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candysoda: curtaincalls: quitecheeky: (via sabino)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:29:09 -0600

candysoda: curtaincalls: quitecheeky: (via sabino)

bowfolk: sexismandthecity: Women on Waves is a Dutch...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:19:31 -0600

sexismandthecity:

Women on Waves is a Dutch non-profit organization. Its mission is to prevent unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortions throughout the world.

Women on Waves sails to countries where abortion is illegal, at the invitation of local women’s organizations. On the ship - where Dutch laws are in effect - early medical abortions are provided safely, professionally and legally.

WoW has so far sailed to Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Ecuador and Spain.

WoW also provide online abortion services for women in countries where abortion is illegal. The organization recently opened abortion hotlines in Ecuador, Chile and Argentina.

Nearly 70 000 women die every year due to unsafe abortions. Between 2 - 7 million women survive but sustain long-term damages.

http://www.womenonwaves.org/
http://www.womenonweb.org/

bowfolk: bookselves: condoravenue: dirtywordsonadirtywall:...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:08:24 -0600

bowfolk: bookselves: condoravenue: dirtywordsonadirtywall: pumpkinromanof: briannedixon: ceedling: haleyworldeater: feelsomething: vild: mcfearless: nothingbuttime: cottonshirt: kolleenf: binkini: lovethepaparazzi: nixsayo

The Prize Doesn’t Always Go To The Most Deserving

Irena Sendler
1910-2008
A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won - for a slide show on Global Warming.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp

sweethomestyle: thedaintysquid: (via: anamama’s flickr)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:02:06 -0600

sweethomestyle: thedaintysquid: (via: anamama’s flickr)

prettyfoods: (via sugarspun)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:00:38 -0600

prettyfoods: (via sugarspun)

scout: symbiosis: aous: yerawizardharry: (via...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:50:40 -0600

scout: symbiosis: aous: yerawizardharry: (via fuckyeahvoldemort)

(via samsally)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:04:22 -0600

(via samsally)

bowfolk: pitusinha: jesuisme: thelovelybones: I agree with...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:50:42 -0600

bowfolk: pitusinha: jesuisme: thelovelybones:

I agree with you (whoever made this)

wearetheweirdos: via mindthoughts

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:41:34 -0600

wearetheweirdos: via mindthoughts

thedailywhat: T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “We’re Only...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:41:20 -0600

thedailywhat:

T-Shirt Design Concept of the Day: “We’re Only Human” by Matt Mckinney.

Will supposedly be available for purchase shortly via Matt’s own label, Origin68.

[via.]

thedailywhat: xkcd. I wish I had known that years ago.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:40:19 -0600

thedailywhat: xkcd.

I wish I had known that years ago.

sissydudeomen2: mrpinky: wellheyheybaby: boys2men: tapthatguy:...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:12:48 -0600

sissydudeomen2: mrpinky: wellheyheybaby: boys2men: tapthatguy: Washington, DC

thismightsuck: iammattjordan *NSYNC - It’s Gonna Be Me nsync...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:55:46 -0600

thismightsuck: iammattjordan

*NSYNC - It’s Gonna Be Me

nsync is always an auto-reblog

thedailywhat: CollegeHumor Original of the Day: FabFour09 — a...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:55:06 -0600

thedailywhat:

CollegeHumor Original of the Day: FabFour09 — a Bloomington, Indiana-based Beatles Rock Band cover band — meets a fate not unlike the one that befell their idols.

[via.]

scout: (via dactylographie) Yessssssss

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:39:54 -0600

scout: (via dactylographie)

Yessssssss

sweethomestyle: melodyangelica: (via scarymansion)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:11:06 -0600

sweethomestyle: melodyangelica: (via scarymansion)

How to Be a Feminist Boyfriend

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:03:44 -0600

How to Be a Feminist Boyfriend:

tiredofbeingignored: katoleary:

Know that her opinions come from experiences you have not had, and can never fully understand.
Do not use this as a reason to dismiss her opinions; use this as a way to attempt to understand them.
Give more consideration than you normally would when you are in a situation where you are the privileged one. No, this isn’t “special treatment.” It’s attempting to compensate for the fact that, like it or not, you have been socialized to unconsciously devalue the opinions of those who are not like you. So take a step back, and think really hard about it. We’re talking about your girlfriend, anyway; you should be affording her special consideration in the first place, because you respect her enough to want to be her partner — right?
You can still disagree. Privilege doesn’t mean that your opinions and experiences must be erased, or that they cease to be valid.
However: step carefully. If you think over things carefully, and decide that you know what, you just can’t agree with what she’s saying: make sure you are very careful in how you express that. Because, again, in our society, men are taught not to treat women as equals, but to dismiss them as hormonal, emotional, overreacting, irrational, etc. Even if you aren’t thinking those words, you may be communicating them to her when you huff, roll your eyes, fold your arms, smirk, etc. (And she has been taught to be very sensitive to those words or the implication of them, so trust me, she will catch the slightest hint of them, whether you intend to give that hint or not.) Your inflection and body language, and even words outright, may be telling her that, basically, you don’t give a shit. And a lot of the time, men actually don’t give a shit. So she may not be wrong when she gets that vibe from you. And depending on any number of factors, she may call you on it — or she may bury it inside, because she knows that if she reacts to it, you’re going to shoot her down, because most people honestly don’t want to admit that they don’t care about their partner’s feelings and opinions — even when they really don’t.
SO: think hard before you open your mouth. And watch your body language when you are in an argument. You may be angry, but you need to make an effort to show that even though you two are not happy with each other right this minute, you still care about her.
DON’T just say “OK” to anything she says, either because you are trying to compensate for privilege or because you’re trying to get her to shut up (trust me, she knows it — you’d be better off being honest on that matter, so she can call you on your disrespectful bullshit). That’s not respect. Quite the opposite. That’s failing to consider her argument at all — just bypassing it altogether. And that shit is just madmaking, and I wouldn’t blame her if she dumped your ass if you practiced it regularly.
Remember that you are not in a contest. You are in a discussion. You are trying to work WITH your partner, not AGAINST her. When it’s a straight-out fight, you are trying to understand each other’s sides, and come to an agreeable conclusion for the both of you — which won’t happen if you’re just trying to “win.” When it’s a topical conversation, you’re sharpening your thinking and communication skills, working on understanding each other’s viewpoints, learning from one another, etc. — again, it’s not a contest you’re trying to “win.” It’s a conversation. Treat it that way.

scout: snowswept (via mychristmas)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:18:38 -0600

scout: snowswept (via mychristmas)

thedailywhat: Sign Of The Times of the Day: This Seattle-based...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:17:01 -0600

thedailywhat:

Sign Of The Times of the Day: This Seattle-based panhandler is apparently some sort of local celebrity. I’m not sure he’s the first person to come up with the “family killed by ninjas” meme, but he does seem to dominate this Flickr pool dedicated to most kickass homeless sign outside of “spaceship broken, need parts.”

[h/t.]

thisiswhyyourefat: Butterbeer Ale boiled with butter, sugar, an...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:16:15 -0600

thisiswhyyourefat:

Butterbeer

Ale boiled with butter, sugar, an egg yolk and topped with a whipped cream and nutmeg.