STFU, Conservatives

Mail Order Bride Company President Lobbying To Weaken Protections For Abused Immigrants

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:35 -0700

Mail Order Bride Company President Lobbying To Weaken Protections For Abused Immigrants :

blissandzen:

fuckyeahfeminists:

This is really fucking sick.

A top official at an anti-domestic violence advocacy group that has been encouraging the House GOP to roll back protections for immigrant victims in the Violence Against Women Act (or VAWA) is the founder of a controversial international matchmaking company, domestic violence workers warned lawmakers on Monday night.

The advocacy group, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, or SAVE, has been lobbying the House of Representatives to include a “reform to curb VAWA immigration fraud” in its version of the bill. The GOP version of the bill does that by removing confidentiality protections for immigrant victims of abuse and forcing them to tell their alleged abusive husbands that they’re applying for protected immigrant status. It also removes an avenue through whih immigrant victims can achieve permanent citizenship.

An official of SAVE has a major financial interest in reducing immigrant protections: Its treasurer, Natasha Spivack, started international “marriage service” Encounters International in 1993 with the aim of arranging marriages between U.S. men and Russian women. “The Woman Of Your Dreams Just May Have A Russian Accent,” states the company’s website.

One of the Russian brides matched by Encounters International sued the firm, claiming that she was beaten by her American husband, that the company failed to properly screen candidates and neglected to tell her about a law allowing immigrants to escape abusive marriages without fear of automatic deportation. A jury decided in favor of the Russian bride and awarded her $434,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. The case was affirmed upon appeal.

When Republicans seem to be doing things just to be stupid, figuring out what they’re up to is usually fairly simple. Just follow the money.

(emphasis added)

Cops disappearing NATO protestors

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:57 -0700

Cops disappearing NATO protestors:

missbananafish:

thetart:

Some NATO protesters claimed police broke into a Bridgeport apartment building Wednesday night without a warrant, arrested as many as eight people and held them in an undisclosed location. Protesters’ legal teams said they tracked the arrested protesters Thursday to the police department’s organized crime division headquarters in an old warehouse near Kedzie and Fillmore, but that for most of the day, police refused to even acknowledge that the raid had taken place.

This is happening, plus more right this second, and it’s only going to get worse as the nurses rally begins.

The cops took home brewing equipment, calling it supplies to make molotov cocktails. They burst in without a warrant, eventually producing an unsigned warrant, but that bought time until a real warrant arrived. I work 2 blocks away from where the nurses’ rally is - it’s crazy outside. I crossed the street to grab a quick lunch but couldn’t really see anything. Lots and lots of cops though.

barefootrunaway: m-03: bronzebasilisk: ryunwoofie: sonneillon...

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:00 -0700

barefootrunaway:

m-03:

bronzebasilisk:

ryunwoofie:

sonneillonv:

autumn-and-eve:

erinsmomma:

How can someone stand behind abortion, when you have a life inside of you that God created for you? How can you say that this life isn’t worth it? If you can’t take care of the baby for whatever circumstances than there is always adoption available to couples who can’t conceive, but still want the joy of being parents. OPEN YOUR EYES! God has bigger plans for us all that we don’t even realize the picture.

Excuse me but it appears your baby is actually upside down
Did you take Sex Ed freshman year because babies come out headfirst

Hi, OP! As someone who was given up for adoption, allow me to call bullshit on your little post there! You see, when I was adopted, I was a white-skinned, healthy, neurotypical infant, which basically put me at the top of the list, right underneath white-skinned, healthy, neurotypical MALE infants! There’s only one kind of infant people wanted to adopt more than me! I was SOOO lucky! But if you actually bothered to look at the information readily available on the interwebs, you would be aware that the majority of people who are forced to rely on abortion for family planning are poor people and people of color. Of course, those two demographics intersect, thanks to the institutionalized racism of our society! Neat huh?!

Of course, even babies of color are not in high demand with couples looking to adopt. Many who do want to adopt outside their race choose to go outside the country, where laws are less strict and the process is often less expensive. Of course, most of the infants adopted this way are obtained in unscrupulous fashion, but who cares about that when you’re saving a little Korean or African baby from the horrible fate of growing up in Korea or Africa??? And all those children who have birth defects, are born with diseases or disabilities, or have other issues… WELL. Who wants to invest that kind of expense and time? Why would you adopt someone broken, LOLOL?!

Granted, there are some wonderful people who understand the system a little better, and make it a point to try and give POC and disabled children a good home. But they make up a very small fraction of potential adopters! This difference in supply and demand leaves a lot of children stuck in the foster system, where their chances of being adopted diminish with every passing year, and their chances of being physically or sexually abused INCREASE! Isn’t that wonderful?

And of course, we haven’t even talked about the person who is giving birth to the baby! I know you probably think pregnancy is a wonderful, happy time, and for some people it is, but it is also one of the greatest health risks a person can take. I love my son very much, and from the day I found out I was pregnant with him, I wanted him! But I also nearly died giving birth to him. You see, I had pre-eclampsia, the most commonly fatal birth complication in the world. My blood pressure was 180 over 130! At twenty-two years old, I was actually headed for a stroke, hah hah! How funny is that? And all it took was missing a single pre-natal appointment during which my blood pressure rose to dangerous levels and my body tried to kill both me and my son. Those seizures sure were fun, as was the emergency c-section performed without anesthetic! And being chained down while the operation was performed, because I was delirious and wouldn’t stop trying to fight off the doctors, that was a BLAST! It was great for my husband too, since he almost lost his wife and child in just forty-five minutes. You can imagine how thrilled he is at the prospect of me ever getting pregnant again. Babies are certainly cute, but pregnancy can have massive health complications, and I know it’s such a bummer, but they are PERMANENT. :( My abdominal muscles never recovered from being hacked through with a scalpel, and the flood of hormones caused by late pregnancy have changed things from heartburn (never used to have it, now, all the time!) to my emotional reactions (I cry when I see pictures of kittens now. I used to be tough). These are changes I did not ask for, cannot control, and cannot fix! And many people go through worse! I know, right? Unbelievable, but go look up the word ‘episiotomy’ and then look up ‘birth rape’ and I’m afraid you’ll find some stuff that just isn’t very shiny. Plus, the studies actually show that people who carry a baby to term, give birth, then give it up for adoption suffer HIGHER rates of post-pregnancy complications like post-partum depression and post-partum psychosis, general depression, and other mental health issues. Adoption actually isn’t good for the person giving birth at all!

I’m afraid the picture you chose to use there is also pretty disingenuous. I know, I know, it seems like nitpicking. I’m not trying to be mean! :( But that picture shows a fully developed, viable infant, and most abortions are performed when the fetus isn’t even a fetus - it’s a blastocyst. That’s just a clump of cells. Seriously! You can totally find pictures on the interwebs and they’re not even gross, LOLOL! Later-term abortions are usually performed because of health complications, though some of our intrepid state legislators are trying to change all that! They care so much about people who are pregnant, you see, that they want to force them to carry dead or dying fetuses inside them until their body either becomes infected while it rots in their tummies (this is called sepsis, and it makes people very sick, and can even kill them!), or forces it out naturally in a gush of blood and fluids! Isn’t that so caring of them? I’m so glad they’re around to make those decisions for me! And if a pregnant person is not allowed to terminate an unviable fetus, in some states, they have to carry the child to term, give birth to it, and then watch it die in their arms because its lungs weren’t developed, or its brain formed outside its skull, or any of a million possible birth defects that will kill you just as quick as lickity-split! Isn’t that wild?! Of course, these people go through terrible grief, and as I mentioned, some of them may get sick and die from not being able to abort dead or dying fetuses. But I guess that’s just A-okay with you, huh?

Basically, I think before you suggest adoption as a universal alternative, you should actually go do some research on adoption. And before you condemn abortion, you should do some research on abortions - not the stuff your church is giving you, the stuff the real doctors are saying. Go to Planned Parenthood (if they haven’t all been closed down, ROFLMAO!) and request whatever information they have on the process, the statistics of who has abortions and why… and actually, all of that is on the interwebs! Isn’t technology AMAZING?

And in closing, since I’ve been asked this question many times and I know it’s coming? Yes, I realize I am here talking to you because I was not aborted. But the thing is, if my mother had chosen abortion, I wouldn’t know the difference, so it wouldn’t matter to me. And if she decided that choice was best for her, then that choice would have been best for her, and I would never want to take that choice away from her. As it is, since I was given up for adoption, and since I have seen the statistics on how badly people who give their children up for adoption suffer, I have spent much of my adult life worrying about her, whether she’s healthy, whether she’s okay, and feeling that if she did suffer from any of the common post-birth symptoms, it is at least partially my fault, even though she made that decision on her own. Which is silly, I know, but at some point, all children have to stare down the consequences of their parents’ having them. For some, that’s poverty. For others, a life-time of their parents struggling to treat and care for a severe illness or disability. For others, it’s wondering if their mother ever got over giving them away, and wishing you could reach out and assure her that it’s okay, she doesn’t have to be haunted.

May your birth control never fail!

Pro.

Sonneillonv deserves a mother fucking standing ovation here.

Reblogging because of Sonneillonv. Your google-fu is formidable!

bam.

^ All the commentary, and also: why are pro-life graphics always SO GODDAMN CREEPY???

-Jess

Valiant Comics: Two Students Did Not Want to See Their Favorite Comic Book Brand Die. So They Bought the Company - Los Angeles Arts - Public Spectacle

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:52:30 -0700

Valiant Comics: Two Students Did Not Want to See Their Favorite Comic Book Brand Die. So They Bought the Company - Los Angeles Arts - Public Spectacle

atleedala: I’m about to get all sorts of political. If you...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:49:47 -0700

atleedala:

I’m about to get all sorts of political. If you don’t like it, this is not the blog you’re looking for. Move along.

Four years ago, I voted for a man who promised to bring change to our country. This year, I am planning on making the exact same vote. Plenty of people have many negative things to say about Barack Obama. Out of everything that has been said throughout not just this election year, but throughout the last four years, there is one simple statement that I absolutely cannot stand…

“Obama hasn’t done anything the entire time he’s been in office.”

(well, that and the whole, “OBAMA IS A MUSLIM TERRORIST” because believe it or not, there are still some idiots out there that truly believe this…)

Here I have for you, ladies and gentlemen, is a list of 108 things Obama has accomplishedduring his presidency so far.

1. Saved the collapse of the American automotive industry by making GM restructure before bailing them out, and putting incentive money to help the industry

2. Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, and putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along

3. Relaxed Anti-American tensions throughout the world

4. Signed order to close the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay

5. Has made the environment a national priority, and a primary source for job creation

6. Has made education a national priority by putting emphasis and money behind new ideas like charter schools, but speaking directly to school children in telling them they have to do their part.

7. Won the Nobel Peace Prize

8. $789 billion economic stimulus plan

9. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court

10. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles

11. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans

12. Renewed dialogue with NATO and other allies and partners on strategic issues.

13. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force… this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.

14. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

15. “Cash for clunkers” program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulates auto sales

16. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan

17. Closed offshore tax safe havens

18. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan

19. Ended media “blackout” on war casualties; reporting full information

20. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts

21. . Ended media blackout on war casualties and the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB.

22. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules

23. Ended previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

24. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports

25. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created 2.1 million jobs (as of 12/31/09).

26. Ended previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions

27. Ended previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back

28. Ended previous policy on torture; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the Geneva Convention standards

29. . Launched Recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, an unprecedented step to provide transparency and accountability through technology.

30. Ended previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices

31. Ended previous “stop-loss” policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date

32. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources

33. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient

34. Established a new cyber security office

35. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children

36. Expanding vaccination programs

37. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses

38. . Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America’s Veterans.

39. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research

40. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools

41. Responded with compassion and leadership to the earthquake in Haiti

42. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters

43. . Launched Business.gov – enabling conversation and online collaboration between small business owners, government representatives and industry experts in discussion forums relevant to starting and managing a business. Great for the economy.

44. Improved housing for military personnel

45. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals

46. Changed failing war strategy in Afghanistan.

47. Improving benefits for veterans

48. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants…) after years of neglect

49. Donated his $1.4 million Nobel Prize to nonprofits.

50. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program

51. Provided tax credits to first-time home buyers through the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 to revitalize the U.S. housing market.

52. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel

53. Increasing student loans

54. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return “home” to visit loved ones

55. Cracked down on companies that deny sick pay, vacation and health insurance to workers by abusing the employee classification of independent contractor. Such companies also avoid paying Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance taxes for those workers.

56. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000

57. Limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House

58. Protected 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors through the Recovery Act that would have otherwise been lost.

59. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration

60. Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act on February 4, 2009, provides quality health care to 11 million kids – 4 million who were previously uninsured.

61. Lower drug costs for seniors

62. Making more loans available to small businesses

63. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration

64. . Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis

65. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans

66. Announced creation of a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for members of the U.S. Armed Forces to improve quality of medical care.

67. New federal funding for science and research labs

68. New funds for school construction

69. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending

70. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices

71. . Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals.

72. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren’t even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan

73. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions

74. Provided tax credit to workers thus cutting taxes for 95% of America’s working families.

75. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic

76. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research

77. . Helped reverse a downward spiral of the stock market. On January 19, 2009, the last day of President Bush’s presidency, the Dow closed at 8,218.22. In February 2010, the Dow closed at 10,309.24

78. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel

79. Restarted the nuclear non-proliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols

80. Provided attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles.

81. Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters

82. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy

83. Unveiled a program on Earth Day 2009 to develop the renewable energy projects on the waters of our Outer Continental Shelf that produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean currents. These regulations will enable, for the first time ever, the nation to tap into our ocean’s vast sustainable resources to generate clean energy in an environmentally sound and safe manner.

84. Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program

85. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards

86. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced

87. Successful release of US captain held by Somali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job

88. The FDA is now regulating tobacco

89. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date.

90. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010

91. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying

92. The “secret detention” facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed

93. US financial and banking rescue plan

94. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast

95. . Signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system.

96. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office

97. Improved relations with Iran

98. Improved U.S. policy on climate change

99. Set timetable for exiting Iraq (already started removing troops)

100. Improved relations with Russia

101. Improved relations with the Islamic World

102. Made progress towards greater cooperation on limiting nuclear proliferation

103. Economic stimulus plan has created jobs. (Unemployment rate decreasing)

104. Drastically slowed down the recession

105. Saved Wall Street

106. Passed the Lilly Ledbetter Act (equal work for equal pay)107. HEALTHCARE REFORM

108. Ordered the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden

On top of all of this, Barack Obama has just become the first president to endorse gay marriage.

Yup, here we have just described a man who has clearly done nothing but sit around the oval office and twiddle his thumbs the last four years. Obviously, voting for someone who is for universal equality and bettering not just this country, but the entire world, is the wrong way to go. -___-

OBAMA 2012

Just gonna leave this here, dudes.

An anon sent me "yeah suck on it" and a picture of their dick and shaved balls

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:49:25 -0700

stfupenguins:

stfuconservatives:

Do you all want to see it (beneath a cut)? It’s Friday. Time to laugh at some unsolicited dick pics.

Is this a thing now? Like a send-jess-peen thing? Can I join in?

Here, Jess, have more peen, courtesy of Captain Shirtcock:

NO NO

THIS IS NOT A THING

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME DICK PICS

(unless it’s like, really really impressive or something. I’m only human.)

"Free speech as a legal concept only guarantees you the right to speak. It doesn’t guarantee you the..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:47:19 -0700

“Free speech as a legal concept only guarantees you the right to speak. It doesn’t guarantee you the right to be heard, it doesn’t guarantee you the right to be agreed with, it certainly doesn’t guarantee you the right for your speech to not be challenged by someone else’s speech, and most importantly of all, it doesn’t mean you can’t suffer consequences if and when your free speech is used to cause harm to someone. Which is exactly what sexual harassment, racial slurs, and verbal bigotry are. That’s not censorship. That’s fairness.”

- “Not Okay”: MovieBob on Sexism and Harassment in Nerd Culture. (via jerrymuffinbutt)

always relevant

(via lettherebecramp)

fuckyeahplannedparenthood: Planned Parenthood poster circa mid...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:46:51 -0700

fuckyeahplannedparenthood:

Planned Parenthood poster circa mid 1990’s. From the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

"Saint" Trayvon Martin had Marijuana in his system.

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:45:09 -0700

thetaylordetroye:

thegayrepublican:

Yeah defiantly not a saint. It’s now a fact that Mr. Martin smoked marijuana. Therefore he isn’t the good little boy that the media portrays him to be. I’m all for legalization of Marijuana, but the media painted a pretty little picture that Trayvon was a good boy that never did any wrong. I’m sure that more will come out in this case. Let’s keep a close eye on this case, and not let an innocent man get the death penalty.

“innocent man”

Yeah shooting an unarmed kid, definitely innocent

Check it out, another conservative trying to smear a dead kid who was shot in cold blood. The media dialogue on DAY 2 of the Trayvon incident was “well he had been suspended from school for smoking pot!” “he took photos looking like a ‘gangsta’!” “i heard zimmerman had to get stitches because trayvon overpowered him and he was just SAVING HIS OWN LIFE, guys!”

It has ALWAYS been “well Trayvon wasn’t perfect!!!” from the fucking racists trying to let a murderer walk free. When a Black boy dies, our fucked-up racist media does not default to “I’m sure he was a good upstanding citizen, how could some monster have done this?!” That luxury if only afforded to pretty young white women who die. Right away, it was “hey it’s not like George Zimmerman killed a straight-A valedictorian with a full ride to Harvard!”

It doesn’t matter if Trayvon had smoked marijuana in the past. It wouldn’t matter if he had been high out of his fucking mind when he walked to 7/11 to buy snacks. George Zimmerman stalked and killed him for “looking suspicious,” AKA being Black. In what alternate universe is he an “innocent man”??????????

-Jess

We had girls doing blackface for a spirit week costume at my school. I go to Little Rock Central High, where we're famous for our supposed tolerance, and yet the girls were mostly congratulated by students and some staff. It took awhile for any administrator to tell them it was wrong.

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:37:10 -0700

What were they congratulating them on??? And thank god at least one administrator had the common sense to tell them to cut that shit out.

-Jess

Towards that 'the pill kills' thing... I'd die WITHOUT IT. I have PCOS and without it I'd be in agony. Also, do you know of any suppor blogs on tumblr for PCOS?

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:36:21 -0700

I don’t know of any, but I’m sure my readers do! Folks? Any suggestions?

bowiecadmium replied to your post: Right so I’m kinda confused as to what point they are trying to...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:00 -0700

bowiecadmium replied to your post: Right so

I’m kinda confused as to what point they are trying to make here by including a picture of a dick (not even theirs!). What are you supposed to be feeling? Shock? Awe? Disgust? It’s just a fucking dick. Who cares.

Yeah, I guess I’m supposed to feel shocked and demeaned because a man (presumably, I guess it could have been a woman?) sent an outspoken woman on the Internet a picture of a penis and told me to suck it. Instead I laugh. And I mock. At least have the decency to send me your own dick pics, folks.

-Jess

Kentucky Tea Party Sells ‘Yup, I’m A Racist’ Fourth of July T-Shirts

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:28:50 -0700

Kentucky Tea Party Sells ‘Yup, I’m A Racist’ Fourth of July T-Shirts:

strugglingtobeheard:

zoedelaluna:

OH YEEHAW THA FORF OF JULY, time for the awful racist slobs of Lexington, Kentucky to put on their best “warding off the coloreds and the Muslins” finery in honor of Jesus, Hitler and Thomas Jefferson. Do you like seeing the hate-bomb that is puking all over the American flag, on this man’s t-shirt? Does it capture your patriotic spirit? He will sell you another, to wear to the parade! This is how serious the birth control situation is in Kentucky, because broken condoms result in tragedies like this man, selling apparel to people who want to honor America’s founding dressed like hobo Klansmen. Were there even other tragic people interested in buying from him, or was his booth FOR SOME UNIMAGINABLE REASON labeled “Tea Party Fox News” on the front? SEE THE ANSWER after the jump:

Yes, the brown “INFIDEL” t-shirts read, “Everything I Need to Know About Islam I Learned on 9/11,” which is why they are calling themselves “infidels,” for irony.

So anyway the moral of the story is we are sorry for whoever lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

*blinks*

i fucking like this. like for real, all these white motherfuckers should be forced to wear those shirts when they support and endorse racist policy and institutions and when they spout racial stereotypes and hate. let us know the white people we gotta be around and who we should avoid (though there are so many it’s hard to avoid). i support this, except they shouldn’t make money. make these shirts, pay for them all, and then go broke after making enough for the country full of white racists.

^^ Yeah, I’d prefer it if racists and other oppressors were to clearly label themselves so I could avoid interacting with them in public.

Now I want to start a fake Zazzle store with “YUP, I’m a racist” “YUP, I’m a sexist” “YUP, I’m a homophobe” t-shirts and pretend to be all serious and then donate the proceeds to various liberal causes.

-Jess

chrisweedboygenius replied to your post: Right so they got it from google :( obsessionfull replied...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:24:41 -0700

chrisweedboygenius replied to your post: Right so

they got it from google :(

obsessionfull replied to your post: Right so

The fact that someone replied knowing that the anon got the picture from Google has made my week.

My readers are the best readers.

Right so

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:18:00 -0700

the exact message I received was “yeah, suck on it” with the accompanying photo. Enjoy! (nsfw below the cut, obviously)

-Jess

An anon sent me "yeah suck on it" and a picture of their dick and shaved balls

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:16:50 -0700

Do you all want to see it (beneath a cut)? It’s Friday. Time to laugh at some unsolicited dick pics.

Free Documentaries streamed online

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:15:14 -0700

Free Documentaries streamed online:

super-eklectic1:

scribemo:

A library of free documentaries online. Educate yourself.

The Pill Kills?

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:14:59 -0700

The Pill Kills?:

rabbleprochoice:

stfuhatemongers:

Seriously look at this website I just found.

Look at it!

It’s probably a good thing that most of the debates I have about reproductive rights are online and not usually in direct contact with people because I’m finding it increasingly difficult to suppress the rage I feel daily because of people like this and I really can’t afford to go to jail for punching someone in the face. It would inconvenience me.

Love,

Rabble

dionthesocialist: ihaven0values: deal with it Why the fuck...

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:55:20 -0700

dionthesocialist:

ihaven0values:

deal with it

Why the fuck are these honkies in the black girl tag?

SERIOUSLY? WHAT IN THE FUCK??? It’s 2012 and people are doing fucking blackface for fun? WHAT THE FUCKKKKKK

"Back before the housing bubble burst, sending America’s economy into a tailspin, hedge fund manager..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:50:33 -0700

“Back before the housing bubble burst, sending America’s economy into a tailspin, hedge fund manager and former CitiGroup banker Bruce Rose was marketing himself as the guy who single-handedly invented subprime mortgage-backed securities. Indeed, Carrington Investment Partners, part of a cluster of related companies founded by Rose, competed with the big investment banks to package and sell mortgage debt to investors. Now Rose and his companies are positioning themselves to feed off the tail end of the meltdown their business practices helped create, joining a foreclosure-to-rental trend that experts say could hurt homeowners even more.”

- This, via Josh Harkinson, is your morning must-read. (via motherjones)