February 2012
“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism...”
– bell hooks (via thevirtualpostit)
How to Be a Good Guy on the Sidewalk →
stfuhypocrisy:
A number of men have asked us the same question recently: if you’re walking on a dark street near a lady, how can you let her know you’re not a threat? So this week, we offer some tips for dudes who’d like to help women feel more comfortable in public spaces.
Act normal.
Neal Irvin, executive director of Men Can Stop Rape, told me the most important thing men can do to help women...
Consent
deltumbles:
lets-blog-about-sex-baby:
Consent is one of the single most important aspect of any relationship, especially one that is sexual or might become sexual. The biggest thing to remember about consent is that it is not ongoing, meaning that a partner may give consent at one point, and then remove that consent at another. Consent is not given automatically simply because one has given it...
“[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape]The “misogynist idea of the woman who “changes her mind”...”
– a gloriously eloquent [trigger warning at link for explicit talk of rape and rape culture] comment left under a blog post in which the author uses her own experience to explain some of the reasons rape survivors don’t report (via psychetimelapse)
The sideways vagina admittedly makes things a...
annalsofonlinedating:
Always wonder what being intimate with a beautiful Asian woman would be like. Care to talk?
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+5 for creepy racism.
+2 because I have always wondered what being intimate with a mediocre-looking white guy would be like. Do you really all smell like Saltines?
+6 because what lady doesn’t want to be a white dude’s...
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It...”
– Neil Gaiman (via blackjackinmypants)
Relevant to my life right now. I love/hate this feeling
(via fuckslikeagirl)
“I am soooo over the lefts’ comparisons tween the ALP and Bordellos/Pimps/ho’s...”
– Elena Jeffreys (via everythingbutharleyquinn)
anotherhookerblog:
“The asymmetry of the beauty myth tells men and women lies about each other’s bodies, to keep them sexually estranged.”
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Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth (via girlthatread)
I loved this book when I was a teenager because, you know, I was a teenager and she’s a beautiful writer. Sometimes I am more kind to Wolf than I should be just because of lingering warm feelings. I read...
“Women are seen so much as public property, as objects to look at and judge, that...”
– Jessica Valenti - He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know (via misscoldroses)
Yes. A billion times yes.
(via fyeahfeminism)
“People will often cry gross over-intellectualisation when popular culture is...”
– Simon Pegg, ‘Nerd Do Well’ (via allanson)
“I think part of the reason we have trouble drawing the line “it’s not okay to...”
– (via allthishappened)
“I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks...”
– M.I.A. (via janejacqueline)
“Men, in return, thrived. The ego candy they feasted on by virtue of...”
– Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now (via janedoe225)
An absolutely fantastic article. Amazing. Please go read it.
(via missworded)
