The South Carolina House of Representatives has withdrawn $52,000 from the College of Charleston for including Alison Bechdel's brilliant, celebrated memoir Fun Home in its summer reading program ( Read more... )

Originally posted by gehayi at It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaack...
It's official. CISPA is back.

Meet the New CISPA. Same as the Old CISPA."The new CISPA - just like the old CISPA - would protect companies like Facebook and Microsoft from legal liability when they hand over your sensitive online data to the federal government, without any regard for your privacy. ( Read more... )

Originally posted by elizardbits at FYI
For the people on my flist who do arty crafty things:

Hobby Lobby has decided that their oppressive religious beliefs trump federal mandate, and are refusing to pay for their employee's health care because it includes coverage for emergency contraception. They feel so strongly about denying this care to their female ( Read more... )

As the New York Senate prepares to vote on marriage equality, Sam Trombley (R), a member of the Clinton County Legislature, argued that homosexuality is a public health risk: "I’m surprised the health department has not come out against this because we are going to have an HIV epidemic if this passes." He added, a "You don’t see two male dogs ( Read more... )

She already has 2500 messages of support, saying girls can totally love Star Wars.

I think we can make it 2500 more, don't you?

GEEK GIRLS UNITE.

Apparently, it's the Jews' fault.

I mean, really. When is someone going to just jump out of the Vatican cake and yell Candid Camera already?

The father of a Marine killed in Iraq whose funeral was picketed by Phelps gas been ordered to pay the court costs of the Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church ( Read more... )

Need medical care because you were raped? Too bad. Rape is now a pre-existing condition.Don't talk to me about it ( Read more... )

First seen on eac's LJ. Mr. Pearlman, FTW.

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The Shape of a Woman ( Read more... )