May 2011
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“Do you think that your 16 year old daughter hasn’t masturbated already? Like, do...”
– Kevin Smith (director) on the ridiculousness of movies about sex receiving NC-17 ratings while extremely violent movies get by with R ratings (via phillip-gallagher)
He can be a side-eye magnet sometimes, but slow clap today for this. (via sanspantalones)
April 2011
86 posts
fotheringhay asked: Hi, I love this blog!
In relation to this post (http://feministmedia.tumblr.com/post/5031697999/sexisminbm2#notes), I just thought I'd quickly point out that Gordon Brown isn't Prime Minister anymore, and the current Deputy Prime Minister (Nick Clegg) is continuing on this work (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13103587). It jarred with my slightly that the tense of your post...
In relation to this post (http://feministmedia.tumblr.com/post/5031697999/sexisminbm2#notes), I just thought I'd quickly point out that Gordon Brown isn't Prime Minister anymore, and the current Deputy Prime Minister (Nick Clegg) is continuing on this work (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13103587). It jarred with my slightly that the tense of your post...
aim2misbehave asked: Hey, you don't have to publish this, but are you going to be doing anything on Game of Thrones? It's getting pretty popular with the new TV series, and the books have been highly acclaimed for years, but it's super problematic - in the first book alone, almost every female character is abused in some way (verbally, physically, sexually), murdered, evil, or any combination of the...
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Sexism in the British Monarchy, Take Two.
I completely agree that the British Monarchy is chock full of sexism. I just wanted to add that the deputy British Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has voiced that he wants to change some aspects of the British Monarchy. In regard to succession, Clegg would like to change the law that says the throne goes to the eldest son over any daughters, the practice known as primogeniture.
However, changing these...
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Doctor Who 'Space and Time', Or: 'Slutshaming and...
[Image Description: A GIF. Two versions of Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) talking to herself. The text, going clockwise, reads ‘Do I really look like that?’ ‘Yeah, yeah, you do.’ ‘I’d give you your driver’s licence.’ ‘I bet you would.’
Part 1 is here
Trigger warning for talk of sexshaming and arguable domestic violence
In the second...
Sexism in the British monarchy.
It’s disgusting; they could not put women down more obviously if they tried. Well they probably could actually but that isn’t my point.
People look and say “oh but you have a Queen, that isn’t sexist - she’s a woman!” and in that, they would be correct. But her husband can’t be titled the King because it would give him higher status than her. Sexism. You can have a male heir assume the throne...
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A New Form of Victim Blaming in Rapes
-trigger warning for victim blaming-
rapists/judges/prosecution/parents/media/society: “You drank that? You went there—without a ‘him’ to protect you? You wore that? Then you should have seen it coming.”
me (on behalf of the sexually harassed and assaulted): I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO.
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Canada is in the process of a federal election...
So of course, the media is all over this and Canadians are being constantly inundated by messages about the different political parties and their leaders. Through all of this the feminist in me has been thoroughly steamed… and these issues go beyond Canadian politics.
In my riding, we have nine (9!) candidates. That in itself is pretty unheard of, but two things are particularly...
The Astonishing Sexism of Hollywood and What it... →
niannah:
Every once in a while, an article comes out that is stunning in its honesty about a problem that people try to deny exists. On April 11, the New Yorker ran an article about the comic actress Anna Faris which, among other things, revealed the astonishing sexism of the film industry. I was shaken by this story. It is a must-read, in its entirety (it sits behind a pay wall), for anyone...
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“What we found was that in G-rated movies, for every one female character, there...”
– Geena Davis (via reelaroundthefountain)
I will forever love her for “The Long Kiss Goodnight”. Rock on, Geena.
(via squee-gee)
Tell me again who thinks women and men are equal in America?
(via stfuconservatives)
“What we found was that in G-rated movies, for every one female character, there...”
– Geena Davis (via reelaroundthefountain)
I will forever love her for “The Long Kiss Goodnight”. Rock on, Geena.
(via squee-gee)
Tell me again who thinks women and men are equal in America?
(via stfuconservatives)
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“Being a feminist doesn’t mean suddenly no longer liking problematic things. If...”
– sabrina_il (via tumblinfeminist)
OMG THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!
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With my love of the problematic Glee and Lady Gaga, this is reassuring.
(via iamateenagefeminist)
THIS!
(via killtvmakestuff)
YES YES YES! Feminists, along with most liberal-thinking...
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Daily Murf: Women should 'shut up and look sexy,'... →
asoftrevolt:
A new study looking at 100 top-grossing movies from 2008 finds that women speak less and show more skin than men. Specifically, men had 67 percent of the speaking roles, while 26 percent of women compared to five percent of men wore sexy clothing (with the same ratio for…
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If you haven’t heard of the SlutWalk, where have...
The first SlutWalk started off in Toronto on April 3rd, and followed in places such as Ottawa and London, and is coming soon to Vancouver on May 15. The SlutWalk was a response to a Toronto Police Officer who, in talking to the community, said that in order to avoid sexual assaults “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.”
Of course, outrage occurred. It’s horrifying...
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**Trigger Warning for Ableist Slurs (mental... →
calwhitney:
totheexperts:
When asked about accusations that “Born This Way” ripped off “Express Yourself,”Gaga said, “I’m a songwriter. I’ve written loads of music. Why would I try to put out a song and think I’m getting one over on everybody? That’s retarded … What a completely ridiculous thing to even question me about… If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only...
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awkward moment when someone told you feminism...
polyesterspectre:
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feministslut:
He was a history major as well.
Actually in the 1960s (well around that time) is when feminism became a bad word. It was equated to communism, everyone was still in the Red Scare and feminism was seen as something incredibly awful, deeming it a bad word till present day…
There were negative stereotypes surrounding...
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Hey, Disney, girls watch movies too!
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feministmedia:
Not gonna lie, I love Pixar generally speaking, I even applied for an internship with them this summer (fingers all kinds of crossed) but I don’t know what they’re really doing lately. Their next release is Cars 2 which, tbh, I’m not super excited about. Cars wasn’t my favorite and I’d much prefer a sequel to, well, probably any other of the Pixar films. And the...
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The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the...
In an earlier post, comic book women being used to further the plot for men was discussed (http://feministmedia.tumblr.com/post/4681836227/transcript-anita-sarkeesian-of-feminist#notes). However, one graphic novel that flew under my radar for a while, The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty First Century, was one I found to be a very interesting read. Spoilers Ahead.
We follow our...
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Spring Awakening & Politics Part 1.
So I started this post on facebook and never got around to posting it. I am going to post this in a couple parts. There are at least three parts; pro-choice politics, violence against women & children, and atheism & religion. The first part I will be posting is the politics. Then the violence against women & children and lastly the post on atheism & religion since I never got...
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Anonymous asked: In response to "Hey, Disney, girls watch movies too!"
Brave is coming out in June of 2012. Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men, Boardwalk Empire) will be the voice actor for the main character, Mérida. Brenda Chapman will be co-directing, which will be Pixar's first female director. She was the first woman to direct an animated film from a major studio, The...
Brave is coming out in June of 2012. Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men, Boardwalk Empire) will be the voice actor for the main character, Mérida. Brenda Chapman will be co-directing, which will be Pixar's first female director. She was the first woman to direct an animated film from a major studio, The...
The New York Times Blames ANOTHER Victim →
Trigger warning for talk of rape and victim blaming.
This is pretty shocking stuff. I haven’t heard arguments like this since the older episodes of L&O SVU. Ms. Magazine does an excellent job breaking it down for us.
stfusexists:
The Ms. Magazine blog has published a disturbing summary of the NY Times’ latest victim blaming article, as well as compelling reasons as to why...
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arcane-scholar asked:
I noticed on the post linking to the ED site that y’all said “girls/boys” and I was wondering if you would please include non-binary genders? I would really love to see my gender represented as well.
I’m not sure if there are any other non-binary posters over here besides me, but I for one totally second this and try to watch myself etc. ...
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Anonymous asked:
Just saying “please be discouraged” on that ‘how to have an eating disorder’ post isn’t enough. A trigger warning would help, but why would you even want to link directly to it when it gives tips on how to have an ED?
Thank you anon for brining that to my attention. I didn’t even see the post until you pointed it out. I added a trigger...
-TRIGGER WARNING ED- I will do whatever it takes:... →
mywaytodoit:
I’ve been reading a lot of things about how the ‘best’ way is to have an eating disorder. I’m not a doctor or a professional in any way and I’m not recommending for people to be anorexic/bulimic/or anything else, I’m just trying to make it less harmful for people that already suffer from an eating…
This is horrible. Please be discouraged by this, girls/boys. There is no good...
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Cops Bust Homeless Woman for Sending Child to...
untit1edsymphony:
Cops Bust Homeless Woman for Sending Child to School
A homeless woman from Bridgeport has been arrested for enrolling her 6-year-old son at a Norwalk elementary school.
Tonya McDowell, 33, is accused of stealing $15,000 — the cost of her son’s public education — from the Norwalk School District, according to the Stamford Advocate. She was arrested Thursday.
McDowell, whose...
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Hey, Disney, girls watch movies too!
Not gonna lie, I love Pixar generally speaking, I even applied for an internship with them this summer (fingers all kinds of crossed) but I don’t know what they’re really doing lately. Their next release is Cars 2 which, tbh, I’m not super excited about. Cars wasn’t my favorite and I’d much prefer a sequel to, well, probably any other of the Pixar films. And the fact is that it’s a movie that’s...
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WNYC gets it right covering sex worker safety... →
sexinthepublicsquare:
WNYC reporter Stephen Nessen does a good job of covering sex worker safety concerns in this story. For one thing, he talks to three sex worker advocate sources and only one prohibitionist source. Bravo to WNYC and to Nessen for understanding how to tell this story respectfully.
Finally, something I heard or read in the media today that was a positive thing. It’s...
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aboyscoutandabrownie asked: Do you have a link for that statistic about how many men say they would "rape" as opposed to "force a woman into sex"? I'm doing a speech on how feminism still has a definite purpose, and that would be a really good resource.
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Beckett Brennan and Campus Sexual Assaults
TW for rape culture, victim blaming and college campus violence
This is the video of the report from “This Hour Has 60 minutes”: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363066n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
And this is the full transcript: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/17/60minutes/main20054339_page4.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
(I do not recommend reading the...
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Doctor Who 'Space and Time', Or: 'Slutshaming and...
[Image description: A GIF. The first frame shows the Eleventh Doctor, as played by Matt Smith, standing on a platform in the TARDIS and exclaiming ‘Oh Rory!’. The second frame shows Rory Williams, played by Arthur Darvill, wearing goggles and standing below the platform. Above him on the platform are Amy Pond’s (Karen Gillan) legs. The text by Rory reads...
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omgthatdress
Any magazine who’s idea of celebrating loving your shape is posting a bunch of Gisele Bundchen lookalikes nude and having them talk about how hot they are is deeply and truly fucked up.To talk in metaphors, Vogue is to lady mags what Rush Limbaugh is to conservative blowhards. Both are horrible blood-sucking parasites on society’s backside, and both are the most horrible racist,...
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“In other words, within today’s cannibalistic market economy the...”
– bell hooks
Another issue I have with "Born This Way":
et-tu-dionyse:
I don’t know how to word this or if it even makes sense, but whatever. That last quote by Eminem reminded me of this. “God makes no mistakes…Whether you’re broke or evergreen…No matter gay, straight or bi…Baby, you were born this way.”
Y’know, I was born queer. If god existed, I’d agree that it wasn’t a mistake. It’s just another thing, like being short or a brunette. It makes no...
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Join us in A Pretty/Fat Campaign
A PRETTY/FAT CAMPAIGN
In my school the Student Council is organizing A Pretty/Fat Campaign. A campaign to raise awareness on the issue of eating disorders and media’s affect on the interpretation of our bodies. Right now we’re making posters that go with the theme of loving yourself and what you look like. We plan on teaching new healthy ways to eat because most of the girls in our...
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"Do It Like A Dude"
Many of you have probably heard that song “Price Tag” by UK singer Jessie J but have you heard her other single “Do It Like A Dude” ? This song features Jessie J singing about how she could in fact act like a man. It is a catchy tune, and the best lines are “I can do it like a brother, do it like a dude, grab my crotch, wear my hat low like you.” The song...
girlboymusic:
barthel:
dyfl replied to your post: Gaga and queerness
Lots to say about Gaga-as-gay-icon, but if I had to sum it up quickly I’d say we love her because she’s teaching/forcing the mass culture to enjoy pop events on the terms that gay culture enjoys them: Camp, dance/fuck-worthiness, and fabulousness.
This is a good distillation of the counter-argument and brings up a lot of...
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River Song is a BAMF
Now I am well aware that I am in the minority of the Doctor Who fandom with this, but I freaking love Lady Christina de Souza from the Easter special Planet of the Dead. And for the life of me, I can’t figure out why. I mean, she’s sassy and can steal an ancient artifact out of a heavily guarded museum. And she gets shit done. Doctor says he needs some crystal mabob, she goes down and gets it....
