Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it!-Tony Stark, the Avengers (2012 ( Read more... )

I'm working on editing photos of Hamburg and collecting my thoughts, but you're (probably?) not getting a well-thought-out post until next week, since I leave for Berlin tomorrow! (Again, how is this my life?) But I have lots and lots of link spam collected. I hope people actually, y'know, like these posts...
I have collected a ton of links about ( Read more... )

So, let's talk about Occupy, Rights, and Activism, because we haven't in a while and I feel like it. I'm currently procrastinating on doing my human rights homework by talking about rights, which I'm sure is all kinds of silly, but there you have it.
Let's start with the linkspam, and then I'll put some pseudo-logical rambling at the end.

OWS ( Read more... )

Link Spam theme: Abortion

2011: This Year in Your Uterus

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Heroine, Issues Smackdown to Opponents of Planned Parenthood

Facebook Sparks Controversy By Removing Home Abortion Instructions

Who Gets A Second Trimester Abortion?

Maryland Doctors Charged With Murder For Late-Term Abortions

DIY Abortions Will Be 2012’s Hottest New ( Read more... )

It's midnight, in a week from today I will be done (more or less) with my final exams, I will be packing to go home, and I can't sleep. I need to take a walk tomorrow, clear my head, and also buy a real paper journal. For the past several years I've been using this space as my journal, and I intend to continue, but it is public space and there are ( Read more... )

The past several days have been spent in what felt like isolation. Saturday I helped The Mob shave her head, but then I spent all day Sunday doing homework, all day Monday at class, all day Tuesday reading Crime and Punishment, all day Wednesday at class... finally, yesterday I emerged from my cave, tired and missing human companionship. I felt ( Read more... )

A lot has been going on in the world. In general, politically, and also related to the Occupy protests. In no particular order:

An Open Message to the 99% (video) Whatever your thoughts on the movement, watch this.

Two Poems by Alice Walker

"This fall, every day Downtown has felt like the first day at a strange new school-where “We” have to ( Read more... )

So I haven't posted a linkspam in a while, here are some links about abortion rights!

Anti-Choice Terrorists Are Fucking Terrifying

Obama Says He'd Veto Pro-Life Bill That Would Rather See Baby and Mother Die Than Abort and Save the Mother (aka the "Let Women Die" bill)
House Passes ‘Let Women Die’ Bill After Extremely Depressing Debate

GOP ( Read more... )