"Anarchist communities often value and revere “back to the land” attitudes....
“Anarchist communities often value and revere “back to the land” attitudes. They fetishize a world after the industrial collapse where we are all riding our bikes everywhere and growing our own food....
View Article"…Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your...
“…Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.” - bell hooks (via...
View ArticleAnalysis: Sex workers bear brunt of war on trafficking
Analysis: Sex workers bear brunt of war on trafficking: KATHMANDU, 3 September 2013 (IRIN) - Laws and interventions aimed at reducing human trafficking by targeting commercial sex workers can, whatever...
View Article"Superman/Wonder Woman illustrator Tony Daniel described the upcoming book as...
“Superman/Wonder Woman illustrator Tony Daniel described the upcoming book as one of DC’s first attempts to target a female audience, by having more romance mixed in with the title’s drama and action.”...
View Articlechescaleigh: "Ask A Slave Episode 1: Meet Lizzie Mae" "Ask a...
chescaleigh:"Ask A Slave Episode 1: Meet Lizzie Mae""Ask a Slave" is a new webseries that was inspired by real questions actress Azie Dugney heard while working as a living character on the historic...
View ArticleMuslim students at UT create a fraternity dedicated to things like sobriety...
Muslim students at UT create a fraternity dedicated to things like sobriety and supporting women's rights. White people panic.
View Article7-Year Old Tulsa Girl Sent Home From School Because of Her Dreadlocks
7-Year Old Tulsa Girl Sent Home From School Because of Her Dreadlocks
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slipandstumble: shannonwest: rightnowbb: wackyshenanigans: bl...
slipandstumble:shannonwest:rightnowbb:wackyshenanigans:bloglikeanegyptian:oh nooooooooooooooo (x)Stephen Fry being his usual charming and nuanced self.Oh my god if Stephen Fry wants to talk about...
View Articlekiriamaya: tchy: fatoutloud: pervocracy: I used to think people called me...
kiriamaya:tchy:fatoutloud:pervocracy:I used to think people called me irresponsible, dirty, immoral, or speculated about me having diseases because I wrote about having multiple partners.Then I changed...
View Article"Some men get a sick pleasure out of stripping away the “illusion” that women...
“Some men get a sick pleasure out of stripping away the “illusion” that women are equal and violently showing them exactly how inferior they are. The online troll population has these kinds of...
View Article"Can we talk about how the three best-selling YA series in the past few...
“Can we talk about how the three best-selling YA series in the past few decades—Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games—were all written by women, but John Green is the one that ‘saved the genre?’” -...
View ArticleOn John Green, genre revolutionaries and sexism in lit
phirephoenix:CONTEXT: This is a re-post of an earlier rant. It was originally a response to a text-post from someone who mentioned that their YA lit professor called John Green a revolutionary who...
View Article"Women who don’t have children are particularly offensive because part of our...
“Women who don’t have children are particularly offensive because part of our cultural understanding of the ideal female hinges on being nurturing, emotional and care-giving. To reject childbearing...
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"Isn’t it rich that that the only country ever to use nuclear weapons in war...
“Isn’t it rich that that the only country ever to use nuclear weapons in war and which left Southeast Asia poisoned with Agent Orange and Iraq strewn with depleted uranium is getting on its high horse...
View Article"The School District of Philadelphia, the eighth largest school district in...
“The School District of Philadelphia, the eighth largest school district in the United States, nestled in the country’s fifth largest city, will make history when it permanently closes it doors within...
View ArticleWhy Philadelphia schools will close their doors forever
Why Philadelphia schools will close their doors forever: After cutting the education budget, the Governor [Tom Corbett] commissioned Boston Consulting Group, a major global-business consulting and...
View Article"In a press conference this past May, Thomas Knudsen, the Chief Recovery...
“In a press conference this past May, Thomas Knudsen, the Chief Recovery Officer for the School Reform Commission, stated that SRC plans to, “close 40 schools next year and an additional six every year...
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"Pennsylvania has a larger percentage of high-performing charter schools than...
“Pennsylvania has a larger percentage of high-performing charter schools than the national average, but it also has more underperforming ones. As a result, Pennsylvania charter students on average are...
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