February 2012
2 posts
call to arms: Help save Dryads Rest
static-nonsense:
this is not something that i typically do. but we are in desperate need of your help.
my aunt, widowed and living in extreme poverty, has been served an eviction notice from her mortgage lender. this lender, being a part of a nation-wide classist housing scheme and financial crisis from the illegal inflation of false debts, has been relentless when addressed and asked for...
January 2012
2 posts
Rape, false accusations and the daily mail →
sianandcrookedrib:
I wrote a blogpost about how when we talk about rape, we don’t have to talk about false accusations too. Includes daily mail quotes…
DLA reform and the Spartacus Report →
ghostlove:
• 92% of respondents opposed the proposal to change from 3 different levels of the Care component, to 2 levels • 87% of respondents opposed the stopping of automatic entitlement to DLA • 98% opposed changing the qualifying period from having the disabling condition for 3 months, to having it for 6 months before claiming • 90% opposed the introduction of new face to face assessments •...
October 2011
10 posts
Government Orders YouTube To Censor Protest Videos →
kiriamaya:
roxanneritchi:
laborreguita | industryrevealing:
[Image: screencap of a YouTube message saying, “This content is not available in your country due to a government removal request.”]
In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the “free” Internet, it has emerged that You Tube is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and...
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September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
4 posts
3 tags
Donate to the Abortion Support Network
ASN is funded almost entirely by the donations of individual supporters. Without ASN, people would be left with no other financial and practical support towards covering the costs of their procedures and their journeys. Donations to ASN are vitally important to the lives of people faced with unplanned pregnancies.
http://www.abortionsupport.org.uk/support-us/donate/
July 2011
7 posts
Dads, not designed to help →
Progressive Men and the Problem of Male Fauxminism →
thefremen:
the-r-evolution:
A good article on men who purport to be feminists and allies. Progressive dudes, take note- we need you to actually live up to your principles, not just espouse them.
An excerpt:
He will not hold other self-proclaimed male-identified feminists accountable.
Of course, this only applies to relatively safe spaces. A feminist man shouldn’t have to risk life and limb...
“We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human...”
– Former US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bowman, in Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States
(via timmytime)
June 2011
25 posts
static-nonsense:
i object to the idea that there is a definitive standard of what a ‘normal’ personality is.
i object to the idea that those of us with personality disorders are somehow ‘flawed’.
i object to the idea that we are somehow worth less because of our neurodiversiveness.
i object to the idea that we are all somehow manipulative because we operate in a different fashion than you.
i...
Watchk-raptor:
memila:
Roseanne quits Wellman Plastics
one of my favorite episodes
How To Sing (advice for trans guys)
quarridors:
This is my amazing singing teacher CN, who’s helping me develop greater control of my singing voice to produce a more androgynous tone. I can highly recommend them for everyone! :)
teazug:
Okay everyone (but especially guys), the fabulous CN Lester is doing a series of videos on singing, especially for trans men, on or off T…
Massive recommendation coming from me… Please share...
incurablehippie:
incurable hippie’s musings and rants: MP: Disabled people should work for less than minimum wage.
Earlier today, a BBC news producer tweeted a story that provoked an instant twitter storm.
It read, “Tory MP Philip Davies says disabled people should offer to work below minimum wage so they get a job when competing with able-bodied people.”. Paul Twinn followed...
There are people on my dash posting about how they...
feistyfeminist:
[TRIGGER WARNING FOR GRAPHIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE]
madamethursday:
icicleman:
onlyseven:
I sincerely hope that they aren’t aware of the reports last year that he beat up his girlfriend so badly he broke her nose, made her blow out her kneecap, and burst an ovarian cyst. If they know and still think he’s lovely, then I am deeply concerned.
Here’s the report.
Fuck it. I was...
On fear of street harassment being 'ridiculous' →
halftheworldiswatching:
Something I wrote over at my other blog in response to the many, many men who are for some reason massively offended that I need to feel safe and that I have to think about my self-preservation on a daily basis.
tumblr peeps! i needs your help!
static-nonsense:
note: any reblogs for this would be incredibly helpful and spiffy! <3
so for my birthday my super spiffy and awesome fiance bought me a new processor for my desktop. tried to match up the compatible processors with my motherboard (asus m2n-sli deluxe) but we noticed that the model number for my processor did not exactly match the one listed on the compatibility page. the...
WikiLeaks Haiti: Cable Depicts Fraudulent Haiti... →
The United States, the European Union and the United Nations decided to support Haiti’s recent presidential and parliamentary elections despite believing that the country’s electoral body, “almost certainly in conjunction with President Preval,” had “emasculated the opposition” by unwisely and unjustly excluding the country’s largest party, according to a secret US Embassy cable.
The cable was...
“How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Contacting Hot Topic For Douchebaggery
static-nonsense:
if you are able, please give this a signal boost. hot topic has a history of appropriation and merchandise has been pulled before - here’s hoping it will happen again
moononwaters:
Please signal boost this as much as possible amongst allies and other Native Siblings.
I just got off the phone with a Hot Topic Rep. To contact their offices for US citizens, please call:...