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When, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of the burqa rather than creating a situation in which a woman can choose what she wishes to do, it’s not about liberating her, but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. It’s not about the burqa. It’s about the coercion. Coercing a woman out of a burqa is as bad as coercing her into one. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It is what allowed the US government to use western feminist groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy-cutters on them was not going to solve their problems.
Arundhati Roy (via theseasonofthewitch)

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cutest-cats:

This is Aurora. 10 months ago, I rescued her from 2 boys that were going to throw her into the Hudson River. At only 2 weeks old, I bottle fed her, taught her how to clean herself, and litter trained her. She was my baby. Yesterday on May 26, 2012, she passed away at only 10 months old due to a heart condition that went undetected. I am absolutely devastated and hope that any of you cat lovers out there will keep her in your heart.

cutest-cats:

This is Aurora. 10 months ago, I rescued her from 2 boys that were going to throw her into the Hudson River. At only 2 weeks old, I bottle fed her, taught her how to clean herself, and litter trained her. She was my baby. Yesterday on May 26, 2012, she passed away at only 10 months old due to a heart condition that went undetected. I am absolutely devastated and hope that any of you cat lovers out there will keep her in your heart.

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Senate Dems Win Big Judicial Confirmation Fight!!!

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A senior Democratic senate source tells ThinkProgress that the Senate agreed to have a confirmation vote on the nomination of Paul Watford to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at 5:30 today. As we explained on Friday, Watford is one of President Obama’s most outstanding nominees — he is both relatively young and a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Watford’s confirmation also demonstrates the value of fighting to ensure that excellent nominees are confirmed. Earlier this year, when Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) threatened to force seventeen successive votes to break Senate Republican filibusters on judges, the Republican caucus eventually caved and allowed 14 judges through. Today, Reid’s decision to force a vote on a Supreme Court-level talent ended the minority’s streak of preventing President Obama from placing judges on the federal appeals court who have backgrounds that suggest they could be up for a promotion in the future.

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