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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:04:35 -0400

manjolras: we’d probably already have hoverboards if we didn’t spend so much time arguing over...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:04:03 -0400

we’d probably already have hoverboards if we didn’t spend so much time arguing over whether women are people and if they should be allowed to do science

whoneedsfeminism: I need feminism because my school teacher...

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:23:58 -0400

whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because my school teacher should not be telling hus students that all women are manipulative. IT’S NOT OKAY!

My teacher said that if you want to learn how to be manipulative, ask a women.

Not only is that completely unrelated to what we are learning, but it’s also offensive to all of your female students, and you should not be teaching young people that it is okay to talk about or to women like that.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 22:17:36 -0400

thalamtnafsee: purplepill: Last night I shared a cab with a young man who told me that if he sold...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:54:26 -0400

thalamtnafsee:

purplepill:

Last night I shared a cab with a young man who told me that if he sold me, he’d “reckon he’d rake in a good £500 to £600” then laughed as if he told the funniest joke and then expected me to be flattered.

And then when I told him I’d reckon if I castrated him it’d be hard to compensate me monetarily because no amount of money would be enough for the service I’ve done for human kind.

omfg

"Under the current ‘tyranny of slenderness’ women are forbidden to become large or massive; they must..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:53 -0400

“Under the current ‘tyranny of slenderness’ women are forbidden to become large or massive; they must take up as little space as possible. The very contours of a woman’s body takes on as she matures - the fuller breasts and rounded hips - have become distateful. The body by which a woman feels herself judged and which by rigorous discipline she must try to assume is the body of early adolescence, slight and unformed, a body lacking flesh or substance, a body in whose very contours the image of immaturity has been inscribed. The requirement that a woman maintain a smooth and hairless skin carries further the theme of inexperience, for an infantilized face must accompany her infantilized body, a face that never ages or furrows its brow in thought. The face of the ideally feminine woman must never display the marks of character, wisdom, and experience that we so admire in men.”

- Sandra Lee Bartky, Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power (via sociophilia)

"The love expressed between women is particular and powerful, because we have had to love in order to..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:19 -0400

“The love expressed between women is particular and powerful, because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival.”

- Audre Lorde (via reclaimingthelesbiantag)

"I loved you head over handles like my first bicycle accident— before the mouthful of gravel and..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:25 -0400

“I loved you head over handles
like my first bicycle accident—
before the mouthful of gravel and blood,
I swore we were flying.”

- Sierra DeMulder (via petrichour)

"If giving bad intelligence about a terrorist attack for a few days is a scandal. Imagine if you did..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:08 -0400

“If giving bad intelligence about a terrorist attack for a few days is a scandal. Imagine if you did that for years to justify a war.”

- LOLGOP (via samuraifuckingfrog)

"What kind of world do we live in when young men are so proud of violating unconscious girls that..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:49:40 -0400

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What kind of world do we live in when young men are so proud of violating unconscious girls that they pass proof around to their friends? It’s the same kind of world in which being labeled a slut comes with such torturous social repercussions that suicide is preferable to enduring them. As a woman named Sara Erdmann so aptly tweeted to me, “I will never understand why it is more shameful to be raped than to be a rapist.”

And yet it is: so much so that young men seem to think there’s nothing wrong with—and maybe something hilarious about—sharing pictures of themselves raping young women. And why not? Their friends will defend them, as they did in Steubenville, tweeting that the young woman was “asking for it” and that the boys were being unfairly targeted.

Women and girls are the ones expected to carry the shame of the sexual crimes perpetrated against them. And that shame is a tremendous load to bear, because once you’re labeled a slut, empathy and compassion go out the window. The word is more than a slur—it’s a designation.

”

- “In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)

"Why is what is easy so difficult?"

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:46:56 -0400

“Why is what is easy so difficult?”

- Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry dated 15 August 19231 (via violentwavesofemotion)

"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:08:15 -0400

“When we speak
we are afraid our words will not be heard
or welcomed.
But when we are silent,
we are still afraid.
So it is better to speak.”

- Audre Lorde (via pathsunfamiliar)

missrep: #NotBuyingIt: Swedish blog “En blommig tekop” shows...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:07:35 -0400

missrep:

#NotBuyingIt: Swedish blog “En blommig tekop” shows how @AmericanApparel advertises the same “unisex” shirts differently to men and women: http://bit.ly/1408qsr

falalamele: truth

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:04:27 -0400

falalamele:

truth

graceebooks: men at large think they are being robbed of something when an attractive woman with a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:54 -0400

graceebooks:

men at large think they are being robbed of something when an attractive woman with a 90% chance of developing breast cancer gets a double mastectomy

what better illustration of the male sense of sexual entitlement do you need

"What job can I get that helps me dismantle capitalism but also pays me."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:35 -0400

“What job can I get that helps me dismantle capitalism but also pays me.”

- (via shitwmstmajorssay)

"My fat body is not a representation of my failures, sins, or mistakes. My fat body is not an..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:54:08 -0400

“My fat body is not a representation of my failures, sins, or mistakes. My fat body is not an indication of my level of health or fitness. My fat body is not up for public discussion, debate or judgment. My fat body is not a signal that I need help or input to make decisions about my health or life. My fat body is the constant companion that helps me do every single thing that I do every second of every day and it deserves respect and admiration.”

- read more: danceswithfat.wordpress.com (via fat-grrrl-activism)

witchyredhead: Ugh, I hate the word. I hate it even more when...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:08 -0400

witchyredhead:

Ugh, I hate the word.

I hate it even more when so-called progressive friends go “Oh it’s good you believe in equality, but at least you’re not a feminazi!”

As soon as someone uses that term in a genuine discussion I start distrusting their good intentions.

rrrrohini: Whoa.

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:52:23 -0400

rrrrohini:

Whoa.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:50:43 -0400