February 2012
16 posts
Dear cissexism,
dearcissexism:
These things are not exclusively “women’s issues”:
Reproductive health
Breast cancer
Stop acting like they only affect women.
(This message brought to you by all the Susan Komen/Planned Parenthood things on my dash today.)
::QUEER HAIRY VAGINA::: Why I Wont Do the Vagina... →
rantingsfromthebirdhouse:
fromonesurvivortoanother:
fourmarys:
I am the President of my university’s Feminist Student Alliance. Though ‘tis the season, we aren’t resuming the tradition of performing Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.
Among the issues surrounding Vagina Monologues, I agree that it remains a…
Hey there! I am the volunteer at the WLU Centre for Women and Trans People*. It...
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, the LGBT COMMUNITES OR NATIVE... →
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via subconciousevolution)
oh, i loved this so much.
(via methodistcoloringbook)
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“The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country....”
– riese (via fuckyeahautostraddle)
wow i forgot about this essay
(via autostraddle)
January 2012
41 posts
pomfcat:
let’s stop associating “respecting your body” with “covering up” thank you
“All of us who are white have been made to participate in and benefit from...”
– Joseph R. Barndt, Understanding and Dismantling Racism (via darkjez)
“When someone says something negative about my face or body I will always and...”
– Margaret Cho (via fuckyeahfeministartandliterature)
Ronald Reagan Was a Horrible President: HIV+ man... →
once-more-with-ceiling:
missatralissa:marasuginovi:fat-thin-atheism:
James White’s lawyers in Michigan call his case “the worst case of HIV discrimination they’ve ever seen.” It’s hard to believe how much James had to endure:
When James disclosed his HIV status to his…
“[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)
This reminds me of the post going around which contrasted the pathologizing of public breastfeeding with the gratuitous, objectifying images of women’s breasts that can be found in advertising.
The legal and social message is that our...
Buy All The Girl Scout Cookies!
zoedelaluna:
So there’s a website calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because they admit trans girls.
Show these transphobic turds that we support and embrace the Girl Scout’s wonderful policy of inclusion and tolerance!
Report this video to youtube for it’s hate mongering… http://youtu.be/Y514LSe8FWk
Support the Girl Scouts! Buy all the cookies!
fight transphobia AND get cookies!
What you said: I'm Pro-choice, and I definitely think abortion is the right decision for some people, and some situations.
What they think you said: I love killing people, I worship Satan, and absolutely love skinning puppies.
“Men have called me a man-hater, a feminazi, frigid, a bitch… but in my mind it...”
– Heartless Bitches International so good. feel the same way as a queer towards heteronormativity. (via harrison-nosirrah)
“Have you seen most of the plus-size sections out there? It’s horrifying....”
– Tim Gunn
(via Fashionista)
remnantsoflove:
operationitunes:
Let’s kick off the New Year with something to wiggle to: “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO.
What I love about LMFAO is that they’re shamelessly exploiting the shit out of the American public, making millions from doing so. They don’t pretend, as many Pop stars do, that they’re making timeless, innovative, heart-wrenching songs birthed from incredible talent....
Let me just begin by saying,
theforthrightfeminist:
This is what my pepper spray looks like. For the record, I didn’t buy it for myself, my parents got it for me. As I was walking out of Wal Mart tonight, without it, it donned on me on how fucked up it is. Not only the fact that I need the weapon itself, but it’s color.
It’s like, we’re trying to make rape culture cutesy. Same goes for pink tazers. Pink handguns. We’re...
Is Pubic Hair Coming Back Into Fashion? (via... →
lostgrrrls:
I always get a little… uncomfortable when I see these types of pieces.
But then came the J sisters, and Carrie Bradshaw, and low-rise jeans, and mainstream porn — or, at least, these are the things that journalists who write “Hey! What’s up with pubic hair?” trend pieces always blame — and slowly, pubic hair became an uncommon sight in the pages of even the edgiest fashion...
“I’m fat positive because I’m a feminist, and I refuse to acknowledge in the...”
– You’re Welcome - Why I’m Fat Positive (via adrowningwoman)
