December 2010
37 posts
“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private...”
– Julian Assange on SNL (via kateoplis)
“Preoccupied with self-fulfillment in their private lives, white collar...”
– Steven Seidman (via adamquinn)
12 year old threatened for staging protest →
jonathan-cunningham:
A schoolboy trying to save his youth club was hauled from class after his plan to protest outside David Cameron’s constituency office was spotted - by anti-terror police.
In an astonishing over-reaction, 12-year-old Nicky Wishart was warned he faced arrest.
“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “The policeman asked me lots of questions about why we were having a protest and...
Your Nutritionista: The Nutritionista Snack Plate:... →
nutritionista:
As I was chatting with one of my Your Nutritionista Consulting clients last night, I realized it was high-time I shared one of my most useful meal secrets with y’all: the Snack Plate. It doesn’t seem like anything special, but many of my clients have used it as a way to make sure they’re staying…
International Human Rights Day: Human Rights Risk... →
Released to coincide with International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, the Human Rights Risk Atlas 2011 evaluated 196 countries on their performance across 30 different categories, which included human security, labor standards, as well as civil and political freedoms. Prepared by the British global advisory firm Maplecroft, the new report shows there are now 92 nations listed as being in the...
Tumble DC 25: chzane: A brief history of Wikileaks... →
chzane:
A brief history of Wikileaks
nhac:
Al-Qaeda:
- revealed how Iran devised suicide weaponry for Al-Qaeda use in Iraq
- detailed Al-Qaeda’s use of chemical weapons in Iraq
- revealed Al-Qaeda’s deadly exploitation of children in Iraq
- shown how US-funded Iraqi militias…
zapatero: Hacktivists have displayed little... →
zapatero2:
The recent cyber-attacks by Hacktivist are very bad reputation to the cause of Freedom of Speech. Don’t get me wrong - I already burned my Amazon and Paypal accounts and wrote long mails to these companies. I’m 110% pro Wikileaks.
But the Hacktivists are damaging reputation of wikileaks,…
zapatero: Hacktivists have displayed little... →
zapatero2:
The recent cyber-attacks by Hacktivist are very bad reputation to the cause of Freedom of Speech. Don’t get me wrong - I already burned my Amazon and Paypal accounts and wrote long mails to these companies. I’m 110% pro Wikileaks.
But the Hacktivists are damaging reputation of wikileaks,…
Reproductive scientists create mice from 2 fathers →
justjasper:
unicornsareace:
Science: IT WORKS, BITCHES.
“It also opens the provocative possibility of same-sex couples having their own genetic children, the researchers note.”
:)
“It is curious that charges against Assange were brought, dropped almost...”
– A Feminist Lawyer on the Case Against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange (via fuckyeahwikileaks)
WikiLeaks' Assange fights extradition to Sweden →
redguard:
The empire’s latest scapegoat under siege. Defend WikiLeaks!
LONDON – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has told a London court he will fight extradition to Sweden.
The 39-year-old Australian was appearing before City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. He was asked whether he understood that he could consent to be extradited to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sex...
Trying to Rape Gay People Straight Should Be a... →
cassket:
If the phrase “corrective rape” sounds jarring to you, it should. It’s a brutal concept whereby straight people think that LGBT folks can be “cured” through forced sex. The practice has become systemic and widespread in South Africa, particularly against the lesbian community, with upwards of ten new cases of corrective rape being reported each week. And that’s just in Cape Town alone.
...
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling on Blue Valentine’s NC-17 rating. Sign the Petition for the MPAA to re-evaluate it’s rating of the film here. Watch the trailer for the film here. Bonus: I totally own the shirt Michelle Williams’ is wearing in the intense scene around the :55 mark. (via womanofsteele)
“YOU ARE NOW ON THE CUTTING EDGE
New World Order planners can possibly “take...”
– http://www.angelfire.com/d20/philadelphians/fakerap.html (via redarmada)
Montgomery Bus Boycott: The story of Rosa Parks... →
azspot:
When Rosa Parks refused on the afternoon of Dec. 1, 1955, to give up her bus seat so that a white man could sit, it is unlikely that she fully realized the forces she had set into motion and the controversy that would soon swirl around her. Other black women had similarly refused to give up their seats on public buses and had even been arrested, including two young women earlier that...
“Female fat [as] a moral issue is articulated with words like good and bad. If...”
– Naomi Wolf The Beauty Myth(via fatgirlsguide)
“Politics is about choices. The government can choose to punish millions of...”
– The ultra-rich could solve this financial crisis | Prem Sikka | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
This is about the UK, but it is probably true everywhere. You know.
(via champagnecandy)
November 2010
5 posts
“We all have dark side. We wish we could deny it, but we can’t. It’s there....”
– Marie Webb from The Bourne Supremacy (via mikhailchua)
“If the occurrence of rape were audible, its decibel level equal to its...”
– Patricia Weaver Francisco (via sexismandthecity)
October 2010
3 posts
“I will respect both French law and Muslim law by taking off what I have on my...”
– Cennet Doganay
A 15-year-old French Muslim girl who beat the ban on Islamic headscarves in schools by shaving her head. (via yourhue)
Consumer Alert: Cancer-Causing 1,4-Dioxane Found... →
gloriashin1:
This was shocking to learn, that brands that are carried by Whole Foods would be unsafe. Sigh. Again, at this point, it is the consumer’s responsibility to be a responsible shopper. 4-Dioxane is a chemical byproduct and known carcinogen that is not required to be listed on ingredient labels. Please read and share.
Download the pdf leaflet for the full report here.
Some Leading...
Justice = Love: Things that annoy me →
selchieproductions:
Cultural appropriation. This, even if this can mean o many different things to so many people, is one of my major pet peeves - I find it incredibly upsetting when people who have no right to wear e.g. a feather bonnet and still dons one in order to make a fashion…
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
27 posts
You know why Harry Potter is a phenomenal book...
caraobrien:
giftedboi:cuntofdoom:lebanesepoppyseed:
obliviousunction:
erikawithac: thoselittlewords: littlelightx: rabblevolunteer:
Because it addresses SO MANY THINGS and attempts to explore them:
Gender roles (in which this book series destroys them)- In this series you have a HUGE burly man (Hagrid) who treats animals like they are his children, cries publicly, shows his emotions,...
