February 2011
“Life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence and joie de vivre and...”
– Sylvia Plath (via ish07)
5 Al Jazeera Jouranlists Arrested in Egypt →
Over the weekend, Al-Jazeera had its Cairo bureau shut down, though the network has still been able to keep reports going via call-ins and other on-the-ground dispatches. The network has also had a camera at Tahrir Square, though it’s not clear how long they’ll be able to keep that going.
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January 2011
"UN Study of Violence Against Women Finds 50% of... →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
In Europe, North America and Australia, more than half of women with disabilities have experienced physical abuse, compared with one third of non-disabled women, it said (italics mine).
Anonymous asked: disabled?
“The idea that we ought to reserve judgement because there might be something...”
– Caution v. Celebration (via azspot)
“I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My...”
– Audre Lorde (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
if you know anyone in egypt.
stfucapitalists:
carpe-cerevisi:
If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.
IMPORTANT! PLEASE REBLOG!
Guantánamo Prisoners Organize Peaceful Sit In to... →
January 27, 2011, New York – Marking the ninth anniversary of the U.S. military prison camp’s opening, most of the remaining prisoners in Camps 5 and 6 at Guantánamo have joined together to peacefully protest their indefinite imprisonment with a sit-in and signs. This action also comes as the Arab world is witnessing a string of popular uprisings demanding greater freedom, which the men at...
BREAKING- Hamas entering Egypt through a broken...
theonlyplfrmat:
Hamas gunmen are said to be cooperating closely with the Muslim Brotherhood.
There are also reports that security forces are destroying public property to paint the protesters as a menace.
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Guess who paid for those tanks you see in Egypt? →
javiercarrete:
You did!
Reuters
The United States has given Egypt an average of $2 billion annually since 1979, much of it military aid, according to the Congressional Research Service. The combined total makes Egypt the second largest recipient of U.S. aid after Israel.
The White House said on Friday it would review U.S. aid to Egypt based on events in the coming days amid mass protests...
Egypt death toll estimates: Three sources, three...
stfucapitalists:
shortformblog:
38+ people have died, according to Egypt’s state-run Nile TV
108+ al-Jazeera’s estimate, based on reporters going to area hospitals
74+ Reuters’ estimate of the death toll, according to medical sources source
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All too high regardless
WikiLeaks: Cairo Cables Index →
avry: What's Happening in Egypt Explained.... →
adailyriot:
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia. Its other neighbors are Sudan (to the South), Libya (to the West), and...
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via veganatalie)
“Assad Sawey, a BBC journalist, was beaten by Egyptian police and then went on...”
– NY Observer on treatment of journalists covering Egypt’s ongoing protests (via matthew)
“Slut-bashing is a cheap and easy way to feel powerful. If you feel insecure or...”
– Leora Tanenbaum (via dr-clear-heels)
Exclusive: Vodafone Egypt confirms it was told by... →
“Gay subtext always makes every movie better.”
– Quentin Tarantino (via thecakesniffer)
"Will Pre-Existing Medical Conditions Spell An End... →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
Answer: yes.
“The effacement of the clitoris extends even to Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young...”
– The expurgation of the clitoris in the diary of Anne Frank | HTMLGIANT (via caitlinate)
Imagine if every jr high school age grrrl had been able to read this and realize that it’s okay and natural to explore your body. Learned how to find your clitoris and the fact that it even exists. Grrrls would...
Black LGBTQ Unsung Heroes →
Like many people, I thought I knew all that happened during the Civil Rights Movement. I mean, I went to a school named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Experimental Laboratory School from kindergarten through eighth grade! I was taught about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and a tiny bit about Malcolm X. I thought I knew it all!
When I went to college, I started learning about Bayard...
“If feminism is a movement to end sexist oppression, and depriving females of...”
– bell hooks (via feministslut)
