February 2012
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“And yet a woman’s weight is seen by American culture as an outward manifestation...”
– Everybody, Every Body: the Media’s Erasure of Fat Girls
“When will Lin be known not as a “very good Asian basketball player” but simply a...”
– The Sporting Scene: ESPN’s Lin Problem : The New Yorker
“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity.
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“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or...”
– J. Krishnamurti
Anonymous asked: In grade nine (Ontario) my school's health class was going though this sheet checking off true or false. One of the statements was "I women(or girl I don't remember) wearing a short skirt and low cut top is asking to be raped." I imediatley thought false, no one asks to be raped. But in our APPROVED CURRICULUM the correct answer was true, I questioned this and my male teacher...
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“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones on MIA’s middle finger and everyone else’s panties being in a bunch over it.
So good.
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Proof that the cancer industry doesn’t want a cure - even if it’s a pharmaceutical
‘A safe and effective cure for cancer has been discovered with a drug that was once used for unusual metabolic problems. Yet, the cancer industry shows no interest with following up on dichloroacetate (DCA) research from University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, reported in 2007. That’s...
