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Misogyny is a systematic and institutionalized form of bigotry and oppression that permeates through every aspect of our society in ways that can be obvious or more subtle (rape culture and its perpetuation can be obvious or subtle and can sometimes be difficult for a man who has never felt its effects to detect, but either way it’s horrifying.) Misandry is not systematic and it is not institutionalized. The distrust or hatred of men is a rational reaction to misogyny, which is ubiquitous and static. Statements like “can’t we all just be friends?” assume that there exists a level playing field. Until this level playing field truly exists, statements like these can easily be dismissed as childish, naive, shallow, frivolous and boring.

—My response to a man asking “can’t we all just be friends?” and “isn’t misandry just as bad as misogyny?” (via sixtyforty)

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Canadian Government is 'muzzling its scientists'.

lessthanawake:

“Prof Thomas Pedersen, a senior scientist at the University of Victoria, said he believed there was a political motive in some cases.

‘The Prime Minister (Stephen Harper) is keen to keep control of the message, I think to ensure that the government won’t be embarrassed by scientific findings of its scientists that run counter to sound environmental stewardship,’ he said.

‘I suspect the federal government would prefer that its scientists don’t discuss research that points out just how serious the climate change challenge is.’”

amythia: Dear Calgary: if you have any interest in steampunk, fetish, bdsm, cyberpunk, dancing, or dressing up, and you are bored tonight, why not come out?  Tons of door tickets left, only $20, but you may want to bring extra cash as we have a selection of booths to buy all sorts of wonderful things from.

amythia:

Dear Calgary: if you have any interest in steampunk, fetish, bdsm, cyberpunk, dancing, or dressing up, and you are bored tonight, why not come out?  Tons of door tickets left, only $20, but you may want to bring extra cash as we have a selection of booths to buy all sorts of wonderful things from.

fauvette: erikamoen: kateordie: burntlobster: That’s about the size of it. I’ve been raging on Twitter today about how batshit insane it is that Virginia is proposing that uterus-bearers undergo trans-vaginal ultrasounds before being allowed to have abortions. This means that a doctor, even if he or she knows that it is unnecessary, must probe inside the vagina to obtain an image of the fetus. Forcing an object inside someone, even if their pregnancy is a result of sexual assault. That’s all it is; insane. No man, no person, nobody has the right to tell you what you can or cannot do with your own body. It’s horrific and ugly and I don’t know how else to describe it. Nobody deserves to be raped because of how they were dressed, or shamed because they are unable to or don’t want to give birth, or told on any level by anyone that they are a lesser person for having sex at all. Yup. This news from Virginia left me feeling physically ill all day. Transvaginal ultrasounds are fucking traumatic, and this whole thing is just fucking disgusting.

fauvette:

erikamoen:

kateordie:

burntlobster:

That’s about the size of it.

I’ve been raging on Twitter today about how batshit insane it is that Virginia is proposing that uterus-bearers undergo trans-vaginal ultrasounds before being allowed to have abortions. This means that a doctor, even if he or she knows that it is unnecessary, must probe inside the vagina to obtain an image of the fetus. Forcing an object inside someone, even if their pregnancy is a result of sexual assault.

That’s all it is; insane. No man, no person, nobody has the right to tell you what you can or cannot do with your own body. It’s horrific and ugly and I don’t know how else to describe it. Nobody deserves to be raped because of how they were dressed, or shamed because they are unable to or don’t want to give birth, or told on any level by anyone that they are a lesser person for having sex at all.

Yup. This news from Virginia left me feeling physically ill all day.

Transvaginal ultrasounds are fucking traumatic, and this whole thing is just fucking disgusting.

Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan’s attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to lie ahead. Right now, in fact.

At the moment, we are failing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F Kennedy’s decision to launch the most destructive and murderous act of aggression of the post-World War II period: the invasion of South Vietnam, later all of Indochina, leaving millions dead and four countries devastated, with casualties still mounting from the long-term effects of drenching South Vietnam with some of the most lethal carcinogens known, undertaken to destroy ground cover and food crops.

—Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)

(Source: aljazeera.com, via noam-chomsky)

The question of love is one that cannot be evaded. Whether or not you claim to be interested in it, from the moment you are alive you are bound to be concerned with love, because love is not just something that happens to you: It is a certain special way of being alive. Love is, in fact, an intensification of life, a completeness, a fullness, a wholeness of life.

—Thomas Merton  (via fuckyeahexistentialism)

(Source: dubstepandecstacy, via fuckyeahexistentialism)