June 2011
82 posts
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Sensitive Girl Pit Problems: Dealing With Hair... →
” When I stopped shaving, I knew that people weren’t going to like it; but the fact that this girl didn’t practice the basic etiquette of waiting until the subject is off the premises to shit talk blew my mind. Are people that inconsiderate? Have your opinions, but don’t sit in front of my face with your mouth wide open like you’re going to eat me. Bothered, I angrily recounted...
“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”
– Lois Wyse, author and advertising executive (via nicothedoctor)
wow, this is disturbingly true for something so simple.
(via sexxxisbeautiful)
“… it’s hard to credibly be a “women’s activist” if it’s only certain women that...”
– Tony Abbott - 2008 (via notonyabbott)
This is Only a Test: Donate to Planned Parenthood... →
halvgal:
Donate to Planned Parenthood by June 30 and Amy Poehler will match your donation!
the-madame-hatter:
motheatenmusicalbroacde:
Ok. I seriously love Amy Poehler even more.
I’m totally going to donate and YOU SHOULD TOO!
Help Planned Parenthood out! :)
If you can’t…
[TW rape culture, victim blaming]
stfurapeculture:
chloehasalotoffeelings:
stfurapeculture:
dagnysmoiety:
fun fact: for most of the time i lived in my old apartment, it was actually safer to take the alleys than the streets. the tree cover was too thick for the streetlights to light the sidewalks on the residential street, but i could always see where i was going and where other people were in the back alley. (they...
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Why Sexist Language Matters (via Alternet) →
‘In 1986 Douglas Hofstadter, a philosopher, wrote a parody of sexist language by making an analogy with race. His article (“A Person Paper on Purity in Language”) creates an imaginary world in which generics are based on race rather than gender. In that world, people would use “freshwhite,” “chairwhite” and yes, “you whiteys.” People of color...
Watchfuckyeahgenderstudies:
Courtney Martin: Reinventing Feminism
Blogger Courtney Martin examines the perennially loaded word “feminism” in this personal and heartfelt talk. She talks through the three essential paradoxes of her generation’s quest to define the term for themselves.
i love what she says about how our generation isn’t apathetic, its overwhelmed. i think that is the...
“It’s awesome that a movement of women supposedly hating men is complete and...”
– Blamer Fictional Queen via I Blame the Patriarchy
I want this remembered every time feminists feel the need to apologize for the movement because some members of it have been accused of man-hating. I will not consider it a legitimate criticism until this culture has been purged of its need to...
“…did you ever notice that almost all of the slurs aimed at men in middle school...”
– Lisa Wade, ‘Woman’ as an Insult (via downlo)
yesmeansyes:
“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence, facilitated by Katz. There, he posed a question to all of the men in the room: “Men, what things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?” Not one man, including myself, could quickly answer the question. Finally, one man raised his hand and said, “Nothing.” Then Katz asked the...
ॐ: Abortion is not just a women's issue. →
anotherwaywardson:
Abortion is an issue to anyone with a uterus and ovaries.
I am a genderqueer trans man. My primary identity is that of a male. I am not a woman, but abortion is a relevant issue to me too, because I have a fully functioning uterus and ovaries.
Not all men lack a uterus,…
10 Reasons Why You Should Never Buy Diamonds
lostgrrrls:
aminaross:
fyeahafrica:
For You, Little Star: 10 Reasons Why You Should Never Buy Diamonds
glasscoffin:
By Liz Stanton, CPE Staff Economist
You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond. The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are,...
absentofgrace:
MC Lars | Male Feminist
I am...
“If we do not work to create a mass-based movement which offers feminist...”
– bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, (London: Pluto Press, 2000), p. 24. (via feministquotes)
Downlo: Some Thoughts on Makeup, Gender, and... →
downlo:
I’m doing this bullet-point style, because I’m too lazy to write an essay:
thehighshelf’s critique of makeup is on point. We should be thoughtful of what it means to defend a cis-gendered practice. If you’re a woman, you can’t entirely remove makeup from its gender conforming context.
Makeup, like other things traditionally associated with cis-femininity (e.g. crafts, cooking, cats,...
“A rape culture is a culture of intimidation. It keeps women afraid of being...”
– Emilie Buchwald, “Raising Girls for the 21st Century,” Transforming a Rape Culture, (1993)
“So why do we believe that wearing heels is an intrinsic part of being a woman,...”
– Caitlin Moran on shoes (via shakingtambourine)
“People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity - and the...”
– Leslie Feinberg (via artoftransliness)
Leslie Feinberg rules.
(via aetee)
<3
(via fuckyeahangryfatgrrrls)
“Gays are not oppressed on a whim, but because of the specific need of capitalism...”
– Louise Tierney, Looking to the Future (via tsjr1704)
Dear men, Scott Adams hates you →
the-r-evolution:
I know the cliche is that us “feminazis” are all man-haters, but when I read this latest garbage from Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert), I can’t help but notice that he’s actually the one that’s basically calling men inhuman sacks of shit.
Now consider human males. No doubt you have noticed an alarming trend in the news. Powerful men have been behaving badly, e.g. tweeting,...
“Feminism is not about “living your best life.” It’s about de-centering yourself...”
– “False Feminism: Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann” , The Crunk Feminist Collective (via smarieke)
“It’s that simple: Feminism stands opposed to oppression. If you’re not down with...”
– Audrey Bilger (via petitefeministe)
carlykitty asked: http://greenhorne.tumblr.com/ this is it :) shes my good friend
All good things are imaginary: Masculine, feminine... →
imaginarybandname:
In a guest lecture about masculinity to a college class, I ask the students to generate two lists that might help clarify the concept.
For the first, I tell them to imagine themselves as parents whose 12-year-old son asks, “Mommy/daddy, what does is mean to be a man?” The list I write on the…
“You Don’t Have to Be Pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your...”
– Erin, “A Dress a Day” (via petitefeministe)
This is an interesting concept, that women feel obligated to be pretty. Not for themselves, and not out of pleasure, but because they owe it to the other people they interact with in the world. Just because they identify as female. Thank you, society,...
“My body is not your community service project, my body is not your soulless...”
– Asha Zappa (via petitefeministe)
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“Santa: “Ho, ho, ho! What would you like for Christmas, little girl?”
Zach: “I...”
– (via alienshexv)
oh. my. god.
this is AMAZING.
(via fuckyeahfeminists)
all caps outburst of the week
cooledskin:
vikkiage:
WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PROVE THAT NOT ALL FEMINISTS ARE ANGRY HAIRY UGLY FAT MAN-HATING WHATEVERS.
-BECAUSE HAIRY SHOULDN’T EQUAL BAD -BECAUSE FAT SHOULDN’T EQUAL BAD -BECAUSE IF MEN CAN RECOGNIZE THEIR PRIVILEGE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MAY HATE MEN AND WHY HATING MEN IS A FUCKING VALID RESPONSE TO OPPRESSION -BECAUSE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE FUCKING...
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weddings are classist. if you have a friend or family member who you know is in a lot of debt saying “i guess your sister shouldn’t expect a wedding gift from aunt x” is wildly inappropriate. the last time i checked weddings were about celebrating love between two people. and they were until capitalism took over. now you have to have money to attend a wedding because you have to...
