May. 29, 2012 at 9:40pm with 176 notes
Reblogged from suztacular
7:16pm with 4,942 notes
Reblogged from the-maddest-scientist
“
Though no one would ever think of using the term honor violence (we reserve that descriptor for brown people who live somewhere else, motivated by religious something-or-other or tribal something-or-other), one-third of women murdered every year in the United States are killed by their intimate partners. In 2005 that amounted to 1,181 women, or three women every day. To put that in perspective, the UN estimates there are 5,000 honor killings every year in the entire world. 5,000 in a world of 6 billion versus nearly 1,200 in a single country of 300 million. In other words, a woman in America runs a greater risk of being killed by her husband or boyfriend than a woman in Pakistan.
12:18am with 14 notes
Reblogged from the-maddest-scientist
Happy 61st Birthday to Sally Ride!
*In addition to becoming the first American woman (and youngest U.S. citizen) in space aboard STS-7 in 1983, Dr. Ride was also a nationally-ranked tennis player on the junior circuit as a teenager, and briefly considered a professional career in the sport.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Ride!
I have long opted for a new salutation to be applied to our astronauts. “Spaceman” has be my go to but it doesnt worj as well for women. “Galaxian”? Maybe just prepend “space” to whatever salutatipn they normally rate? “Space-doctor ride”






