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foreverliberal:
Virginia, Don’t Ban “Cross-Gender” Dress
A school district in Suffolk, Virginia is trying to ban “cross-gender” dress in order to protect students from bullying, and murders and suicides that are connected to it. This policy would ban students from wearing clothing that does not match their gender, or that causes a “disruption” or “health or safety concern”.
Despite the fact that the policy is vague — what exactly is outside of a student’s gender? — it is also very problematic. Students who don’t identify as their biological sex would be forced to dress a certain way, making so many kids feel uncomfortable and prohibiting them from expressing themselves. This would violate the freedom of expression.
Forcing people to conform to make other students feel comfortable does not get to the root of the problem — prejudice — it will simply shove it under the rug. The way someone expresses their gender is never a disruption or a health or safety concern unless it is allowed to be.
Instead of violating these students’ freedom of expression, tell the Suffolk School District to enforce bullying policies that strongly protect gender expression and teach their students to accept people as they are!
Petition is here — http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Virginia-Dont-Ban-Cross-Gender-Dress/
Virginia…
Virginia, stop it. WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
FUCK MY STATE
I SAW THIS IN THE PAPER THE OTHER DAY AND NEARLY RIPPED IT IN HALF
After arrest the owner and confiscating the WikiLeaks truck on Thursday, NYPD doesn’t know where it is.
oh whoops
(Source: occupyallstreets)
thedailywhat:
Infographic of the Day: Speaking of which, Goodreads compiled user data related to Twilight to determine that there exists a “Twilight Belt” in the United States — that is, a chain of bordering states where Twi-Hards are most likely to reside.
[goodreads.]
See Also: On The Harsh Bigotry of Twilight-Haters.
What the actual FUCK is that last article? Just because I am a woman does not mean that I like Twilight. I actually find the book particularly offensive towards women.
Like one commenter said, “I want to be wooed, not stalked. It’s unacceptable
for either sex to string others along like Bella does to Jacob. I would
like to have a life’s purpose outside of a significant other. And in
reality, the writing is just bad. I don’t want this franchise to be an example of or define female fantasy, otherwise we’re all screwed.”
I can’t
This guy in my class is defending the police that pepper-sprayed those Davis students.
shortformblog:
Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show last night (11/10/11) to talk about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, and gave a serious commentary about how people knew of Sandusky’s abuse and didn’t do anything, as well as the recent student rioting over the firing of coach Joe Paterno.
The very end of this is worth heeding for Penn State fans: “And just like with the Catholic Church, no one is trying to take away your religion, in this case, football. They’re just trying to bring some accountability to a “Pope” and some of his “Cardinals” who fucked up. So don’t worry, on Saturday, you’ll still get to go to ‘services’ against Nebraska. No one’s going to take that away. Because, obviously, you’re young. And that would be a traumatic experience. And we wouldn’t want that memory to scar you for life.”
BOOM.
ROASTED.
(Source: the-mtblog, via shortformblog)
![thedailywhat:
Infographic of the Day: Speaking of which, Goodreads compiled user data related to Twilight to determine that there exists a “Twilight Belt” in the United States — that is, a chain of bordering states where Twi-Hards are most likely to reside.
[goodreads.]
See Also: On The Harsh Bigotry of Twilight-Haters.
What the actual FUCK is that last article? Just because I am a woman does not mean that I like Twilight. I actually find the book particularly offensive towards women.
Like one commenter said, “I want to be wooed, not stalked. It’s unacceptable for either sex to string others along like Bella does to Jacob. I would like to have a life’s purpose outside of a significant other. And in reality, the writing is just bad. I don’t want this franchise to be an example of or define female fantasy, otherwise we’re all screwed.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv18n40ri21qzpwi0o1_1280.png)
