“This is a man who I love a lot and know a little bit. Our daughters are good friends. But there is one justice, and that should be the same for everyone. I will let justice happen... I don’t have any opinion on this, but I have a daughter, 13 years old. And if she was violated, nothing would be the same, even 30 years later.”
~ Luc Besson

The President of the United States of America, clearly, is out to warp young minds.

Archived here because someone talking to kids like they matter and actually will understand, because they're worthy of RESPECT... that is something worth archiving, thank you very much.

Treating kids like people. Shocking concept, innit?

( Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama :: Back to School Event )

So, in my admittedly biased opinion, Nathan Bransford kinda rocks ( Read more... )

A post by Kate Harding, on being a no-name blogger using her real name...

An extract. It's worth reading all, it really is. But, make sure you reread this bit when you wander over there to read the whole post.

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You, dear male reader, are totally not one of those men. I know this, and I appreciate it. I really do. But here’s where all this ( Read more... )

A post on the culture of rape and society's expectations on (and enforcement of the expected) behaviour of women, from a few people on my f-list.

Note: Comments will be moderated.

I have another question. And I fully expect a lot of comments from you guys on this one because I know most of you play videogames. So bring it ( Read more... )

If you're reading this and are a man, I ask you this. It's not a favor I'm asking for. Keep this in mind. It's not a challenge. Some of you will say you know this. But this goes further than just knowing. it's not just about saying "Oh, I know this!". It's about DOING. It's about lifestyle. It's about every day words and actions. It's about ( Read more... )

A post on the culture of rape. Yes, this means your society, your culture - it's not just that anonymous one "over there". Yes, this is for men to read - not "just" women.

Read the comments. It's all there, in the comments.

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By cetera.

" There is a point in discussions of rape, when the discussion turns from the particular to the systemic, when ( Read more... )

Written by Synthesis, at http://primarysources.newsvine.com/.

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Her name was Neda.I am crying as I write this ( Read more... )

I have added two Twitter accounts to my real name account: @TehranBureau and @IranRiggedEffect. If you pride yourself on being up to date on political events, you may want to investigate Twitter accounts in order to get updates on the Iran elections. As it turns out, Twitter has been a prime source of information for this particular topic.

Andrew ( Read more... )