October 2011
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September 2011
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“One can only wonder what normative female heterosexuality would look like if it...”
– Lisa M. Diamond, “From the Heart or the Gut? Sexual-minority Women’s Experiences of Desire for Same-sex and Other-sex Partners”
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On feminism: being "nice"
nothing2c:
“The truth is, women are still required to be “nice”. To be unthreatening. You can show me all the token examples of assertive modern women, but the fact still remains that more often than not, I hear women deflecting their seriousness, their cleverness, their interrogative spirit, via a systematic persona of infantilising niceness…”
— Hila Shachar, read the rest here.
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“My mother had observed this drama throughout her formative years and at a young...”
– Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert (via makidocious)
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This is Only a Test: Saudi women get the right to... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Saudi women get the right to vote!!
I never thought i’d see this happen—not in this decade, anyway!
Women in Saudi Arabia are to be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, King Abdullah has announced.
He said they would also have the…
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ॐ: "I'm not like other girls" →
droppingthefbomb:
In the words of Chuck Palahniuk
“You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else”
This means:
You are not better than that girl you called a slut/frigid.
You are not better than that girl you who…
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“Like a girl” – yes, again. « Emily L. Hauser – In... →
eddieatthegov:
Because we’ve made being a woman fucking offensive, that’s why she’s still “harping on it”.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately, for reasons I’m not entirely clear on, about the ways we use words that mean “female human” to insult each other.
There’s “scream like a little girl,” of course, which, you know — ok. Little girls are high-pitched. It’s meant as an insult, but there’s ...
So let's just recap this year in American justice...
uprightcitizens:
Straight white woman guilty of murdering her own child: acquitted.
Straight, wealthy white man guilty of raping a working-class woman of color: case dismissed.
Innocent black man: death by lethal injection.
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“(TW: Rape Joke)” If no meant no then every man would die a virgin.”
– Daniel Tosh (via annieharrisoncasablancas)
And there we have it. Rape culture.
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I hate him so much. He isn’t even funny.
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“Being born a woman is an awful tragedy… Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with...”
– Sylvia Plath, on rape culture, etc (via fourmarys)
““The really frustrating thing about the “Save the boobies” campaign and similar...”
– Liz Fong - Google - Share if you oppose “Booberday,” the G meme of sharing… (via craftastrophies)
The whole “sexualization of cancer” thing that goes along with breast cancer awareness really makes me angry. Hey, it’s a disease the affects women, let’s make it all pink and sexy-fun-times!
(via...
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MANIFESTO - print to stick on your wall and give...
moderngirlblitz:
girlsgetbusyzine:
hell yes <3
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“Like a girl” – yes, again. « Emily L. Hauser – In... →
eddieatthegov:
Because we’ve made being a woman fucking offensive, that’s why she’s still “harping on it”.
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost: Not a Girl, Not... →
purwabansod:
Yes, it maybe be a bit trite to start out with a quote from Britney Spears for what will be a feminist tirade, but humor me.
Britney sangs these lyrics when she was 19. So now, at 29, is she still a girl? Still waiting to become a woman?
I’ve been reading a few articles lately about the new…
“And when ‘progress for women’ comes at the expense of, say, the gay community,...”
– Shakesville: Feminism 101: Situational and Relative Privilege (via biyuti)
Feminism absolutely must be based on a model of intersectionality!
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Feminism is for everyone!
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"Feminism Loves You"
annikatphotos:
There’s a bit of graffiti on my way home from Uni that says that and it always makes me happy :)
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Watchmotherjones:
kateoplis:
“No means no. No means no if she’s drunk or sober. No means no if she’s in the dorm room or on the street. No means no even if she said yes first and changed her mind. No means no—no matter what. I’m asking all of you, all of you to help get this message out.” —Joe Biden
The video is being released on the 17th anniversary of the passage of his Violence Against Women’s...
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“Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men, it does not mean...”
– Kate Nash (via cupkacie)
“In the majority of sexual assault cases, where a woman is the victim of a man’s...”
– (via sexismandthecity)
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“When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from...”
– -from Half The Sky (Chapter 7: Why Do Women Die in Childbirth?) by Nicolas D. Kristof & Sheryl Wudunn (via mixtapes)
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“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel;...”
– Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (via. grrrlVIRUS)
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“I think one of the biggest things that I hope for is not even so much as an...”
– New York City Firefighter Regina Wilson, a 9/11 first responder in an interview with BET. (via dressesdancingandtv)
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“I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine’s physical attributes … it really...”
– E. Lockhart, The Boyfriend List (2005). (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
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Microprogressions: When my dad and I were getting... →
microprogressions:
When my dad and I were getting flu shots last year, we had to fill in a form with our personal information. One of the sections asked for gender, with the options listed as “male”, “female”, and “other”.
After we finished the forms, my dad mentioned the “other” option and said he thought it was…
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“Prejudice can’t survive close contact with the people who are supposed to be so...”
– Patrick Califia (via yesmeansyes)
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From One Survivor to Another: [tw: homophobia,... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
In case you didn’t know, in 1994 the United States military considered developing a chemical weapon called the “gay bomb”. The proposed weapon would be dropped into enemy territory and release pheromones and other chemicals that would force male soldiers into having sex with one another— the…
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microprogressions:
After almost 5 years of relationship, my bf still always asks for my consent before every time we have sex. He stops and asks me “Do you want this?” or “Are you ok with this?”. This isn’t something I’ve asked from him, nor he knows how important it is for me.
As it should be.
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“The battered women’s movement succeeded in making the effects of domestic...”
– “Innocent Victims and Brave New Laws: State Protection and the Battered Women’s Movement” by Priya Kandaswamy; from Nobody Passes:Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, ed. Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
I can’t possibly recommend this book enough.
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“We don’t allow men’s sexuality to dehumanize them in our eyes. If a young man...”
– Amanda Marcotte response to Lisa Belkin’s article on social inequalities between men and women on college campuses. (via petitefeministe)
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“There are equally contradictory messages today. Now middle-class women are...”
– Stephanie Coontz (via azspot)
So. Much. Truth.
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"MEN HAVE ISSUES, ERGO FEMINISM IS INVALID"
sanityscraps:
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ॐ: "If you're not ready to be pregnant, don't have... →
perspicaciousdrivel:
Using this logic we can conclude…
If you’re not ready to get food poisoning, don’t eat.
If you’re not ready to get mugged, don’t ever leave your house.
If you’re not ready to get fired, don’t hold a job.
If you’re not ready to die in your sleep, don’t sleep.
If…
“Can we stop this dangerous trend? Absolutely - if we mobilize and vote....”
– Cecile Richards: Stopping The Assault on Women’s Health and Rights (via becauseiamawoman)
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“We definitely don’t want to live in a world where boys routinely see women...”
– Margaret Hartmann, “Porn Star Publicly Breastfeeds Baby, Gets Accused of Promoting Pedophilia” at Jezebel. (via aaabbbbbbiiieee)
^THIS!!!
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