February 2012
10 posts
Michael Kaufman: Five Reasons Why Men Should...
neuroticnewsjunkie:
There are concerted efforts by the extremists who now run the Republican Party to push through draconian laws in the United States that not only make abortions unavailable under any circumstances but put huge barriers to women obtaining safe and effective forms of contraception.
In recent days, both the Republican presidential primaries, hearings in the US Congress, and...
Theres is Nothing Wrong with Dark Skin
daydreamingaimlessly:
vanachexfortune:
You don’t have to come from Africa to have dark skin. You can come from any part of the world and be born with a darker shade of skin.
Instead of demonizing dark skin. Understand the beauty in color.
Reblogging this for the message and also for people who don’t know what actual dark skin is. When a writer writes a character as having “dark skin” this...
January 2012
9 posts
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I've been watching a lot of Big Bang Theory..
Howard really really really pisses me off. They’re trying to play him as a stereotype and not something to aspire to, but he is never properly reprimanded for his horrible sexist behaviour it is always played for laughs.
For example there is an episode where Howard and Raj are flying kites in the park. Howard thinks a girl who is jogging smiles at him, he proceeds to RUN AFTER HER. This is...
“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– angels-and-angles
(via bornthisbrown)
cosmo tip #153
expertcosmotips:
become his penis
I just find these unutterably hilarious.
thetbrpile:
Doctor Faraday: “Yes, I’ve often thought it must be exhausting to be a woman.” Caroline: “It is, if you do it properly. Which is why I seldom do…”
~ from The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
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“Patriarchy for it’s effective exercise depends not so much on raw power or...”
– Lawrence Stone, The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800
I’ve been researching the gender roles prevalent at the time of Milton and Aphra Behn (my dissertation topic) and this quote came up. I think it’s really fantastic.
December 2011
24 posts
Okay there is something really fucking wrong with...
bookworm412:
I wanted to simply test out the waters on some comic books, and get myself into a new medium of story telling, and this is what I get?
Why is no one concerned? From what little I know about the Comic book world, Wonder Woman is a strong and independent woman who doesn’t take shit and has a mile long list of awesome capablities! Yet not one of these is something like “Which female...
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100redflags.com
meltakesthecake:
Is the most ridiculous display of sexism and misogyny I have ever seen in my life.
Oh lord the idiots that run that website.
Summary:
If a girl has never had a one night stand, that’s a red flag - what a prude! BUT If a girl carries condoms to be prepared for such a thing, that’s a red flag - what a slut!
If she wears granny panties sometimes that’s a red flag - damn girl,...
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“We didn’t want to aim our publication specifically at women as we...”
– - Two women in my Journalism class. During a presentation about a publication they have to put together.
This idea that women only like certain things and men like certain, different, things is a very damaging one in our culture. But it is so deeply ingrained that we see the gender binary in every...
Why is everything for young women or girls meant...
abbyrocksthecasbah:
sorry guys….kinda went on a rant there. im in a feminist rage right now.
Sometimes I agonise in front of the mirror thinking I don’t look good enough to go out of the house. Then I remind myself that I’m only going down the shops to get groceries so as long as I’m comfortable and warm what does it matter? Then I think about internalised misogyny and how...
The Wage Gap and White Privilege
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 women are white. WOMEN don’t make 77 cents on the dollar, WHITE WOMEN do.
It’s important to remember.
Because every...
Menstruation and the way sexism perverts it
thescarletwoman:
aelur:
Yesterday my body began to go through that dreaded week in the month where my utero hurts constantly and my bidet seems like the most heavenly invention on earth. And out of nowhere, I remembered the time I first menstruated. I was kind of a late bloomer in comparison with the rest of my class; I was thirteen. I felt proud and excited about those body changes, because...
"What is it like being a girl?"
starmagnolia:
Not to make it sound like guys aren’t victims of rigid gender roles, too, but…
Having strangers constantly tell you you’re beautiful, but with implication that that’s really important and it’d be bad if you aren’t.
Being bombarded by messages that your body isn’t good enough, and not enough that you should challenge yourself in athletics or intellect.
Being ...
Cynical Idealism: Wherein Michele Bachmann is... →
fuckyeahwomenprotesting2:
bubbybobble:
eldritchdreams:
andurrs:
cognitivedissonance:
And it’s just as fantastic as it sounds:
Watch the video:
The look of shock on her face is incredible. Elijah is brave little man, and I commend him.
The person with the camera said…
oh god so cute.
Awww. :D
“The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and...”
– On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone (via grrlyboy)
Challenge: Do Your Fucking Homework
unfuckyourhabitat:
OK, students, this one’s for you. There’s one assignment you’ve been procrastinating on. (Maybe more than one, but this is the big “I don’t wanna.”) You know it has to be done, but you’d rather do ANYTHING else. As soon as you’re done reading this post, check your watch. Then work on NOTHING BUT that assignment/reading/writing for 20 minutes. Just 20. Then come back...
November 2011
29 posts
A Geology Lesson
feministquotes:
Here, the sea strains to climb up on the land and the wind blows dust in a single direction. The trees bend themselves all one way and volcanoes explode often Why is this? Many years back a woman of strong purpose passed through this section and everything else tried to follow
Judy Grahn
“What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be...”
– Toni Morrison (via restoried)
