March 2012
18 posts
Romney To Women Voters: ‘Vote For The Other Guy’ If You Want Greater Access To Birth Control →
thinkprogress.org
You know, I’m almost starting to wonder if this is a form of performance art — this damn near comes across as Romney deliberately driving female voters to Obama. Does he really not get that women A) have the vote and B) are capable of voting other than for the guy their husband wants them to vote for? Or is it just the ongoing obliviousness to the facts of life for people not in his tax bracket?
Just checked to make sure that I’m still registered to vote. Yup, definitely going to “vote for the other guy.”
“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)
Why is it that I always get a shitty roommate?
I left a note for her to put the dishes in the dishwasher before she left for spring break because I don’t want cockroaches in my apartment when I come back and she was the last one to leave.
Not that big of a deal right?
Well apparently she “doesn’t like being told what to do.” Blah Blah Blah.
God I can’t wait until July and this bitch moves out!
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“[Margaret] Sanger’s own mother gave birth to 11 children in 22 years, suffered seven miscarriages, and died at the age of 48. At the time, Comstock laws prevented women from accessing contraception or even receiving information about family planning through the mail; such matters were considered obscene. Seeing firsthand the perils associated with pregnancy, Sanger made it her life’s mission to provide a legal, accessible, female-controlled method of birth control. She opened the first U.S. family planning clinic, founded Planned Parenthood, and played a key role during the ’50s in helping to fund the development of the birth control pill.”
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Margaret Sanger, Badass Mother Lover | The Hairpin
When contraception, information about contraception, and abortion are banned… then these things happen.
Should I get a "Keep Calm and DFTBA" poster or a "French the Llama" poster?
“There have been about 514 Leap Years since Caesar created it in 45BC. Without the extra day every 4 years, today would be July 28, 2013. Also, the Mayan calendar did not account for leap year…so technically the world should have ended 7 months ago.”
I believe in seperation of Rick Santorum and elected office.
