“If your revolution doesn’t implicitly and explicitly include a rejection of misogyny and other intersectional marginalizations, then you’re not staging a revolution: You’re staging a change in management.”
—Melissa McEwan (via herbrokensilence)
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“Feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to ensure than women have equal rights with men; it is a commitment to eradicating the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels—sex, race, and class, to name a few—-and a commitment to reorganizing U.S. society so that the self-development of people can take precedence over imperialism, economic expansion, and material desires.”
—bell hooks (via dirtylibrarianthoughts)
“There was an assumption that I was personally attacking Sarah Palin by impersonating her on TV. No one ever said it was ‘mean’ when Chevy Chase played Gerald Ford falling down all the time. No one ever accused Dana Carvey or Darrell Hammond or Dan Aykroyd of ‘going too far’ in their political impressions. You see what I’m getting at here. I am not mean and Mrs. Palin is not fragile. To imply otherwise is a disservice to us both.”
—Tina Fey, Bossypants (via papasaverin)
“Misogyny …. is a central part of sexist prejudice and ideology and, as such, is an important basis for the oppression of females in male-dominated societies. Misogyny is manifested in many different ways, from jokes to pornography to violence to the self-contempt women may be taught to feel toward their own bodies.”
—Allan G. Johnson (via seekingaequitas)
Fuck Yeah Radical Literature!: Zine: Learning Good Consent →
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by a Riot Rrrrl Press
Note: Printed Read.
URL: http://www.mediafire.com/?ziy4tz3lm2z
Intro:
I remember when I first heard about verbal consent. I was 22 years old and it was all over the news that Antioch college had passes a sexual assault prevention policy that said you had to ask before each new stage of making out, and that you had to get verbal consent.
In much of the media, it was attacked as some kind of uptight, feminist takeover, but for me and a lot of people, it was the beginning of being able to envision and work toward a more healthy sexuality.
Even though I wished other people would take the initiative and ask me for consent, there was something really empowering and sexy and sweet about constantly asking them ‘is this ok?’, ‘do you want me to do this?’
Sometimes it helped me to realize I wasn’t the only one who was scared or unsure. Sometimes checking in with them helped me to check with myself.
For the most part, I didn’t know what my own boundaries were and I think learning our boundaries is a life long process. We can do some figuring out on our own, but not all of it. and it changes.
And I think it is so very essential that we honor whatever ways we have survived. And that we honor the ways we are surviving now.
Hearing people talk about their own experiences with consent helps me feel less crazy and less alone. It gives me hope that we will be able to change the world we live in - that we will be able to change what gets taken for granted, and how we see and understand each other.
Things have already changed. I think it is important to remember this. From the founding of the first rape crisis center, the first feminist woman’s health center, the first workshop on consent, the forming of groups like Men Can Stop Rape, Sister Song, Philly’s Pissed, Generation 5- these and all the books and zines and conversations and art shows and speakouts and songs and friendships, they are all changing things. I can see it, even when there is so much still.
Talking about our experiences with consent, our struggles, our mistakes, and how we’ve learned, these are part of a much larger revolutionary struggle. I feel lucky to have been asked to compile this zine and am amazed by the bravery of the contributors.
And I am amazed by your bravery too. Yes, you. In a world which asks us not to care too deeply or question too closely, it is brave to be here with this.
Learning Good Consent.
“I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.”
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“What’s Wrong with First World Problems”
This times a million, plus the fact that everyone talking about “first world problems” is bragging about them.
(via katherinestasaph)
THE SEX UNEDUCATED: U.S. Medical Professionals Lack Comprehensive Sexual Health Education, Patients Suffer →
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The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health is proud to announce the publication of their article, “Sexual Health Education and Policy in Medical School: The Importance of Incorporating Basic Human Rights into Medical Education and Training” in the Woodhull Sexual Freedom…
Judith Butler: Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street →
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Read read read! So very relevant to everything that’s happened this year. Quotes from this awesomeness to come.
I was able to hear her speak at our school the other day, but had to leave early to get to class.
AlienShe: What is activism? →
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The question that tumblr seems to have all the answers to.
“Activism is NOT tumblr” are messages pretty prevalent almost every time the discussion comes forth.
But activism is not strictly defined as someone who is taking part in a march, rally, protest, sit-in, hunger strike, etc. In fact,…
“American Indians suffer from the most serious health problems in the U.S. On reservations, American Indians have a life expectancy of 47 years. The tuberculosis rate for Natives is 533 percent higher than the national average; the accident mortality rate 425 higher; the infant mortality rate 81 percent higher; the sudden infant death syndrome rate 310 percent higher; the alcoholism rate 579 percent higher; the diabetes rate 249 percent higher; and the suicide rate 190 percent higher than the national average.”
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Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
To add to this: 1 in 3 Native American Women will face sexual violence in their lifetime. This is much higher than national estimates of 1 in 4 or 1 in 6 for other groups of women. And, unlike other racial groups (which have assailants of the same race), the majority of assailants are white men.
(via fromonesurvivortoanother)
Reblogging because I was looking back through some old posts and was surprised to find that only a few people had noticed this.
(via fromonesurvivortoanother)
I’ve only read the first chapter and intro of this book, but i would highly recommend it and anything else written by andrea smith.
Reva Thereafter: dlabc: Reasons I’m A Slutcreatrixtiara: Because I’ve had sex with... →
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Because I’ve had sex with more than one person
Because I’ve had sex with more than one gender
Because I’ve had sex
Because I’ve had premarital sex
Because I don’t plan on being married
Because I walk around the house naked
Because I sleep…
