March 2012
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Another Godless Goddess: UK Abortion Clinic... →
One of Britain’s main abortion providers said Wednesday that a campaign run by a U.S.-based religious group is intimidating women who use its services.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said activists from the 40 Days for Life group have been holding vigils outside one of their…
This is what we were protesting against tonight.
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Don’t forget the pro-choice protest tonight! Bedford Square, 7pm.
I’ll be there, will you?
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infatuationjunkietrash:
Drinking game
There is a drinking game associated with Withnail and I. The game consists of keeping up, drink for drink, with each alcoholic substance consumed by Withnail over the course of the film. All told, Withnail is shown drinking roughly nine and a half glasses of red wine, half a pint of cider, one shot of lighter fluid (vinegar or overproof rum are common...
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“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged...”
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Melissa McEwan, of course, on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment. (via sanitywatchers)
This really struck a chord. Even my boyfriend, feminist that he is, can have this reaction when I’m in tears after an NPR story. This...
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Pro-choice Protest!
Friday 30th March, 7pm, Bedford Square, WC1
Anti-choice group ‘40 Days for Life’ are staging a 40 day protest outside the Bpas clinic on Bedford Square.
They have been approaching women entering the clinic, handing out grossly inaccurate material and filming clients and staff. Their presence is distressing and intimidating.
On Friday 30th March they will be...
Oh hay, it's ma birthday!
Government e-petition: put Alan Turing on new £10... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
This fucking Tory government has refused to pardon any men convicted of the “crime” of homosexuality, but perhaps they will consider putting one of the most esteemed among them on the latest ten pound note.
Beats Charles Dickens for sure.
NHS bill passes into law →
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When I sit and actually think about how fucked everything is I get pretty close to wailing in anguish. I think people are avoiding thinking about it and that’s why people aren’t as active as they should be. What a horrible world we’re well on our way towards.
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Selling Sex: How Abolitionist Feminists Hurt Sex... →
About time feminists started actually including sex workers in the discussion (hint hint, UKfeminista).
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Greece develops cashless currency in tight economy →
This is amazing! I’ve only slept four hours so it made me a little emotional.
Too tired to analyse it in depth as yet, so at the moment it just seems great to me.
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Day 25: A thought for Mother's Day
40daysforchoice:
It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow so our action for today is good to remind ourselves that more than half of abortions are among women who already have children. Those opposed to abortion often suggest that if only women knew the joy of children they would not contemplate ending their pregnancies. In fact many women end their pregnancies precisely because of their concern for the impact...
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Stumbled onto my old music myspace...
Here are some songs I wrote when I was a teenager! You’ll be pleased to know that neither my production skills nor my guitar playing have improved over the years.
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BRITAIN: Get this question out! Tweet it!
I have someone very close to me who is involved in healthcare in quite a big way. He has been to see Lansley and argued against the NHS Bill. He has also presented to the Health Select Committee and has a lot of info on why the NHS Bill is a terrible, horrible idea.
He believes the reason they are refusing to publish the Risk Register is because it contains the closure of possibly 50+...
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“She felt proud of him. He spoke the language beautifully, he was elegantly...”
– Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks (via herrissyvoo-ofbakerst)
My dad was in a band with Sebastian Faulks’ brother, and apparently their parents were disappointed that Sebastian chose to be a writer instead of following a respectable career like his brother (who went into law). I bet they feel silly...
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“I’m not ashamed to ‘dress like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to...”
– Iggy Pop (via shittyweekend)
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tranqualizer:
Black people are not the main consumers of hip hop
newwavefeminism:
The Hip hop that you see on TV isn’t actually targeted or marketed towards black people, or even POC at all really. While many hip hop artists are black, and are presenting the construction of “authentic blackness” - we take for granted how commercial hip hop is a carefully structured entity.
Interestingly...
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“For feminists, democracy has never existed; women have never been and still are...”
– Carole Pateman in The Disorder of Women
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