May
30
PINK DOT 2012: SOMEDAY (directed by Boo Junfeng)
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it's the clichés that cause the trouble
May
25
Brazil rocked by abortion for 9-year-old rape victim
Church excommunicates mother and doctors – but not accused rapist
Declaring that “life must always be protected”, a senior Vatican cleric has defended the Catholic Church’s decision to excommunicate the mother and doctors of a nine-year-old rape victim who had a life-saving abortion in Brazil.
Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, who heads the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, told reporters that although the girl fell pregnant after apparently being abused by her stepfather, her twins had, “the right to live, and could not be eliminated”.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, the cardinal added: “It is a sad case but the real problem is that the twins conceived were two innocent persons. Life must always be protected.”
Police believe the girl was sexually assaulted for years by her stepfather, possibly since she was six. That she was four months pregnant with twins emerged only after she was taken to hospital complaining of severe stomach pains.
The controversy represents a PR nightmare for the Vatican. The unnamed girl’s mother and doctors were excommunicated for agreeing to Wednesday’s emergency abortion yet the Church has not taken formal steps against the stepfather, who is in custody. Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, the conservative regional archbishop for Pernambuco where the girl was rushed to hospital, has said that the man would not be thrown out of the Church, because although he had allegedly committed “a heinous crime”, the Church took the view that “the abortion, the elimination of an innocent life, was more serious”.
The case has set off fierce debate in Brazil, where abortion is permitted only in cases of rape or a medical emergency. Brazil is one of the most populous Catholic countries, but conservative attitudes in rural areas are strongly at odds with the relatively progressive public view of abortion in major cities.
Even the President, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, has waded into the row. “As a Christian and a Catholic, I deeply regret that a bishop of the Catholic Church has such a conservative attitude,” he said “The doctors did what had to be done: save the life of a girl of nine years old. In this case, the medical profession was more right than the Church.”
One of the doctors involved in the abortion, Rivaldo Albuquerque, has raised the prospect of public clashes at his local church, telling Globo, the nation’s main TV network, that he would keep going to mass there, regardless of the archbishop’s order. The young girl at the centre of the case escaped excommunication only because she is still a child in the eyes of Church authorities. The stepfather, who is 23, was arrested last week, apparently trying to escape to another region of the country. Police say he is also suspected of abusing the girl’s handicapped 14-year-old sister. He is in protective custody, and if convicted faces up to 15 years in prison.
May
22
Melissa Harris-Perry describes herself as “cis” (via “MSNBC Talks To And About Trans People For An Hour, Doesn’t F*ck It Up” on autostraddle)
i can’t believe this was on tv.
progress yall!
I was like, that’s one quality youtube video… OH! wait, that happened on TV!!
Hungry Man Eggs - In Pictures
3 Eggs / Salami / Green Chilies / Milk / Bread / Butter / Oil / Salt / Pepper (1)
ATTACK salami with a knife (2)
CHOP up as many chillies as your manliness can handle (3)
SLICE thick wedges of bread
CRACK three eggs into bowl
ADD milk and seasoning (4)
WHISK like you wanna risk it
TOAST bread
THROW pan on high heat
ADD oil and knob of butter
SLIDE salami into hot butter and oil, and stir
CHUCK chillies into egg mix
POUR egg mix into pan
STIR the mixture for 1 minute
TAKE off heat and continue to stir
PLATE up toast and serve
GO COOK YOURSELF
May
20
Turning Children’s Drawings to Toys by Child’s Own Studio
Remember all that crazy shit you drew as a kid? True story: when I was but a wee lad I was fond of drawing bones with wings on them. There was a whole family of them. Why? Who the hell knows, kids are weird! But how awesome would have been if a cool company like this existed: where they take children’s drawings and convert them to real world toys. Maybe one day my Flying Bones with faces can get the same treatment. Check out tons more at their flickr
Artists: website (via: todayilearned / io9)
I want these
some of these are really cool and htne some scare me jfgnkjd
(via dotcomslashpost)
May
19
Cheesy Bacon Stuffed Squash - In Pictures
Butternut Squash / Streaky Bacon / Chilies / Gruyere Cheese / 2 Cloves Garlic / Oil / Butter (1)
HEAT oven to 200C
CHOP chilies and garlic
SLICE squash in half with sharp knife
SCOOP out seeds with a spoon (2)
SCORE a cross pattern into flesh of squash with a sharp knife (2)
FILL cavity with chopped chili, garlic and a knob of butter (2)
REPEAT process for other half of squash
DRIZZLE oil over top and season with salt and pepper
PLACE in oven for 1 hour
BUTCHER bacon into bits
FRY in oil until brown and crisp (3)
GRATE 100g of Gruyere cheese
REMOVE squash from oven
SCOOP out flesh of squash into bowl (4)
MASH squash with a potato masher
THROW in bacon and cheese and stir
ADD salt and pepper to taste
SQUASH the squash mix back into squash skin
TOP with a little leftover cheese
RETURN to oven for 15 minutes
REMOVE and squash into your face (5)
GO COOK YOURSELF
Reporter: I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made?
And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?
Scarlett: How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, “rabbit food” question?
The respect given to you if you’re a man in the entertainment business, and the respect given to you if you’re a woman in the entertainment business: all perfectly summed up in one idiotically thought out line of questioning.
(via dotcomslashpost)
May
17
lets all appreciate this video of penny wong because she is just the best
The way she is treated is disgusting. The way she handles how she is treated is inspirational.
May
12
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it’s all a male fantasy: that you’re strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you’re unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride (via m-edders)
(via tumblinfeminist)
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