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"The right-wing attacks have attempted to frame the question as a moral issue. It is not a matter of morals—not a question of whether teens should have sexual intercourse or not. The reality is that teens engaging in sexual activity should be educated about their options and have unfettered access to contraceptives that allow them to take responsibility and control over their health. Studies have repeatedly shown that access to various contraceptive methods does not lead to an increase in sexual activity in adolescents. Instead, it leads to safer sex."

— WORD statement: Women of all ages should have access to reproductive care (via defendwomensrights)

ellis-dee:

Yep.

(Source: socialismartnature)

"… of the 12 deadliest attacks in US history, six—six—have occured in the last five years. We are living in an era of slaughter. I admit to having thrown up my own hands against the NRA, arguing that they have too much power and it wasn’t worth the risk to take them on. I’m done with that. We’re living in a fucking abbatoir, now drenched in the blood of little children. We have to do something."

— Michael Tomasky (via jaw3)

theatlantic:

The Geography of Gun Deaths: States With Tighter Gun Control Laws Have Fewer Gun-Related Deaths

sesamestreet:

Here are some resources to help parents and caregivers speak with children about today’s events. (PDF): http://www.sesameworkshop.org/assets/1192/src/HereForEachOther_vEng2012Modified.pdf

nogdrinker:

there was a mass killing at an elementary school in China today too

(Source: nosdrinker)

theonion:

Fuck Everything, Nation Reports: Full Story

intellectual-stupidity:

ebonyeyes1984:

School is really important: Reading, writing, arithmetic. But what they tend to do is teach you reading, writing, arithmetic…then teach you reading, writing, arithmetic again. Then again, then again, just making it harder and harder just to keep you busy. And that’s where I think they messed up. There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education. No, REAL sex education class, not just pictures and illogical terms…There should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cults, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on apartheid, there should be a class on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there not, their class is on…gym….Their class is like Algebra. we have yet to go a store and said, “Can I have X Y + 2 and give me my Y change back, thank you.” You know?…Like foreign languages. I think that they are important, but I don’t think it should be required. Actually, they should be teaching you English, and then teach you how to understand double talk, politician’s double talk. Not teaching you how to understand French and Spanish and GERMAN. When am I going to Germany? I can’t afford to pay my rent in America! How am I going to Germany?

—Tupac, Age 17 On the Topic of Education, 1988.

this so hard