May 2012
“
The Boy Scouts of America emailed ABCNews.com a prepared statement that said its focus is on “delivering a program of character development and leadership training.”
“Scouting, and the majority of parents it serves, does not believe it is the right forum for children to become aware of the issue of sexual orientation, or engage in discussions about being gay,” it said. “Rather, such complex matters should be discussed with parents, caregivers, or spiritual advisers, at the appropriate time and in the right setting.”
The Boy Scouts acknowledged their policy was controversial, but added, “To disagree does not mean to disrespect and we respect everyone’s right to have and express a different opinion. Scouting will continue to teach our members to treat everyone with courtesy and respect.”
” —Boy Scouts of America - Breaking My Irony-meter
So, apparently “heterosexual” is not a sexual orientation and “discriminating against people” is “treating everyone with courtesy and respect.”
I guess maybe they discriminated really nicely?
April 2012
why do so many people think theyre special for loving food and sleeping
those arent even optional things or interests you literally are required to do both of those to stay alive
go for it
- 1: Picture of yourself
- 2: A description of my self-esteem
- 3: My favorite book
- 4: Biggest Turn Offs
- 5: Biggest Turn Ons
- 6: Most famous person you've met
- 7: What I want to be when I'm older
- 8: My relationship(s) with my sibling(s)
- 9: Relationship status?
- 10: What I did yesterday
- 11: What I'm doing today
- 12: What I'm doing tomorrow
- 13: Most embarrassing moment
- 14: Description of who I like
- 15: Biggest insecurities?
- 16: Something I wish I could change about myself
- 17: I'll love you if...
- 18: Something I'm really good at
- 19: Something I'm really bad at
- 20: What I wish for at 11:11
- 21: A reason I've lied to a friend
- 22: Favorite Movie
- 23: Something that has made you mad recently
- 24: A random fact about yourself
- 25: Question of your choice
I’m so relieved right now. After three hours of trying different computers, I finally found one that can run Camtasia smoothly enough for me to actually do my video project on androgyny. I’m almost done and am going to finish it tomorrow. Also, I found out the 3 page paper that goes with it isn’t due until the end of the semester!
sometimes i wonder what my teachers’ otps are.
what if teachers shipped their students
ship wars in the staff room
anonymous hate mail in other teachers’ assignment boxes
fanfiction written by english teachers, fanart drawn by art teachers
the real edgy teachers write teacher/student fics and hope the school board doesn’t find out
(the school board knows and eagerly awaits each new chapter)
#all of those rogue seating arrangements suddenly make sense
Help support a pro-choice student under attack from her university administration and Fox News. →
change.org
An art student at my school, Western Kentucky University, is getting tons of national heat right now for her own backlash against a pro-life group. The group covered an entire set of bleachers with 4,000 crosses and from the art classroom windows you could see that it spelled out the word “LIFE.” They also targeted students walking by and asked them questions about abortion and had a board up that said, “How do you justify abortion?”
This went on for a full week. She, I and many others at my school felt voiceless and bombarded. She responded with an art piece for her class, which was covering the crosses in condoms. The university police did not interfere as it was a freedom of speech, but now my school administration is demanding a public apology from her and does not support her actions. She has so far refused to apologize, but nationally, there is no one on her side, especially since Fox News got involved.
Please read this blog post by a gender and women’s studies professor at WKU for more details and educated insight. Show support and show this student and my school that she does not owe an apology. We’re trying to make this viral enough to where we can get Rachel Maddow to pay attention and speak out about it. Help spread the word, reblog this post and let’s overtake the bigoted anti-choice voices that are attacking this student right now.
EDIT: There is now a petition that will be sent to the school. Please sign and spread this around!
Planned Parenthood is on Tumblr!
Planned Parenthood is excited to be launching our new Tumblr that’s all about sexual and reproductive health – bodies, birth control, relationship issues, “is it normal for this to do this?” type things. In the coming weeks and months we’ll be sharing what we know, answering questions, and just… tumblring.
We hope you like it! And we hope it helps.