Lords of Kobol, hear my prayer...

Alaska State Rep. Alan Dick says women should get written permission slips from their impregnators if they want to have an abortion

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett rationalizes ultrasound bill by saying: "I'm not making anybody watch, okay, because you just have to close your eyes."

Idaho lawmaker, Chuck Winder, suggests that women use rape as an excuse for getting abortions

In Georgia, eight women state senators walk out of the Senate chambers, protesting the passing of two bills that would limit access to abortion and contraceptives

Utah Senate passed bill for women seeking abortion to wait 72-hours

Georgia senate panel approves "fetal pain" anti-abortion bill

Wisconsin to ban some abortion coverage and altering sex education by only teaching abstinence as the preferred method of birth control

Tennessee abortion bill would publicize names of the doctors who performed abortions, along with identifying the patients

Texas Sen. Wendy Davis' office was firebombed due to her outspoken support for Planned Parenthood

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These are just some of recent issues concerning the attack on women's rights that have been happening over the last several weeks, and this isn't even the tip of the iceberg of this fight women are going through here in the States. What's deeply disturbing is how women's rights are continually being fought over in this day and age, and how anyone can think it's morally okay to deny basic human rights from someone just because of their gender. Or their sexual orientation or their ethnicity, for that matter. But that is precisely what has been happening, and it's been happening for quite some time now.

And why is this? Because of men.

Old white conservative men are enforcing these laws, making these restrictions and attempting to limit women having control over their own body autonomy. They make it so they can be completely invasive over women's privacy, often forcing, manipulating, humiliating and shaming them in the process and hiding behind religious statements that unfortunately is a huge manipulating tool for these people since they are pandering to those with similar mindsets, and it just spreads like poison. These men feel so threatened by women that they feel the only way to control them is by taking away their rights, and because the unfortunate truth is that us women are still considered a minority, still having to prove ourselves worthy to be in the same ranks and treated with respect by our male counterparts, they are still able to take away our rights and limiting access to things that we need (ex. birth control, Planned Parenthood, sex education, etc.)

The thing is this isn't just about abortion. It's about the right to body autonomy. It's about right of getting proper education and information on something so we can make our own decisions for ourselves. It's about the right to be treated equally, to be allowed to work, to fight, to stay at home, to make our own choices about the lives we want to live without anyone threatening otherwise.

At the end of the day, no matter what your personal opinion is on a certain issue, you have no right to impose on the choice of another. End of story.

01. GAY MARRIAGE FINALLY LEGALIZED IN NEW YORK

This is yet another uplifting emotional and memorable moment to go down in history. Just reading all the celebratory posts yesterday made my heart swell with happiness, particularly the comments from citizens of New York saying that they finally feel recognized as people and human beings, also seeing some pictures of elderly gay couples who finally have the right to marry their significant other -- never mind the fact that Neil Patrick Harris and his partner just proposed to each other and are now properly engaged? TEARS OF JOY STREAMING DOWN MY FACE. Obviously we still have a long way to go for marriage equality and recognition for the LGBT community, but we're definitely heading in the right direction. ♥

02. Casting news for Game Of Thrones that I'm certain some Tudors fans will like..... :D

03. After much campaigning and pleading from many for years, finally they have answered our prayers: classic 90s Nickelodeon is returning on TeenNick!

This had me going all nostalgic, recalling the memories I had when I was watching the classic All That and Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains It All and all the others on repeat on my VHS tapes. Which I still have, btw. It makes you feel kinda old, doesn't it? Even though it really wasn't that long ago. I know they won't show all the classics, I don't think they have rights for syndication anymore or something, because I haven't seen anything saying they are going to be airing Are You Afraid Of The Dark? which sucks because THAT WAS MY SHOW. D:

What were you favorite Nickelodeon shows, flist? Were you with the All That crowd, did you watch the amazing game shows like Legends of the Hidden Temple and Figure It Out? Were you following the fashion of Clarissa Darling or going on adventures with Alex Mack?