sterekseason:

refinery29:

You need to know about Ohio’s new abortion bill that would ban abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they’re pregnant

North Dakota and Arkansas passed similar bills that were later struck down as incompatible with Roe v. Wade; the Supreme Court declined to hear any appeals, sending the signal that an Ohio law would meet the same fate. But Ohio’s conservative lawmakers see an opening after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election last month. 

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ALSO: Laws limiting abortion tend to dramatically effect women in poverty because they don’t have the income or ability to travel to another state for the procedure. 

When a low-income mother is able to plan her pregnancies, she is much more likely to be able to provide for her baby. When she cannot get an abortion, if that is her choice, she is three times more likely to descend into and remain in poverty.

In addition, this issue was covered by John Oliver in February and it worth the watch. 

untitled87121:

winter walk dog safety!

please wipe your pups paws after taking them on a winter walk. un-purified rock salts contain traces of heavy metals such as mercury and lead. however, most municipalities in north america use ferrocyanide (a form known to cause cancer) as an anti-caking agent to facilitate the spreading of rock salt and prevent clumping. these ice melter toxins combined with antifreeze (ethylene glycol, that’s been spilled onto roads/sidewalks/driveways) are known to irritate pets who lick their paws and ingest these chemicals in harmful quantities after their winter walks. dogs that have stepped in antifreeze will be inclined to lick it because it smells and tastes SWEET.

antifreeze poisoning symptoms:
- lack of coordination
- excessive drinking and urination
- gastrointestinal irritation
- coma, seizures, and/or death

rock salt poisoning symptoms:
- burns to the mouth
- dehydration
- raw and sore paws
- liver and kidney failure
- pancreatitis

protect your furry four legged pals this winter season!! i had a dog ingest antifreeze after licking some off someone’s driveway and it was heartbreaking watching his condition worsen while on the way to the vet. he ended up being treated and made full recovery but i would have been devastated if it was anything other than old age that took him from me. stay safe!

refinery29:

Watch: Reviews are in. The movie Loving, about Loving v. Virginia, is a reminder of just how far we have and have not come

On the eve of its 50th anniversary, this historic tale is getting a refresh on the big screen in a film that’s already receiving no minor amount of Oscar buzz. Theirs is a quiet kind of love. It has to be.

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trumpgrets:

[image: I hope donald trump is not going limp on us. meeing with nyt? soft on global warming? what next? backtrack on second amendment? stand up trump! what the fuck!]

‘going limp.’ interesting phallic imagery there

Apparently appointing a climate denier as head of the EPA is being soft on global warming. What exactly does this person want him to do?

sosuperawesome:

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allthingslinguistic:

allthingslinguistic:

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in Anglo-Saxon meter, by Philip Craig Chapman-Bell. Via Etymonline on Facebook, who says “An Internet classic; but I can no longer find it where I first found it (Cathy Ball’s Old English reference pages).”

Incipit gestis Rudolphi rangifer tarandus

Hwæt, Hrodulf readnosa hrandeor –
Næfde þæt nieten unsciende næsðyrlas!
Glitenode and gladode godlice nosgrisele.
Ða hofberendas mid huscwordum hine gehefigodon;
Nolden þa geneatas Hrodulf næftig
To gomene hraniscum geador ætsomne.
Þa in Cristesmæsseæfne stormigum clommum,
Halga Claus þæt gemunde to him maðelode:
“Neahfreond nihteage nosubeorhtende!
Min hroden hrædwæn gelæd ðu, Hrodulf!”
Ða gelufodon hira laddeor þa lyftflogan –
Wæs glædnes and gliwdream; hornede sum gegieddode
“Hwæt, Hrodulf readnosa hrandeor,
Brad springð þin blæd: breme eart þu!”

Rendered literally into modern English:

Here begins the deeds of Rudolph, Tundra-Wanderer

Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer –
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
The goodly nose-cartilage glittered and glowed.
The hoof-bearers taunted him with proud words;
The comrades wouldn’t allow wretched Hrodulf
To join the reindeer games.
Then, on Christmas Eve bound in storms
Santa Claus remembered that, spoke formally to him:
“Dear night-sighted friend, nose-bright one!
You, Hrodulf, shall lead my adorned rapid-wagon!”
Then the sky-flyers praised their lead-deer –
There was gladness and music; one of the horned ones sang
“Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer,
Your fame spreads broadly, you are renowned!”

I really appreciate how committed this poem is to Anglo-Saxon meter, which has alliteration rather than rhyme and uses a lot of compound nouns (known as kennings), like hoof-bearers and sky-flyers.

nevaehtyler:

I would like to remind you that Canada also had segregation. Viola Desmond was a Black Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist who fought it by refusing to leave a whites-only area at a movie theater in New Glasgow in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Today she became the first Canadian woman to appear on a banknote. I’m extremely happy that Black women get the recognition they deserve!

#BlackWomenMatter