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blherrou:

princess-marutchi:

youarenotyou:

thisgingerisback:

One of two fake abortion clinics on the same street as the REAL center, the EMW’s Women Center here in downtown Louisville. This one is right next door to the actual clinic and this place is seriously a nightmarish hell-hole for any unsuspecting women tricked by the anti’s. They assure you this this the abortion clinic, they get you inside, and then offer you food and drink—which of course, means that once you realize your mistake, you can’t run next door and catch your actual appointment, since you need to fast.
Women have come out of this building crying, and on a few rare occasions, without their pants. They take you to a back room for an ultrasound, have you remove your pants, and then begin lecturing you on the sins of aborting. They do not give you back your pants until you have listened, and a few women tricked this far refused to listen and stormed out furious, ashamed, and in their underwear.
This is the anti-choice agenda—lying, tricking, shaming, and embarrassing women to the brink of hysterics in hopes that she carry the pregnancy to term. Forcing her, through lies and manipulation, to do with her body what THEY want, not what is best for her.
There is no “choice” at the Louisville “Women’s Choice” clinics. Just abuse, shame, and bigots who would rather undress a woman to make her feel vulnerable and then explain how awful of a person she is than let her make HER. CHOICE.

this is fucking disgusting

i hope everyone responsible for this dies a horrible death

I checked it out, and this is a real (and super skeezy) place.
Website: http://www.awomanschoice.org/
Street address: 140 W Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
Page where you can leave a review: https://plus.google.com/105990983273629869613/about

holy shit at that website. think of all the hours it took to build that, how much money was spent. all to help convince a woman (or possibly A CHILD) that yes, you are safe to discuss your private health concerns with us here…SURPRISE! YOU SLUT! BABY KILLER!
I’m struggling to think of the reverse of this coin, does it exist? I know people make parody websites all the time, but does anyone, say, build a fake church next to a real church, hold weekly services, and then suddenly accuse the parishioners of being suckers?
short version: who the fuck hates women so much that they would go to these lengths to shame and humiliate them?

blherrou:

princess-marutchi:

youarenotyou:

thisgingerisback:

One of two fake abortion clinics on the same street as the REAL center, the EMW’s Women Center here in downtown Louisville. This one is right next door to the actual clinic and this place is seriously a nightmarish hell-hole for any unsuspecting women tricked by the anti’s. They assure you this this the abortion clinic, they get you inside, and then offer you food and drink—which of course, means that once you realize your mistake, you can’t run next door and catch your actual appointment, since you need to fast.

Women have come out of this building crying, and on a few rare occasions, without their pants. They take you to a back room for an ultrasound, have you remove your pants, and then begin lecturing you on the sins of aborting. They do not give you back your pants until you have listened, and a few women tricked this far refused to listen and stormed out furious, ashamed, and in their underwear.

This is the anti-choice agenda—lying, tricking, shaming, and embarrassing women to the brink of hysterics in hopes that she carry the pregnancy to term. Forcing her, through lies and manipulation, to do with her body what THEY want, not what is best for her.

There is no “choice” at the Louisville “Women’s Choice” clinics. Just abuse, shame, and bigots who would rather undress a woman to make her feel vulnerable and then explain how awful of a person she is than let her make HER. CHOICE.

this is fucking disgusting

i hope everyone responsible for this dies a horrible death

I checked it out, and this is a real (and super skeezy) place.

Website: http://www.awomanschoice.org/

Street address: 140 W Market St, Louisville, KY 40202

Page where you can leave a review: https://plus.google.com/105990983273629869613/about

holy shit at that website. think of all the hours it took to build that, how much money was spent. all to help convince a woman (or possibly A CHILD) that yes, you are safe to discuss your private health concerns with us here…SURPRISE! YOU SLUT! BABY KILLER!

I’m struggling to think of the reverse of this coin, does it exist? I know people make parody websites all the time, but does anyone, say, build a fake church next to a real church, hold weekly services, and then suddenly accuse the parishioners of being suckers?

short version: who the fuck hates women so much that they would go to these lengths to shame and humiliate them?

Source: thisgingerisrad

"Another insider, Robert Hass, a former Smith & Wesson executive, testified that “the nature of the product demands that its distribution be handled in such a way as to minimize illegal and unintended use.” And yet, he said in an affidavit, “the industry’s position has consistently been to take no independent action to ensure responsible distribution practices."

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The above quote is taken from a New York Times article on gun manufacturers’ responses to criminal uses of their products.

So let me get this straight: producers of violent media have been scrutinized for decades and have been forced to adopt “voluntary” content ratings to avoid government intervention (even though Free Speech is Free) but you assholes are the ones making the killing machines that kill people and you “take no independent action to ensure responsible distribution practices”??

And whenever a crazy person uses your killing machines to kill people your first defense is to point a finger at the media???

Please, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, fuck yourself. All of you.

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

In case you didn’t believe people could be that asinine, Public Shaming has a (disgusting) collection of tweets from people who are bashing Angelina Jolie for getting a double mastectomy

(via wilwheaton)

Source: rosalarian

stfuconservatives:

abaldwin360:

obi-wankenblowme:

william-elms:

officialssay:

Screenshot of an image that Middle Tennessee Commissioner Barry West posted on Facebook. 
He responded in an email to The Tennessean: “No I did not Twitter this … no I did not create this picture … yes I shared it … so why am I being singled out?” 

How come every politician in this state is such a fucking asshole? Is there something in the water? 

You’ve GOT TO BE SHITTING ME

I love how these motherfucking bigots always jump straight to playing victim when called out on their bullshit, “WHY AM I BEING SINGLED OUT???”
Maybe because you’re a public official and you’re making a joke about shooting someone because of their religion? Just maybe?

I’m always confused when someone’s defense is “I didn’t make it/say it, I just posted/reblogged/quoted it!” So you tacitly endorsed its message but you don’t get why people are mad at you for it? And then throw in that you’re a congressman and under a bit more scrutiny than your average ignorant Islamophobe? Take some fucking responsibility.

Incapable of responding to this with anything besides “fuck you”

stfuconservatives:

abaldwin360:

obi-wankenblowme:

william-elms:

officialssay:

Screenshot of an image that Middle Tennessee Commissioner Barry West posted on Facebook. 

He responded in an email to The Tennessean: “No I did not Twitter this … no I did not create this picture … yes I shared it … so why am I being singled out?” 

How come every politician in this state is such a fucking asshole? Is there something in the water? 

You’ve GOT TO BE SHITTING ME

I love how these motherfucking bigots always jump straight to playing victim when called out on their bullshit, “WHY AM I BEING SINGLED OUT???”

Maybe because you’re a public official and you’re making a joke about shooting someone because of their religion? Just maybe?

I’m always confused when someone’s defense is “I didn’t make it/say it, I just posted/reblogged/quoted it!” So you tacitly endorsed its message but you don’t get why people are mad at you for it? And then throw in that you’re a congressman and under a bit more scrutiny than your average ignorant Islamophobe? Take some fucking responsibility.

Incapable of responding to this with anything besides “fuck you”

Source: officialssay

Public Shaming: ABC’s 20/20 covered Steubenville on Friday night. They talked to one...

publicshaming:

ABC’s 20/20 covered Steubenville on Friday night. They talked to one of the convicted rapists about his football career, underage drinking, and the dangers of social media. You know, THE IMPORTANT STUFF.

For example, here is the editor of Seventeen magazine speaking out about…SOCIAL MEDIA:

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 I must assume the “she was drunk slut asking for it” crowd haven’t seen the photos of the unconscious victim being carried like a hammock? Do they think she “asked for it” via mental telepathy? Or in their world, once liquor passes a child’s lips (seriously this is a teenager here) she is forfeiting her rights as a person?

Source: publicshaming

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I went to bed last night reeling from the most disgusting video game promotional concept I have ever witnessed: a statue of a headless, limbless female corpse complete with blood stains, gore, and big breasts stuffed into a bikini. I’m not going to say what game it’s for, because that would only add to the notoriety of the product and they don’t deserve more publicity - even if that publicity is of the “holy shit who approved this idea?” variety.

The game’s publisher, Deep Silver, issued a swift apology but hasn’t yet said if the plan to distribute the offensive statue will go ahead or not. Thanks to a comment on the above story (by the way, thank you Rock Paper Shotgun for obscuring the image of the statue), I wondered how this apology compared to the last apology concerning this game when hackers uncovered the words “feminist whore” in an early build.

Surprise: everyone sounded a lot more repentant last time. Compare these two quotes:

It obviously violates professional and ethical standards at Techland and should never have happened. We’re investigating this right now and we’ll issue a statement later. For now, I can only express my sincerest apologies for this incident and assure you that whoever acted so irresponsibly did not represent the views and opinions of Techland. I’m equally sure that aside from the author of that unfortunate line of code, everyone at the office is as disturbed by this as you are.

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We sincerely regret this choice. We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver’s entire international team today. For now, we want to reiterate to the community, fans and industry how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again.

Two different companies (publisher versus developer) responding to very different issues, but I am taken aback that a line of code buried in a program disturbed “everyone in the office” while a deliberate piece of marketing is merely a regrettable “choice.”

If anyone out there at Deep Silver really is listening, I beg you: destroy this abomination. Never let it see the light of day. And really ask yourselves how things got this far without someone, ANYONE questioning this “choice.”

PS: follow @jennatar

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A teen’s suicide in Osaka at the end of 2012 is now making headlines across Japan because once again, a child was being physically abused and felt he had no choice but to take his own life.

The catch? The bully wasn’t a student, it was his basketball coach.

Details continue to emerge about this case, but the boy was a captain of the team and felt responsible for everyone’s success - or failure. Judging by how often this boy was allegedly smacked in the face, it seems the coach likewise held him responsible for the team’s efforts.

The parents confronted the coach at the boy’s wake (!) and he admitted that he had “physically punished” (the Japanese term 体罰 taibatsu is quite the buzzword now) the boy. Expect a flurry of stories now about other whether or not the coach had done this in the past, what defines taibatsu, and how often other teachers may have used such methods.

For me, as a teacher and a father, I’m horrified by the whole situation. I’ve gotten used to the more hands-on teacher-student relationship in Japan, where it’s not seen as outrageous to slap a child’s head when they’re acting out. Comedians do this constantly, it’s seen as funny. But this was a case where the boy was bruised and bleeding from whatever the coach did to him.

If there is an upside, it’s that unlike the situation in Otsu, everyone is rushing forward to address the problem and find a solution. Just as bullying is increasingly being scrutinized, so should teacher conduct. No more cover ups. No more dead kids.

One last thought: not to victim blame here, but what steps does Japan take to prevent teen suicide? I see plenty of “no bullying” posters and “no drugs” posters around my schools, but I’ve never seen a “don’t kill yourself” poster. I wonder why not.

yoisthisracist:

Julie asked: The restaurant that created this shirt defended it as being “witty and comical.” Maybe in South Carolina “witty” means “horrible” and “comical” means “racist.”
 I love how racists always think their fucking racist-ass jokes are “witty.” HEY RACISTS, GO FUCK YOURSELFS

Dude, that trap would catch me and all my friends. Who doesn’t love tacos? Indeed, how does anyone who makes and sells tacos think this is funny?

yoisthisracist:

Julie asked: The restaurant that created this shirt defended it as being “witty and comical.” Maybe in South Carolina “witty” means “horrible” and “comical” means “racist.”


I love how racists always think their fucking racist-ass jokes are “witty.” HEY RACISTS, GO FUCK YOURSELFS

Dude, that trap would catch me and all my friends. Who doesn’t love tacos? Indeed, how does anyone who makes and sells tacos think this is funny?

Source: yoisthisracist

inothernews:

NRA, GTFO   A demonstrator held up a banner as Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, delivered a statement in Washington on Friday. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images via The New York Times)
I’m sincerely asking my followers to reblog the shit out of this photo.

Even if you believe that Americans have a right to arm themselves, surely you must be phased by the staggering number of people killed every DAY by these weapons? Just a little?

inothernews:

NRA, GTFO   A demonstrator held up a banner as Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, delivered a statement in Washington on Friday. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images via The New York Times)

I’m sincerely asking my followers to reblog the shit out of this photo.

Even if you believe that Americans have a right to arm themselves, surely you must be phased by the staggering number of people killed every DAY by these weapons? Just a little?

(via stfuconservatives)

Source: The New York Times

wilwheaton:

MARINA SIRTIS: Well, you have to remember that we were shooting a show about the 24th century in the 20th century, so you have to bear that in mind. My thing was because to be honest, I don’t know about Gates’ experience with the producers, but I never got an acting note—ever. I would get a call from the producer, “Did you change your lipstick? Did you do something different with your hair?” For “The Boys” in the office it was all about how I look, I knew that from the get-go. So being that as I am very “woman’s libby” as we used to call it in my day, I wanted to portray that you could be an attractive woman and still be a strong person. So for me it was really important that there was someone in the position of power and authority and obviously respect who also cared about her appearance. Because that is me—that’s me, I care about my appearance, but I also care more about society, politics and the world, so I don’t think the two are exclusive, and that’s what I wanted to show.
GATES McFADDEN: Um, I just basically wanted to look good… Actually, as most of you probably know I got let go because I was a feminist. So, second season I wasn’t there because I disagreed with the writer, I felt he was writing the character of Crusher—I had said to him, “I raised this kid on my own; he might be obnoxious about it, but he has saved the ship about 6 times. And there has to be some of those genes that are Beverly Crushers, so why is it every time anything with any wisdom is said it’s a male character who talks to him.” And it’s only me that is only about the mother, which believe me mothering is like that’s number one, just love him—no problem with that. Because I thought that had not been really portrayed on a TV show. I have a son and we have whole other disconnect sometimes where it’s just talking about things, and it’s not to do with, “oh you’re a mom, and you’re my son.” Basically we disagreed, I was asked to you know, go, I certainly did it, and I wasn’t trying to be strident. I was used to working in theatre departments where everybody respected everybody and you basically did talk about things. You can talk about script things that didn’t mean you were going to get your way. It’s like what happens right now in rehearsals, I could be directing something and I can have four actors saying completely different things, and really arguing about it. I don’t take it personally, it’s like they’re arguing for their character—that makes sense to me. Anyway, I did just really want to look good but it didn’t work out.
Marina Sirtis & Gates McFadden, on doing a 24th Century show in the 20th Century, and the reason Gates was fired in the second season. (Spoiler Alert: the producer was then fired and Gates was asked to come back (fan letters et al.) [watch here]

I never knew exactly why Gates was fired. I just knew that the writer who fired her was a hack and a dick and he chased away at least one very good writer from the show.

Now that I know why she was fired, I want to get in the time machine and punch that guy in the back of the head.

Who is this “writer”? If he’s this much of a dick why won’t anyone say his name?

Source: doctorcrusher