Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada
(Source: oneheadtoanother)
Fear and Couch-Surfing in San Jose
Or: How Two People Need a Crashspot For At Least One Night Without Being Asked For Sexual Favors In Return God Damn It
BASICALLY: Anyone in the San Jose area have some FC-timed free couch space for conceptbug & I? Shoot me a PM if you’ve got something. We don’t bite! :>
Please take some time to watch this! STOP SOPA! >:(
REBLOG AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE!
Am afraid one day Tumblr will be gone just like YouTube and other sites. (TAT;)
This very, very, very important and you should all watch, and reblog, and inform everyone about this, please, this is not just about the US, but the whole world too.
PLEASE DON’T SCROLL PAST THIS
IT’S KIND OF REALLY IMPORTANT
IT’S KIND OF REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT
Reblogging again for great justice
Oh my god. Seriously? People, watch this.
Oh my god. Everyone should watch this. Seriously guys. O_O
#SOPA
This really, REALLY needs to be reblogged and shared by EVERYONE. I’m not even kidding. I support this guy in every way possible.
The online piracy scandal is just that: a scandal. It’s manufactured bullshit shaped like a martyr story and introduced to our less-than-tech-savvy powers-that-be (lawmakers) as a horrible travesty in which the successful and very-monetarily-sound 1%ers aren’t making enough money, and thus feel the need to criminalize and force ludicrous, exorbitant fees upon the weakest of the 99%ers. I’m not making this up. Look up any RIAA-based piracy lawsuit case. It’s pure, utter bullshit, and this guy has evidence that it was all FABRICATED and PLANNED to be that way. It’s not a conspiracy, or a theory. It’s hard evidence that is frankly PLAIN AS DAY.
Share this. Promote this. MAKE THIS A THING THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED.
And don’t worry if your blog only has 6 followers. REBLOG IT ANYWAY. The more traffic this gets, the bigger it will get. And this is BIG.
FUCKING IMPORTANT. I wouldn’t drop an F-bomb here if it wasn’t important to me.
REBLOG NOW.
reblogging again cuz i forgot to tweet it
shiiiiiiit
reblogging into forever
Hey, all you tumbles who followed me recently, this is kind of important and I’d appreciate it if you’d pass this around and maybe even contact your state / country’s representatives!
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Thank you, Richard.Not only is it a good cause but it doesn’t advertise itself with that stupid ‘it won’t ruin your hipster blog’ crap.
reblogging because water is delicious
water you doing not reblogging this
I might as well do this too (SUCH a copycat, geez what).
From now until 11:59 UTC on December 26, 2011, everything on music.roxorfoxor.net is 25% off using the code “firesale” (no quotes).
Doing this because 1) IT’S THE HOLIDAYSSS and 2) I just had to spend the last $3 I had on toilet paper (no joke) and am in a mad scramble (14-hour work days, every day, on everything I have to do) to make rent (and pay bills that I’m already 10 days late on), and figured a little discount might get this stuff into places it hadn’t already reached. All that um… also means I’ll be open for artwork commissions again soon (once I’m done with aforementioned mad scramble involving current work), but let’s leave that to another post!
Plz reblog to the ENDS OF THE TUMBLR. <3 <3 <3
now let it drop.: Fake "Clinic" Cons 17-Year-Old Girl
An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend to one of Indiana’s Planned Parenthood clinics, but they unwittingly walked into a so-called “crisis pregnancy center” run by an anti-abortion group, one that shared a parking lot with the real Planned Parenthood clinic and was designed expressly to lure Planned Parenthood patients and deceive them.
The group took down the girl’s confidential personal information and told her to come back for her appointment, which they said would be in their “other office” (the real Planned Parenthood office nearby). When she arrived for her appointment, not only did the Planned Parenthood staff have no record of her, but the police were there. The “crisis pregnancy center” had called them, claiming that a minor was being forced to have an abortion against her will.
The “crisis pregnancy center” staff then proceeded to wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment over the following days, showing up at the girl’s home and calling her father’s workplace. Planned Parenthood’s clinic director reports that the girl was “scared to death to leave her house.” They even went to her school and urged classmates to pressure her not to have an abortion.
The anti-choice movement is setting up these “crisis pregnancy centers” across the country. Some of them have neutral-sounding names and run ads that falsely promise the full range of reproductive health services, but they dispense anti-choice propaganda and intimidation instead. And according to a recent article in The New York Times, there are currently more of these centers in the U.S. than there are actual abortion providers. What’s more, these centers have received $60 million in government grants. They’re being funded by our tax dollars.
http://www.ppaction.org/
Planned Parenthood Action Fund, 24 April 2006[Emphasis mine. Hear that folks? We are funding terrorists with our tax dollars. The fact that this is legal is absolutely mind-blowing. And when we dare complain, they cry about how they’re being persecuted and censored unfairly, and we’re infringing on their freedom of speech. No, just no. This should not be fucking allowed.]
Signal boost. This is really fucked up.
well this just pissed me off.
Signal boost. Fuck this shit.
What the fuck, really?
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard about bullshit like this, but cripes, every time I do, it never fails to make me *infuriated*.
oh so my tax dollars are funding anti-choice propaganda
that’s cool
fuck the world
I don’t often reblog bullshit but when I do, it’s really bullshit
Good fucking GOD
RUSSIA: A BILL TO SILENCE MILLIONS
Political leaders in St. Petersburg are about to vote on law that will make it illegal for any person to write a book, publish an article or speak in public about being gay, lesbian or transgender. The ruling party led by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin could make millions of people invisible with the stroke of a pen.
Human rights defenders around the country are doing everything they can to stop it. They are risking their freedom to organize flashmobs and protests, but they are afraid that it won’t be enough.
Right now, the world needs to speak up and tell Russian authorities to drop the bill. Join this call to leaders around the world to reach out to their counterparts in the Russian government - and ask them to reject this discriminatory and anti-democratic law.
(Source: podling)
you need to change your steam password immediately! this is why
THANK YOU, apparently my debit card somehow got associated with my Steam account, so this definitely pertains to me.
(Source: grananigans)
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missveryvery:
Help Michigan Students Stop the “License to Bully” Bill—
[TW for homophobia, transphobia, gay bashing, bullying]
Why this is Important
It’s tough being a student when bullies are allowed to physically and verbally hurt you at school. Unfortunately, because of a dangerous new bill passed by the Michigan State Senate, it’s only going to get worse.
On November 2, minutes before voting to pass a new bullying bill, the Michigan State Senate added special language that provides a blueprint for bullies. According to this language, as long as the bullying is done because of “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction,” then it’s ok.
As students, we deserve better. And if enough of us speak up, we can stop this dangerous bill.
I was in 7th grade putting my books in my locker when a few guys game up behind me. They called me a faggot and a dyke and asked me why I even bothered to show my face at school because no one liked me. I ignored them because I was scared of what else they might say and who else they might tell if I stood up to them. I went to shut my locker when an 8th grader pushed me against the wall. I didn’t know what to do so I stood there, alone and afraid. One of his friends slammed my locker shut on my hand breaking my fourth finger. I held back tears while I watched them run away laughing. When I got home I lied to my parents about what happened to my finger because I didn’t want them to tell the school. I was afraid the school would do nothing accept call me out in front of everyone.
My name is Katy Butler, I am now a junior at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor Michigan and I am lesbian. For me, 7th grade was four years ago and writing about that event, even thinking about it, I still tear up. Stopping the “License to Bully” bill (SB 137) and passing real anti-bullying legislation is so important to me because I don’t want anyone else to have to have such strong, painful memories. Being bullied because of something I couldn’t change hurt, but it hurt even more that my school did not do anything about something that they could change.
My story is not unique. Students all across Michigan have stories just like mine. Students like my friend Carson Borbely, who is currently in eighth grade:
“A few weeks ago in class, I brushed a friend’s hair away from her face. A loud voice sharply interrupted, ‘Don’t touch her. Trannies carry diseases.’ The teacher didn’t do anything. That was the fourth incident in her class that I had been harassed by the same boy. Nothing was done. The only reprimand he got was a sharp calling of his name. The teacher asked him passively to stop. He continued.”
Carson and I are speaking out for all those students who suffer every day at school. We’re speaking out because we deserve a bill that will actually protect us at school, not make it more dangerous, or give bullies a free pass. People keep telling us youth “It Gets Better”. Well it can’t get better if you don’t make it better. I’m doing my part to help, please do yours.
Please stand with students across the state and sign our petition demanding that the Michigan State Legislature pass a real anti-bullying bill. One that doesn’t have special exceptions, but does list the reasons students are bullied most often, and does add reporting requirements. A bill that actually protects students.
Sincerely,
Katy Butler, Michigan high school studentCarson Borbely, Michigan junior high school student
——————————————
VV comment: I don’t know why assault in schools isn’t taken seriously. If I, as an adult, took someone’s hand and smashed it in a locker, I would get arrested. In school, nothing happens.
In reply to your comment: the pessimist in me wants to say it’s because the staff members are inept and/or condone it under auspices of their own personal religious or “moral” convictions or just because “it builds character” — I say this mainly because through all the public schools I attended growing up, this WAS the case more often than not, and such was made clear to me on multiple occasions with little room for ambiguity.
This whole situation is fucking enraging.
It’s absolutely infuriating to see this sort of behavior be condoned by teachers and politicians. I consider myself lucky to have gone through only minimal bullying in grade school.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lugspmbDXA1qdappmo1_500.jpg)
Help Michigan Students Stop the “License to Bully” Bill—
[TW for homophobia, transphobia, gay bashing, bullying]
Why this is Important
It’s tough being a student when bullies are allowed to physically and verbally hurt you at school. Unfortunately, because of a dangerous new bill passed by the Michigan State Senate, it’s only going to get worse.
On November 2, minutes before voting to pass a new bullying bill, the Michigan State Senate added special language that provides a blueprint for bullies. According to this language, as long as the bullying is done because of “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction,” then it’s ok.
As students, we deserve better. And if enough of us speak up, we can stop this dangerous bill.
I was in 7th grade putting my books in my locker when a few guys game up behind me. They called me a faggot and a dyke and asked me why I even bothered to show my face at school because no one liked me. I ignored them because I was scared of what else they might say and who else they might tell if I stood up to them. I went to shut my locker when an 8th grader pushed me against the wall. I didn’t know what to do so I stood there, alone and afraid. One of his friends slammed my locker shut on my hand breaking my fourth finger. I held back tears while I watched them run away laughing. When I got home I lied to my parents about what happened to my finger because I didn’t want them to tell the school. I was afraid the school would do nothing accept call me out in front of everyone.
My name is Katy Butler, I am now a junior at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor Michigan and I am lesbian. For me, 7th grade was four years ago and writing about that event, even thinking about it, I still tear up. Stopping the “License to Bully” bill (SB 137) and passing real anti-bullying legislation is so important to me because I don’t want anyone else to have to have such strong, painful memories. Being bullied because of something I couldn’t change hurt, but it hurt even more that my school did not do anything about something that they could change.
My story is not unique. Students all across Michigan have stories just like mine. Students like my friend Carson Borbely, who is currently in eighth grade:
“A few weeks ago in class, I brushed a friend’s hair away from her face. A loud voice sharply interrupted, ‘Don’t touch her. Trannies carry diseases.’ The teacher didn’t do anything. That was the fourth incident in her class that I had been harassed by the same boy. Nothing was done. The only reprimand he got was a sharp calling of his name. The teacher asked him passively to stop. He continued.”
Carson and I are speaking out for all those students who suffer every day at school. We’re speaking out because we deserve a bill that will actually protect us at school, not make it more dangerous, or give bullies a free pass. People keep telling us youth “It Gets Better”. Well it can’t get better if you don’t make it better. I’m doing my part to help, please do yours.
Please stand with students across the state and sign our petition demanding that the Michigan State Legislature pass a real anti-bullying bill. One that doesn’t have special exceptions, but does list the reasons students are bullied most often, and does add reporting requirements. A bill that actually protects students.
Sincerely,Katy Butler, Michigan high school student
Carson Borbely, Michigan junior high school student——————————————
VV comment: I don’t know why assault in schools isn’t taken seriously. If I, as an adult, took someone’s hand and smashed it in a locker, I would get arrested. In school, nothing happens.
In reply to your comment: the pessimist in me wants to say it’s because the staff members are inept and/or condone it under auspices of their own personal religious or “moral” convictions or just because “it builds character” — I say this mainly because through all the public schools I attended growing up, this WAS the case more often than not, and such was made clear to me on multiple occasions with little room for ambiguity.
This whole situation is fucking enraging.
It’s absolutely infuriating to see this sort of behavior be condoned by teachers and politicians. I consider myself lucky to have gone through only minimal bullying in grade school.
Please spread this around.
I’m not interested in selling you guys a sob-story. I’m interested in working to keep myself afloat, and in return to give you guys something you like or perhaps even need.
I’m going to need to make an additional $150 a month in order to pay off student loans. A lot of this is going to come out of quitting smoking. Tomorrow is day one. I am more than willing to take on commissions or other miscellany work. What I’m asking here is what would you be willing to have me do.
I know I’m a bit of a jack of all trades and assuredly a master of none, but anything would be just dandy. Preferably, I’d like to take on commissions you feel would be worth $50. Just so I can put my all into a minimum of different projects and keep your price reasonable at the same time.
Thoughts?
Arts: (can work in multiple styles/functions.)
Music: (note: In June and Thank You are no longer indicative of current skillset/style. I am willing to take music commissions, price varying.)
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