February 2012
16 posts
“Sometimes, loving your body is not an option. Sometimes, the best we can do is...”
– Lesley Kinzel (via lavender-labia
)
“Do not discount the author and the artist, for they are the catalysts of...”
– Karl Marx (via storkankles
)
Maladjusted.: You are angry. →
thegoddamazon:
You know, I’m directing this message specifically for white people on Tumblr—since I’ve been getting so much anon hate in the last two days.
I don’t hate white people. In fact, I don’t think it’s possible for me personally to hate anyone, especially based on race. Am I angry…
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I do not owe you anything.
To the cat-call-ers.
To the sexual abusers.
To the boy who thinks he deserves my friendship because he called me pretty once.
To the makeup ads that tell me I am not enough.
To the laws that tell me I must wear a shirt at all times.
To the rape-apologists.
To the sexist comedians.
To the society who tells me I owe them things. Appreciation, manners, smiles, forgiveness, submission, laughs.
...
“I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my...”
– I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. (via albinwonderland
)
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The CLPP conference is the same weekend as the...
I will have to sort something out, so I can go for at least a little bit. Hopefully on Saturday.
Anyone else planning on going?
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I like opening my own doors.
I also like people that respect this basic joy I have in my life and allow me to have it.
I think people should open doors for any&everyone when they are in a convenient position to do so. It’s just a nice thing to do.
But DO NOT fumble over yourself to open a door for a “lady”.
Thank you.
Oh, wait. CAR DOORS. Don’t expect me to sit around and wait for you to come...
“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via shakethecobwebs
)
Sarah: You say you're against "oversexualization"... →
thesarbear:
communismkills:
Yeah, okay then.
Nice one, feminists.
You don’t want to be viewed for your body, so you display it right there.
Makes total sense.
Idiots.
Does anyone actually buy this garbage?
Nevermind half of these girls are under eighteen.
1 - every feminist is different.
2 -…
^I could have possibly said it better.
edit: ugh, I meant I couldn’t have...
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Economic inequality and classism are ignored. Far...
Obviously, most oppression these days is brushed under the rug.
But classism and economic inequality are usually not recognized as oppression and often not included with other forms.
I figure it’s mostly because, under capitalism, people believe in this whole “trickle-down” concept, or that everyone is either a “have or a soon-to-have” (which, numerically speaking,...
“So, when men do femininity they feel ridiculous and when women do masculinity...”
– Sexy Femininity and Gender Inequality » Sociological Images (via sociolab)
BAM.
(via stratifiedsquamousepithelium)
“Although most boys figure out how to bring themselves to orgasm by age thirteen,...”
– Dorian Solot, I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide. (via feministhistorian)
way lmfao what I have never heard of a woman who’s taken that long to figure out how to orgasm. Most I’ve heard are 11-15—
Also, it’s not about being less educated than boys. Girls have more complicated...
“Our research shows that blacks comprise 62.7 percent and whites 36.7 percent of...”
– Human Rights Watch - “Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs” (via fuckyeahdrugpolicy)
sometimes i feel like the criminal justice system is the least talked about, yet most dangerous & harmful domestic institution. What sucks is that the system depends on Americans being so apathetic about the...
January 2012
32 posts
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Today someone I know claimed that Disney is sexist...
While I appreciate this person’s realization that Disney is sexist…
I think there are several better examples of Disney’s sexism. Not to mention their racism, homophobia, and so on and so forth.
I also don’t know that this claim is entirely true. Perhaps this person is seeing these female characters as one dimensional, or doesn’t appreciate their humor? Going around...
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Your jokes about me being a feminist will never be...
Comedy should be based on what you know.
You can’t even begin to make a joke until you know the subject of the joke.
And as long as you’re making jokes, you never will.
“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– (via thechocolatebrigade)
BAM.
(via stratifiedsquamousepithelium)
Slut Shame: Why Do We Still Attack Women for... →
I saw two posts on tumblr today policing people’s choices about where and of what they get tattoos.
When someone gets a tattoo, it is their body that they are permanently marking—not yours—please keep this in mind when trying to decide whether or not to mention how you feel about other people’s tattoos. How you feel about it isn’t relevant unless the tattoo is about...
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Why my hair is short:
I like it that way and reject sexist societal expectations for it to be long.
That’s it.
It’s not because I’m gay.
Or “rebellious”.
Stop asking if I intend to change it.
Or what made me decide to cut it off.
It’s hair. Calm down. The person I donated it to likes it better than I ever could anyway.
“OBAMA, BEWARE. OCCUPY IS EVERYWHERE!”
–
Occupiers chanting outside the White House
(via sinidentidades)
BREAKING: Occupiers have made it to the fence...
sinidentidades:
Livestream
“As a female legislator, I often speak to groups of women — from Girl Scouts and...”
– Michigan State Senator Gretchen Whitmer says sexism is rampant at the State Capitol | Michigan Radio (via mimitakestheleftturn)
I love her.
(via iamateenagefeminist)
I will not go around arguing with people who will...
Some people don’t even realize how offensive they are—it’s not an excuse, but it’s a fact.
“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, in Three Steps to Better Sex (via muffdiver)
Axe Body Spray for women. →
“Women: Ever wish that you, too, could be hunted down by men clamoring and reaching out to touch you thanks to your irresistible scent? You’re in luck.”
Except for that this is already a huge problem….
“I think there is such a thing as equality under the law. I don’t feel that my...”
– Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, who opposes marriage equality but supports same-sex civil unions. Never mind how “equality under the law” and “oppose marriage equality” don’t really fit together… (via gaywrites
)
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”
– Rosa Luxemburg. (via gatheringofstories
)
“Simply put, what separates white racism from any other form, and what makes...”
– Tim Wise A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism (via ladyatheist
)
Happy New Year, everyone!
Hope it’s a good one filled with feminism :)
December 2011
29 posts
“If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us,...”
– -Audre Lorde (via soydulcedeleche)
I don’t understand these attacks on feminist theory. There’s tons of women of color fighting for women’s rights. And it’s a little bigoted to think that all white feminists are rich hire help and have time off work to attend conventions.
Some of us ARE just like...
“[TW: Rape]
Eight percent of college men have either attempted or successfully...”
– Margo Maine, Ph.D. (Body Wars)
There was a time that, as a person of the male persuasion, seeing this quote made me really mad. It made me mad that women would assume that I was a rapist; it made me mad that rape was becoming ‘my problem’; it made me mad because, frankly, I didn’t think it was...