December 2010
68 posts
“The mountain moved. The man came down from the tower. And we still live in a...”
– Tiger Beatdown › #MooreandMe: And Then He Came Down
Sady made me cry.
(via pastthestorm)
“We take so much of the universe on trust. You tell me: “In 1950 I lived on the...”
– Adrienne Rich: Women and Honor (via awyeahlife)
“If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour it would be a national tragedy. But...”
– Boat tragedy: How Australians became complicit in the horror of Christmas Island | Richard Flanagan | Comment is free | The Guardian (via kathleenjoy)
Sententiola: Pro tip →
sententiola:
whatwillsuffice:
Any argument on any subject prefaced with “As current and/or future lawyers”: bound to be obnoxious. And bad.
Aha! A challenge!
Actually, no, I’m not writing this just because I saw the post above but because a couple of people, including Michelle in this post, have…
Great, lucid explanation of why ‘innocent until proven guilty’ need not...
Who Hears You When You Speak About Rape? →
Reblogging myself (ha). Didn’t know this was Tumblring around.
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are...”
– Katharine Hepburn (via simplygoodstuff)
Smokers and fat patients thrown off NHS waiting... →
sugaredvenom:
Guise, this shit is getting scary.
All patients with a BMI of 30 or more who are referred for several types of surgery including hip and knee operations will also be cast off the lists until they have been on a three-month diet programme.
“It is unusual for a sex offence case to be presented outside of the judicial...”
– The Guardian on why it chose to publish police accounts of allegations against Julian Assange. (via sheenagirlreporter)
10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against... →
i-am-the-lighthouse:
malefeminist:
The case against Assange, which has been the subject of intense speculation and dispute in mainstream media and on the internet, is laid out in police material held in Stockholm to which the Guardian received unauthorised access.
Read it, and tell me again why you think rape allegations are being used as a conspiracy against Wikileaks, or rather, why don’t...
“Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified...”
– Glen Greenwald: The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention (via uzairm)
Today I have
been to the gym
talked to a dear friend on the phone
sent well-wishes to a relative having surgery
moderated my blog
shared some important stuff on Twitter
prepared the evening meal ready to cook for my family
done some laundry
And yet I feel as if I have achieved nothing and actually got a bit panicky just then when I looked at the clock.
Could this be because none of the...
“Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA...”
– http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Dieting-Does-Not-Work-UCLA-Researchers-7832.aspx (via silentbeep)
“Fat activists don’t deny that fat can impact health. We deny the conclusions...”
– http://red3.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-conversation-fat-and-health.html (via silentbeep)
Reblog a thousand times.
“Women’s stories are too often dismissed. A male editor I once worked with tried...”
– I have been reading Mona Eltahawy’s blog for a few weeks and it’s probably one of the most important feminist blogs out there right now READ IT (via psychotropicpolitics)
In which I rant and swear at repulsive insensitive...
Rape apologists JUST FUCKING SHUT UP.
Just. Shut. Up.
You have nothing to add that is of any value to anyone. If you think your desire to shoot off your mouth and sound clever or righteous or however the hell you think you sound trumps the right of survivors to feel safe and to not be triggered or insulted or belitted then you’re nothing but a sack of slimy douches. Seriously. And I hate...
THIS IS SERIOUSLY A QUESTION ON MY PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
jungle-red:
“Obesity has become an epidemic in this country. Discuss two weight loss strategies you might use in helping a ten year old child who is obese. Why do you think these strategies might be helpful?”
Holy shit, this woman is gonna get a really goddamn long response to this question.
Woah, that is fucked up on so many levels. Not the least of which, even doctors who advocate...
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak (via a-hickman)
This makes me want to happydance.
“I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil. Western...”
– Julian Assange’s leaked online dating profile.
White dudes who talk like this kinda creep me out.
(via zuky)
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Oh my gawd this touches on a post that I’ve been turning over in my head since early last week and just haven’t had the energy to make.
STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT
(via...
Tangled Up In Lace: People Are Allowed To Lose... →
fiercefatties:
marilynwann:
gabifresh:
I hate that people get mad when fat people lose weight. Crystal Renn doesn’t owe you anything. Neither does America Ferrera, MoNique or Jennifer Hudson. Just as you should be allowed to do what you want with your body without judgment, so should they. News Flash: Not everyone…
People get to do and believe whatever they want. But permanent weight loss...
Dear FAers, I wrote you a love letter →
OMG FATTIES ITS ALL OUR FAULT EVERYBODY IS GOING... →
Here’s a piece of excrement called ‘The McVictim Syndrome Could Kill Us’ by the evidently delightful David Gratzer. Don’t read it if lines like
Most important, obesity is a human threat, destroying otherwise healthy lives and increasing personal health costs, all for the sake of a few daily moments of instant gratification.
may lift your daily rage allowance to unsafe...
jungle-red:
I procrastinate when I feel uninspired and unmotivated. When I feel this way I need days of doing nothing because they make me want to do something. I can only experience either intense interest or apathy and the two are rarely properly balanced. But I shouldn’t think that’s very abnormal anyway.
This is why I can’t have a blogging schedule. Also, it’s the thing I like...
“Simply put: fat acceptance/activism/whatevs is a movement of criticism and...”
– A series of things. « Two Whole Cakes
I JUST LOVE LESLEY SO MUCH YOU GUISE.
(via pastthestorm)
Remove the headless fatties from our media →
“Now, I don’t doubt that Interpol’s response to the sexual assault allegations...”
– Feministe (via azspot)
THIS.
(via robot-heart-politics)
Heavier and healthier: end the obesity panic →
sugaredvenom:
definatalie:
WHY THEN DO YOU CONTINUE TO DEHUMANISE FAT PEOPLE BY CHOPPING OFF THEIR HEADS?
Apart from the headless fatties, this is good!