February 2012
When you talk about a revolution most people think ‘violence’ without realizing...
– Angela Davis, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
'Pepper Spray Cop' Suit Filed - NPR →
brooklynmutt:
Some of those Occupy protesters who famously got face fulls of pepper spray last November on the campus of University of California Davis have now filed suit in federal court.
They allege “the university used excessive force to break up the demonstration,” The Sacramento Bee writes. “The Occupy UC Davis students were sprayed as they sat on the ground.”
The American Civil...
Anonymous asked: i don't get that biden post
Now because the majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester, if...
– JON STEWART, on Virginia’s inhumane, inhuman and shameful “personhood” law that requires women wanting to get an abortion to, in essence, be subject to rape, on The Daily Show
[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape culture] He (Rick Santorum) is a staunch opponent of...
– John Oliver
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I remember being five years old
Watching a feather fall from the sky
And...
– Andrea Gibson, Rush Hour
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It is not the anger of other women that will destroy us, but our refusals to...
– Audre Lorde, The Uses of Anger
Victory
barefootwarriorqueen:
And to you, injustice:
Although you try to beat me
with the hammers of inequality,
Burden me with your ignorance and your fear
And point the gun of oppression towards my temples,
You and I both know
That you will never take me alive—
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Meanwhile, those somebodies who claim they’re ‘pro-life’...
– We Remember: African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom (source)
WTF? ESPN.com's "Contact Us" Gives Option To Hate...
fuckyeahfeminists:
[via Complex.com]
Anonymous asked: who are you? i am right there with you with everything on here. sincerely, feminazi jo
A comment from my submit box...
It appears to me that you are painting a target on white people
thereby giving an OK to go after them. Just my humble opiniion.
I’m not quite sure where you’re getting that impression… if you could point out a few posts that come off that way, I’d be glad to have a constructive dialogue with you. Let me know, anon.
Female Dems Walk Out On House Contraception... →
thingsineverneeded:
Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) walked out of the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on the White House mandate requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage after Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) refused to allow women to testify as witnesses on Thursday morning.
“What I want to know is, where are the women?”...