March 2012
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A Father's Reaction to His Very Young Gay Son →
This is a very touching post.
“I’m not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to...”
– Iggy Pop (via singmetomuses)
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Trayvon Martin: George Zimmerman Doesn't Look... →
Newly released security camera footage (video link) of George Zimmerman being led into the Sanford police station appears to contradict reports that he had been violently attacked prior to shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Tell the Supreme Court: I support Health Care... →
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Trayvon Martin: Your Guide to the Idiotic Racist... →
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Roe V World: Lawmaker Named Dick Thinks Gals... →
Oh the fuckery. Why doesn’t the GOP just come out and say “Girls you are too stupid and emotional to make informed decisions so we will tell you what you can and can’t do with your bodies.” They do know that, as crazy as it may sound, women are allowed to vote. Do they think women are so stupid that they will vote for a party who has been working overtime to strip them...
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Trayvon Martin: Trayvon Martin: All This Has... →
Last night, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it would investigate the death of Trayvon Martin, after watching outrage build as Florida authorities appeared to do nothing for 23 days.
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White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like... →
monagray:
by Michael Skolnik, the Global Grind.
“…..But, the part that doesn’t sit well with me is that all of the messengers of this message are all black too. I mean, it was only two weeks ago when almost every white person I knew was tweeting about stopping a brutal African warlord from killing more innocent children. And they even took thirty minutes out of their busy schedules to watch...
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Who is Protecting the Public Sector Social Worker? →
deonahooper:
This is an opinion piece that I wrote for Social Work and Social Care Media about the challenges of Public Sector Social Workers. Also, Check out www.socialworkhelper.com!
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Roe V World: Silly Ladies Don't Know What Rape Is,... →
In another battle story from the war on women: this legislator thinks some women may not know the difference between rape and consensual martial sex. He believes before being allowed to have an abortion the doctor should send the patient home to really think about weather or not they were raped or just had sex.
This week, Idaho’s state legislature joined the ranks of state lawmaking...
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Trayvon Martin: How to Get Away With Murder and... →
Heart braking & mind boggling.
If you want to kill someone and get away with it, do it during half time of the NBA All-Star game. Appoint yourself captain of the neighborhood watch.
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Politics: Single Women Are Quickly Becoming the... →
Very interesting article on the role single women may play in the Democratic party.
There’s a new voting bloc on the rise and, unfortunately for Republicans, it’s not the aging, disaffected, white male small business owner who hauled himself up by his bootstraps to teach himself accounting and microeconomics because he’d be damned if he’d sit through a single lecture at...
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Pill Baby Pill: Great Moments in Not Knowing Shit... →
It’s been a roller coaster ride of a year for women and their ladyparts, thanks in large part to people who know nothing about birth control trying to discuss the nuances of birth control.
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Can Government-Subsidized Birth Control Really... →
According to a new study released by the Brookings Institution, the answer is a resounding yes, to the tune of $1.32 billion.
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Sex Education Delays Teens' Sexual Activity, Study... →
As the saying goes: knowledge is power. -Rachel
the musings of an msw student: To my LGBTQIA... →
ferraratron:
I have a very special project that I need your help with. I’m exploring the possibility of starting up/promoting a community-based private social services agency for LGBTQIA clients. I’m at the beginning of the planning stages right now (if this idea takes off, it won’t exist…
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Sex Addiction: Why You're Not Addicted To Sex,... →
Good article on the concept of sex addiction. The idea of someone being addicted to sex in the same way someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol never sat right with me. -Rachel
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Confessions: The Myth Of Bisexuality, the Shame of... →
I have to say I’m a fan of the anonymous therapist at Gawker.
The new resident Gawker therapist, Anonymous, is a licensed therapist who treats many different patients, but specializes in teens and couples therapy.
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own...”
– George Orwell (via iwanttheairwaves)
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Red Is in the Rainbow: A Closer Look at Blood... →
Did you know that the US still bans gay and bisexual men (or, as the gov’t likes to say, men who have sex with men) from donating blood. There is no legitimate reason for this policy to remain in place and Emily Horowitz & Josh Parrish are trying to get the federal government to recognize this fact. You can read the article they wrote for the Huffington Post by clicking on the link. ...
Rag Trade: Researchers Say Anorexia Is a Socially... →
Economists in Europe studied anorexia and body image. You will be shocked, shocked that they concluded in part that the “social and cultural environment” influences how women feel about their bodies, our understanding of what comprises an “ideal” body, and our behaviors: The first-ever economic…
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Parenting: Unbelievably Stupid Law Would Declare... →
Wisconsin, that land of beer, cheese, and Aaron Rodgers jerseys, has had a tough couple of years, government-wise. First, they elected a bunch of, from what I can tell, taxidermied badgers holding guns to state legislature.
More fuckery in Wisconsin. Due to the fact that the majority of single parents are women this legislation is yet another attack on women. -Rachel
Yankee Way of Parenting by Aaron Weintraub →
ncooke:
My dear and sorely missed friend, Aaron Weintraub, posted this article on Yankee Parenting Styles. I think his insights could help us down here in Dixie..
…I suggest the following three values as a scaffolding to build a distinctly New England style of parenting.
Development is not linear. The pace of children’s intellectual and emotional growth varies over time. This should be...