December 2011
65 posts
My new favorite Meme, College Conservative →
fsufeminist:
goforthandagitate:
SO RELEVANT OMGOMGOMG
"What if it was your wife or daughter?"
thecurvature:
I hate this sentence so much that whenever I hear it I want to pick up and smash everything in sight.
If the only way that you can even remotely grasp the idea that women are people, or the only way that you can even remotely comprehend getting another man to grasp the idea that women are people, is to appeal to some guy’s patriarchal sense of ownership over the women society...
“Can I ask you something about the ladies in [The Social Network]? You got the...”
– Stephen Colbert, talking to Aaron Sorkin about The Social Network back in 2010.
An oldie but a goodie. Feminist Stephen is my favorite Stephen.
(via wordcreatement)
Always. I hate that Sorkin is such a phenomenal (if sometimes overly dramatic) writer, but such a sexist dickhead. It wasn’t as bad...
South Carolina man threw a 12-pound bowling ball... →
stfurapeculture:
feistyfeminist:
Rape culture is when men feel so entitled to have access to women that they throw bowling balls at us when they are denied.
“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”
– Mary Wollstonecraft. (via feministteapot)
Whenever a woman says, "I hate girls; they're...
“Feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to ensure...”
– bell hooks. (via feministteapot)
[Trigger warning for rape] To all those men who...
feministteapot:
I get it—you’re a decent guy. I can even believe it. You’ve never raped anybody. You would NEVER rape anybody. You’re upset that all these feminists are trying to accuse you of doing something, or connect you to doing something, that, as far as you’re concerned, you’ve never done and would never condone.
And they’ve told you about triggers, and PTSD, and how one in six women...
“Whenever a man stands up for the basic human rights of a woman, his act...”
– Marcus Cambell (via feminishblog)
“It’s also important to note that punishing women for complying with cultural...”
– Social Justice League: Leave Kim Kardasian Alone (via feminismduh)
There really is no difference between men and... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
I know my lovely readers knew this already, but thought it can never be reiterated too many times.
Now, researchers Jane Mertz of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Jonathan Kane of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater have performed the most comprehensive exploration yet of math performance. They took in data from 86 different countries, many of which had not ...
Safe to Pee: Gender Neutral Bathroom Project →
the sun is on my side: The Wage Gap and White... →
newwavefeminism:
lavender-labia:
iamateenagefeminist:
I’m very tired of hearing that women only make 77 cents on the male’s dollar. It’s not a correct statistic. It should read: White women only make 77 cents on the white man’s dollar.
That’s the real statistic.
Not all…
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Store Decides To Integrate Boys’ And Girls’ Toys →
According to the Mirror, the toy store Hamleys has replaced its pink and blue signs with red and white ones, and changed its organization to group toys by “interest and type” rather than by the gender that’s supposed to play with them.
“I hated labels anyway. People didn’t fit in slots—prostitute, housewife,...”
– Janet Fitch (via tillthemusicends)
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Led by the child who simply knew →
Once, when Wyatt appeared in a sequin shirt and his mother’s heels, his father said: “You don’t want to wear that.’’
“Yes, I do,’’ Wyatt replied.
“Dad, you might as well face it,’’ Wayne recalls Jonas saying. “You have a son and a daughter.’’
That early declaration marked, as much as any one moment could, the beginning of a journey that few have taken, one the Maineses themselves couldn’t...
How to Make Safer Sex Sexy - Babeland →
babeland:
“When we talked about safer sex in my tenth grade health class, I never knew it could be something I’d grow to love and desire. Many people talk about safer sex techniques like they’re a chore or deal-breaker, but sometimes all it takes is a bit of an attitude adjustment and a little imagination to create new and exciting safer sex scenarios. If you’re looking for ways to break it...
the scarlet woman: stfusexists: Well I have to... →
stfusexists:
Well I have to agree with Lauren, this seems to be a pretty fantastic litmus test for FB friendship status. Is your friend list cluttered? Post a status about how rape jokes aren’t funny! If no one responds or people agree with you, either your friends are awesome, or…
new wave feminism: Female RWU students respond to... →
newwavefeminism:
transient-dreamer submitted:
I think this would definitely be worth your time to look at. “Social effects” being a euphemism for behaviors perceived to be opposed to traditional conservative sensibilities.
The original opinion piece:
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HOLY POOP →
made-whole:
While going through Rookie mag to get to know what I just sent my little sister (and I think it’s perfect for 13- to 1,000-year-olds) I saw an article on SlutWalk and read through to see what they had to say on it and then OH HEY THERE’S ME AND EMMA lookin’ angry and great. The internet is large and cool.
