Dr. Who's Reading Room
If a white candidate said black people don’t feel the heat because they come from Africa, would black voters brush that off as a slip of the tongue? If a Christian candidate made headlines for saying Jews secretly run the world, would Jewish voters insist the media was making a fuss over nothing? Only women refuse to take collective insults seriously. You would think even anti-choice women would pick up on the indifference, distrust, callousness and obtuseness toward women exhibited by the GOP. But no. Sometimes I feel women have been hit on the head with a great big frying pan.


 


Sad but true is the latest commentary from Robert Reich.

robertreich:

We’re witnessing the capture by fanatics of what was once a great and important American political party.

The Republican Party platform committee now includes a provision calling for a constitutional amendment banning all abortions, without an exception for rape or incest. This is…



 


yobaba:

an under-rated man

yobaba:

an under-rated man



 


Andover Girls Make it a Three-Peat
That totally warranted a siren-escorted ride through the town!

Subject: Andover Girls Make it a Three-Peat
Date: March 17, 2012 8:50:59 PM EDT

Devon Caveney driving to the basket.

Nicole Boudreau and the bunch headed over to Worcester to compete in the state Division 1 final game…for the third time. And they had no problem coming out with the win against Holyoke to become state champions once again.

The Andover Lady Warriors took down Holyoke Saturday night in the state Division 1 final game, 61-45, at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Check out all of the action, minute-to-minute, in our

live blog.

We’ll be running a full article tomorrow morning on Andover Patch.

Read more…



 


Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones (1837 - 1930)

via Mother Jones Quotes



 


insanepoet9:

accumulatio-artemis:

bliptv:

Whether you’re a feminist or a fangirl or you just like to learn, these six “Tropes vs Women” episodes of Feminist Frequency are absolutely fascinating. Host Anita Sarkeesian makes sure you’ll never look at entertainment the same way. 

Watch:

FemFreq is my favorite, and this series was SO helpful! It gave a name to a lot of stuff I knew existed, but couldn’t quite place. Now I sound super informed when I get on my soapbox.

She’s awesome and I hope that she has more videos coming up!



 


Tonight!

icancstructures:

Women, War & Peace, a five-part PBS special, premieres Oct. 11, 2011. The series continues on Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. through Nov. 8.

(via Women, War & Peace Series Trailer | Women, War and Peace | PBS

)



 


The internal contradictions of sexism.
kittyfromparis:

I SOOOOOO NEED TO DO THAT HAHA!

The internal contradictions of sexism.

kittyfromparis:

I SOOOOOO NEED TO DO THAT HAHA!



 


motherjones:

Invisible Women: The Military’s Not-So-Secret Gender Problem
Yesterday, we posted a link to a jarring GOOD magazine infographic with the title “Female soldiers more likely to be raped by their own troops than killed by enemy fire.” The response was huge…and it got us thinking.

motherjones:

Invisible Women: The Military’s Not-So-Secret Gender Problem

Yesterday, we posted a link to a jarring GOOD magazine infographic with the title “Female soldiers more likely to be raped by their own troops than killed by enemy fire.” The response was huge…and it got us thinking.

(Source: Mother Jones)



 


SocImages has the story of The Brooklyn-based newspaper Der Tzitung, which targets the Ultra Orthodox Jewish community that ‘shopped the women out of this photo.
icancstructures:

Removing Women from Situation Room Photo

SocImages has the story of The Brooklyn-based newspaper Der Tzitung, which targets the Ultra Orthodox Jewish community that ‘shopped the women out of this photo.

icancstructures:

Removing Women from Situation Room Photo