June 2012
“Woman is the first environment.”
– Mohawk Midwife Kasti Cook (via leda-swanson)
“Despite writing a whole movie about the most famous internet company in history,...”
– Internet Girls, Mad Men, and Why the ‘Greatest’ Generation Wasn’t (via aminatou)
“The truth is that children are messy sometimes. And loud sometimes. And they run...”
– Issa Waters, “What You Say About Children In Public” (via morecoffee)
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS HEALTH CARE MANDATE →
classicmcconnell:
BAM
“Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid...”
– Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible (via thoughtsdetained)
“It’s been more than 75 years since the Supreme Court overturned a piece of...”
– T-minus 10 minutes to #HCRmageddon. Kevin Drum breaks down what it will mean if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare. (via motherjones) Obviously, this decision defines the rest of the day. Think we’ll see a surprise? (via shortformblog)
Coal is the enemy of the human race, mainstream... →
Once you strip away the econ jargon, the paper finds that, on the margin, electricity from coal imposes more damages on the U.S. economy than the electricity is worth. That’s right: The next coal-fired power plant is a net value-subtraction. A parasite, you might say, that will enrich a few executives and shareholders at the public’s expense.
“It appears that there has been deep penetration in the halls of our United...”
– Rep. Michele Bachmann illustrating what can happen when we elect representatives with no understanding of history (via morecoffee)
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“One of the things people always say to you if you get upset is, don’t take it...”
– Nora Ephron, ‘96 Wellesley commencement address (via, via)
if your argument begins with "well, from an...
hedgerows:
followed by more snoring, and, in conclusion, even more snoring.
hi new followers!
aerialcircus is a secondary tumblr to airwalker.tumblr.com; so if a creepy poetry/photography person recently started following you, that creepy poetry/photography person is me. Don’t feel any pressure to follow one is the other isn’t your deal, I just wanna see your posts on my dashboard.
xo, Cait
LOUD AS SHIT BECAUSE FUCK YOU: 100newfears:... →
TW: Violence against women, death threats, objectification & debasement of women
catturnedtosmoke:
100newfears:
jtravisrolko:
To all the women of the world,
If you’ve rejected me, I hate you. If we’re just friends, our friendship is over. If we don’t know each other, I will never offer you mere friendship. The friendship I’ve offered to your sex has been abused too much and for too...
Question Everything: The History of Abortion... →
reallyfoxnews:
“In the early 1800s, when a woman stopped menstruating she was not considered to be pregnant until she could feel the fetus moving inside of her. Before this movement, she was thought of as having blocked menses. Even if she felt something was growing inside her, it was not…
“The savviest of the media and culture websites tap into this resentment as...”
– Freddie deBoer, “The Resentment Machine.” (via mwriston)
arguing with a woman on facebook about whether or...
What I Want To Say: THE DAILY MAIL??? YOURE SERIOUSLY LINKING ME TO THE DAILY MAIL RIGHT NOW, THE DAILY FUCKING MAIL IS YOUR SOURCE? YOU THINK THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ARE PART OF THE “ABORTION INDUSTRY” BUT THE DAILY MAIL IS TOTALLY LEGIT? DONT YOU KNOW THE DAILY MAIL WAS FOUNDED BY FASCISTS? HOW DO YOU EVEN MANAGE TO LIVE EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE...
@ Super Cuts
Hairdresser: Wow, look at your fingers! Is that from biting your nails? Cait: Yeah, well the fingertips in general. It’s called wolf biting- pretty metal, eh? Hairdresser: Wow, look at em! Cait: Yeeeeah, look at em. Hairdresser: Do they *hurt?* Cait: I don’t have a lot of nerve endings left on my fingertips, so no. Or maybe I’m just used to it, I don’t know. Hairdresser:...
“And love has to do with humor, doesn’t it? For you cannot love someone unless...”
– Ray Bradbury, from “The Fire Balloons” (via yesyes)
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and...”
– Mark Twain via wordquote (via petitpoulailler)