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pewresearch: Our new study finds a record number of new moms have been to college. [Graphic: Deseret News] View high resolution

pewresearch:

Our new study finds a record number of new moms have been to college. [Graphic: Deseret News]

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Not all men are violent, but most violent people are men.

-whatispatriarchy (via mohavemamba)

And if you believe this, you are sexist. This is not based in an ounce of fact, just wild, disgusting prejudice. It’s easy to portray men as naturally violent when you force them to make up the WHOLE of our military until just recently.

(via timeparad0x)

In 2009, 91% of violent crimes commited in England and Wales were committed by men, according to Home Office statistics. That is typical (actually violent crime rates in the UK are slightly lower than the first world average). I mean the overwhelming statistical evidence is that men commit the majority of violent crime, that’s really absolutely beyond question. If you want to discuss WHY men commit the majority of violent crime, fine, but jesus shit

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who would even question the premise? imma guy & it makes sense—because it’s true af

(Reblogged from whateverwhateverr)

Something to think about:

Over the past few months, because of zealot Republicans like Paul Ryan, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock wishing to force their patriarchal, misogynistic, “religious” beliefs on women, rape has been the hot topic of the day.

One thing I’ve heard over and over recently is people saying that they don’t personally know anyone who’s ever been raped. I used to think that too. Until it dawned on me: why should every woman I know feel obliged to inform me of such a painfully intimate detail of their lives? I mean, really—who am I?

Many of us probably know a woman who’s been raped. We just don’t know it.

UNDECIDED VOTERS: The SNL Skit vs. Real Life

  • Katherine Fenton: What will you do about women's pay inequality?
  • Mitt Romney: I've had binders and binders full of women. Once. Years ago...oh, and Ann loves you people.
  • Barack Obama: Hm...Well, let's see here. This is a tough one—Lilly Ledbetter, gender equality, free contraception, jobs plans and bailouts for teachers (like yourself), Obamacare so insurance companies can't overcharge women anymore, Sonya Sotomayor, Elana Kagen, not gonna overturn Roe v. Wade, my two young daughters, Michelle, America, freedom 'nshit.
  • Katherine Fenton: Pfft. They kinda just talked about what they have done, but that wasn’t my question. I'm still undecided.
  • Adam: Huh?
  • Eve: Say what now?
  • Me: Wait, seriously?
  • Obama: For realz?
  • Romney: Wait. What did she just say?
  • My cat: meow?
  • My dog: woof?
  • My plant: ?
  • Susan B. Anthony: Wait what?
  • Antonin Scalia: Wow. Seriously?
  • Rush Limbaugh: No, seriously?
  • SN: No disrespect to Ms. Fenton, but this exemplifies what drives me bonkers about people who choose not to be informed about the world in which they live.
  • tagg: mommy, daddy...tell me how you first met
  • mitt: well son one day i was in a staples walking thru the binders section...
  • ann: my binder was very crowded, but daddy noticed *me*
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fuckballsandlemonade: namastetoyoutoo: This is all you need to know about Mitt Romney. My jaw dropped so violently when he said this that it popped. Ah… the old Republican, “Go make me a sammich” defense. Verily, ye Ole GOP doth truly understand wench— er, wiminz. View high resolution

fuckballsandlemonade:

namastetoyoutoo:

This is all you need to know about Mitt Romney.

My jaw dropped so violently when he said this that it popped.

Ah… the old Republican, “Go make me a sammich” defense. Verily, ye Ole GOP doth truly understand wench— er, wiminz.

(Reblogged from semanthics)
implies: #u did thing #u bought binder #u clim mountin #good jo b cookie anyone? View high resolution

implies:

#u did thing #u bought binder #u clim mountin #good jo b

cookie anyone?

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A tale of two quotes:

inothernews:

“(Barack Obama) believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our healthcare.”

— MICHELLE OBAMA

“I love you women!!!”

— ANN ROMNEY

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deluxvivens:

Nonexistent tumblr ndns: I present to you Native women that are hotter than a hipster girl in a headdress standing in a field.

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did-you-kno: Source …and who, precisely, is surprised by this?

did-you-kno:

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…and who, precisely, is surprised by this?

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africanfashion: Lil Mama has addressed the harsh criticism she received for tweeting a photo of her natural hair.The Brooklyn rapper proudly posted a photo of her full, round and enviable afro on Twitter to show her fans that she doesn’t feel the need to perm her hair to conform to the look of the majority of black women.However, Mama received a lot of criticism from women who made negative comments about her rocking an afro. The rapper has addressed the backlash she received but explains that she isn’t willing to change her hair to please other people.“I posted the picture of my hair and they were like, ‘Oh my God, you look like a shot slave.’ I didn’t get one comment from a white person that was negative about my hair,” Mama told LoveBrownSugar.com.“All of them came from the sisters that had these bulls–t helmet weaves, looking like a fake azz Nicki Minaj or whoever else they think they is. They don’t know who they are and the people that they are looking to for guidance don’t know who they are. So, it sucks.”When asked if she thinks the perception of natural hair will change, Mama replied: “I think you can change it — Michael Jackson said it best: Start with the man in the mirror.”“And being natural all your life and never converting to get a perm because you feel pressured shows your strength, not only as a woman but as an individual because that made you who you are.”“I feel like just going natural, I feel good about it, and I’m just trying to find different ways that I feel pretty, not the typical version of pretty.” I grew up with waay too many sisters to be foolish enough to tell a girl how they ought tp wear their hair, but this is just sad. Natural, permed or otherwise —how someone wants to wear their own hair, that’s on their own head, doesn’t affect anyone but them. I know precisely where it comes from, but it’s so sad that a simple decision to wear unprocessed hair elicits such a petty and negative backlash from other black women.

africanfashion:

Lil Mama has addressed the harsh criticism she received for tweeting a photo of her natural hair.

The Brooklyn rapper proudly posted a photo of her full, round and enviable afro on Twitter to show her fans that she doesn’t feel the need to perm her hair to conform to the look of the majority of black women.

However, Mama received a lot of criticism from women who made negative comments about her rocking an afro. The rapper has addressed the backlash she received but explains that she isn’t willing to change her hair to please other people.

“I posted the picture of my hair and they were like, ‘Oh my God, you look like a shot slave.’ I didn’t get one comment from a white person that was negative about my hair,” Mama told LoveBrownSugar.com.

“All of them came from the sisters that had these bulls–t helmet weaves, looking like a fake azz Nicki Minaj or whoever else they think they is. They don’t know who they are and the people that they are looking to for guidance don’t know who they are. So, it sucks.”

When asked if she thinks the perception of natural hair will change, Mama replied: “I think you can change it — Michael Jackson said it best: Start with the man in the mirror.”

“And being natural all your life and never converting to get a perm because you feel pressured shows your strength, not only as a woman but as an individual because that made you who you are.”

“I feel like just going natural, I feel good about it, and I’m just trying to find different ways that I feel pretty, not the typical version of pretty.”

I grew up with waay too many sisters to be foolish enough to tell a girl how they ought tp wear their hair, but this is just sad. Natural, permed or otherwise —how someone wants to wear their own hair, that’s on their own head, doesn’t affect anyone but them. I know precisely where it comes from, but it’s so sad that a simple decision to wear unprocessed hair elicits such a petty and negative backlash from other black women.

(Reblogged from ianthe)