June 2011
20 posts
“You know, it’s sort of an ironic question. It points to the whole problem. If...”
– Jason Segel, after being asked the question, “You mentioned Paul Feig, and Bad Teacher is coming out six weeks after Bridesmaids kinda flipped the script on female-fronted comedies. Do you think there’s any pressure on the film to perform at the box office?” (via ONTD)
ARE YOU WHITE? YOU ACTUALLY REALLY NEED TO READ...
tigersmilk:
bat-woman:
okay hi tumblr
prepare to be offended i guess but
Racism: Power/privilege + prejudice. To exact racism, one must have social power/privilege based on one’s race, thereby being able to use that social power/privilege to (further) marginalize an individual or a group without that social privilege/power.
Note 1: Social privilege/power includes but is by no means limited...
Donate what you can to help the 16 year old... →
socalfeminist:
Spread the word, even if you don’t have the money to give right now then at least reblog this in case someone else can.
The most abrasive bitch of them all.: I'm just... →
fierystage:
Having “thick skin” might be the most overrated concept in the history of time.
It might not have sexist implications, but I’m beginning to hate it just as much as “man up.”
No matter how good their intentions, everyone who has ever said that someone should get “thick skin,”…
I love you for saying this, thank you so much!
“If someone calls you a slut, there’s nothing you can say to refute the claim...”
– Sluts Like Me - Jezebel (via grrrlvirus)
“As women, we have been taught either to ignore our differences, or to view them...”
– Audre Lord. Sister Outsider, 2004. p. 112 (via mariaissmall)
I need some help!
komboloi:
As you may have heard, the Richmond Hollaback site is launching August 10th!
I’ve assumed responsibility for the Twitter feed and Facebook page until then! I’m trying to generate a following, but so far I’m having more trouble than I thought.
If somebody would reblog this, just once! Even if you aren’t RVA affiliated! Because other sites are kicking off too! Like:
Des Moines, Iowa...
“A lot of people accuse feminists of thinking that all men are rapists. That’s...”
– Feminists don’t think all men are rapists. Rapists do. (via komboloi)
“In 2007, a British man charged with the rape of a 10-year-old girl was given...”
– ‘What a slut’
(via janedoe225)
May 2011
97 posts
Here's a quick way to check if you have the right...
vicki3t:
gaywitchpracticingabortion:
Ask yourself “Is it my body?”
If the answer was no, then surprise! You don’t have the right.
That. Is by far the BEST thing I have ever heard/seen anyone say about the right to get an abortion.
Say No To Louisiana House Bill 645 (Formerly... →
walkforchoice:
…put forward by Rep. John LaBruzzo (R – Metarie). The bill would outlaw all forms of abortion, even if it is medically necessary to save the mother’s life. Any woman having an abortion could receive up to 15 years in jail, as could the doctor providing it. The bill was at one point specifically worded so that abortion would be outlawed “to the extent allowed by the Supreme...
“What saddens me more than anything else are women who want to make abortion...”
– I Used to Be a Pro-Life Republican | Scarleteen (via spicyenglishmuffin)
feminist slut: Nice Guy Syndrome →
agentvagina:
Feminism 101- Nice Guy Syndrome
ron-pert:
Ah, the ever-present problem of ‘Nice Guys.’ It plagues the population as a whole and feminists because the typical reaction is ‘but this just proves you’re a man-hating feminist!’ Ah, the things that anti-feminists…
Pro-life man drives to clinic with intent to kill... →
stfufauxminists:
she-had-an-abortion:
This is a very disturbing article.
“Lang said he planned on shooting the clinic’s doctor “right in the head,” according to the complaint. Asked if he planned to shoot just the doctor or nurses, too, Lang replied he wished he “could line them up all in a row, get a machine gun, and mow them all down,” the complaint said.”
Oh look, another anti-choice...
“Look, guys. No matter what a girl does, no matter how she’s dressed, no matter...”
– Vice President Joe “the BAMF” Biden, in a speech launching the federal government’s campaign to fight sexual violence on college campuses (via girl-non-grata)
imanassspankme asked: I was wondering if you could post this so your followers can see. In Vegas we're trying to organize a SlutWalk and we need as much support as we can get.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SlutWalk-Vegas/204942992877019
http://twitter.com/#!/SlutWalkVegas
Those are our Facebook and Twitter links. We're in the early stages of organizing but we need all the help we...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SlutWalk-Vegas/204942992877019
http://twitter.com/#!/SlutWalkVegas
Those are our Facebook and Twitter links. We're in the early stages of organizing but we need all the help we...
Parents keep child's gender secret →
fuckyeahfeminists:
metaconscious:
“So it’s a boy, right?” a neighbour calls out as Kathy Witterick walks by, her four month old baby, Storm, strapped to her chest in a carrier.
Each week the woman asks the same question about the baby with the squishy cheeks and feathery blond hair.
Witterick smiles, opens her arms wide, comments on the sunny spring day, and keeps walking.
She’s used to...
Watcheunyce:
wow society..
A woman makes her own social science experiment. First, while very plain looking, she asked for free cake, and free taxi rides. She was rejected on every request but once. Then she got fully made up with heels, make up, and a revealing dress. She basically has everything thrown at her for free.
Propaganda for Life: I'm starting a meager Tumblr... →
iista:
To encourage people to start using the term “anti-choice” to “pro-life”. “Pro-life” has a positive connotation; controlling a woman’s body does not. “Pro-life” is bullshit when a woman’s life is at stake, or the baby’s:
” ‘Danielle and Robb Deaver, a Nebraska couple who suffered…
A Feminist's Blackboard: How rape kit processing... →
TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of rape and murder
feministblackboard:
I just read an article about how a rape kit that was submitted two years ago yielded as a result the DNA of a convicted serial killer. In April 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio a woman submitted a rape kit after being held captive for days, beaten, drugged and raped. She eventually fought her way…
“TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE CULTURE
I’m a bit too late to the party here, but...”
– From a person on Reddit whose name is, surprisingly enough, whataperv. I’m not posting this because you guys need a lecture about consent, but because this was a surprisingly effective argument that swayed some of Reddit’s alarmingly pro-rape posters.
The original comment is here, but don’t read...
QBits: Following Criticism, FOX News Removes... →
it-takes-a-muscle:
TRIGGER WARNING FOR HORRID CISSEXIST BULLSHIT AND ABLEISM
bittergrapes:
Ablow is a paid pundit for FOX News who also co-wrote a book with Glenn Beck on child rearing. Need I say more?
Q.
from ThinkProgress:
Earlier today we reported on a commentary by Dr. Keith Ablow featured on FOX News viciously attacking Chaz Bono about his transition. Without explanation, the ...
"Thank God your mom was pro-life!"
propaganda-for-life:
fuckjarredx:
Actually, Stranger Driving in Front of Me, my mother is pro-choice. she just CHOSE to have me. That’s the crazy shit about choices. There’s two options.
This.
STFU, Conservatives: Really? REALLY?! →
suckthislemon:
mercurypdx:
meanmrmustard:
lottiebites:
Okay, I don’t usually chime in on racism issues, because there’s a great group of girls that I follow who quickly say what I want to, with much more eloquence than I. But this has really pissed me off tonight, that and,…
http://bohemianarthouse.tumblr.com/post/5620896047 →
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, ‘It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.’ It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise...