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Who says men with tattoos can’t enjoy blowing bubbles?  I actually had a male photographer tell me that a man with tattoos wouldn’t be caught dead blowing bubbles, especially for a photograph.  Apparently it wasn’t “manly” and if anyone did, he should be on the cover of “pansy” magazine.  I was pissed off, so I took this picture.  Men (and women) should be able to do whatever they want - STOP gender policing!   #p2 View high resolution

Who says men with tattoos can’t enjoy blowing bubbles?  I actually had a male photographer tell me that a man with tattoos wouldn’t be caught dead blowing bubbles, especially for a photograph.  Apparently it wasn’t “manly” and if anyone did, he should be on the cover of “pansy” magazine.  I was pissed off, so I took this picture.  Men (and women) should be able to do whatever they want - STOP gender policing!   #p2

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Women are powerful and things have changed. We have control of our own destiny…which is sort of true in lots of ways except for the ones that really matter; except where actual privilege lives its actual life.

adapted from Cary Tennis

I was so disappointed in North Carolinians this past week.  My anger and frustration is finally subsiding, thanks in no small part to our President.  Whether or not gays and lesbians even want the right to get married, it is morally reprehensible to have any government involved in creating a set of second class citizens who do not get some rights based solely on their sexual orientation.   Thank you Mr. President for finally taking a stand - better late than never. View high resolution

I was so disappointed in North Carolinians this past week.  My anger and frustration is finally subsiding, thanks in no small part to our President.  Whether or not gays and lesbians even want the right to get married, it is morally reprehensible to have any government involved in creating a set of second class citizens who do not get some rights based solely on their sexual orientation.   Thank you Mr. President for finally taking a stand - better late than never.

Mostly Straight, Most of the Time? #p2

“I’m not sure there’s a name for what I am,” says Dillon, a college hockey player. Welcome to the world of the mostly straights.

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/mostly-straight/

“Kids are born curious.  They are always exploring. We spend the first year of their life teaching them to walk and talk, and the rest of their life telling them to shut up and sit down.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Kids are born curious.  They are always exploring. We spend the first year of their life teaching them to walk and talk, and the rest of their life telling them to shut up and sit down.”

-Neil deGrasse Tyson

You were raped? No, you’re just crazy. #p2

Oh, what the U.S. military will do to protect itself.  It’s abhorrent and disgusting.  Women who were sexually assaulted were more likely to be discharged for having personality disorders.  This meant they lost all benefits and in some cases had to pay back the military.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/14/health/military-sexual-assaults-personality-disorder/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Killing Rage!!! #p2

Thank you bell hooks for that expression because that is what I am feeling right now thanks to Arizona’s new abortion restrictions (and the latest state to throw women under the bus).  A newly passed law would allow doctors to PURPOSEFULLY withhold information from women about their pregnancy. SERIOUSLY?  It also redefines when a pregnancy begins.  Why are Republicans waging a war on women’s health?  Am I in America any longer or did we get taken over by tyrants while I was sleeping? 

If we want to end abortions we MUST provide comprehensive age-appropriate sex education.  We must provide quality pre-and post-natal care for women who WANT to carry their pregnancy to term, and we MUST fight poverty.  Every child born should be wanted, loved and cared for.  Absolutely no one hopes to get an abortion someday or goes through the process with glee, but restricting them is not the answer.

Women are not imbeciles. 

Women are not children.  They don’t need lawmakers to take care of them. Please take your paternalistic bullshit and shove it where the sun don’t shine.

Women are responsible, caring, thoughtful individuals who can make decisions about their own lives!

STOP trying to tell women what they can and can’t do with their own bodies!!  

TRUST WOMEN!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/az-abortion-bills-arizona-gestational-age_n_1415715.html

Psst. Psst. Hey you… #p2

Ever heard of Single Payer Universal Health Care?  Yeah.  We need it.  Think of it as Medicare Part E - E for everyone.  Demand it.  Health care costs are spiraling out of control and absolutely everyone deserves to have health care.  It is a right, not an option.  Help save small businesses - demand that healthcare NOT be tied to employment.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8407-the-real-health-care-debate

Do You Trust Your Fellow Citizens? #p2

“Other things being equal, people who trust their fellow citizens volunteer more often, contribute more to charity, participate more often in politics and community organizations, serve more readily on juries, give blood more frequently, comply more fully with their tax obligations, are more tolerant of minority views, and display many other forms of civic virtue.”

—Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone

Supreme Court to Rule on Health Care #p2

We are responsible for ourselves and for one another. That is why we have principles like freedom and fairness for everyone not just the few who are powerful. The American government has twin moral missions: protection and empowerment of the individual - equally for everyone. No one can make a dime in America or achieve their goals in life without protection and empowerment by America’s government. Protection includes not just the military and police, but also consumer protection, worker protection, environmental protection, safety nets, investor protection, and health care. Empowerment is what enables Americans to make a living and have a good life if they work at it. To care about our fellow Americans is to care about their health.

—George Lakoff

Note to Women: #p2

You’re too simple-minded and stupid to be able to make decisions about your own body or for anything concerning your reproductive health.  Thank goodness you have old white Republicans and the state governments to do it for you!  So don’t worry your pretty little heads and just close your eyes while the state rapes you (oh, and you probably will have to pay for it).

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/15/444999/pennsylvania-governor-supports-ultrasound-bill/

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Slut Shaming and Privilege #p2

Who decides what is debated and what is to be discussed in the public forum?  Why, white men, of course.

http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/zunguzungu/the-deep-resentment-of-having-to-think-about-it-rush-limbaugh-and-sandra-fluke/

Women’s Strike Force - TRUST WOMEN #p2

OUTRAGE.  That is the only thing I feel at this moment while state after state tries to pass laws that control the bodies and sexuality of women.  Here’s a novel idea - TRUST WOMEN! New laws that restrict access to abortions are NOT the solution. They only imply that women cannot be trusted!!  Nothing is that simple. The decision made by an individual woman to terminate a pregnancy is a difficult (and often painful) one and to describe it as anything less is disrespectful of women.  Each woman knows what is best for herself!  If we want to end abortions, then we must address the horrific conditions in which women find themselves. Here are a few suggestions for working to end abortions that DO NOT involve trying to control the bodies of women.  How about ending poverty, working for universal health care for all citizens, and teaching young people comprehensive sex-education?  Why not demand that birth-control be covered by insurance companies and work to end our disgustingly high infant mortality rate by offering prenatal and postnatal care to every pregnant woman? Shouldn’t we push for tougher laws and more diligent prosecution of partners who don’t pay childcare? There are many ways to reduce abortions! But, most importantly we must force our politicians to TRUST WOMEN to make the right decision for themselves.  We do not need old white men making decisions for us!

Check out this awesome group.

http://www.womensstrikeforce.org/

Support them or start your own!