February 2012
74 posts
wyndampryces:
burtmacklin | lemuffinmistress | ruvy:
I think that people forget that condoms protect you from more than just pregnancy.
And there is no morning after pill for HIV.
ACTUALLY THERE IS.
It’s called post exposure prophylaxis.
http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/prophylaxis/en/
If you’ve had unprotected sex and are afraid of possibly being at risk for HIV, please go to the...
“I saw with so many of the gay couples, they were so devoted to another. I saw so...”
– A chance shake-up of Maryland House of Delegates seating assignments brought Republican Wade Kach face to face with gay couples who had come to make the case for a gay marriage law, and might have proved decisive in its final passage through the state’s General Assembly on Thursday. Kach, who had...
Anonymous asked: what is a destructive emotion?
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The Pervocracy: Why I didn't just call the cops.
[SUPER DUPER TRIGGER WARNING FOR ALL SORTS OF UNHAPPY THINGS. JUST IN CASE YOU DON’T SEE THE TRIGGER WARNING PICTURE OR TRIGGER WARNING PARAGRAPH THAT COMES AFTER. ALSO I DEFINITELY DIDN’T WRITE THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN MANAGE IT IS VERY WORTH READING.]
”[MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING for the nitty-gritty of sexual assault and aftermath. This is not a happy post and it’s not one I...
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Perfect Storm of Feeling Awful
Sore throat
Bleeding
Tons of work to do
Left the land of snuggles and kisses
I’m afraid and somewhat depressed by the prospect of losing the relationship I have with my mother. (Meaning… I don’t want it to change significantly or for a long period of time.)
I know I’m ovary-acting but I can’t tell by how much
I need a fucking hug
girlfagdykething replied to your post: Awesome trip, terrible letter to come home to
uh oh :[ everything ok?
My mom finally responded to my email about top surgery. It was uh… really not at all what I was hoping for. Not even close.
Awesome trip, terrible letter to come home to
“Sure, we had to be skinny. I lived on Diet Coke and apples for two years. For...”
– Sylvia Plath (via modellesbians)
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
“On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
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little jess: redux.: in defense of queer monogamy.... →
heylittlejess:
true facts: 1) my partner and i have discussed being poly. 2) we do not want to be poly at this moment. 3) we have discussed the reality of not writing off polyamory in the future. 4) see #2 we are both queer, radical by most definitions, and anti-marriage. i have been in poly relationships, she has not. we don’t believe that monogamy or polyamory is better/worse or more/less...
“Well, for starters, I’d like us to think beyond and outside Stonewall. While...”
– Yasmin Nair, on radical queer history and the prison industrial complex for an interview about Captive Genders, edited by Eric Stanley and Nat Smith (via funkyfest)
White people lack empathy for brown people, brain... →
xavieralexay:
baddominicana:
sapphrikah:
The participants – all white – watched simple videos in which men of different races picked up a glass and took a sip of water. They watched white, black, South Asian and East Asian men perform the task.
Typically, when people observe others perform a simple task, their motor cortex region fires similarly to when they are performing the task...
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Reading about destructive emotions in Buddhism. Leads me to thoughts about BDSM. While hatred is obviously considered afflictive what if you harm someone out of love (and/or other non-afflictive things)? Then I think, wait wait I’ve gone far too quickly and too far: what do you Buddhists even believe about sexuality. I look it up. A wide range of things depending on the school. From...
“My feeling is that student fees are instituted, basically as a technique of...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
sisterpyrotechnist replied to your post: It’s gonna be really tough for me to get into grad…
Noooo! Don’t let them.
I’m doing my best. I called one school they told me they didn’t have it. I called the company that is in charge of sending transcripts they essentially said “that’s absurd, we sent it and they verified that they received it, we’ll call them and...
