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gwydion* "Wife pleads for return of abducted Laos aid worker:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22349192
* The Republicans are pushing a bill to make all federal funding for scientific research pass a Republican ideological purity test instead of basing it on the existing peer review. After all peer reviewed science favours reality, which has a liberal bias. Republicans believe that science should only exist to reinforce preexisting assumptions. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new-criteri-1.html
* Imagine you were an innocent person imprisoned despite being cleared for release four year ago. Then imagine a changing of the guards leads to you being stripped of what few rights you have, like the right to have pictures of your family in your cell. This is what the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay is about. Congress passed a law denying 86 people their release or transfer despite 50+ being considered innocent and this all being clearly against the constitution. The prisoners are already dying from suicide and are weak from the hunger strike.
* People are protesting the massive stripping away of the right to vote in North Carolina:
* "Three More April African-American Transwomen Deaths:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/three-more-april-african-american.html
*"Another Black Transwoman Dies In Ohio And Is Disrespected In The Local Media:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/another-black-transwoman-dies-in-ohio.html
* "More Than Just XX Or XY Chromosomes:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-than-just-xx-or-xy-chromosomes.html
* "Issak Gets To Go To His Prom With His Date:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/issak-gets-to-go-to-his-prom-with-his.html
* "POTUS Remarks At 2013 WH Correspondents Dinner" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/potus-remarks-at-wh-correspondents.html
* "Stoned wallabies make crop circles:" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
* "Poison. To be applied night and morning." http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/poison-to-be-applied-night-and-morning/
* "Sleeping With Guns:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/i-killed-my-friend.html?_r=0
* "Being Trans Affects Everything:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/being-trans-affects-everything.html
* "It's not enough to talk about those fighting for freedom, for equality, until you are one of those fighting." - Jackie Chan
http://superchanblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/glaad-coming-out-for-equality-psa.html
* Congrasterbating:
* Stephen Colbert on Jason Collins and associated anti-gay fallout:
* Yelp Prison Reviews:
* Iggy Pop talks to Stephen Colbert:
* I do not approve of the whole "famous for being famous" thing. I do not care about the private lives of celebrities except in cases where I need to know who to avoid. The only reality TV I watch is Mythbusters. I do not care about the Kardasions or why anyone would want to keep up with them. I say this as someone who is not even vaguely a fan: The body policing aimed at them is seriously creepy. There is already plenty of toxic shaming around women and body hair. It's not okay when aimed at ordinary women; it's not okay when aimed at famous women. When comedians do it to them, they are also attacking every woman in the audience who waxes her lip etc.. Fuck that! You know what else is seriously not okay? Body shaming a pregnant lady about the gaining weight. What the fuck do they want her to do, harm the fetus with crash dieting for their amusement? It's shitty when they do it to Kloe over her size; it's shitty when they do it to Kim because pregnant bellies are often unexpected shape. Again, they are harming every person in the audience who has issues around this stuff. If it's so bad that even though I'm not paying attention to them or caring, how bad is it in spaces where people do care about them? Jesus Christ on toast people, let the lady gestate.
* The Republicans are pushing a bill to make all federal funding for scientific research pass a Republican ideological purity test instead of basing it on the existing peer review. After all peer reviewed science favours reality, which has a liberal bias. Republicans believe that science should only exist to reinforce preexisting assumptions. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new-criteri-1.html
* Imagine you were an innocent person imprisoned despite being cleared for release four year ago. Then imagine a changing of the guards leads to you being stripped of what few rights you have, like the right to have pictures of your family in your cell. This is what the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay is about. Congress passed a law denying 86 people their release or transfer despite 50+ being considered innocent and this all being clearly against the constitution. The prisoners are already dying from suicide and are weak from the hunger strike.
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* People are protesting the massive stripping away of the right to vote in North Carolina:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* "Three More April African-American Transwomen Deaths:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/three-more-april-african-american.html
*"Another Black Transwoman Dies In Ohio And Is Disrespected In The Local Media:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/another-black-transwoman-dies-in-ohio.html
* "More Than Just XX Or XY Chromosomes:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-than-just-xx-or-xy-chromosomes.html
* "Issak Gets To Go To His Prom With His Date:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/issak-gets-to-go-to-his-prom-with-his.html
* "POTUS Remarks At 2013 WH Correspondents Dinner" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/potus-remarks-at-wh-correspondents.html
* "Stoned wallabies make crop circles:" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
* "Poison. To be applied night and morning." http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/poison-to-be-applied-night-and-morning/
* "Sleeping With Guns:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/i-killed-my-friend.html?_r=0
* "Being Trans Affects Everything:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/04/being-trans-affects-everything.html
* "It's not enough to talk about those fighting for freedom, for equality, until you are one of those fighting." - Jackie Chan
http://superchanblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/glaad-coming-out-for-equality-psa.html
* Congrasterbating:
* Stephen Colbert on Jason Collins and associated anti-gay fallout:
The Colbert Report
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The Colbert Report
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The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive
* Yelp Prison Reviews:
The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive
* Iggy Pop talks to Stephen Colbert:
The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive
* I do not approve of the whole "famous for being famous" thing. I do not care about the private lives of celebrities except in cases where I need to know who to avoid. The only reality TV I watch is Mythbusters. I do not care about the Kardasions or why anyone would want to keep up with them. I say this as someone who is not even vaguely a fan: The body policing aimed at them is seriously creepy. There is already plenty of toxic shaming around women and body hair. It's not okay when aimed at ordinary women; it's not okay when aimed at famous women. When comedians do it to them, they are also attacking every woman in the audience who waxes her lip etc.. Fuck that! You know what else is seriously not okay? Body shaming a pregnant lady about the gaining weight. What the fuck do they want her to do, harm the fetus with crash dieting for their amusement? It's shitty when they do it to Kloe over her size; it's shitty when they do it to Kim because pregnant bellies are often unexpected shape. Again, they are harming every person in the audience who has issues around this stuff. If it's so bad that even though I'm not paying attention to them or caring, how bad is it in spaces where people do care about them? Jesus Christ on toast people, let the lady gestate.
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Date: 2013-05-01 07:22 pm (UTC)