February 2011
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“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– Andrew Boyd (via veganlove)
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“Dude, you’re so edgy and politically incorrect. it’s totally ironic and...”
– I don’t know where I came across this, but it’s witty as fuck (via naartje)
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January 2011
Allow me to repeat myself. Enough of the "But can...
thehumorlessfeminist:
Rape isn’t a hypothetical question. Rape happens to real people every minute of the damn day. So instead of masturbating to the sound of my own voice, and telling everyone what I, as a great, compassionate feminist, consider to be sexual assault, I prefer to listen to the victims. IF SOMEONE FEELS VIOLATED, THAT SOMEONE HAS BEEN VIOLATED. Period. It’s not up to a third...
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“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the...”
– Noam Chomsky (via androphilia)
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mohandasgandhi:
standwithfreeiran:
Learn from our mistakes: Letter from an Iranian to the people of Egypt
The world is watching the heroic uprising of the brave Egyptian people, and their just demand for political freedom, government accountability and a better living standard.
Over 32 years ago, Iranian people did the same against the oppressive regime of the then Shah of Iran, for the...
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krona:
SaveTheInternet.com | Egypt’s Internet Crackdown
dingane1:
egypt’s internet being shut down with the help of american companies
and those companies have names and addresses
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Honestly, that's why I fight so hard about words...
genderbitch:
Most of the time it doesn’t offend me. I don’t take a lot of things personally. Conflict freaks me out more than words offend me, so if it was about offense, I’d never talk about words cuz everyone seems to wanna fight me on it.
No, words have a real and serious effect on how we think and how we think has a real and serious effect on how we act. I have literally watched the flow of...
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“It is easy to be overwhelmed or intimidated by the realization that the war...”
– Howard Zinn (via azspot)
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krona:
wired’s how-to wiki: Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet
emilyswash:
Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service.
This is what happened in Egypt January 25 prompted by citizen protests, with sources estimating...
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“Loneliness does not come from having no people around one, but from being unable...”
– Carl Jung (via hauswittgenstein)
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“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are...”
– Anaïs Nin (via ellamorte)
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“[…W]e do not grant rights based on potential. We grant based on actuality.
In...”
– pixyled
I have better followers than 99% of tumblr.
Love,
Rabble
(via rabbleprochoice)
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What You Should Know About Looting
downlo:
uhuh-she-said:
The army is holding back and watching looters in both Cairo and Suez. Why? The police just let the Museum in Cairo get sacked despite the best intentions from normal Egyptians guarding it. Why?
Because the looters are commissioned by the government in times like these. Oftentimes during protests government leader will actually release prisoners and encourage them to...
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Bechdel badass
bohemianarthouse:
psychotropicpolitics:
I’m going to make a movie in which there are only two male characters and they spend their only scene together talking about their feelings about a lady. Also eating ice cream.
Meanwhile, the female characters will go on a stylized killing spree.
Love this. Where can I sign up to be in it?
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Watchiwillnotshavemyvagina:
The Power of Vulnerability
Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.
She says a lot of very important things i’ve found to be more...
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adailyriot:
generating my own fun: How to stand in solidarity with Egypt (an email from Angel)
hanalei:
How to stand in solidarity with Egypt (an email from Angel)
Dear Friends and Allies, Please excuse the lengthy mass message. For the past four days, crossing boundaries of class, ideology, and religion, tens of thousands of people all over Egypt have been protesting the 30-year regime of...
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humorlessfeminist:
“No, not that rape, just RAPE rape” - The Republican Agenda to Minimize Rape Victims
stfusexists:
This has been all over Tumblr, so I’ll be surprised if anyone hasn’t heard about it, but this is the latest bullshit coming from the anti-woman Congress.
The GOP is seeking to limit the definition of rape so that only certain types of rape will qualify for taxpayer...
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#DearJohn: Prep Time
rabbleprochoice:
sadydoyle:
Okay. So, for those unaware of context, here is what is going on. In the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which is reprehensible on its surface, there’s a special surprise clause that seeks to limit the definition of rape and incest. In order to qualify for the exception to rape and incest cases, all rapes must be “forcible” and all incest cases must involve...
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As Egypt Shuts of the Net: Seven Theses on... →
The capacities of the Internet that are most threatening to authoritarian regimes are not necessarily the spread of censored information but the ability of people to form a counter-public that is outside the control of the state. In other words, it is not that people are waiting for that key piece of information to start their revolt and that information just happens to be behind the wall of...
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Genderbitch Lite: Now With More Rambling!: For... →
afghanipoppy:
squashed:
Call your Congress people and urge them to publicly support the Egyptians’ right to self-determination and free expression.
Egypt is an important U.S. ally—and we do a lot to help Mubarak stay in power. Making it costly for the U.S. to back up the Egyptian…
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[ Dear fellow Americans, Your government is...
brownroundboi:
—an egyptian youth.
http://jan25egy.blogspot.com/2011/01/letter-to-world.html
just so everyone who follows my tumblr is aware
inautumn-inkashmir:
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Do what you must to feel safe/free from needless bs. It really sucks you’re being targeted. If ya don’t mind & it’s feasible, please let me know if you start a new blog, since you’re quite probably my favorite tumblr-er, & just having you around teh intertubez is inspiring, fwiw :)
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The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape
rabbleprochoice:
corruptpolitics:
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.
For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of...
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“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– PostBourgie (via glamaphonic) (via monkeyknifefight) (via falulatonks) (via pikitis, meowsense) (via robot-heart-politics)(via themetropoliskid) (via palahniukandchocolate) (via neuroticsanonymous)
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[Yet Another Kiri Bloggish Thing: What's Happening... →
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai…
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“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul,...”
– Sylvia Plath (via amethystskin-)
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If you're outraged about Egypt shutting down the...
thenoobyorker:
“A bill giving the president an Internet “kill switch” during times of emergency that failed to pass Congress last year will return this year, but with a revision that has many civil liberties advocates concerned: It will give the president the ability to shut down parts of the Internet without any court oversight.” -Raw Story
How large of a role does the internet play in...
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“You are constantly told in depression that your judgment is compromised, but a...”
– Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (via psychotherapy)
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Egypt off the internet, might not sound so bad,...
isayrrr:
I’ve been waiting to find out what is going on with the people of Egypt since the lines when down. Solidarity
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“Rape isn’t a ‘natural hazard’ like a cliff edge that women must be careful to...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via petitefeministe)