The Beauty of Equality

“The obsession with marriage also sanitizes the history of queer struggle. Stonewall was not a wedding, it was a riot, led by the very queers who are now erased from the public image of gay equality. Drag queens, trans people of color, young queers, and butch dykes fought systematic violence and in Sarah Schulman’s words, “[…] arose to change society, to expand rigid gender roles, to break down confining social mores of privatized families and to defy the consumerism that accompanies monogamy and nuclear family lifestyle in the United States.”

Thanks for this (via queerasfuck)

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“The claim that sex workers “sell our bodies” is not only logically absurd (I was a prostitute for years, but my body is still right here with me), but totally sexist because it is based on the notion that a woman’s sexuality is her entire worth. The belief behind this expression is that since a woman has nothing of value to offer except her sexuality, if she “sells” that she has “sold herself” and there is nothing left. The fact that anti-sex worker activists use this expression so often says a lot about them.”

Maggie McNeal Commenting on Chicago Tribune article (via thefumoblu)

So true never thought about that.

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triangularisthepie:

kiriamaya:

This was going to be a long post, but it really doesn’t need to be, because the thought I’m having is pretty simple:

I agree with Serano when she says that a major key to gender liberation is “work[ing] to empower femininity, in all its forms.” But I…

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In defense of porn - The Daily Cardinal (via sexisnottheenemy)

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I’m not even going to go into all of your absolute ridiculousness.

But don’t you dare tell us we need to buy new shoes, spanks, fake eyelashes, bras, whatever on a day or two notice. This is an issue of class. This is an issue of either upsetting struggling parents or upsetting picky, classist, choir fanatics.

I will not go above and beyond for any organization, group or club that barely acknowledges my existence. Especially when they fail to consider the implications of their unreasonable requests.

“Fat people in America are reduced to nothing but fatness. A fat person has a health problem of any kind? It’s because they’re fat. A fat person is single? Well, duh. Fat. They deserve it. A fat person is poor? That’s not surprising-obviously they have bad judgment and no impulse control! Because why would a smart person choose to be fat? If a fat person goes to a restaurant and sits on a broken chair and the chair collapses under them, it’s because they’re fat. But if a thin person sits on the same broken chair and the chair collapses under them, it’s because they sat on a broken chair.”

Lindy West, Being Mean To Fat People is Pointless: A Good Old Fashioned Plea for Civility (via broadist)

Negative experience = because of your fat

Positive experience = in despite of your fat

Also: this is a fab post, but don’t read the comments. I cried.

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keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

maehemsez:

I had an abortion.

I’m not going to tell you how old I was when I had it.

I’m not going to tell you what the circumstances around the pregnancy were.

I’m not going to tell you whether birth control was used or not.

I’m not going to tell…

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