January 2011
Can't We Be Friends? →
You know what really grates on me? When adults see a little boy and girl playing together and try to style them as boyfriend and girlfriend. It speaks to an anxiety around trying to shepherd people into accepted roles and the “proper” ways of relating. And, as one gets older, there’s a whole lot of pressure to relate to friends of the opposite gender (I dislike that term so much: there...
this ain't livin': Today In Ink: Social... →
Bodily autonomy tends to shift when you’re tattooed because people assume your body is available for public consumption and discussion. People absolutely will touch you without consent, something that seems to come as a surprise to people without tattoos when I talk about how people relate to me when my ink is readily visible. The routine violations of personal space most women are familiar with...
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the...”
– Noam Chomsky (via androphilia)
Why sexism is no laughing matter, despite what the... →
This is not the institutionalised chauvinism of the 60s and 70s, where women were paid less than men, barred from certain professions and objectified by the mainstream media. Notable progress has been made in all these areas with the passing of major pieces of legislation – the Equal Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination Act – and with the agitation of the feminist movement to challenge previously...
Pain is temporary, pride is forever
“Slut-bashing is a cheap and easy way to feel powerful. If you feel insecure or...”
– Leora Tanenbaum, Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation (via dr-clear-heels) (via femaletroubled)
It hurts my heart to hear anyone call a woman a slut, but it also makes me laugh because what they really mean is that she’s free to live a life they won’t allow themselves
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crooksandqueens:
people with bad taste in music shouldn’t be allowed to own stereos or loud speakers.
Nor should they ever be permitted to play music from their phones..*shudder8…but they always, always do.
“So when I talk about sex-positivity (and I do. a lot.), I’m talking about...”
– Charlie Glickman — Sex Positivity and Asexuality: Bringing Them Together (via splatterdick)
La Petite Féministe Anglaise: You know what? We DO... →
et-tu-dionysus:
[TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE/RAPE CULTURE/VICTIM-BLAMING] Our society has this idea that rape is what happens when a young beautiful virgin woman walks through an bad neighborhood at night and is kidnapped and raped by an ethic gang-member.
If you’re married it isn’t really…
Red wine, nachos, True Blood :) Yes!
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
– punchandgetout
Do you not think that the problem might come from the very fact that you are angry at …us for complaining, rather than angry at your fellow boys and men for this enduring misogyny?
Do you not think that the problem might come from the very fact that you are angry at …us for...
“That foundation rested on our critique of what we then called “the enemy...”
– Feminism is for Everybody, bell hooks (via splatterdick)
“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity (via petitefeministe)
girlcrushing asked: hey back! how are you???
People who ask invasive questions and then don't...
splatterdick:
