pussy-envy:

outofthetiles:

mamabirdmargaritas:

safe-legal-abortion-is-prolife:

omegashogun:

vonsuellosvenue:

Sad but true Abortion has killed 14 million black babies since 1970.

Somehow this was considered to be a racist billboard and taken down even though what they’re saying is true.

It’s racist because it frames the Black community, and black women* in particular, as violent and dangerous. Are the people who made the billboard concerned about the black community or are they just playing on stereotypes of POC in order to achieve their ends? They are attempting to elicit sympathy and concern for black children while simultaneously vilifying black women (and other people who are able to get pregnant). That’s why it’s racist.

Another problem with this billboard is that it makes it seem as if black women* are being somehow targeted for abortion services. This is ridiculous. It’s true that in the US black women* are disproportionately represented when it comes to abortion. But what anti-abortion advocates either haven’t seemed to figure out (or hope that the general public isn’t able to figure out) is that there is an important intervening variable they’re ignoring: economic status. People with lower socioeconomic status and less stable financial situations are more likely to choose abortion due to the fact that they are unable to afford a(nother) pregnancy or child.

Is there racism involved here? Certainly. And though it may be reflected in the racial and ethnic breakdown abortion rates, it would be an incorrect conclusion to label the existence of safe, legal abortion as the problem. The problem lies in the institutional and systemic racism that keeps black people (and black women especially) in poverty. Of course it’s sad when a person has to terminate an otherwise wanted pregnancy because they can’t afford it or afford to take care of the resulting child. But the way to fix this is not by diverting attention from the real problem by creating a false enemy out of abortion— it’s by attacking the systems and institutions that cause a person to be lacking financial resources in the first place. This includes attacking institutional and systemic racism, misogyny, ciscentrism, and transphobia.

side note: I can’t find the article at the moment, but there’s an interview with the mom of the girl in the picture where she says she was upset that her daughter’s image was being used in this way.

I don’t even understand how anyone could not see this as problematic. My intial thought as soon as I saw it, before even thinking bout why it bothered me, was “What the actual fuck?!” and a bit of rage and sadness.

I’d say safe-legal-abortion-is-prolife got it dead on.

It’s defamation of character. I’m pretty sure I remember reading that the group that made this billboard got sued / fined / had to take the image down and pay damages.

Its amazing how they so casually are stating that the most dangerous place for an african american is the womb because obviously what happens during life what with racism and exclusionary social rules and politics and hate crimes and violence and hate speech and vast wage gaps I mean obviously its much worse when an individual makes an aware choice that now is not the time to have a child. 

plus this works great for whiteness and white privilege because then the blame isn’t on whiteness and the structure it builds that fucks over anyone who is not white, it gets to blame african americans and call on the white savior(s). 

Statistics out of context are a fucking dangerous thing. People with money to post ridiculous pro-life parent-blaming  racist ads with some poor kids face plastered all over them are a dangerous thing…

WHAT IS THIS FROM

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the-dark-night-of-the-soul:

blakeyface:

I’m so happy Madonna is praising Lady Gaga on her tour by mashing up Born This Way and Express Yourself. :D

Madonna praising Lady Gaga? I’m not even going to bother sticking up for Madonna this time, she fucking deserves it. This is all she’ll achieve with this. Coming across like a LOSER AND A FOOL.

Express Yourself and BTW sound nothing like, tsk tsk

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farewell-kingdom:

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