance: Because they are a violent country and they have a crazy president.
Knowledge: Do you know when the last time Iran attacked another country was? It was 300 years ago.
Ignorance: Well, they have a crazy president who would do it.
Knowledge: What would they do?
Ignorance: They would attack us with a nuclear weapon.
Knowledge: Did you know that the national intelligence estimate has concluded that there is no evidence that Iran is working on a nuclear weapon. It is the consensus of 16 different US intelligence agencies including the CIA, the DIA, army intelligence, navy intelligence, air force intelligence, the department of energy as well as the department of homeland security.
Ignorance: I don’t care. They have nuclear ambitions.
Knowledge: What exactly do you mean by ambitions?
Ignorance: That is what they say on the news. It means they want to build a bomb to attack us.
Knowledge: That is what the media and politicians say because they know that there is no evidence that Iran has a nuclear weapons program, but they want us all to be scared and to believe that the Iranian government would be crazy enough to use a nuclear weapon against us. That way our government will have the support of the American people if we decide to take military action against Iran just like when we invaded Iraq. We would be able to say that we are protecting ourselves in self-defense.
Ignorance: Saddam was a bad man.
Knowledge: But Iraq did not have any nuclear weapons either. Can you tell me which is the only country to have ever used a nuclear weapon against another country? I will give you a hint. It begins with a U and ends with an S.
Ignorance: But we signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
Knowledge: Iran also signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. It was one of the first countries to sign.
Ignorance: But Iran has threatened to wipe Israel off the map.
Knowledge: That is not an exact translation, but yes. That was what the Iranian president said. However, Ahmadinejad is just the president and not the supreme leader. Even if he wanted to attack Israel, he wouldn’t have the authority to order it. Only the supreme leader can declare war or mobilize troops. However, the supreme leader has already spoken out against having nuclear weapons. Speaking of military action, what do you suppose it means when the US says “Nothing is off the table”? Do you think that could possibly mean nuclear attack?
Ignorance: Of course, it means nothing is off the table.
Knowledge: Well then, that means the United States has threatened the use of nuclear weapons against Iran, which also happens to be a violation of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty we signed. George Bush, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, John McCain, and other American politicians have all said nothing is off the table when referring to Iran.
Ignorance: John McCain said to bomb Iran. He sang a song and it was funny. Bomb bomb Iran.
Knowledge: Do you know that the United States has already drafted a military plan of attack against Iran. Iran has also been called part of the evil axis by President Bush. So do you think Iran might actually have a reason to fear an attack from the United States? The United States have invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, which both have borders with Iran. The United States also has troops in military bases in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as well as a very large naval presence in the Persian Gulf. The United States is allies with Israel, who has nuclear weapons, and which has already discussed and advocated an attack on Iran. And Israel will not sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty either. So do you think maybe Iran might possibly have a reason to want to protect itself?
Ignorance: We can’t let Iran have a nuclear bomb they will attack us again, just like 9/11.
Knowledge: Then if that is really what you want, why in God’s name should we be doing everything humanly possible to provoke and threaten Iran and give them a reason to make a nuclear weapon to defend themselves? Do you see even the slightest sense of logic in the US foreign policy if we don’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon? Don’t you think if we really didn’t want a country to have a nuclear weapon, then you would not threaten to attack it or invade its neighbors or have military troops surrounding it from all sides? Would the United States feel threatened if Iran invaded Canada and Mexico and conducted naval military exercises in the Caribbean?
Ignorance: I don’t want another 9/11.
Knowledge: Do you even know where the 9/11 hijackers were from?
Ignorance: I don’t care.
Knowledge: They were from Saudi Arabia and Egypt not Iran. Yet both Saudi Arabia and Egypt happen to be US allies. We give them both billions of dollars in aid every year.
Ignorance: I don’t like any of them. They attacked us.
Knowledge: Who are they? Arabs. Iranians are not Arabs.
Ignorance: Well, they attacked. I mean they were responsible for… I mean they… they… they hate us.
Knowledge: You blame them for hating us?
Ignorance: They are not democratic.
Knowledge: Iran used to have a democratic government.
Ignorance: Then they were not smart enough to keep it.
Knowledge: No. Actually, they had a popular democratic leader, but the United States CIA overthrew the prime minister, Mohammed Mossadeq, in a kill in 1953. In other words, we overthrew their government.
Ignorance: That does not make sense. The United States supports democracy like in Afghanistan.
Knowledge: Hamid Karzai is the president of Afghanistan and was a formal ally of the US and a former CIA contact during the 1980s, when they were fighting the Soviet Union. So we supported him as president because Karzai aided what the US and Britain wanted him to do.
Ignorance: That is what I mean. He is democratic.
Knowledge: So is Mohammed Mossadeq. Mossadeq was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1953 before he was removed from power by the United States because he did not do what we wanted him to do.
Ignorance: He was a communist.
Knowledge: Mossadeq wanted Iran to keep the profits from their own oil to help their own country, so British Petroleum would not take it all.
Ignorance: They spilled oil in the Persian Gulf.
Knowledge: No. Actually, British Petroleum spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico. They used to be called the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in the 1950s because Britain got all of its oil from Iran.
Ignorance: Anyway, they support terrorism.
Knowledge: Who?
Ignorance: The Iranians.
Knowledge: The United States government gives financial support to the MEK and PJAK which are all terrorist groups that operate within Iran, and are responsible for attacking, kidnapping, and assassinations in Iran. So tell me, what is the difference? Terrorism is terrorism. It is just as bad no matter who does it or supports it. In 1988, a United States navy ship shot and blew up an Iranian passenger jet in the Persian Gulf killing 274 innocent civilians. Isn’t that a terrorist attack?
Ignorance: It was an accident.
Knowledge: Can you think of any other time in the history of aviation that a passenger jet has been shot down by mistake? So then, I suppose the one time it does happen it just coincidently happens to be by one country against its adversary right at a time of heightened tension? Can you imagine how the US would react if the Iranian military shot down a US passenger jet and killed 274 people, mostly American?
Ignorance: It was not on purpose. It was an accident. How come I’ve never heard of this before?
Knowledge: The US news media does not like to talk about it because they don’t want Americans to think our government has engaged in acts of terrorism. They want us to believe it is only the behavior of countries like Iran. Everything I am saying is fully documented. You can check it yourself on Google or Wikipedia. If you are really opposed to terrorism, I don’t see the difference if one country supports it or another. Isn’t it all equally as bad?
Ignorance: We should attack Iran.
Knowledge: Just because the Iranian government is bad in many ways, does not mean we should simply attack the country. I don’t think you fully realize what would happen if we really did attack Iran. There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world. What do you think would be their reaction if we attacked an Islamic country, after what we have already done in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Ignorance: I don’t care what they would think. It doesn’t matter.
Knowledge: On a scale of 1 to 10, where do you think the level of anger would be against the US if we attacked another Islamic country?
Ignorance: It doesn’t matter.
Knowledge: Is it more likely to go up or go down? If you are trying to protect America, then why would you want to increase the anger in this world against us? Iran is three times the size of Iraq with three times the population and a very powerful military unlike Iraq, and yet we still don’t have a stable situation in Iraq after 7 years and 2 trillion dollars.
Ignorance: But Saddam was a bad man, so it was worth it.
Knowledge: Fortunately for us, many of the Iranian people like Americans, and do not like their government.
Ignorance: That is a good thing, so it will be an easy job for us.
Knowledge: Then what do you think would happen if we attacked Iran?
Ignorance: They would greet us with flowers.
Knowledge: Did we greet Al Qaeda with flowers after they attacked the twin towers in New York City? Instead, did most Americans put aside our complaints and rally behind our government in a show of nationalism?
Ignorance: I put a flag on my car. I don’t understand what you are saying.
Knowledge: Don’t you think the Iranian people would also put Iranian flags on their cars if the US attacked them?
Ignorance: Yes.
Knowledge: Then why would anyone in America want to push the Iranian people away from liking the US to support the very government we despise so much?
Ignorance: Of course. No one would want to do that.
Knowledge: Then please give me any sensible reason why the United States should attack or even threaten to attack Iran?
Ignorance: I don’t need a sensible reason.
Knowledge: Why?
Ignorance: Because I’m a racist hater who supports violence against people I hate.
Knowledge: Maybe Iran should attack the United States after all.
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Doctor Who wins all the 2012 SFX Awards →
doctorwho:
We just realized that this didn’t post on Saturday. :-/
BEST TV SHOW: DOCTOR WHO Shortlisted: Game Of Thrones, Misfits, Fringe
BEST ACTOR: MATT SMITH for DOCTOR WHO Shortlisted: Peter Dinklage for Game Of Thrones, Michael Fassbender for X-Men: First Class, Iwan Rheon for Misfits
BEST ACTRESS: ALEX KINGSTON for DOCTOR WHO Shortlisted: Karen Gillan for Doctor Who, Eve Myles for...
abaldwin360:
““Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who voted to protect traditional marriage. This decision does not end this fight, and I expect it to go to the Supreme Court. That prospect underscores the vital importance of this election and the movement to preserve our values. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and, as president, I will protect...
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1612th:
texting me is like ordering something online because most likely you won’t hear back for 4-6 business days