February 2012
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
– George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
California bill would let non-doctors do some... →
stfuconservatives:
Amazing news from California: state legislators have suggested a law that would allow health professionals outside of just OBGYNs to provide abortions. Increased access? Hurray!
-Jess
“This is like watching a Greek tragedy. It’s the negative campaigning and the...”
– Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by the Boston Herald, on the state of the Republican presidential race. (via liberalsarecool)
“Facebook is very confused. They seem to think breasts are only about sex, but...”
– Belinda Phipps (Sorry, Facebook – on breastfeeding you seem rather confused | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk)
“A finely tempered nature longs to escape from personal life into the world of...”
– Albert Einstein, Principles of Research (1918)
Anyone who says "Oh, they wouldn't fire you for...
hermocrates:
thefremen:
sanaa-tamir:
poemsofthedead:
You must be white, cis, het, and Christian…
Things are only as illegal as the system enforces them to be.
Also, it’s legal to fire people for being gay or transgender in most states.
dudewheresmytardis:
there’s a special place in hell for people who stop and socialize in the middle of the hallway.
Prolifers are the biggest liars on the planet.
“When you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore...”
– Jamie Raskin - who is now a senator in Maryland and served as floor manager of the recently passed bill allowing same sex marriage. (via abaldwin360)
BOOM.
(via tehblackbirdisincognito)
“I never want kids, and that doesn’t mean I’m going to run off and join a...”
– stfusexists
THANK YOU.
(via thewerecunt)
I don’t even remember writing this. But it’s pretty awesome.
I should search myself more often, because I am apparently pretty neat-o.
(via stfusexists)
I live in my head.
“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence,...”
– Why I Am A Male Feminist (via meggannn)
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...”
– Oscar Wilde (via lavender-labia)
stfuhypocrisy:
From what Ive experienced, there aren’t alot of girls who have been taught to say no and stick to it. Some girls just don’t know how and they feel like if they don’t do this or that, no one will love them. Using sex for love isn’t a new thing you know?
— americanbaroque
“If anything, women have shown in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they are...”
– Tammy Duckworth (Iraq war vet, Congressional candidate, double amputee, former Black Hawk pilot) is her amazing self in an interview with The American Prospect. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
