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"Twenty-one million people with disabilities did not vote,” said [Christopher] Dodd. “That made the disabled communities the single largest demographic group of nonvoters in the United States of America. At that time, only 16 percent of polling places were physically accessible. And not one, not one of the nearly 500 polling locations which the General Accounting Office (GAO) visited on Election Day in 2000, had special ballots adapted for blind voters.”

Improving the Voting Experience in America

My polling place is not accessible (the line to vote goes up an enormous staircase), so I have to use the “special” accommodations instead of voting like everyone else. 

But if I didn’t know about that option, I would’ve just turned away. And what about all the people that don’t consider themselves disabled and wouldn’t ask for accommodations but also can’t stand in line for HOURS at a time, either because of their knees or their hearts or their kids or their jobs? 

Not to mention these absurd “voter ID” laws that require people of color, poor people, old people, students, and disabled people - disproportionately - to stand in line at the DMV for hours on end just for the “privilege” <ahem shouldn’t it be a right> to vote.

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when fics don’t update

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which way does a cyclops wing their eyeliner

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How to make your own dress form

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Racism is not in your intent. Your intent is immaterial in how racist your actions are. This isn’t about you BEING a racist. It’s about you DOING A THING that is racist. Your intent doesn’t change it. Your ignorance of its meaning doesn’t change it. It’s got nothing to do with you as a person and everything to do with the meaning of your action in the context of sociocultural history.

- moniquill (on red face & cultural appropriation)

I’m just going to reblog this again, since some people apparently need reminding. 

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DING DING DING DING.

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Peter Joseph on structural violence, from this video.

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Of course “Mary Watson” was good enough for her, John.

THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS AFTER THE WHOLE TIME!

She could’ve chosen any name in the world, but she chose Mary Elizabeth Morstan. Then she married a man with the last name Watson.

I SEE THROUGH YOUR LITTLE SCHEME, MARY.

Because I noticed the thing Sherlock overlooked because he was too focused on the “liar” deduction.

Mary is a cat lover.

And now her initials are “MEW.”

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[Happy #Reichencrack Day! This is a #reichencrack theory.]

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I wanted to add: it is extremely unlikely that the problem will be solved. #america

i don’t always agree with my HR professor, but she did bring up a good point that i couldn’t argue

why are we focusing on mostly the health insurance when we should be focusing on lowering the cost of healthcare, so you can afford it even without insurance

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Why does everyone post the boring version with lil choirboys when THIS exists

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This is not a meme - it’s a quote from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.

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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.

Assata Shakur  (via thatkindofwoman)

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More Macklemore, less Robin Thicke.