March 2012
Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
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The Panda Won't Stop Screaming: umetnica: Gegen... →
umetnica:
Gegen jedes Gesetz: Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale
kishmet:
Yeah yeah more Hunger Games.
I’ve ALSO seen a lot of people comparing it to Battle Royale, to which I can only say:
…lol.
Okay, okay, the general premise is the same: kids randomly selected and put on…
Well, no one I’ve seen has actually specified novel, movie or manga, and I didn’t say NO...
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Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale
Yeah yeah more Hunger Games.
I’ve ALSO seen a lot of people comparing it to Battle Royale, to which I can only say:
…lol.
Okay, okay, the general premise is the same: kids randomly selected and put on a reality show where they have to fight each other to the death until only one victor is left. (I’m assuming that’s not a spoiler. I mean really.) But did Suzanne Collins...
Reblog if Ron Paul is racist
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Gender and The Hunger Games
*SPOILER ALERT* for all three books, first off. Also tl;dr warning!
So I’ve seen some people complaining about gender roles in these books (and possibly the movie, which I saw at midnight last night, yeeeah!), and I have a lot of ~feelings~ about this.
Okay. In an era where Bella Swan’s the mainstream female protagonist of this generation - ohhhh godddd - and YA lit goes to great...
Haven't seen this list posted anywhere else →
“We ALL have to pay for shit we don’t like. So when you reimburse me for the Iraq...”
– Jon Stewart addressing conservatives who are angry at the idea of their money being used to cover women’s contraception (via thesoapboxschtick)
