"charlatans, bandits, pirates, racketeers, kidnappers and termites"
— Choice words for those who profit off of Mother’s Day from the original founder herself.
Not a fan of Zooey Deschanel but she sort of just summed up my life.
(Source: ninasharpsrighthand, via jessicavalenti)
President Obama, at the Women’s Leadership Forum yesterday, on the GOP’s assault on women’s health
(via jessicavalenti)
"…if health-care reform gets overturned, that’s primarily bad for the uninsured. Obama and the Democrats might be disappointed, but odds are they and their families will continue to enjoy health-insurance coverage. They’ll likely even continue to enjoy political success. It’s very easy to imagine health-care reform getting overturned in June and Obama and most incumbent Democrats getting reelected in November. It’s very hard to imagine health-care reform getting overturned and the 30 million people it’s expected to cover getting insured."
— A reminder of what this is really all about.
Happy International Women’s Day, dirtbags.
Appropriate for much of the news these days, but particularly this. (Via Jessica Valenti.)
In the almost 100 years since a woman was first elected to Congress, we haven’t broken the 20% representation mark. This is why I say we haven’t really ever had a Year of the Woman yet.
"I don’t give a f— about your labels, I just want to hear the true voices of women self-expressing -– smart ones, stupid ones, ugly ones, beautiful ones, good ones, bad ones, fat ones, thin ones, all of it -– until the profound silence that has resounded throughout history is filled with a healthy chorus coming from our side of the aisle."
— I really fucking love Liz Phair. (via)
