how do 90% of people on tumblr even go outside without being offended by a blade of grass or something
some people don’t have grass where they live, check ur privilege
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Democracy falling from the sky.
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31 Republican men voted against the Violence Against Women Act in the Senate today. All 5 Republican women voted for it.
Today in sad phrases: “Voted against the Violence Against Women Act.”
This is a quality blog.
Source: thinkprogress.orgPlanned Parenthood is on Tumblr!
Planned Parenthood is excited to be launching our new Tumblr that’s all about sexual and reproductive health – bodies, birth control, relationship issues, “is it normal for this to do this?” type things. In the coming weeks and months we’ll be sharing what we know, answering questions, and just… tumblring.
We hope you like it! And we hope it helps.
Welcome to the neighborhood!
The Obama team welcoming Planned Parenthood to Tumblr.
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Source: barackobamaJacob spoke first.
“I want to know if my hair is just like yours,” he told Mr. Obama, but so quietly that the president asked him to speak again.
Jacob did, and Mr. Obama replied, “Why don’t you touch it and see for yourself?” He brought his head level with Jacob, who hesitated.
“Touch it, dude!” Mr. Obama said.
As Jacob, who was 5, patted the presidential crown, Mr. Souza snapped.
“So, what do you think?” Mr. Obama asked.
So what the fuck has occupy done so far? »
I rather like this, actually.
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Source: robertafett"In an ironic twist of history, ‘democracy’ collapses day after day in its cradle, only to reveal itself as a bloodthirsty cacophony of exploitation, suppression and inhumanity."
— Al Jazeera English columnist Nikolas Kosmatopoulos • Offering up a particularly harsh take on the state of affairs in Greece, which is holding elections today. His article’s title? “If elections could change things, they’d be illegal.” A tough title for a tough sentiment, in which Kosmatopoulos says that the rising influence of the far right has made targets of the poor and of immigrants in the country. The country, which runs on a multi-party parliamentary system, could see fringe groups, such as the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, get significant shares of the votes on Sunday. What happens to a country so battered by economic austerity that fringe groups gain significant power? Let’s hope we don’t find out. (via shortformblog)(via shortformblog)
Tell Harper: Hands off our reproductive rights »
Stephen Harper said he would not re-open the debate on a woman’s right to choose.
But 24 hours from now, he’ll allow Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth to put forward a motion in the House of Commons which clearly opens the possibility of re-criminalizing abortion.
It’s up to you to make sure Canadian women and men know about it.
When I began my nursing career in the 1950s in Quebec, contraception was illegal and women had no say over family planning. They had no choice, and some faced desperation.
I saw women come to the hospital, bleeding and in pain, only to discover they’d tried to end their pregnancy themselves.
As a nurse, and later as an MP and Senator, I took part in the hard-fought battles to institutionalize and enshrine the right to choose in Canadian law.
And in 1988 the debate was settled when the Supreme Court ruled: “The decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is essentially a moral decision and in a free and democratic society, the conscience of the individual must be paramount to that of the state.”
If you believe in a Canadian woman’s right to choose, you have 24 hours to speak up and spread the word.
Please sign the petition and share it on Facebook and Twitter.
Thank you.
- Lucie Pépin
(Of course it’s an official LPC petition. They’re sneaky that way but yolo)
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Interviewer: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
Interviewer: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
Interviewer: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
Barney Frank: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion?
Awesome.
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Source: floralavengerI don’t even know anymore. Just read the fucking article.
Guess what guys.
I’m pregnant.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE ARE ALL PREGNANT
I’m not ready to be pregnant, though…
so does this mean if you’re already “pregnant” but don’t actually procreate and therefore don’t actually produce the child that was supposedly already alive, you are actually “killing” the baby and committing a crime???
we’re pregnant
But.. WHAT? I… I cannot figure out how this makes sense. Even reading the article doesn’t help.
Good thing I can’t get pregnant… right?
Would periods be like abortions then?
Gallery: Inside the Syria revolt
Despite a clampdown on journalists, some pictures from Syria are getting out. They show bombed buildings, dead bodies, graves and a suffering people. Above are some recent photographs. We’ll update with new information regularly.
I think my heart just broke. People look so terrified :(
The damage is incredible.
Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity - NYTimes.com »
Recovering humanity in prisons.
Completely relevant to the essay I just wrote. If only I could have done more than 10 pages, I’d have put much more stuff like this in.
Even in 1849, people learned that providing welfare on an “out-relief” basis was way more cost effective and humane than imprisoning the poor in superprisons work houses.
There’s things I just can’t understand about modern government.
