July 2012
89 posts
it's natural to be afraid: Free Online Course:... →
becauseiamawoman:
About the course: This course gives a broad overview of contraceptive methods and explores issues that influence contraceptive choices today.
We will discuss the mechanism of action, effectiveness, risk/benefit, side effects and contraindications for…
“Although women in sports challenge the association between masculinity and...”
– Victoria Carty, Textual Portrayals of Female Athletes (excerpt)
“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live...”
– Audre Lorde (via gabichicaloca)
TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING STUDENTS:... →
ceasesilence:
In the US.
autumn-and-eve:
I went to the doctor today to get checked for the flu and also to get checked for my privilege
“A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes...”
– http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/articles/nightmare.html (via alullaby)
That sums it up
(via erikawithac)
This reminds me of a discussion we had in school, and one girl was talking about living in fear of her safety because she is a girl, and this guy chimed in and was all “It’s hard for guys...
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a life of fragments: I wonder what would happen if... →
queasyfemmeproblems:
jadelyn:
ladyatheist:
invisiblelad:
abaldwin360:
I’m betting religious conservatives would flip out and try to have them removed.
This isn’t a bad idea though. Someone needs to inform people that they’re being wilfully mislead.
That’s a really…
“Pro-life is “I know what’s best for you”. Pro-choice is “You know what’s best...”
– (via fuckyeahchoice)
The Lady Is A Champ: aboutmaleprivilege:... →
aboutmaleprivilege:
(Heterosexual) male privilege is talking about how bad it is to have a gay man incessantly hit on you when you aren’t interested, having it accepted as a common opinion, and still not understand how a woman can feel the same way when you do the same thing.
Male…
“Westerners are fond of the saying ‘Life isn’t fair.’ Then, they end in snide...”
– Barbara Alice Mann, Iroquois woman (via cultureofresistance)
“Laughter and mockery are symptoms of unease, and there is great cultural unease...”
– Catherine Harper, Intersex (via sociologyofgender)
cinemas-:
If we’ve learned anything from the Tosh incident it’s that nope, women can’t react proactively when threatened with offensive speech because if we do, the guy with the mic can wish gang rape on us and be cheered on by the internet at large while doing it.
If anyone has ever wondered why someone hasn’t spoken up when offended in the moment, this is why.
shiphassailed:
rape culture means we are expected to figure out whether or not you’re just kidding about raping us
“Women invented all the core technologies that made civilization possible. This...”
– from a post by Reclusive Leftist on women’s erasure in history.
her comments relate specifically to an article by the NYT thanking “the men” who invented modern technology, but pick absolutely any academic field of study, and women’s contributions are minimized, if not outright ignored.
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“When, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of...”
– Arundhati Roy (via jahanzebjz)
“When men are serious, it’s sexy; it implies a commanding personality, someone...”
– Being Nice (via thatdeafchick)
Because I am a Woman: bite-my-glittery-arse: It’s... →
bite-my-glittery-arse:
It’s really weird to talk about reproductive healthcare because it’s all geared towards cis people. I will need to see a “womans” doctor the rest of my life, but I’m not a woman. My girlfriend will need to continue to see a “mans” doctor, in addition to a “womans”…
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On Perfume, Chemical Cleaning agents and... →
“It would seem that restricting one’s right to wear perfume or cleaners would be a huge breach of personal freedoms, but to me it’s one of those “Your Rights End Where Mine Begin” situations. Some random person’s right to douse themselves in Old Spice or Chanel No. 5 ends where someone else’s right to venture into public spaces without having their health jeopardized begins. There is no...
fsufeminist:
aboutmaleprivilege:
Male privilege is not being questioned or berated when choosing not to take your spouse’s last name as your own.
I hate it when people make a big deal about me not wanting to take my (potential) future husband’s last name, as if I’m only doing it to be rebellious.
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because...”
– Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden (via fourasprinmornings)
Little confession: I honestly don’t understand why women’s fashion is so off-limits to guys culturally. Women’s fashion is this explosion of creativity, ingenuity, and variety while fashion for men by comparison seems to be so dull and...
““As soon as teenage girls start to profess love for something, everyone else...”
– a character from The Devil’s Mixtape. (via valjeans)
Every now and then, something comes along on your dash that opens your eyes and makes you question assumptions you didn’t even realize you were making.
This former teenage girl fell in love with Rush, RPGs, Russian literature, ancient history,...
“Conservatives are still mad about the New Deal, even though it worked to pull...”
– ACA is a Law of Social Change: Cue Outrage (via azspot)
Conservatives in the current incarnation of the Republican Party think rights are a zero sum game. If one group gains acceptance, it means another falls out of favor. The cornerstone of trickle down economics is that a rising tide raises all...
Need to find a women's shelter in the United... →
mentalillnessmouse:
For anyone needing a safe place to go to or needing to find resources and/or support groups in their area.
[TW: Rape] Project Unbreakable →
pitted-cherries:
The pictures above are from Project Unbreakable.
Project Unbreakable was created in October of 2011 by an amazing woman named Grace Brown. In her own words, Grace “works with survivors of sexual assault, photographing them holding a poster with a quote from their attacker. Grace has photographed over a hundred people, and received over eight hundred submissions.” She has a...
aperfectdevil:
Some women don’t have female genitalia. Some women don’t have an XX chromosome pattern. Some women are infertile. Some women don’t have periods. This doesn’t make them any less female, and it doesn’t make them liars and doesn’t mean that they don’t deserve the same respect and dignity as any other female.
Feminism promotes equality of anyone who calls themselves female. It...
““Empowered” and “sexy” are not universally synonymous. That a woman is not a sex...”
– Rachel Edidin talks about portraying female superhero characters at Comic Alliance (via georgethecat)
My biggest problem with characters like Morgana from Merlin.
(via thehumblearticulatefeminist)
reblogging over here specifically for the mention of conflation of violence with sex. Seriously,...
“Anyone who thinks that feminists who push back hard against online harassment...”
– Alyssa Rosenberg at ThinkProgress
this is the crux of it, for me. I have a stupid personal blog on tumblr, and I’ve managed to be the target of harassment campaigns by dudes on more than one occasion; literally the only way to avoid this kind of shit if you’re a lady or really anyone who isn’t a...
“[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape]
Fat women are treated as utterly undesirable in our...”
– Jaclyn Friedman, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety (via mmmajestic)
“You want to show solidarity with women? Acknowledge their right to be sexual...”
– Unknown. (via blackerotica) 