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December 10, 2011
“Noluyanda Mqutwana strikes a pose outside her small family house in Khayelitsha, the biggest black township, outside Cape Town, South Africa, 2000. Noluyanda is one of about 200 unprivileged children dancing ballet in a program called Dance For All, Many children are talented and the discipline taught during the dance classes has helped many to improve their concentration in school. Some children has blossomed to careers in dance in South Africa and internationally.”
(Source: ashesforjustice, via )
December 2, 2011
Stomp & Holler, Northampton MA. October 22, 2011
Sign reads: 1 in 3 Native and Alaskan Native American women are raped at some point in their lives. That’s 13% more than the national average for all women in the US. 86% of the violators are white males.
Most victims do NOT recieve justice and are victimized. America continues to appropriate and hyper sexualize Native culture.
I am Seneca. Native women must be heard. American culture enables the targeting of Native women and disregards justice for us.
FIGHT RAPE CULTURE & MISOGYNY FOR EVERYONE!
ON ALL FRONTS!
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November 7, 2011
Sexism, Patriarchy, and Capitalism.
Sex, rape, and abuse sell. Welcome to the US Media’s representation of Women!
October 23, 2011
Mexico City mulls 2-year marriage
Mexico City lawmakers want to help newlyweds avoid the hassle of divorce by giving them an easy exit strategy: temporary marriage licenses. Leftists in the city’s assembly — who have already riled conservatives by legalizing gay marriage — proposed a reform to the civil code this week that would allow couples to decide on the length of their commitment, opting out of a lifetime.
The minimum marriage contract would be for two years and could be renewed if the couple stays happy. The contracts would include provisions on how children and property would be handled if the couple splits.
“The proposal is, when the two-year period is up, if the relationship is not stable or harmonious, the contract simply ends,” said Leonel Luna, the Mexico City assemblyman who co-authored the bill. “You wouldn’t have to go through the tortuous process of divorce,” said Luna, from the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, which has the most seats in the 66-member chamber.
Luna says the proposed law is gaining support and he expects a vote by the end of this year. Around half of Mexico City marriages end in divorce, usually in the first two years.
October 3, 2011
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A Cuban man who spent 33 years on death row has been executed in Florida in a case that campaigners say highlights the cruelty of America’s system of capital punishment.
Manuel Valle, 61, was killed with three drugs including an anaesthetic that has not been tested for executions and that medical experts have said could cause extreme suffering. The manufacturer of pentobarbital, the Danish firm Lundbeck, has written to the governor of Florida, Rick Scott, to protest about the misuse of its product.
Valle was pronounced dead at 7.14pm local time (Sunday) after scenes of chaos and confusion at the Florida state prison that houses death row. Earlier in the evening the Miami Herald had prematurely reported his death. The US supreme court ordered a delay while it considered an appeal and Valle lived an extra three hours.
"— http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/29/manuel-valle-execution-carried-out
September 30, 2011
No matter who you are
No matter where you work
No matter how you identify
No matter how you flirt
No matter what you wear
No matter whom you choose to love
No matter what you said before:
NO ONE has the right to touch you without your consent. SlutWalk NYC is part of a worldwide grassroots movement challenging rape culture, victim-blaming and slut-shaming, and working to end sexual and domestic violence.COME JOIN US FOR SLUTWALK NYC ON OCTOBER 1, 2011! SEE YOU AT UNION SQUARE AT NOON FOR THE MARCH!
THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE!
11:00 AM: SIGN MAKING AT UNION SQUARE (BRING YOUR OWN MATERIALS)
12:00 PM: MARCH STARTING AT UNION SQUARE
1:00 PM: PERFORMANCES AT UNION SQUARE
2:00 PM: RALLY AT UNION SQUARE!
MARCH ROUTE: UNION SQUARE TO BROADWAY, BROADWAY TO 8TH STREET, 8TH STREET TO TO 2ND AVENUE, 2ND AVENUE TO THIRD STREET, THIRD STREET TO LAFAYETTE AVENUE, LAFAYETTE AVENUE BACK TO UNION SQUARE
September 24, 2011
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“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”— Vladimir Lenin (via ...
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“Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences...”
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The Dictator and The Zionist - The Trouble with Sacha Baron Cohen.
This morning, Sacha Baron Cohen is on my mind. Not...
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this is a picture of the protest—southwestern students...
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Anonymous asked: He said that about the NDAA BEFORE it had amendments made to it. He also said he would veto SOPA, so I think this is a sign that he at least knows what the internet does and doesn't need. (even if he's kinda daft elsewhere)
The Obama Administration attempted to censor the internet several times before, I call bullshit. Btw, Obama said he would veto the NDAA...
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Recently, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx raised eyebrows when she expressed her lack of sympathy for those who are currently drowning in student debt....
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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“I still say tape or taped instead of record or recorded.”— I’m old
