October 2011
166 posts
“Women who are fat are said to have ‘let themselves go.’ The very phrase connotes...”
– “Letting Ourselves Go: Making Room for the Fat Body in Feminist Scholarship,” by Cecilia Hartley (via shakethecobwebs)
“Sex-positivity is the belief that sex and sexiness are… okay. It’s the belief...”
– The Pervocracy: Sex-Pozzie. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“Privilege is: About how society accommodates you. It’s about advantages you have...”
– A Primer on Privilege (via feministdisney)
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rags2bitchez asked: "We are not equal. I think this needs to change." So you get called sugar-tits now and then. When was the last time the police beat you up for being a woman? Rape has nothing to do with patriarchal values within the rapist, and acting like it's a something that the feminist movement will purge from society doesnt make sense to me. Im not upset im just trying to understand how...
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rags2bitchez asked: Is that quote serious? Its all well and good to say that feminism would topple patriarchy and then have no reason not to go on and rid us of racism and homophobia and the like, but since you cant give me a better idea to further instil the principles of feminism into society than slutwalk, where are the hundreds of years of progress coming from and why does everyone else need feminists? Did every...
What if black women were white women? →
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oshun-girl:
damn. great read.
I came across this over a year ago at a time where I was just starting to understand the impact of damaging racial and gendered social norms. Important read from the voice of a black woman about her perceived place in society and the darkness/purity complex we have where we use the “cult...
“If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave,...”
– Harriet J on Another post about rape (via archenemies)
I feel sorry for everyone that was actually raised like this.
Yell, punch and kick. No means no.
(via unrealisticfangirlfantasy)
we’re all raised like this on some level, that’s the point of the article.
(via methodistcoloringbook)
echoesintime:
The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave- James Connolly
not-too-amused:
It makes sense that my dad, being a sexist, would feel inconvenienced by the idea of feminism.
Someone who benefits from the system, and doesn’t care that others aren’t, will feel inconvenienced by a movement to stop it. And that needs to change.
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breathlets asked: Hey, I want to apologize in case I offended you by my post. I'm not good at getting my thoughts down in writing and I think we were talking about two different things. I agree with what you said, and I'm not trying to take anything away from women. I'm sorry.
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Long Island Couple Seeks Trademark For "Occupy... →
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Citing the potential of “Occupy Wall Street” to become a “global brand,” a Long Island couple has filed to trademark the name of the amorphous organization responsible for the protests and encampments in lower Manhattan and other U.S. cities, The Smoking Gun has learned.
In a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) application, Robert...
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Here's looking at you, Kid.: I feel the need to... →
goldenhatted:
I am not a feminist, in the following sense, nor do I support men who want to take away women’s rights. It’s just that I’ve met/heard of people who believe that, because several generations ago women weren’t treated well it gives us women today the right to fight back and be superior to men. I…
Women aren’t treated well today.
Feminism is not about women being more...
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A Black Woman Who Occupied Wall Street: Why She... →
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THIS is why i have trouble getting behind occupy wall street and other white-led movements. because despite how “progressive” people who lead them are, there is STILL rampant oppression within the movements. WOC are STILL silenced. and there is never anything done about it. if you like to think of white progressive as saints, it...
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rags2bitchez asked: The blog itself is indicative of your strong identification with feminism, but isn't feminism, in the face of the destructive force of industrial capitalism, kind of past it's hayday and inevitably going to run it's course regardless of how many slutwalks happen? I don't really understand how feminism can be moved forward in the developed world, and I dont see how a man being...
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strawberryminefields asked: I run f-isforfeminism (but as it's a tumblelog, I cant ask questions!) anyhow, I received a similar question regarding why I choose to fight for feminism, when there are other forms of oppression. Perhaps you'll agree that feminism is one of many practices under the umbrella of humanitarianism, and holding a specific focus on one (i.e. female empowerment) allows us to manage that sector,...
rags2bitchez asked: Why do you consider patriarchy to be a bigger burden on our society than structural violence and economic slavery?
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onthewing asked: Ah, I was having trouble with the "gay/straight/black/white, same struggle/same fight" chant as well. I didn't even say it because I was like "uhh... really?"
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stomp and holler: noho 2011
Today was Stomp & Holler in Northampton! After a slight mishap with the bus and getting to the park a few minutes late, my friends (& my co-blogger) & i, started our march in solidarity with slutwalk. The reason that the name was changed in an attempt to make the movement more inclusive. It became a general march against rape culture/sexual violence/victim blaming rather than just...
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