Remember to take a few seconds and vote for both the Ferguson Protesters, and Laverne Cox for Times Person of the Year.

Astronaut hunt turns into sexist nightmare for female finalist

A competition on Facebook by a male grooming brand to send a Malaysian to a space camp in Florida, USA to train to be an astronaut turned ugly when the only female finalist was “trolled”, drawing sexist comments from netizens.

Post-graduate student Roshini Muniam, who is one of the top five finalists of Axe deodorant’s Apollo Space Race competition, was discriminated against online due to her gender.

A comment posted by Syed Wazien on Roshini’s profile, featured in Axe’s Facebook page, expressed surprise over a woman’s desire to go to space.

“What – a woman?! No way, hose!!!” he said.

Geeky Fredward wrote that Roshini should not compete and must make way for her male counterparts to win the competition.

“Banyak lagi competition untuk female only kat luar tu lady.. (there are many other competitions for females out there, lady) don’t ruin what’s intended or most considered to be men only chance?”

Another commentator, Dimitriy Mirovsky, was more insulting, saying that women should be prohibited from the competition as they menstruate.

“pompuan REJEK…… lelaki sahaje….. kang tampon ang pecah kat langit tu abis rosak space craft tu….. kah kah kah……” (Women should be rejected… it is only for males… if your tampon burst while you are in space, the entire spacecraft will be spoilt… kah kah kah…)

This is reminiscent of an incident in the Malaysian parliament in 2007 when controversial Barisan Nasional MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin, in a heated exchange in the Dewan Rakyat with opposition MPs over a leaky roof in Parliament House, said: “Mana ada bocor? Batu Gajah pun bocor tiap-tiap bulan juga. (Where is the leak? The Batu Gajah MP also leaks every month.)”.

Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan and other women MPs were outraged by his comments and he was eventually forced to apologise.

Plucky Roshini, 27, has hit back at the trolls.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. I am all out to win this competition because I want to inspire ordinary people to have extraordinary dreams & goals,” she posted on the page.

The contestants underwent a series of challenges which tested their mental strength and endurance. The pictures of the top five were posted online. Visitors to the page then could vote for their choice.

Some netizens have also come out in her defence, with Rajakumari Rajagopal pointing out that the competition was open to all Malaysians and that she qualified on merit.

“She was the only Malaysian woman who had made her way to the semi-finals and now to the finals. She needs your help and everyone’s help to make her dream come true. Why can’t she have a dream? Why can’t she be given an equal right to participate? Why can’t she be the final person to represent Malaysia. Malaysia Boleh! 1 Malaysia! Hidup Malaysia!”

Rafizal Rahman said Roshini should not be praised and not criticised, pointing out there was already a lot of female astronauts in the world.

The competition closes next Tuesday and the winner will be announced on September 24.

The winner will represent Malaysia in Florida and compete against other nations’ candidates for an opportunity to go to space.

Only 22 people will be selected for the Florida experience.

She’s losing by 20k votes. Let’s fix this.

WOOOO SHE’S WINNING NOW

This is happening right now in my country Venezuela. All around the country Militaries are killing people just because we are defending what is Good. We want justice! We were doing a pacific protest and then they came and started to shoot and use gas against people and the government says that people need to show respect for the militaries.  People are being seriously injured and murdered. Respect? Democracy? Peace? NICOLAS YOU ARE NOT MY PRESIDENT YOU COWARD.

GUYS PLEASE RB, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN BOSTON BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO GO ON A CIVIL WAR IN VENEZUELA!!

THEY JUST MADE MADURO TAKE THE OATH AS PRESIDENT, THEY’RE BURNING THE BALLOT BOXES, AND THEY’RE LEAVING THE COUNTRY WITH ALL THE PEOPLE’S MONEY

Let’s add to that that no International entity recognizes the election’s results and are asking for a recount, yet the CNE allowed Maduro to take the oath (wich was supposed to be on the 19th). The CNE’s president is leaving the country now. We’re officially in a dictatorship.

TIME Magazine is asking who should be the Person of the Year, and among its forty options is: Undocumented Immigrants.

That’s right, we (the undocumented population) have the chance to be named “Person of the Year” as a collective! What does it mean? It means that Once again, the struggles of undocumented immigrants will be highlighted on a reputable publication - except that this time, it won’t be just the cover but a prestigious mention that has been awarded to John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and other notable historical figures.

What better way to be “noticed”, right?

So what are you waiting for? CLICK HERE and vote!

SIGNAL BOOST!!!

Right now it’s 40% “definitely” and 60% “no way” so let’s tumblr-bomb this and make Undocumented Immigrants TIME’s Person of the Year 2012!!!

do ittt

It's at 43% "No way" now, people! Let's keep this momentum going! Also, I can't believe it's still pretty high. This country upsets me, especially with all its talk about diversity, "melting pots", and that bullshit.

We always existed though. Now its just UN official.

Long overdue!

Huge cheers erupt in UN general assembly as overwhelming vote passes recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state

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I love this but Props 34 and 37. I am not happy.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WON BY 303 ELECTORAL VOTES

303 = 3oh!3

NICE LEGS DAISY DUKES MAKES A MAN GO FOUR MORE YEARS BABy

‎Susan B Anthony pummeled and arrested for attempting to vote in 1872. She was fined $100 for registering to vote.

Never, ever, ever forget this.

Thank you ladies.

She never paid a cent of that fine.

A true hero

what's going on with CA ballot initiatives tho

:-/

sigh

A shitload of uneducated voters at my polling place tonight. People all around me took the longest time reading over the blurbs (I'm assuming) 'cause they were there for a long-ass time. You stupid shits need to do your fucking research, honestly. People don't understand the gravity of the situation and how much progress would have been made. I'm so disappointed in you, California.

❒ Obama ❒ Romney ✔ Leslie Knope

REMEMBER: IF YOU LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A STATE-ISSUED ID TO VOTE.

They can ask if you have one, but it is NOT needed.

PA Supreme Court overturned the bullshit law GOP designed to keep poor, elderly, and people otherwise incapable of obtaining IDs under the guise of “preventing voter fraud”.

I just wanted to signal boost because THEY ARE STILL AIRING THE BULLSHIT ADS. 

DO NOT BELIEVE THEM. YOU DO NOT NEED AN ID.

NOW GO VOTE.

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. @mittromney your son has bought voting machines in states you must win to carry this election (namely ohio). comment? http://tinyurl.com/9p9wszs

bain capital has bought the electronic voting machines that will calculate millions of votes in ohio. how is that ethical or LEGAL?!!?

. @mittromney how is it legal for a company that YOU own to buy machines that will calculate votes in an election where YOU are a candidate?

everyone retweet this NOW.

Obama’s Angels (as the media loves to call these three amazing actresses - Eva Longoria, Kerry Washington and Scarlett Johansson) campaigning for YOU to get out and VOTE for President Barack Obama. #VOTE2012

California:NO ON PROP 35!!! Here is why!

PLEASE REPOST!

Naomi updates: the law is so poorly written. Sharmin Brock said I would not be required to register as a sex offender based on my previous convictions, however there are other problems in the law that would target sex workers who support eachother or run businesses AND marginalized homeless youth who work the streets together and have no “manager” (like I did when I was 14). Those youth could be charged with trafficking and lifetime sex offender registration and monitoring. People YOU MUST read this entire bill. Don’t just count on the summary to do your thinking for you. We are alarmed at Prop 35, and because it’s so badly written and so misdirected it is unclear who will be effected and how! Read the law itself, critiques by California attorneys, and sex worker and human rights advocates to understand how broad the definitions will be. Read about the numerous serious problems with this legislation…and try to figure out if you or your friends could be targeted within the parameters of Prop 35. http://www.againstthecaseact.com/. I was very concerned when Naomi Akers emailed me with this message. Of course I realized that the CASE Act would be effecting my community, but I am appalled and hadn’t considered that the long time Director of the St. James Infirmary would be a target. Meanwhile, the CASE Act proponents are actually trying to tell us that we just have to trust the police. I am not kidding—that’s their talking point. More info at http://www.againstthecaseact.com/.