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i am ____ locked: You know there is something wrong with society when articles are written to teach young girls how to attract boys...
I’ll admit that I am guilty of not only reading these articles but showing interest in the first place. The sad thing is that these kind of articles are not isolated to teen magazines. Many young adult magazines (e.g. Cosmopolitan) show women how to dress, look, act in order to attract men. When…
"I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can ‘pray away the gay,’ I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do, I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it’s okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean,” she added. “I’m afraid for our country that people like this (current Republican candidates) could even be thought of as the president. I live in a country where I believe all men are created equal, not just wealthy white guys. I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights. If that’s not where our country is going, then I’ll leave. I don’t need to live here. I’m out! I’ll go to Canada, peace! See you later."
- Sophia Bush talking about politics
Just a really easy simple way to find out if your heart still works.
"There is an argument that it’s OK to draw women in this hyper-idealized and sexualized way, because male characters are idealized too. The difference is, more often than not, women are idealized primarily in a sexual manner, and men are idealized in a way that emphasizes power and strength. These are not the same thing, and send a distinct message to the reader whether you realize it or not. I guess my overall point is just to think about what you’re drawing, and why you are drawing it."
- Jamie McKelvie, Female Super-Hero Characters and Sex. (via gypsy-sunday)
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Draft horses are known for being tough — but even they aren’t tough enough to survive New York’s abusive horse-drawn carriage industry.
Carriage horses work for an average of only 4 years. (Horses for the mounted police can work for 15.) The short lifespan is due to medical neglect, inadequate diet, long work hours in every kind of weather, and paltry living conditions while working in stressful city environments they’re just not meant for.
And once they’ve outlived their usefulness to the industry, “retiring” carriage horses can be auctioned for slaughter.
The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages is an advocacy group working to end this cruelty, and has started a petition on Change.org to support a ban being proposed by New York state Senator Tony Avella. Will you sign the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages’ petition calling on the New York state Senate to shut down NYC’s abusive horse-drawn carriage industry?
Public outcry has peaked after the collapse and death of a New York City carriage horse named Charlie last month. Six other horses have been involved in traffic accidents or collapsed in the street since July. Now is the time to shut the horse-drawn carriage industry down.
Please reblog this.
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This is sickening.
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