"Girl, girl, get that cash
If it’s 9 to 5 or shakin’ your ass
Ain’t no shame, ladies do your thing
Just make sure you ahead of the game"
— Missy Elliott on survival and integrity within patriarchal capitalism (via yo-soy-milk)

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catsnotcancer: guardiancomment: [Cartoon: Garry Trudeau] Newspapers across the US which usually run the Doonesbury comic strip have flat out refused to run his latest, which is about abortion. Others have decided to move him to the op-eds section instead. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau “expressed dismay over the papers’ decision but was unrepentant, describing as ‘appalling’ and ‘insane’ Republican state moves on women’s healthcare.” The Guardian will be running him as usual. But how truly bad is the ongoing onslaught on women’s reproductive rights? Here’s a round up of our recent op-eds on the issue to give you more context: • Rush Limbaugh, you elite liberal feminist! | by NPR On the Media’s Bob Garfield • Why anti-choice campaigners won’t let science get in their way | by feminist blogger Amanda Marcotte • The Republican party declares war on women | by broadcaster Diane Roberts • Virginia’s vagina-violating ultrasound law | by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead • Sex, Rick Santorum and the conservative imagination | by Guardian blogger Ana Marie Cox I freaking love Doonesbury so much right now.
"‎Why do these pontificators exempt men from the consequences of sexual activity? American women aren’t having sex with Ken dolls. They’re not experiencing immaculate conceptions. Where, exactly, are all the men who’ve had sexual relations with or impregnated these ‘slutty’ women? … It’s hard to take seriously the views of all-male Senate panels or vote-hustling politicians when they seem unaware that men actually have sex lives. Women have always been the gatekeepers of sexual morality, of course, and have paid a higher price for their choices. But this shame-and-blame game feels genuinely shocking in the second decade of the 21st century. If men feel they have to control women’s bodies, they could first start with controlling their own."
— Men Have Sex Too - Erika Christakis, for TIME’s Ideas blog.   (via itscandidlycara)

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wonderwomanv2: thenoobyorker: Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre of Tulsa, Oklahoma held up a sign at a protest Tuesday that said “If I wanted the government in my womb I’d fuck a senator. The Senator was at the capitol to protest anti-abortion legislation in the state. “When I saw that sign out of all of those signs, I was like, I’ve got to have a picture of it,” said McIntyre, D-Tulsa. “I thought if my 87-year-old mother sees this, I’m going to get hell this weekend, but it was too late,” said McIntyre, according to NewsOK.com Photo: Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre talks with a protestor during a rally opposing the Personhood measures at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman This is awesome. h/t: Colorlines This makes me wanna move to Oklahoma just so I can vote for this woman to be a senator FOR LIFE.
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, the LGBT COMMUNITES OR NATIVE AMERICAN PLEASE SHARE THIS! This year, Republicans are trying to stop the Violence Against Women Act because it's been amended to protect LGBT, Native American and immigrant victims.

ragnell:

THAT’S the reason? The fuck?

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emmazomer:

A woman deserves respect regardless of how she’s dressed or what she does. I don’t know how men think they have the right to create a criteria in which women have to fit in able to be respected.

becauseofthiswoman: Name: Ida B. WellsDates: (1862-1931) Why she rocks: She was an African American journalist, and newspaper owner that was an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented the problem of lynching in the United States. She was very active in the women’s rights and women’s suffrage movements, establishing many women’s organizations and touring nationally to speak about them. Quote: “I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way… so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.”Because of this woman… important civil rights issues were addressed, and as a result, banned. She was a stepping stone for women’s suffrage and women’s equality.
theftrain: johnlennonandcupcakes: badgirlbehaveyourself: doublewubblewubbleyoo: silvyshi: erina-falls: yaoigirl: nuttyemmy: mgann-morzz: So many notes. DISNEY, GET TO IT. MAKE THE WORLD EQUAL. that’d be interesting PLEASE! It’s NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, but I would love it if it did. interesting It’ll be awesome :’) THAT WOULD BE AWESOME Either that, or have the plot be about something OTHER than finding love. ^^This. It’s a bit more in reach, unfortunately.