October 2011
90 posts
“Sex-positivity is the belief that sex and sexiness are… okay. It’s the belief...”
– The Pervocracy: Sex-Pozzie. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“Being “anti-PC” is not sticking it to the Man, it’s sticking it to all the...”
– Baby-stepping away from racism: A guide for white people (via fangirlmarena)
“You don’t want to start setting up another rule book, like: “This is how you’re...”
– Kathleen Hanna
(via asleeplessmindxvx)
“The truth is, any sex act can be done incorrectly, against our will, or by...”
– Courtney Trouble | Queer Porn Icon | The Truth About Fisting. (via sexisnottheenemy)
ursa major: "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions"... →
THERE IS NO HIERARCHY OF OPPRESSIONS
By Audre Lorde
I was born Black and a woman. I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given and to help effect change toward a livable future for this earth and for my children. As a Black, lesbian,…
10 Questions for Those Who Want Abortion Illegal... →
andythenerd:
10 Questions for Those Who Want Abortion Illegal
1. How many years do you consider to be a fair prison term for a woman who has an abortion?
2. How many years for a doctor who performs one?
3. What other punishments would be suitable for such a breach of law: a fine,…
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Chilean girls stage occupation of their own school →
snarlybeast:
sprackraptor:
karenhealey:
jhameia:
This is like really late but it’s been in my tabs for weeks, so here:
It began early one morning in May, when dozens of teenage girls emerged from the predawn darkness and scaled the spiked iron fence around Chile’s most prestigious girl’s school. They used classroom chairs to barricade themselves inside and settled in. Five months later,...
“If you are a woman, if you’re a person of colour, if you are gay, lesbian,...”
– Margaret Cho
BE BRAVE! JOIN THE REVOLUTION!
(via stophatingyourbody)
“In Rome a vagina is una fica, a term deriving from the fig, a great thing, a...”
– Pubic hair as public space (via nodicesoldier)
“And recognizing that our male dominated culture is fucked up doesn’t make you a...”
– David Combs (http://www.punknews.org/article/42845)
A+
(via pregnant-teen-mom)
Fuck yeah, feminists!: You know what I hate? →
fuckyeahfeminists:
When I see or read shit about weddings and EVERYONE says, “Every girl dreams about her wedding!” or some other shit like “Every girl can’t wait to get her wedding dress!”
No fuck you! Not every girl wants to get married. Not ever girl can get married. We need to stop assuming everyone (or…
“Women who are fat are said to have ‘let themselves go.’ The very phrase connotes...”
– “Letting Ourselves Go: Making Room for the Fat Body in Feminist Scholarship,” by Cecilia Hartley (via shakethecobwebs)
“This is something we don’t speak about enough; the role of economic stress in...”
– The Percentages: A Biography of Class (Tiger Beatdown)
Today in Sexist Voyeurism: Sluts Out Shopping →
stfusexists:
Honestly, this site disgusts me. How sad and pathetic must your own life be to compel you to take photos of random women and judge them?
I dress like most of these women when I’m out and about too. You can’t win, honestly. If you don’t dress nicely to go out into the world, you’re a trashy ugly slob who has no value. If you dress too sexily, you’re a slut. You know what? I’m going...
VIRGINITY IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
antithestasia:
Virginity:
is sexist
is heteronormative
commodifies sex
commodifies young cis-het white women
contributes to rape culture
contributes to slut-shaming
erases queer folk
erases transfolk
frames a woman’s worth as inversely proportional to the number of dicks that have been inside her
and much, much more!
“1) Say we are too “involved” or biased in regards to the subject, and claim that...”
– Radical Notions: The Top Five Ways That White Feminists Continue To Discredit Women of Color
Worth considering. I’m not a white feminist but I don’t really identify with a lot of the women of colour discourse. Any Asian feminists out there? I’d be really interested in hearing...
What It's Really Like to Have An Abortion →
No one tells you how it feels. How the waiting feels, like endless time. No one tells you that you will lie there, totally open, totally lost, and that it will hurt. It will hurt like you are having your intestines sucked out with a garden hose and you will cry, at first in pain, and then in relief. You will erase all of those thoughts you had for the past week. All of the fear, and the...
Kate Beaton Sums Up Her Historiography
Paris Review: Your work seems to involve a feminist reading of history and literature.
Kate Beaton: I think that’s because I make comics that aren’t all about white presidents.
