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gynocraticgrrl: searchingforknowledge: Fifteen rape victims...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:44:33 -0700

searchingforknowledge:

Fifteen rape victims have formed martial arts movement and are prepared to confront abusers if no one listens to their complaints…

A GROUP of women are fighting back against the sickening culture of rape which they say infects India. Fifteen determined females – all victims themselves – have trained in martial arts and are prepared to hand out rough justice if no one listens to their complaints. And the movement, called the Red Brigade, is growing rapidly following the gang rape and murder of medical student Jyoti Singh Pandey that horrified the world.

In a nation where a woman is reportedly raped every 20 minutes, the group’s leader Usha Vishwakarma said: “We are fighting back – and the boot is now on the other foot.” Member Sufia Hashmi, 17, said: “We’ve caught a lot of men recently. I joined because men always used to pass comments on me and touch my body but now we beat them and they run.”

Like the other members in the northern city of Lucknow, 25-year-old Usha has first-hand experience of the daily dangers women face in the huge nation – a teacher tried to rape her when she was 18. She said: “He grabbed me and tried to open my trousers. I kicked him in the crotch and ran.” Usha complained to staff but they told her to forget it and allowed her attacker to carry on teaching. She said: “Many parents tell girls to quit school so there will be no sexual violence. But we said no – this has to stop. We decided to form a group to fight for ourselves, not just complain.” MORE

The Red Brigade is up there with badass all female groups like the Ukrainian Asgarda and India’s Gulabi Gang.

collectivehistory: Bike messengers leave the White House after...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:38:06 -0700

collectivehistory:

Bike messengers leave the White House after the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 (via Imgur)

nannajane: in 7 years its going to be the 20s again so we can bring back swing music and the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:37:46 -0700

nannajane:

in 7 years its going to be the 20s again so we can bring back swing music and the aesthetics of that era but keep modern values who’s with me

thoracs: thoracs: those cats are fucking huge wait no those...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:00 -0700

thoracs:

thoracs:

those cats are fucking huge

wait no those beds are tiny

Reblogging for the stellar commentary.

passthecocaine: Earlier when I was watching Eurovision my mom came up and asked me what I was...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:16:17 -0700

passthecocaine:

Earlier when I was watching Eurovision my mom came up and asked me what I was watching and I told her that it was an anual singing competition that Europe started after WWII to prevent another war and that’s why they don’t have wars in Europe anymore because they just settle everything with Eurovision aND SHE BELIEVED ME

todaysdocument: President Franklin Roosevelt signed the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:01 -0700

todaysdocument:

President Franklin Roosevelt signed the ambitious but controversial Tennessee Valley Authority Act 80 years ago on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.

Excerpts from:

THE TVA AT WORK, 1935 (watch on YouTube)

TENNESSEE VALLEY, 1936 (watch on YouTube)

millionsmillions: From White Russians to Old Fashioneds:...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:09:07 -0700

millionsmillions:

From White Russians to Old Fashioneds: cocktails in literature and film.

YUM.

rzvzee: akfung: Afghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani walks...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:10 -0700

rzvzee:

akfung:

Afghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani walks the flightline at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan prior to her graduation from undergraduate pilot training May 13, 2013. Rhmani made history May 14, 2013 when she became the first female to successfully complete undergraduate pilot training and earn the status of pilot in more than 30 years. She will continue her service as she joins the Kabul Air Wing as a Cessna 208 pilot. (Scott Saldukas) x

You go girl!

Five major scandals the media isn't obsessing about

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:49 -0700

think-progress:

Are these things more important than edits to talking points? Judge for yourself.

1. Carbon pollution reaches historic highs, threatening human existence

2. The devastating impact of sequestration on kids, cancer patients and first responders.

3. Massive cuts to food stamps for the most vulnerable.

4. 1,100 workers die in a Bangladesh factory collapse, and American retailers continue business as usual.

5. 4,150 gun deaths from gun violence since Newtown.

Also: Britain got more than 20 points on Eurovision. DISCUSS, NATION.

justhistorythings: Original Post Submitted...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:04:58 -0700

justhistorythings:

Original Post

Submitted by onceagarden

Hehe luddites.

youknowyourebritishwhen: Graham Norton is losing the will to live.

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:02:17 -0700

youknowyourebritishwhen:

Graham Norton is losing the will to live.

highschooljewsical: graham norton literally gets better as the night goes on like by this point he...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:57 -0700

highschooljewsical:

graham norton literally gets better as the night goes on like by this point he does not give a SHIT he’s just taking the piss out of everyone i feel it really represents the uk

Graham Norton is so great.

hotbritishmen: Matt and David [x] AWWWWW

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:59:43 -0700

hotbritishmen:

Matt and David [x]

AWWWWW

jameshooked: history meme: MOMENTS [1/10] sir arthur conan...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:57:19 -0700

jameshooked:

history meme: MOMENTS [1/10]

sir arthur conan doyle kills off sherlock holmes - december 1893

“I never thought they would take it so much to heart,” he said later. “I got letters from all over the world reproaching me on the subject. One, I remember, from a lady whom I did not know, began ‘You Beast.’

arabstateofmind: Putting Saddam Hussein back in the frame ‘When...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:53:14 -0700

arabstateofmind:

Putting Saddam Hussein back in the frame

‘When Saddam Hussein fell, we Iraqis were disoriented. For all our lives, he had always been there. His image was everywhere,’ says photographer Jamal Penjweny, whose series Saddam is Here depicts Iraqis in everyday locations covering their faces with pictures of the former dictator. ‘His image was in the cities where we live, on the walls of our schools, on our money, everywhere. Then he vanished. So taking a picture with Saddam was breaking a taboo that was created after the fall of the regime.’ Penjweny, a former shepherd, will show his work in the Iraq pavilion at the Venice Biennale (Welcome to Iraq, 1 June to 24 November).

‘The idea for Saddam Is Here began in 2007 in Baghdad as I was covering the worst years of the conflict as a photojournalist. Saddam was dead but I felt as if he was still alive in the way people talked, lied, loved, dreamed and did politics.

Some people I approached refused to take part. But many were smiling while putting the picture over their faces. For them it was a way of turning the past upside down.

All the people in the series, no matter where they’re from, in Baghdad as in Erbil, in Basra as in Fallujah, have a shared history of fear that we should overcome together. To build a better future we have to confront our past. Art has a key role in this.’

More of Jamal Penjweny’s work can be found on his website and flickr.

suicideblonde: Liv Tyler at the Cannes Film Festival, May 17th

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:52:11 -0700

suicideblonde:

Liv Tyler at the Cannes Film Festival, May 17th

jrnarvaez: That’s just how he walks

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:43:02 -0700

jrnarvaez:

That’s just how he walks

I’M IN BERLIN! AFTER AMSTERDAM IS AWESOME!

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:32:40 -0700

I’M IN BERLIN! AFTER AMSTERDAM IS AWESOME!

"I’m not ‘pro-abortion,’ that’s the very one clear thing I want you to understand. Abortion is not..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:31:57 -0700

“I’m not ‘pro-abortion,’ that’s the very one clear thing I want you to understand. Abortion is not the right answer for every pregnancy. And it’s not the right answer for every flawed pregnancy, and it’s not the right answer for every rape and incest patient. But when the patient knows it’s the right answer for her, then I want to be here for her.”

- Dr. Leroy Carhart, an abortion provider based in Wichita, Kansas. Listen to the CNN profile of him here. (via rhrealitycheck)

buttduchess: i ain’t sayin’ she a gold-digger, but she did move west to california in 1849

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:57:44 -0700

buttduchess:

i ain’t sayin’ she a gold-digger, but she did move west to california in 1849