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Feb 21, 2013 18:26

Freedom's Sisters: Much of our national memory of the civil rights movement is embodied by male figureheads whose visibility in boycotts, legal proceedings, and mass demonstrations dominated newspaper and television coverage in the 1950s and 1960s. While less prominent in the media, a group of extraordinary women also shaped much of the spirit and substance of civil rights in America, just as their mothers and grandmothers had done for decades.

HuffPo: To This Day: Poet Shane Koyczan Narrates Beautiful Anti-Bullying Animation (VIDEO) -- Painful and magnificent.

HuffPo: Panera Bakers Battle For A Union In A Union-Free World

Alternet: Are Atheists the New Campus Crusaders?

Alternet: Video: Stoners Test Driving Skills on Test-Track

Alternet: What the Newest Superheroes Tell Us About Society's Views on Gender

Yahoo: Postal Service to launch clothing line in 2014

TheStranger: You May Now Kiss the Bride and the Other Bride and the Other Bride and the Other Groom
Why Poly Marriage Is Never Going to Happen
-- I'm not in agreement with the "never" part, but I do think it's a lot further in the future than many on either side expect, and I generally agree with her reasons why.

HuffPo: Clive Davis Comes Out: Music Mogul Reveals He's Bisexual In New Memoir

ABCNews: Puerto Rico Denies Gays Right to Adopt Children

ONTD_Poltical: On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space. But first, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City, South Carolina. -- Lovely little animated video about his life, narrated by his brother.

HuffPo: Universe Has Finite Lifespan, Higgs Boson Calculations Suggest

HuffPo: Pluto Moon-Naming Vote Led By 'Vulcan,' Spock's Home Planet

Salon: Why Are Conservative Men Obsessed With Your Being Pregnant?

HuffPo: Bayli Silberstein, Bisexual Eighth-Grader, Speaks Out As Florida School Board Tries To Block GSA (VIDEO)

HuffPo: Indonesia Offers 'World-First' Home For Transgender Elderly

ONTD_Political: Mississippi newspaper owner defends gay marriage cover story

HuffPo: The Rise of Web TV: Producer Tucky Williams on Sex Scenes

Salon: I Was a Sex Surrogate for 40 Years
The real-life surrogate who inspired Helen Hunt's Oscar-nominated "Sessions" role reveals what the film left out.


ONTD_Political: What if gun laws were like abortion laws? *snerk*

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