December 2010
Political views 'hard-wired' into your brain:... →
socalfeminist19:
inothernews:
mohandasgandhi:
This is just shocking. Oh my.
Also, their hearts don’t bleed as much.
”Scientists have found that people with conservative views have brains with larger amygdalas, almond shaped areas in the centre of the brain often associated with anxiety and emotions.
On the otherhand, they have a smaller anterior cingulate, an area at the front of the...
FY Lesbian Literature!: Indie Lit Awards GLBTQ... →
fuckyeahlesbianliterature:
I’m one of the judges for the GLBTQ category of the Indie Lit Awards!
Here is the shortlist:
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Krakow Melt by Daniel Allen Cox
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
…
The Lesbrary Mammoth Link Roundup of all the... →
Texas School Outs Lesbian Student to Her Parents →
After a team meeting last March, the sophomore student was told to stay behind. Two coaches locked the door to the locker room, asked the girl if she was gay and accused her of having a sexual relationship with another girl. They accused her of spreading rumors and threatened to tell the teen’s mother that she was involved with a female. Before letting her go, they told the student that she...
Hufflepuffs don't say fuck!: Before I say... →
effyeahhufflepuff:
My major reason to be in Hufflepuff: the founders.
Slytherin was notorious for only wanting purebloods, but is that really any worse than only wanting the bravest or the cleverest students? They were proposing that other students would not be allowed into Hogwarts at all; it was only after this that they created houses as a compromise. Hufflepuff was the only one who...
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giftedboi:
R.I.P. DADT
…does that mean we get to talk about the erasure of transpeople from this whole discussion?
“Because if this is gonna be a Christian nation that DOESN’T help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert (via technipol)
bam.
(via icedteaandlemoncake)
shit just got real
(via genderbitch)
STEWART/COLBERT FOR PRESIDENT/VP.
(via letthe-musicplay)
“Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist;...”
– Staceyann Chin (via rosietherioter)
Matilda Tattoo + extras!
tattoolit:
Here’s my new Matilda tattoo, with some of my favorite writers already added and a few blank spines to fill in down the road. The book she’s reading has the logo for publisher Two Dollar Radio.
I love this.
Why Ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell Is Important, And... →
feministlibrarian:
“I am one of those lefty queers who is both anti-war and desired the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Noxious as war is, it is also my view that allowing forms of discrimination to be written into the law is neither a gift (‘Yay, I am radically free from compulsory marriage!’) or a way to distance from the American war machine (‘Yay! I’m not implicated in the American war...
“Because if this is gonna be a Christian nation that DOESN’T help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert (via technipol)
Words cannot express how much I love it when Colbert uses his platform as a comedian to call people out on their shit. That, to my mind, is what comedy can do better than almost any other tool at our disposal.
(via feministlibrarian)
Naomi Wolf Misrepresents the Facts of the Julian... →
feministlibrarian:
“Third Update | Still watching. This exchange says it all:
Friedman: If someone asks me twenty times, do I want to have sex with them, or do I want to have sex without a condom, or whatever sexual act we’re negotiating, and I say no twenty times, and the twenty-first time I say yes because I am worn down, and because I’m being pressured and coerced and I’m afraid, and...
Watch: Rep. Sanchez: Soldiers Not “So Fragile”... →
projectqueer:
In an obvious rebuke to yesterday’s insubordinate outburst by Marine Commandant General James Amos, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) said of our service members,
“I do not believe that they are so fragile that having a gay person serve next to them will kill them.” She then added, “It is not the gay soldier who puts our security at risk, but this government.”
Click here to watch...
Dec 15 is the last day to nominate you favourite... →
fuckyeahlesbianliterature:
I get to be a judge in the GLBTQ portion of the Indie Lit Awards this year! Today is the last day to nominate your favourite queer book published in 2010, so please, nominate away!
“I’m not a witch.”
– Christine O’Donnell, topping Yale University’s annual list of most notable quotes for 2010. Miss O’Donnell appears on the list twice.
From Reuters
Tea Party darling Christine O’Donnell may have lost the Delaware Senate race. But she heads the list when it comes to expressing the spirit of the...
“Quite honestly, my objection to rape jokes is not even because I particularly...”
– http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/08/survivors-are-so-sensitive.html (via canwemakespoons)
This is the most spot on description of how I feel about rape jokes I’ve seen.
(via reclusiveobscenities)
theradioindustry:
Sure Shots Round 4
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