Indexed expresses a little anger with an awesome Venn diagram.

Hollywood’s five saddest attempts at feminism.  [via Feministing]  Lays out how those “strong” female characters are so very disappointing.

Some Iraqi’s have no hope left:

do you know
that your tomorrow
has no tomorrow?
that your blood
is the ink
of new maps?

Unsurprising news of the day: Many women leave the church because of its “‘silence’ about sexual desire and activity, and because of its hostility to single-parent families and unmarried couples.” [via A Spritely Oolong]

Sciencewomen point to an awesome statement by Michelle Obama:

I was raised to believe I could do it all, and that was very empowering. Then I got into the work force and realized there was really no support for me to do it all. … We either have to fix that or be honest about it.

An awesome video – my new crush raps about the LHC.