February 2012
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Airbrushing warnings in Arizona? →
“The bill has little to no chance of success. But Hobbs said that’s okay.
“We just wanted to bring it to the table and start a discussion,” she said. “We need to bring attention to these body-image issues, especially with young girls. Girls need to know that they don’t have to look ‘perfect’.”
Judgement of Paris provides a great commentary...
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Sweden close to ending forced sterilization of... →
whatpeoplelooklike:
gaywrites:
Forced sterilization of transgender people in Sweden may soon come to an end, thanks to political changes facilitating a change in policy.
Seventeen countries in the European Union currently require sterilization in order for people to change genders on legal documents. Sweden is currently one of them, mainly because a coalition of conservative groups called...
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WatchModels encourage teens to reject skinny, embrace healthy body image
HNS gets more coverage! I love this, they’re really exposing the modeling fallacy on both ends, really helping woman see the truth. Here’s another video I found on there site I’d thought you guys would enjoy :)
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Ten members of Congress pose for NOH8 →
gaywrites:
Adam Bouska’s iconic NOH8 photography campaign against Prop 8 has 10 new supporters: members of Congress who recently posed for photos for the campaign. Only one of them identifies as LGBT; the rest are allies.
Bouska set up an exclusive “NOH8 on the Hill” event for members of Congress, and ten members of Congress took photos and submitted statements of support for the campaign. The...
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Queer Writes Project: Wanna contribute to our... →
queerwritesproject:
We are planning to write a book and we need submissions! We are looking for submissions about/of
relationships
poetry
why courage is important to you
awesome conversations
more poetry
even more poetry
even even more poetry
7 reasons why you love women
a letter to your future…
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Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. This should be...
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“Republicans don’t even acknowledge that racism exists. There were a couple of...”
– Bill Maher (via barbiehighheels)
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So I usually don’t ask questions like this, but I would love feedback from you guys, I’m thinking about getting a lip piercing…I’ve wanted one for a long time…what do you guys think?
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Lipstick Feminists: The Feminism Picture Project →
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lipstick-feminists:
wheretimeisneverplanned submitted:
My friend is doing a project for school that she needs some help with. Here is her description:
Spread the news! The Feminism Picture Project is underway! I am now collecting photographs and images of feminists (and/or people who believe in equal rights for everyone) to use for my senior project. I will be...
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So I’m deleting the last ask that came across my page. I was debating on keeping it up because it’s unlike the hostile messages I usually get, it’s a political opinion. The reason for deleting it is because it’s presenting itself as a hostile debate, it’s a separate issue between my political ideologies and another person’s and that should be handled in private...
kitschydelight asked: I don't think you're talking about politics in a way that would offend anyone. It's not like you're trashing the other parties- you're only speaking the truth. That's a ridiculous reason to unfollow a nice, positive blog.
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Anonymous asked: Can you keep your political opinions to yourself on a your blog that isn't about your personal interests? I don't want to have to unfollow you, because I quite enjoy the blog.
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Seriously...Stop Trying to Block Access to Woman's... →
“Despite overwhelming public support for birth control, anti-birth control lawmakers aren’t backing down — in fact, they’re getting even more extreme. Several bills have been introduced in the Senate that would let anyemployer deny women coverage for birth control, and similar legislation has been introduced in the House.
They’ve gone much too far. Anti-birth control...
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Watchlovingthebeautifulyou:
“President Obama has an executive order on his desk that could protect millions of LGBT Americans from discrimination in the workplace — but only if he signs it.
The order in question would require all federal contractors to extend non-discrimination and harassment protections for their LGBT employees. The order would cover about 16 million workers who don’t currently...
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President Obama has an executive order on his desk... →
“President Obama has an executive order on his desk that could protect millions of LGBT Americans from discrimination in the workplace — but only if he signs it.
The order in question would require all federal contractors to extend non-discrimination and harassment protections for their LGBT employees. The order would cover about 16 million workers who don’t currently receive any discrimination...
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“Santorum has said that the compromise solution is an example of Obama trying to...”
– Hadley Freeman, via The Guardian: Romance is in the air for Republican party and the Catholic church (via seriouslyamerica)
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Feeling a bit more positive this week :)
salty-eggs:
My first official day of holidays from college was absolutely loverly :) Been finding my ED recovery hard this last week, so looking forward to a week of looking after and focusing on little old me. Today I went shopping and had dinner with my delightful little sis and her equally delightful boyfriend. After weeks of searching, I finally got me a bandana, whatcha think?
(PS:...
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Still at it, Trying to block birth control
“Despite overwhelming public support for birth control, anti-birth control lawmakers aren’t backing down — in fact, they’re getting even more extreme. Several bills have been introduced in the Senate that would let anyemployer deny women coverage for birth control, and similar legislation has been introduced in the House. They’ve gone much too far. Anti-birth control...
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“One Planned Parenthood clinic does more in a day to prevent abortions than the...”
– Helen Philpot (via feminishblog)
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Robyn Lawley