March 2012
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My period cramps have never been as bad as they have been in the last few months. It feels like tiny Republicans are hammering “property of the United States government” signs inside my uterus.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29/kansas-abortion-bill-governor-sam-brownback_n_1307076.html?ref=politics
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February 2012
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Merry is Scary: I feel like there's a tax on being... →
scarymerry:
My case in point- the things I need to be a healthy and socially acceptable human being that men don’t need to buy:
Makeup- I don’t wear a whole lot and buy a lot of things on the cheap. Some people might not consider makeup to be a necessity, but people do seriously judge women who don’t wear…
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Taking your husband's last name
I recently reblogged something interesting about the act of “taking your husband’s last name” and it’s relation to gender equality.
Firstly there were so many fucking historical baggage to this shit: “ Throughout most of the 1800s and into the 1900s, U.S. common law abided by the doctrine of coverture. Under coverture, a married woman had no rights to her own...
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via valjeans)
I don’t see giving up my birth surname (the name of a man whom I do not care for and who may as well have been a sperm-donor for all the “fathering” he didn’t do) as a bad or oppressive thing. In my case, I was leaving behind a...
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“Fulfilling the obligation of the report, a summary titled Negro Population...”
– Susan Courtney, Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation
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“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and...”
– Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)
A microcosm of one of the fundamental issues with the non-profit industrial complex.
(via myflagisblackandred)
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Top 10 Pro-feminist Episodes of The Simpsons →
iamthecrime:
(I’m gonna pretend the Julian Assange guest-star episode never happened…)
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Rape. →
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“That same frantic panic over the loss of the ancient bargain also lies that the...”
– Sara Robinson, “Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified Of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About It 100 Years From Now,” via Alternet. Excellent analysis of how the technological and biological advances in contraception have led to an apocalyptic mind frame. (via kelmunger)
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“If you think hot women have it easy because everyone wants to have sex at them,...”
– Luke McKinney, “The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of Sexism” (via babykittenss)
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“[TW rape, violence against women] When we complain about men raping, abusing,...”
– Unknown (via petitefeministe, inherhipstheresrevolutions) (via iwillnotshavemyvagina, in-her-hips-theres-revolutions) (via faded-as-my-jeans) (via stfuhypocrisy) (via feministhistorian) (via warrioroftheleft)
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“Although domestic violence and violence against women are now topics that are...”
– Gloria Feldt, Excerpt from 9 ways Women can change how we think about power
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“Consider, if you will, the prospect of a girl being invited to participate on a...”
– Ruth Dynamite, Feminism: The Dynamite Perspective
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“Are “immigrants” the appropriate designation for the indigenous...”
– Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Stop Saying this is a nation of immigrants!
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“But by any objective measure the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was a worse act of...”
– Kendall Clark, The Global Privileges of Whiteness
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“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege.
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“Much has been written of late as to the “white maleness” of the “Occupy”...”
– On State Violence, White Male Privilege, and “Occupy”, Nancy A. Heitzeg
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“Postwar dating manuals advised women to “play dumb” to catch a man — and 40...”
– Stephanie Coontz, The M.R.S. and the Ph.D
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“We’re not surprised that a woman would wear pants, but a man in a skirt or dress...”
– Gwen Sharp, Embodying Gender Differences
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“The reality is that sexual rejection happens to men and women alike....”
– - Hugo Schwyzer, Your Cleavage Is Guilty of ‘Biological Sexual Harassment,’ and Other Dumb Ideas
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“Most of all, I am tired of knowing. Knowing that my eyes have been opened, and...”
– By Line, I don’t want to be a feminist anymore
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I Don’t Want To Be A Feminist Anymore [AMAZING... →
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Don't worry, he was empowering women. And I'm...
Nicholas Taylor @NickyTaytay: #GirlsShould stop hoe'n themselves.... Make me not ever wanna have a daughter cause I'll put her in a dungeon her whole life
Me: @NickyTaytay People like you make me want to projectile vomit the word fuck you on them.
Nicholas Taylor @NickyTaytay: @moniqueattrux People like you let me know I'm doing something right. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT :)
Me: @NickyTaytay Something right...such as statements like "girls should stop hoe'n themselves". Get a fucking grip.
Nicholas Taylor @NickyTaytay: @moniqueattrux do you even know what that means or are you another illiterate piece of trash inhabiting this educated world?
Me: @NickyTaytay Yeah I know what it means, thats why I had a problem with it. And the world is not as educated as you might think.
Nicholas Taylor @NickyTaytay: @moniqueattrux Evaluate yourself and my statement before you ever in your life approach me. To explain it I was empowering women you dumbass
Nicholas Taylor @NickyTaytay: @moniqueattrux so remain ignorant but continue those antics while not in my presence. You are dismissed
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“When I submit, I do it from a place of strength. I decide whether my partner is...”
– Feminist Sex Submissive? How I Reconcile My Politics With My Sex Life | Sex & Relationships | AlterNet (via a-blog-called-everything)
Because I am a Woman: What Does it Mean to be an... →
thenewwomensmovement:
We use the term “ally” for someone who is truly supportive of the survivor. Often people in the survivor’s life are trying to be helpful, but are doing so in ways that don’t feel helpful or supportive to the survivor. Examples: encouraging the survivor to “leave it in…
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Example of Slut-Bashing, Slut-Shaming →
i-4gave-i-4got:
You’re a whore. That’s for sure. You turn heads when you walk threw the door. You need alot of make-up to cover up. Cause the way that you are is a whore. Everyone else in the room can see it. Everyone else but you. Baby you bang those guys like nobody else. The way you hop on men gets the girls…
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“I don’t like to think one systematic oppression is worst than another....”
– jakigriot (via newwavefeminism)
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