February 2012
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What anti-choicers think a fetus looks like at 12...
What anti-choicers think a fetus looks like at 12 weeks:
What a fetus actually looks like at 12 weeks:
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If you haven't checked out Lawsonry already,... →
Or I will forever side-eye you.
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Persons against the Personhood Act in Oklahoma →
teasymcgee:
obscenegestur:
You all better freaking reblog the shit out of this, or I’ll be mad at you forever.
Everyone everywhere should be against this.
I'm within a few days of hitting 10,000 followers....
I…don’t know what to say. You people are amazing.
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Guess whose home state just legalized marriage...
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BREAKING NEWS: Texas lets 130,000 people (most of... →
racetothestoneage:
stfusexists:
Texas has decided to violate federal policies concerning the Women’s Health Program of Medicaid, and has lost $40 million of federal funding towards reproductive health care in the process. Way to go Texas! Now you’ve produced Rick Perry, W, and THIS abomination of legislation.
Click through to see what this means for reproductive rights in Texas, and to donate...
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And now some good news: Personhood bill dies in... →
According to this article at Feministing, the VA legislature has put off a vote on personhood for fetuses until after the election. Probably a smart move on their part if they don’t want to get voted out en masse. I’ll be keeping my eye on it come November, though.
Now if they would only get rid of this monstrosity…
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BREAKING NEWS: Texas lets 130,000 people (most of... →
Texas has decided to violate federal policies concerning the Women’s Health Program of Medicaid, and has lost $40 million of federal funding towards reproductive health care in the process. Way to go Texas! Now you’ve produced Rick Perry, W, and THIS abomination of legislation.
Click through to see what this means for reproductive rights in Texas, and to donate to Planned Parenthood.
Please spread the word!
needleg33k:
Hey all
My friend is trying to get signatures for a petition against Judge David Farrell. Recently, he sentenced 2 men to 40 months in prison for raping an 11-year old. Why was the sentence so light? Because she looked older than her ask and was “willing”, despite the fact that she claimed it was rape. Please reblog as far as the eye can see and sign this petition to voice your...
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Newt Gingrich just claimed that "parts of the US...
I don’t think “US auto industry” means what you think it means…
(Full liveblog is here)
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IT'S ON LIKE A PRAWN THAT YAWNS AT DAWN. →
Two minutes in and I’m already a ragecano.
Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing happened to...
gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a helpful discussion in terms of women and comedy.
Last night, I was...
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Website Nerd-ery
So I’m using Google Analytics on Lawsonry, and I can see that this blog is one of the top referrals for the site. I can also see that you awesome readers stay on the site more than 4 times as long as the average reader, and have a much lower bounce rate.
Kudos to all of you for being such awesome readers and website browsers. I am so proud. :’)
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Wow, I had no idea that period post would get so...
Imagine howon fire I’ll be tonight liveblogging the Repub debate on my period!
Here’s a preview:
There's a New Reason "Virginia" Begins with...
Virginia is already on a roll with its condescending and paternalistic legislation targeting women.This year has already seen the advent of the Mandatory Vagina Penetration Bill creating state-sanctioned rape and a zygote trumping any and all individual rights a woman may have. The 2012 senate seat currently held by Jim Webb is practically a guaranteed win for Marshall, who announced his...
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Exciting announcement!
Tonight I will be live-blogging the Republican debate from Lawsonry. It promises to be very little fun. Let’s make a drinking game out of it!
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I hate "lol r u on ur period" comments so much.
This hilarious segment on the Daily Show got me thinking about how much I truly hate the myth of the hysterical menstruating monster.
If you are a woman on the internet, you will get asked that basically any time that it is obvious that you a) are a woman and b) have a strong opinion about something. Not only is it absurdly annoying and dismissive of women being passionate or opinionated, I find...
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This old white guy is very angry. VERY ANGRY. →
He’s angry because the Obama administration is forcing the Church to pay for birth control no wait, that’s not it. Maybe they’re forcing Church run non-religious institutions to hand out free birth control? No, that’s not it either. They must be requiring employers including Church affiliated ones to include birth control in their health insurance benefits package? No?...
“Santorum…wants to cripple public education, handicap the Supreme Court,...”
– —Rick Santorum: The History of a Human Disaster
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Dear guys that honk whistle and wink at girls... →
Please GTFO and stop harassing me.
“The billionaires and their supporters in Congress are hell-bent on taking us...”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (via azspot)
You can’t help but absolutely MARVEL at Bernie Sanders.
(via depressingfacts)
We certainly need more Bernies in Congress.
(via sarahlee310)
Sounds like these folks need to read Leviathin.
(But for the love of god, someone change the ending so they...
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Has Rick Santorum always been as absurdly sexist,... →
The short answer is yes.
For the entertaining longer answer, click through.
amaditalks:
liquornspice:
sourcedumal:
liquornspice:
ethiopienne:
mayhue:
ethiopienne:
people who are allowed to decide how rihanna should respond to abuse:
rihanna
people who are not allowed to decide how rihanna should respond to abuse:
everyone else
people who shouldn’t exploit their abuse to make money
rihanna and her record company
oh FUCK YOU and your misogynistic,...
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STFU, Sexists!
stfusexists:
Hi everyone! This is my first post on STFU Sexists. I won’t bore you with some long diatribe about my personal political opinions, and I won’t apologize in advance for offending anyone. I want to bring to light (and hopefully bring some humor) to the vast tubes of the Internetz and the sexist trolls hiding in Facebook, Myspace, comments on articles, and anywhere else I can find...
“More women, and especially black women, are behind bars as much because of hard...”
– Why So Many Black Women Are Behind Bars
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
(via daniellemertina)
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IMPORTANT! Maryland Inches Closer to Marriage... →
As a native Marylander, I would love for this to not go to referendum vote!
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Dearest Readers
As you may have noticed, posting has slowed down a bit this past week. This is due in large part to the fact that I am working on a project that I am really excited and passionate about.
The news and social issues start-up site Lawsonry is preparing a gradual relaunch taking place over the next few months. Jesse, the founder, and I have come up with a plan to have amazing and thought-provoking...
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NWF has one of the best lists of works by feminist... →
If you’re not following her already, GO DO THAT, and if you’re looking for some excellent reading, check out this list!
“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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“The bottom line is my position is very clear. I’ve had a consistent record on...”
– Rick Santorum, who apparently doesn’t know the internet exists and that we’re not all a bunch of fucking stupid goldfish who can’t remember what he said five goddamn minutes ago.
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“Now, if Rihanna and Houston were white, would the show have gone on? Would...”
– —Chris Brown and Whitney Houston: The Entertainment Industry Fails Black Women, by Laina Dawes
*The only thing I will personally disagree with is that Amy Winehouse was universally revered after her death - I saw plenty of people the internet over claiming that it was her own fault and that...
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“Call me hyper-sensitive, but I’m a bit raw. After all, during the past...”
– —Chris Brown and Whitney Houston: The Entertainment Industry Fails Black Women, by Laina Dawes
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To any readers of color who enjoy writing about...
Please email me about a start-up publishing opportunity at miss.ogny@gmail.com!
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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, even greater than Jesus Christ!”
At this moment, a brave, patriotic, pro-life Navy SEAL champion who had...
yobaba: Foster Friese To Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC:... →
sarahlee310:
yobaba:
Foster Friese To Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC: “In My Day, Girls Used Aspirin For Birth Control” “They put it between their knees.”
Yep. He just said that on national TV.
Birth control is dependent on girls keeping their legs closed.
Friese is Santorum’s Sugar Daddy billionaire benefactor. The remainder of his interview was just as insightful. Sure to become a point of...
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Between work and the bullshit going on with...
face-down-asgard-up:
I was just fucking angry all day.
So angry I had to go to my car and just scream.
I am so sick and tired of Congress right now. I just want to flatten them with the power of my rage.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you too are on the Planned Parenthood and NARAL email lists…
notforanyonetoread asked: I'm a feminist, but I've noticed that a lot of feminists seem to think that sexism towards men simply does not exist. I was wondering what your opinion is on this. Of course I realize that sexism towards men hasn't had the same social repercussions, but as a society we do have very specific specific gender-role standards that men are expected to always conform to. Do you think...
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It really is horrifying
cyruspotnoodle:
ginger—gal:
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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.
White Woman Tears (TM) are a powerful thing.
And Janet Jackson hasn’t been invited back to the Grammys since...
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Goodbye, Tumblr-ers!
I’m headed out to Boston for the weekend. Any Tumbling I do will be from my phone, so I won’t see messages, etc. Anyone who wants to reach me can email me at miss.ogny@gmail.com.
Have a great weekend!