January 2011
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karatesluts replied to your post: What does your name mean? what language is it?
This has made me realise that I didn’t know your name or nationality and I am useless. Make an intro post! Unless you already have and I haven’t seen it because I am useless, as mentioned.
Aw, no, it’s my fault! I’ve tried writing an intro post but it only shows off how boring I am, how much I...
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Anonymous asked: What does your name mean? what language is it?
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URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
roxanneritchi:
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“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that even...
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andtheskygoesblack: Don’t say rape when you don’t mean rape.
There are many things rape is not:
consensual sex
affectionate contact
a bear hug
a tackle
eye contact
an argument
a surprise
overburdening
an athletic loss
a neutral metaphor
There are only a few things rape is:
forcing sex on a person
despoiling a population or place
[a mustard plant or grape residue]
No one rapes your...
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French 'Doctor Who' anon, I got your message!
Picking favourites with this show will either be very hard or very obvious (I think my frequent appreciation of what Matt brings to Eleven (e.g. here, mostly) makes at least one answer clear!), and I don’t know if I want to say my least favourite companion or Doctor (I hope you understand, but generally I do love speaking more about the things and people I love around here), and I...
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The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape →
squintyoureyes:
“This bill takes us backwards to a time when just saying no wasn’t enough to qualify as rape.”
Other types of rapes that would no longer be covered by the exemption include rapes in which the woman was drugged or given excessive amounts of alcohol, rapes of women with limited mental capacity, and many date rapes.
As for the incest exception, the bill would only allow...
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Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican...
– And, yes, this is going on.
Let’s outline, one more time, the reasons why requiring “force” as a part of legally defined rape is a bad idea, hey? Because there are many. And let’s skip right past the part where many rapes would no longer be defined as such (I’m…really not sure how you redefine...
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