June 2012
Proposed US law makes domestic propaganda legal →
Buzzfeed’s Michael Hastings reports on a revision to the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and Foreign Relations Authorization Act in 1987, which prohibit the use of government disinformation and propaganda campaigns within the USA. The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Mac Thornberry from Texas and Rep. Adam Smith from Washington State, would allow the US government to knowingly tell lies to its people in...
May 2012
KnowTooMuch: Exposing Bilderberg 2012 →
anukkinearthwalker:
Via We Are Change:
For decades, a shadowy and secret elite organization called the Bilderberg Group has plotted policy together that subjugates humanity under the cover of darkness.
On the first day of the Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, VA on May 31st, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Luke…
How extremism is normalized →
socialuprooting:
Once something is repeated enough by government officials, we become numb to its extremism. Even in the immediate wake of 9/11 — when national fear and hysteria were intense — things like the Patriot Act, military commissions, and indefinite detention were viewed as radical departures from American political tradition; now, they just endure and are constantly renewed without...
Oklahoma Doctor Refuses To Provide Rape Victim... →
cognitivedissonance:
ThinkProgress reports: “An Oklahoma emergency room doctor refused to provide emergency contraception to a 24-year-old female rape victim because the medication violated the health provider’s personal beliefs… ‘I will not give you emergency contraceptives because it goes against my believes,’ the doctor allegedly told the rape victim and her mother, Rhonda. ‘She knew my...
“Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000...”
– The New York Times, “In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers.”
Jesus fucking Christ.
(via inothernews)
Oh look, a topic on which Cardinal Dolan wants to remain silent. Imagine that. Suffer the little children indeed… (via cognitivedissonance)
“It comes down to who is the patient. Is the woman the patient, or is the fetus...”
– Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas, who was murdered on May 31, 2009. (via iamdrtiller)
*Not just cis-women
(via iamnotethan)
“I hate when consenting adults do things with their own bodies that aren’t what I...”
– Signed Slut Shamers, Who Apparently Have Nothing Better To Do Than Police Other People’s Consensual Sexual Activities (via deviantfemme)
In media reports on women’s issues—abortion, birth... →
rabbleprochoice:
stfusexists:
Shocker.
Because if there is one thing that is severely lacking when it comes to abortion and reproductive rights, it’s a man’s opinion.
Not like we just had an entire panel of (religious) men testify to congress about birth control use and how they oppose it…and no women…at all.
Love,
Rabble
the bad dominicana: Sign Language BAN imposed on... →
deliciouskaek:
deafmuslimpunx:
I love how the school threatened to suspend the girl while refusing to address the audist bullies who bullied her and other girls for using American Sign Language.
Go fuck yourself, Stonybrook School.
Via ABC News:
School officials have…
“The only reason “coming out” is still even a thing is because it’s presumed that...”
– Anon (via victor-the-richter)
“Like it or not, fat people are at war. I’m not hyperbolizing or dramatizing. ...”
– They Want A War, Let’s Give Them One - By Ragen Chastain (via redefiningbodyimage)
Milkee Mountain Mama: re: "cracker" →
marshmallowmegamama:
it’s not my favorite word in the world. and i don’t choose to make it a part of my political paradigm. why? because the situation i live in positions me between the poor white, poor mexican and poor black communities. and for MY survival, i need to spend a lot of time working to understand the…
“Or maybe the same way a creative searches for their muse, so must a muse go...”
– Gaby Dunn, You Are My Muse (via ameliaelizabeth)
Back To The Motor League: Zombie apocalypse coming... →
ladyatheist:
ironman-chan:
ihopericksantorum:
5/16: McArthur High School HazMat Situation Students, Teachers Decontaminated After Breaking Out In Rash http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/mcarthur-high-school-contamination_n_1521764.html 5/19: No confirmation on…
Thank lady luck I’m in Alaska; protected by cold, guns, and my paranoid Vietnam vet neighbor who loves me and...
“the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his...”
– bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions (via nadia-love)
the bad dominicana: marshmallowmegamama: and it’s... →
blackamazon:
marshmallowmegamama:
and it’s my personal opinion that “judging somebody by their skin color (or sexuality, gender, etc)” is…shitty, but whatever. WHO CARES. if you look at me and see a breeding animal or a invading cockroach? I don’t really all that much give a shit.
what I *DO* give a…
Yes !
“It is a sign of white privilege to be able to “see” blackness and black culture...”
– bell hooks. Black Looks: Race and Representation- Madonna: Plantation Mistress or Soul Sister?
i am posting this after the questions i have received about “yolo” etc and i felt this quote explained a lot of my annoyance. in my mind, the ways that white people consume hip hop, they still do not...
This is Only a Test: rabbleprochoice: Why I... →
rabbleprochoice:
Why I perform abortions: A Christian obstetrician explains his choice
bebinn:
tresfuegos:
Willie J. Parker, an obstetrician based in Washington, D.C., didn’t always perform abortions. He’s a Christian from Birmingham, Ala., who initially refused to even…
Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: Oppression: It’s... →
racismschool:
“It sounds like you are just upset that you don’t have a monopoly on oppression” ~An actual quote
Here’s a few things everyone should know about oppression:
Oppressed people haven’t “Won” something
Talking about oppression is not a joyful activity people do to rub your nose in your…
“Our culture expects women’s – and men’s – bodies to be a certain way. People are...”
– The misgendering of Brittney Griner « Fit and Feminist (via sexisnottheenemy)
venatus: sugar-pink-liquor-lips: Admit that things... →
sugar-pink-liquor-lips:
Admit that things you like can be fucked up. Admit that not everything you like is free of sexism, classism, racism, numerous hatreds that are bred into us by where we live. Admit that none of us is free from being biased assholes at times.
Admit it. Admit that it’s…
Socialist Assassin Pony: Recommended Read(s) →
maozedongisnotcool:
mehreenkasana:
Ashis Nandy’s The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self under Colonialism.
Vinay Lal’s The Concentration Camp and Development: The Pasts and Future of Genocide
Vijay Prashad’s Droneland
Chapati Mystery’s The E Word
A historical…
Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly triple... →
anticapitalist:
• One in 86 Louisiana adults is in the prison system, which is nearly double the national average.
• More than 50 percent of Louisiana’s inmates are in local prisons, which is more than any other state. The next highest state is Kentucky at 33 percent. The national average is 5 percent.
• Louisiana leads the nation in the percentage of its prisoners serving life without...
Struggling To Be Heard: Race shit that makes not a... →
eshusplayground:
sapphrikah:
If ever a black person and a white person get heated in a conversation on race, the surrounding white folks will be convinced and express that the black person has a chip on their shoulder or an exaggerated bias. But that is NEVER said about the white…
“If you let one (truant student) run loose, what are you gonna’ do with the rest...”
– Houston judge Lanny Moriarty • On his decision to sentence a 17-year-old honor student, who (since her parents divorced and both skipped town) has had to work both a full and a part time job just to support two siblings, to spend a day in jail, after she missed school recently. Diane Tran, who also...
Blackamazon is too much: Diane Tran and the... →
blackamazon:
So yeah this happened ( i got this from holzamantweed and deliciouskaek and lost the links SORRY guys) but let me count the ways this girl got failed.
Actually lets just sit with this a sec please.
A 17 year old is up porting a siblings college education and a younger sibling and staying with…
The Illustrated Nerd Girl: I have no patience for... →
lettherebecramp:
randomlancila:
Fuck fitspo.
‘Cut’ abs and muscular legs are not the only way to be healthy.
Do you see this picture? ALL of these women are Olympians, and all of them are healthy.
What about Holley Mangold?
She’s 374lbs. No, you can’t see her abs. But she just got into the Olympics as well. Do you want to tell me she’s unhealthy?
How about Ragen Chastain?
She’s a...
“Afghanistan has often enough been called “the graveyard of empires.” Americans...”
– Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Road to Amnesia | TomDispatch (via warriorsrise)
The Men's Rights Experiment →
thefistofartemis:
According to the men’s rights movement, every problem modern society faces has its roots in misandry. Hatred of men is so engrained in today’s world that most people aren’t even aware it exists. Could that be because it actually doesn’t exist? Don’t be stupid. That’s just what a man-hater would say.
A tale of investigation and super!trolling on the part of the author. tw for...
“Here’s how I see “Not everyone is racist”:
If you’re walking down the street...”
– bankuei via the bad dominicana: (via cijithegeek)
Continuing Palestinian Hunger Strikes →
Israel mocks democratic freedoms. Force-fed occupation injustice reveals its true face. It rivals the world’s worst tyrannies. Scoundrel media cover-ups can’t change facts. Mass Palestinian prisoner hunger strikes persisted for weeks. Some lasted over two months. Miraculously no one died. Victories remain elusive. Negotiations produced Israeli promises to ease prison harshness. In return, most...
The Unfriendly Atheist: Islam vs Terrorism →
islamgate:
Terrorism is when innocent people are specifically targeted to instill fear in a population. It is categorically prohibited in Islam.
The present era of our history has been blemished by indiscriminate violence in almost every society. The loss of innocent life has become…
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.:... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
democratsaresexier:
Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania denied Tim (not his real name), a 13 year old boy, admission because he is HIV positive. From Change.org
Although discrimination against people living with HIV is in violation of the…
POC: *doing stuff related to their culture*
Media: lmao that's weird. guys! guys! look how fucking different they are!
White people: *doing the exact same stuff stolen from POC's culture*
Media: omfg. OMFG!!! RADICAL! ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE! LETS MAKE THIS A NEW TREND! NO ONE'S EVER THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE! THIS IS SO INSPIRATIONAL! LET'S MAKE THEM FAMOUS AND GIVE THEM FUCKLOADS OF MONEY FOR THIS!
Watchanukkinearthwalker:
FREE MUMIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why is he incarerated on some trumped up shit? because he would probably be the only person alive today that would rival the likes of a malcom or martin.
Big Brother ‘legal’ in US: Mumia Abu-Jamal exclusive to RT
RT has become the first TV channel in the world to speak to former journalist and...
The Annalyzer: Everyone should know what is being... →
bromoryn:
The Nuclear Body Count
Nuclear Power is Neither ‘Cheap’ nor ‘Clean’
BY EDUARDO GONCLAVES
The Ecologist
The equivalent of a nuclear war has already happened. Over the last half-century, millions have died as a result of accidents, experiments, lies and cover-ups by the nuclear industry.
…
“The more time you spend thinking about how your body looks, or what you’ve eaten...”
– Danya Ruttenberg here (via hellyeahscarleteen)
Kinsey Hope Can't Focus For Shit:... →
socialismartnature:
Oakland police execute Alan Blueford
MORE THAN 100 San Francisco Bay Area activists and members of the Black community in Oakland, Calif., came together May 12 for a march for justice for Alan DeWayne Blueford, an 18-year-old high school senior gunned down by…
Kinsey Hope Can't Focus For Shit: Red Summer of... →
karnythia:
I see a lot of “slavery is over, black people should move on” rhetoric on the internet. And mostly I roll my eyes & keep it moving. But I notice that people who say these things lack historical knowledge. They don’t know about the Red Summer in which race riots broke out in 36…
“As far as I’m concerned, if a Black man & woman make a marriage work in...”
– Excerpt from “Assata” (Ch 4. Pg 73)
Kinsey Hope Can't Focus For Shit: Open Letter... →
naijaboi:
An Open Letter from African women to the Minister of Culture: The Venus Hottentot Cake
Posted: 22 Apr 2012 05:48 AM PDT
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Cross-Post with Black Feminists UK and Honestly Abroad
We the undersigned women of African /African descent and our…
