Texans for Reproductive Rights

Texan pro-choice blog. Information on Texas news, events, and politics. Anything that we feel falls under the heading of "reproductive rights" (including abortion facts, sex education, and sexual health information)

[soberscientistlife]

What kind of country has representatives in its own government that attemped a political coup? Explain it to me like I am in kindergarten.

[tachyon-at-rest]

Tacit admission of guilt

[snommelp]

So, I’ve been pulled over a few times in my life. Not many, but a few. And I’ve also been in a couple of cars that got pulled over. And let me tell you, if you were actually doing something wrong, the officer doesn’t make any small talk, just straight into “I clocked you doing 70 in a 55.” The only time I’ve ever gotten the “do you know why I pulled you over?” was the time when I wasn’t doing anything wrong, and I got let go even though he insisted to the end that I was doing 87 in a 70 (white privilege at work).

“Do you know why I pulled you over?” is a trap. It means there’s a good chance the officer doesn’t actually have a good reason to ticket you, and is trying to get you to waive your 5th Amendment rights and incriminate yourself. If you make a guess, that’s a confession of guilt.

But there’s another trap, that I’ve heard of but haven’t yet experienced. It’s “do you know how fast you were going?” With that one, they’re hoping you’ll say no, because then they can name whatever speed they want – you just said you didn’t know how fast you were going, if you deny the speed they name then you’re lying to them.

[themightytej]

Oh, I’ve had that one. Go with “yes.” Don’t give them a number, just say “Yes.” Then they still have to offer a number and you can deny it without contradicting yourself. They could just ask you, at that point, but that’s suspiciously similar to saying they don’t know, and they tend to avoid doing that.

[fattyatomicmutant-deactivated20]

Reblog to save a life

[suspiciouslysharklike-deactivat]

if you scroll past this just because it doesn’t affect you personally, i see you.

[dovewithscales]

Also, you can always go to court and contest a ticket, and a lot of times you’ll win. Or if the cop thinks you’ll win they won’t even show up and you’ll win by default.

They like to target out of state plates because anyone who would be majorly inconvenienced by a court date two months away is a lot more likely to just pay it.

[th3d0n]

The $100-200 it usually costs to hire a ticket attorney is well worth it.

[ashleyrguillory]

It’s Lesbian Visibility day today so I spent yesterday making a comic about feelings. If you’d told me when I was a scared 16 year old that I’d have a wife and a rainbow flag outside of my house- I’m not sure what I would’ve said but I definitely wouldn’t have believed you.

[markruffalo]

Gloria Walton and I are honored to be recognized by the inaugural TIME CO2 Earth Awards! We are grateful that they see the work The Solutions Project and our grantee partners are doing to create a more equitable and sustainable world. This award is for all the frontline leaders, organizers, movement builders, and the power that the grassroots has been building for decades.

Please join us in celebrating the other honorees: Vanessa Nakate, Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres!

Physical copies of the magazine will be on newsstands April 28!

Introducing the TIME CO2 Earth Awards: 2023

In partnership with TIME CO2, the Earth Awards recognizes leading figures in the most important work there is.

[satirizing]

speaking of misogyny

let me tell you guys something that ACTUALLY happened in my screenwriting class last week

one of the female writers in our class is writing a feature about this gang of teenage girls who sort of become vigilantes and murder men who harass women (that’s a shitty logline of it but it’s actually fucking awesome and highly stylized and over-exaggerated like tarantino in a good way bc i fucking hate tarantino). ANYWAY their first kill is this guy named taylor. taylor is one of the girl’s boyfriends. it is heavily implied and the writer confirmed that he abuses and rapes her. not explicitly seen, but she has bruises, there are scenes implying it etc.

so. she wrote the part where they kill taylor. and one of my professor’s comments was about how he felt like he didn’t hate taylor enough.

to which me and my female friend were like um what?? we hate him. he fucking raped and abused her. wE HATE HIM. HE IS A HORRIBLE PERSON.

and my prof was like well yeah i hate him but i don’t HATE hate him. and we argued about it. so he took a poll of who hated taylor. ALL of the girls in the class raised their hands. none of the boys did. when he asked who didn’t hate taylor all of the men raised their hands. and me and my friend started laughing because of COURSE they did.

and my prof was like why are you laughing and the writer was like “i think they’re laughing at the gender difference in that answer” and my prof was like “well, from my male perspective, i don’t think i’m being sexist”

WHAT.

first of all did you hear that sentence at ALL do you understand how paradoxical it is?????

second of all, no. just no.

and then my prof went on to say “i feel like we need to see taylor be horrible. like bad solution, he kicks a dog”

evidently a man can abuse and rape a girl and not be hated, but if he kicks a dog then he’s PURE EVIL

and THAT is exactly what’s wrong with our society

[catastrofries]

[thewholeearthcatalog]

don’t confuse accents and language barriers with lack of intelligence

[xo-goldenmelanin]

🙌🏾

[wholesomeobsessive]

jawnbaeyega:

FYI: Indifference to racism is racism.

[texansforreproductiverights]

Organization Spotlight: Innocence Project of Texas

[anti-capitalistlesbianwitch]

“We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.” - Joycelyn Elders

(Source)

[cicadacollective]

a list of different kinds of support that abortion doulas learn to provide! [image description: a white piece of paper on a white wall attached w/ patterned green tape; the paper has written words.  heading in red marker says “How do we define "Support”?“ with a red squiggly divider line underneath. beneath this is a multicolored bulleted list: written in orange -informational support: telling the client what to expect, what procedures look like, helping them find resources for services + care. written in green: -emotional support: being present to hold all the clients feelings before, during, and after the procedure. written in blue: -physical support: comforting and providing care to manage physical symptoms of pain and discomfort before, during, and after the procedure. written in purple: -support: providing the necessary logistical support (lodging, transportation, funding, meals, etc) to help your client access their procedure.] please help us meet our fundraising goal - share or donate if able to our fundrazr or paypal ([email protected])  

[texansforreproductiverights]

Organization Spotlight: Texans Care for Children

We drive policy change to improve the lives of Texas children today for a stronger Texas tomorrow. GET UPDATES

[texansforreproductiverights]

Young Invincibles | Elevating the voices of Young Americans on top issues, such as healthcare, jobs, and higher education.

Young Invincibles is a national non-profit organization that focuses on empowering young Americans with information regarding healthcare, jobs, economic opportunity, and higher education.

[texansforreproductiverights]

Texas Advocacy Project provides FREE legal services statewide to victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

[texansforreproductiverights]

These Organizations Are Working for Progressive Change in Texas

Find an issue that’s important to you and join the movement: donate, join lists, volunteer

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[darkrainbow13]

George Takei was so excited to do this shirtless episode. He spent all his free time doing push-ups for a week before they shot this.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

they were going to give him a katana and have him be a samurai, but he didn’t want to be stereotypical, so he told the execs that he could fence and they wrote in references to the three musketeers instead

he could not, in fact, fence

he spent the weekend before shooting learning how

[jenniferrpovey]

Not only that, but he found he liked fencing, kept it up, and became a master fencer.

When I had the privilege to hear him talk at AwesomeCon 2015, he informed us he is a master fencer. It was a very clear implication that he is still fencing at his advanced age. No wonder he’s so healthy.

He had far too much fun with this episode and it shows.

[drst]

Hikaru Sulu, our first Space Pirate.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Reblogging for all this cool trivia

And also for George Takei running through the Starship Enterprise with a sword and cackling sinisterly

[theimancameron]

Reblogging for ALL of this, and for the coolness of George Takei still kicking butt with a sword to this day!

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Reblog if you trust George Takei with a sword to protect you

[davetheshady]

“In the end, [Takei] loved his sword-fighting scene so much he held onto the rapier for several hours, poking stage hands with it and engaging in mock duels off the set.” – IMDB’s trivia

[lagonegirl]