February 2012
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justagrrrlinthetragickingdom asked: Am I the only one who's sick and tired of these reality tv shows that promote nothing but girl hate? I recently watched an episode of 'Big Rich Texas' and it makes me sick that the media is only trying to maintain a stupid stereotype that all women are catty or 'bitchy' and that we don't get along. I honestly want to hunt down these tv producers who think this is cute...
The LA Times Confirms What We Already Know - The...
watermeloncholy:
fuckyeahfeminists:
The LA Times has dug in and talked to 89% of Academy members and to no one’s surprise the Academy is old, white and male.
Here are the stats:
The Academy is 94% white
The Academy is 77% male.
The median age is 62.
Only 14% are under 50 years old.
Also we learned that women make up just 9% of the directing branch and 19% of the screenwriting...
[Trigger Warning: Abuse] A cautionary tale for... →
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drdonnaatx:
When I was 19, I married my high school sweetheart. He had never hit me in anyway. Never had yelled at me. He was in the Navy and we moved nearly 1000 miles away from home. We had been married one week when he first slapped me. I forgave him. We had been married about a year when he first punched me in the stomach. I forgave him. After about a year and a half it...
Pass the Maryland Slayer Law - House Bill 735 and... →
feministhistorian:
Can y’all do me a favor and sign the petition? More information about the bill is in the link. The bill says that if you murder someone you are not allowed any of their inheritance, which seems like common sense but its not law in MD. Please sign this for me!
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Austin talking in all caps: [tw: sexism, violence]... →
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mswyrr:
…is that he’s a domestic violence committing, female co-star intimidating asshole. You can read the details of what he did to his female partner at the link. Regarding his treatment of female costars: Kiera Knightly didn’t want him spanking her during one of their…
Can I just say that I don’t want to grow into this world. I want to curl up and die now, while...
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“I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast...”
– Louis CK
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“Call me hyper-sensitive, but I’m a bit raw. After all, during the past couple of...”
– —Chris Brown and Whitney Houston: The Entertainment Industry Fails Black Women, by Laina Dawes (via stfusexists)
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“talking about virginity is so annoying to me, and here’s why- firstly it’s used...”
– mutualaddiction responding to an ask saying she was hot because she was a virgin (via mutualaddiction)
Will never not reblog.
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THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WILL BECOME OF MY LOVE LIFE
and i love this woman
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Why I Will Always Side With Rape Accusers Before... →
stfuconservatives:
(trigger warning for rape, sexual abuse, rape culture)
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safercampus:
Yesterday, prosecutors decided that they won’t press charges against Greg Kelly, son of police commissioner Ray Kelly. He was accused of raping a woman—I wrote about it here. I sounded pretty sure I believed he was guilty. As far as the courts are concerned, there wasn’t enough evidence to...
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Black Herstory: Rosa Parks Did Much More than Sit... →
fyeahwomenshistory:
Rachel Griffin
As a Black feminist scholar, every February I find myself troubled by the ways that we simultaneously remember and forget women who look like me. Not that I’m satisfied with the memory of Black women every other month of the year but February–Black History Month–can be especially disappointing. I find myself wanting to rant to anyone within earshot, “Rosa...
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure no longer giving... →
Susan G. Komen has pulled all money for breast exams for what they say is because of a congressional investigation.. but it seems more like they were bombarded by conservative political pro-life groups. From the women who made breast cancer pink and frilly and for woman only “who want to save as many lives as they can” to pulling crucial funds for preventative LIFE-SAVING breast exams...
January 2012
26 posts
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I am a Teenage Feminist: Why You Cannot Be an... →
iamateenagefeminist:
I have said over and over again that one cannot be an anti-choice feminist. That it is impossible to hold the belief that the genders should be equal and that people should not be able to have choice on whether or not they want to continue a pregnancy. However, I am STILL getting messages and…
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Anonymous asked: hey I wanted to ask what your views where on blogs like lawsofmodernman and maleminded here on tumblr? are they misogynistic or harmless?
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freewheelinsupertramp asked: I am currently enrolled in a women's & gender studies class. I felt so excited that I knew about so many issues (i.e.: the anti slut shaming movement) that other students weren't aware of. This blog has educated me so much on feminist values and I'm so grateful for it. I'm glad I can pass these values and information onto others. Thanks for always being so informative!!!
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TW: RAPE JOKE/DISCUSSION
This is just a personal experience I had. I attend a Community College in New York State, I am a criminal justice major. I am sitting in my Understanding Juvenile Offenders class and there is a current member of the Sheriff’s department in my class, my professor is an attorney and a former District Attorney. She was discussing a case in which a Juvenile (13) raped a passed out 19 year old...
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Feminist history is complicated.
feministhistorian:
One thing I’ve noticed over the past year is how feminist history is either seen as good or bad. There is no discussion on how the feminist movement actually was. Feminist history is not all good or all bad. No one person is all good or all bad. They are complicated and able to hold contradictory views. It has been over simplified to “1st and 2nd wave feminist were bad and...
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“If we want to teach our daughters to be good people lets teach them to be good...”
– Jessica Valenti. (via feministhistorian)
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Patriarchy is rooted in a hatred of women
feministhistorian:
[TW: rape culture]
You don’t have to step foot into a college women’s studies class to see that people use insults like “you throw like a girl,” “you are acting like a girl,” etc. You don’t have to follow social justice blogs to see a father yelling at his son for being interested in “girly things” or “girl toys.” You don’t have to take a class on women and politics to see...
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“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, in Three Steps to Better Sex (via muffdiver)
This reminds me of the post going around which contrasted the pathologizing of public breastfeeding with the gratuitous, objectifying images of women’s breasts that can be found in advertising.
The legal and social message is that our...
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[TW: cissexism] Teen Girl Calls For Nationwide... →
feministhistorian:
This video makes me sick to my stomach. The girl in the video is misgendering transgirl by calling them boys. She is spouting off bullshit saying transgirls are not real girls and boys. She is also saying it is dangerous to have transgirls in the movement because they will “hurt girls.”
aboyscoutandabrownie asked: A less reverent note on "Bridesmaids" - I also thought it was great that a lot of the gross potty humor that shows up in man-man buddy comedies showed up in this movie too. Women also poop and enjoy poop jokes.
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“[…] research findings about sex differences have been distorted and exploited by...”
– The Trouble with Sex Differences (2011) by Lise Eliot
[…] popular portrayals of sex differences in the brain are riddled with claims that are highly extrapolated, misinterpreted, or just made up but are nonetheless used to justify the differential treatment of boys and girls in school or men and...
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Mother reunited with child 77 years later.
TW: Rape http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45849051/ns/us_news-life/#.TwNNoTXOztk
The story is more about the renunion but the description of her pregnancy really got me.
“On a summer day in 1928 while picnicking with girls from a sewing class, Disbrow and her friend Elizabeth were jumped by three men as they went for a walk in their long dresses.
Both were raped. “We didn’t know...
Not Your Average Black Woman: That whole term... →
thefoxxypoet:
That whole term “friendzone” bothers me, especially when guys think it only happens to them. Dude I’ve been friendzone plenty of times. I’m cute, I’m sweet, and I’m always someone’s kid sister or some other cliche bullshit. Guys have given me some indication that were interested in me, but then…
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“All of this is typical girl-fear. Once you realize that The Exorcist is,...”
– Rookie, The Season of the Witch
For readings on the correlation in horror between puberty and the monstrous, see:
Barbara Creed’s The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism and Psychoanalysis (specifically, the chapter called “Woman As Possessed Monster”)
Aviva Briefel’s “Monster Pains: Masochism,...
December 2011
12 posts
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Anonymous asked: What is your opinion of the movie 'Bridesmaids'?
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Ableism in Glee: “I will try to fix you” is not...
queerdanceparty:
Trigger Warning: ableism, abuse, rape culture.
I wrote this article because a recent episode of Glee included terrible messages about how people with mental health conditions exist within their relationships, especially romantic relationships. This is a topic that’s really close to my persynal experience, so I felt I needed to write about it to prevent my head from exploding.
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