topless tuesdayyyyy
I started birth control when I was 15 due to medical issues. (For the record, I wasn’t having sex then. I hadn’t even had my first kiss!) Between my endometriosis and likelihood to hemorrhage, having my period severely lessened through birth control has saved my life, and my uterus. I know I don’t have to have it removed until after I have children because I am not abusing it now due to the birth control. Without this contraception, my dream of having children when I want them would be destroyed.
I couldn’t imagine affording this contraception without my insurance, and believe it should be covered by all insurances.
I couldn’t imagine affording this contraception without my insurance, and believe it should be covered by all insurances.
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| — | Liz (via sandrafluke) |
I first went on birth control at the age of 16 because I had such bad menstrual cramps. I got the Pill through a free clinic in my area and I’ve gone there ever since as they were so kind and easy to work with. If I would have had to pay full price I wouldn’t have been able to be on the Pill. I never knew just how much that would affect my life. At the age of 17 I was sexually assaulted by three men. None of the men used contraception, so I thank God (and that clinic!) every day that I wasn’t impregnated by them. If it wasn’t for the Pill my life would likely be very different than it is now.
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| — | Allyse (via sandrafluke) |
“Dedicated to Dr. Cecilia Achadu Otim, 34, by The Naguru Teenage Information & Health Centre of Straight Talk Uganda, from the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood’s Stories of Mothers Lost
Cecilia was the only female heart surgeon in Uganda. After a healthy pregnancy, her baby girl was born by caesarean section. An hour after the operation, Cecilia’s breathing suddenly changed. No nurse was available. Only her mother was present with Cecilia as she took her last breath.”From the exhibition, “Women Hold Up the Sky,” on view at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA, through May 20, 2012.
And if you ever wanted to know why I am fighting these radical anti-choice measures, this is a prime example of why. That beautiful baby girl is without a mother on this Mother’s Day due to anti-choice laws in Uganda.
Sadly, there are those - like the Susan B. Anthony’s List and the Americans United for Life - who wants America to emulate Uganda and the Middle East. We must stop these radical groups at all costs.
What the fuck is this shit?
This is gross, not funny, and not cute.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Just like the women that were on the Tyra Show four years ago when they talked about kissing each other just to get men’s attention. Wrong then, still wrong now.
Ridge Spring-Monetta names Williston-Elko assistant as head coach/athletic director
[cross-posted from Aiken Area Progressive]
MONETTA — The Williston-Elko Blue Devils’ successes in high school football have other schools locally looking to them for candidates for head coaching jobs.
And now, one of Head Coach Dwayne Garrick’s members will be saying goodbye.
Heath Corley was named as the Head Coach and Athletic Director for a fellow Aiken Area high school, the Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans. He replaces Mark Rodgers, who became the head coach of Wardlaw Academy, a private school in Edgefield County.
Word has it that Coach Garrick’s staff may be picked lean by Coach Corley.
When Heath Corley heard that Mark Rodgers was leaving Ridge Spring-Monetta High School to take over as head football coach at Wardlaw Academy, his wheels started turning.
The longtime Williston-Elko High School assistant always had a goal to become a head coach, and the job at RS-M seemed like the perfect chance to make a move.
“It was an opportunity to move up with a school I’m pretty familiar with,” he said. “I’ve been in the region now seven years and had to compete against those guys. The kids have always played hard.
It was almost like a perfect fit. It wasn’t a huge transition for my family, and it seemed like it was meant to be.”
Tuesday at the Aiken County School Board meeting - after a series of phone and in-person interviews helped the RS-M administrators label Corley as the man for the job - the move became official when Corley was approved as the next head coach of the Trojans.
Corley, who came to Williston-Elko from Saluda, was there when Blue Devil head coach Dwayne Garrick turned the program around. Garrick arrived after three-straight 3-8 seasons and went 7-5 in his first year in 2007. In 2008, WEHS played in the first of three-straight Class A state championship games, winning the title in 2009.
Last year, in what was supposed to be a rebuilding season, the Blue Devils finished 10-3 before losing in the Upper State championship. Corley said that experience is what he wants to bring to RS-M.
“The enthusiasm that Coach Garrick brought to the kids and to the community has been contagious,” he explained. “I always thought if I had a chance, that would be something I would like to pass on. It’s something all small towns should experience, and I don’t think Ridge Spring is too far away from being a really good football team. It’s fun on a Friday when everybody shuts down shortly after lunch and gets ready to go to a football game.”
Corley will face a similar rebuilding task at RS-M. Rodgers experienced some success with the Trojans, taking the team to the Class A state championship game in 2006 and to the Upper State finals a year later, but RS-M has gone 8-24 the last three seasons and lost some of that magic.
“They remember those kids and remember those teams,” said Corley, who was also the head baseball coach at Williston-Elko. “They know it’s not that far of a stretch. The pieces are in place. The kids have always played hard. I just want to help take them to the next level.
Football, a lot of times, is the sport at your school,” he continued. “Expectations over there are high, and I think that’s great. They’re not looking for mediocre, and they’re not going to settle for mediocre. That fits in with a lot of my beliefs.”
Corley said what he learned from Garrick was the attention to detail. Before his arrival at WEHS, Corley said the Blue Devils practiced hard, lifted hard and watched a lot of film, but when Garrick came on the scene they were called out for everything they did on the field, in the weight room and in the classroom, something that made a great impact.
“The small stuff is really what makes the difference, and that’s what I’m going to hang my hat on,” Corley said. “There are some good looking players. Just from being around them a few hours (he’s only had two opportunities to meet with the players so far), the excitement level was pretty high. I think we have a real good chance to be successful, but a lot of that is going to depend on how quickly they can pick up on a little different system.”
Like much of what he will bring to RS-M, that system will look a lot like the one at WEHS.
“What we’ve done has been proven to work, and I’ll take a lot of that over there with me,” Corley said, before saying that the Trojans’ base defense would be a shade-50 attack and they would be multiple on offense.
The key to winning football - as it’s always been at RS-M and also at WEHS - will be the running game.
“It’s no secret we’re going to run the football,” said Corley. “We’re going to have to run it and have a power running game. At the end of the day, we’re going to hang our hat on running the football and controlling the clock.”
Corley will get his first real look at his squad as spring practices begin this week. The public will get their first glance at the Trojans at the Aiken County Football Jamboree Aug. 10 at South Aiken High School.
More of Reported to Law Enforcement
More tweets are being reported to law enforcement. Not for threatening Obama, but for threatening one of his biggest supporters, Madonna Louise Ciccone.
If I had a gun I would kill Madonna
— juni (@fuckingwhiskey) May 7, 2012
If I Had a GunI would kill Madonna.
— Mr. Yisus †(@NastYordoh) May 7, 2012
If I Had a Gun I would shoot madonna :)
— CRA!G † (@weewellfan) May 7, 2012
If I had a gun, I’d shoot Madonna. She’s a little past the buck. XD
— Chris Belcourt (@ChrisBelcourt) May 7, 2012
