50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

The takeaway lesson from Iran isn’t “Islam is bad” but “politicised religion is bad”

Also “fuck the clergy”

And “fuck the police”

HAPPY International Women’s Day! 

We’re proud to share the stories of strong, powerful women - most who are remembered for challenging the social norms of their respective time periods, and for making real changes in history. May their stories live on!  

A Helpful Intro To James Roberts’ Eugenesis

Not everyone has the time or the patience to read nearly 300 pages of fanfiction just for the lols, so here’s a comprehensive compilation of all the… theming I found during my read-through, in no particular order. What you choose to do with this information is completely up to you.

And my personal favorite:

say it!!!!

more than 1,000 russians were arrested in protests in 44 cities over the last six hours. some well-known activists were preemptively arrested as they left their house; others were arrested as soon as they unfurled placards. by the looks of it, there were large protests in st. petersburg. over 100 local government officials signed a letter opposing war, and over 170 journalists and intellectual figures signed a similar letter. this is a promising sign, but it’s feeble. as war drags on, protests will grow.

russian civil society is battered and demoralized; its most prominent figures have either been murdered or jailed. i predict that russia will become “totalitarianized” in the coming weeks, with full control over the internet and social media. it isn’t clear how extensive this will be, or how quickly it will happen. already, moscow’s largest theater announced that anyone disrupting the performances to say anything about the war will be arrested for treason. this has severe ramifications for what the postwar occupation of ukraine will look like

Atesh Shakrami, Nika's aunt who has been detained for four days and has not been heard from; Nika lived with her aunt, who is also a skilled painter.

Nika's uncle was arrested yesterday during the funeral ceremony in Hayat al-Gheeb village, 45 km from Khorramabad.

Be the voice of this brave family..

drawing chinese shanshui on porcelain

I just read that Donald Trump and his circus took down a website called reproductiverights.gov

This was a website to help women learn about their reproductive rights in the US and to find health care.

This is absolutely disgusting so I’ll share in this post some resources in case you need them:

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/

Contraception and Birth Control Resources

Links to websites of groups that study or provide information about contraception and birth control.

Reproductive Freedom for All

Resources for Accessing Abortion Care

Browse resources for accessing abortion care: find providers, get information and advice, access abortion funds, legal advocacy and more.

plancpills.org

PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state

Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill op

National Abortion Federation

Home - National Abortion Federation

The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of abortion providers in North America. We believe that women should

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn

A master post of Thomas Romain’s art tutorials.

There’s not enough space to post all of them, SO here’s links to everything he has posted (on twitter) so far : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. 

Now that new semesters have started, I thought people might need these. Enjoy your lessons!