imagine all the people

gaytransguys:

I love how this makes more sense than doing 15 minutes of argumentative Trans 101 with an adult.

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aneleh:

Oh soul. You worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Of anything less, why do you worry? You are, in truth, the soul of the soul of the soul.

~Rumi

(via shantiheart)

A phrase that was carved on the walls of Mauthausen Concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner  

Powerful quote…

#controversial post of the month alert

Since this quote didn’t include a name, I don’t know how they can claim it was said by a Jewish prisoner. It could have just as easily been said by an atheist or agnostic POW, political prisoner, homosexual, etc… I think it’s courageous for someone of faith to keep their faith during a time of tragedy. But with that said, I think it’s just as courageous or even more courageous for someone to not have faith/lose faith and face the reality of the situation while knowing the probable outcome of a tragedy such as the one above. I’ve never been able to understand the “it’s all part God’s plan approach” to explaining unimaginable tragedies. I like to think it’s just an irrational statement only made by people early on in their coping process, but it’s not in many cases. If a God does exist and genocide, rape, murder, and kidnapping are part of his plan, then he has a lot explaining to do. If a God does exist and genocide, rape, murder, and kidnapping are not part of his plan, then that does not make him an “all-powerful” God. So then what is he, she, or it? I will never make the claim that there isn’t a God, but the more I learn (through evidence) about this planet and the universe, I find it highly unlikely.

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Angela Davis (via theraceproblem)

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fauxmosexualtranstrender:

fuckyeahfeminists:

rhrealitycheck:

Cost Of Birth Control Higher In Some Low-Income Neighborhoods Than In Wealthy Ones

Researchers focused on the price of seven commonly-used contraceptives — including various forms of the pill as well as transvaginal options like the ring. They cross-referenced the price information across various counties with median household incomes from the 2010 census.

Nearly every prescription contraceptive was more expensive in low-income zip codes, the researchers found.

In most cases, price differed by just a few dollars. For two of the contraceptives, the cost was significantly less in the wealthiest zip codes.

Researchers said they don’t know the reason for the price discrepancies. Certain neighborhoods may not have a large, chain pharmacy that offers lower prices and runs specials, Zite speculated.

“There is other research that has shown that a lot of needs for health, like fruits and vegetables, are more expensive in lower-income neighborhoods,” Zite added.

uh oh is this going to start another fight that healthy food isn’t actually expensive and poor people just dont try hard enough to eat well because “duh my family eats sooo many veggies with little money, so everyone is able to do it!”

wut? people are systemically kept in poverty?!

but but american dream and upward mobility and and…. bootstraps! 

(Source: The Huffington Post, via stfuconservatives)

Guttmacher Institute, via ThinkProgress (via actualfactsaboutabortion)

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Kristen Stewart (after being offered & turning down a part in a superhero movie)

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vodkadrunkenski:

amindfullofyou:

In case anyone wants a copy of the flyers I made and have been putting up around Boise, here you go! 

 [An image with text cut out individually from a white piece of paper over a black lace background. The text reads: consent is…/voluntary/sober/enthusiastic/verbal/non-coerced/continual/active/honest/lack of consent = rape]

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loveincolororg:

From the designer:

My Facebook and G+ newsfeeds have been filled with pink and red lately, so it seemed important to point out to the queer and allied in my life that Human Rights Campaign actually has a track record of promoting some rights at the expense of others. Being a fairly rough-and-tumble sort of cisgender queer man, I waded in.

It’s frankly unconscionable; transgender rights are integral to queer liberation, and moreover transfolks are our sisters and brothers, have shed the same blood, sweat, and tears in horrifying numbers for the same goals. The fact that names like Virginia Prince and Sylvia Rae Rivera aren’t as prominent in our histories as Harvey Milk says, I think, all it needs to about the need for some pink and purple soul-searching. Go forth and introspect.

Visually, too, I think the HRC equality logo leaves a bit to be desired, but I made minimal changes. The colors are based on the transgender pride flag designed by Monica Helms in 1999, the most widely used of several designs and to my eye, the most pleasing.

(Source: truthisweirder, via feministcontent)

chronic-genderbender:

“Those poor boys”

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-“

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

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John Katzman, founder of The Princeton Review (via loveyourchaos)

and much more can be criticized… but lets leave it at that for the moment…

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