July 2012
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Americans are working approximately 11 more hours...
abaldwin360:
Americans are literally working themselves to death. America is the most overworked nation in the developed world and Americans have become hostage to their jobs that has made their work-life balance unattainable.
President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 signed into law the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as part of his New Deal agenda, establishing the five-day, 40-hour maximum...
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“Let go of your out of this world high expectations and frustrating ideas of...”
– ~~Acoustic Imagery~~ (via bealightinthedark)
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eastafrodite:
demonize poor people for wanting to terminate pregnancy they can’t afford
demonize poor mothers for applying for government assistance to raise the child they didn’t want because they couldn’t afford it by referring to them as “welfare queens”
I like this meme.
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“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve to never ask them why....”
– Stephen Fry (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
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When you're PMSing while watching the Olympics...
Anytime anyone wins a gold:
I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU
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Dear anti-choicers; I could show you the graphic...
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
bankuei:
An amazing excerpt from the book.
You should just click the link and read.
I think the reason I saw this linked on a mainstream site isn’t the writing, but rather, that there’s probably a significant number of white folks who are nodding at the point of self hate, but ignoring WHAT IS CREATING the self hate to begin with.
White violence. White amnesia. White projection. It’s the...
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The Pervocracy: Consent Culture →
thesexuneducated:
TW: rape
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Feminist Problem #37
feminist-problems:
When people think you hate men, but you just really hate the patriarchy.
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“It’s a sad day when you find out that it’s not accident or time or fortune, but...”
– Lillian Hellman (via crystalpony)
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Feminist Problems #6
feminist-problems:
Telling your female friend you’re taking Gender Studies classes and having her snort and say, “So are you going to burn all your bras now or something?”
True story.
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“If you have the PRIVILEGE to view rape as such an abstract concept that it could...”
– Ally nailed it (via quelalexandradit)
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“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully...”
– Anne Lamott (via internal-acceptance-movement)
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“Even if your particular depression does include sadness, it’ll only be one of...”
– Miriam Mogilevsky, Depression Is Not Sadness: Junior Seau and Public Discourse on Mental Illness (via grrrlstudies) 