November 2011
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Siri Failures, Illustrated
amaditalks:
The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. Yesterday’s post with screenshots from a Twitter conversation I was a part of has netted 200+ notes the last I looked.
There have been a number of...
Female toplessness is legal in a lot of places in the US (although not where I...
– The Pervocracy: My boobs want to be free. (via sexisnottheenemy)
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If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and...
– Phil Pastore (via fuckyeahchocolatelabs)
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It’s not too much to ask men and boys to “look, but don’t touch.” A young woman...
– Sexy Halloween Costumes for Girls Don’t Cause Rape — The Good Men Project (via sexisnottheenemy)
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St. Petersburg, Russia passes LGBT silencing law →
gaywrites:
The city of St. Petersburg in Russia passed the fervently debated law banning “gay propaganda,” namely any gay action or speech in public.
Though people in St. Petersburg protested the law, it was rushed through the Legislative Assembly. The law prohibits “propaganda” of “sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors,” essentially outlawing everything...
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Kristen Stewart: smiling is not an obligation,... →
al-jinni:quietplains:
Kristen Stewart plays Bella in Twilight, which is the hottest franchise around right now. Thusly, she is invited to a lot of events. She stands out on the red carpet because she does not smile broadly or pose; she usually looks slightly uncomfortable. Of her red-carpet experience, Stewart said: People say that I’m miserable all the time. It’s not that I’m miserable, it’s...
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And I have had one very well known Muslim voice say to me directly that a...
– Herman Cain and “his Muslim Friend” feeding into the same kind of American Islamophobia that caused a dramatic spike in hate-violence against Muslim-Americans.
-Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
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