May 2012
33 posts
"Well, if it wasn't for white people, we wouldn't...
dionthesocialist:
Nope, crackers. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t take credit for what your ancestors have done in the past and also reject responsibility for all the shitty stuff. If you want to be proud of white people inventing shit (such fabulous innovations as crack, capitalism, and syphilis), then you need to own up to how they were able to do it. Hint: it involves a certain...
Anonymous asked: I really like what you said in response to the ask about women posting nudes, but wanted to add that as feminists we shouldn't be focusing so much attention on women posting or not posting nudes, but look at the demands by straight dudes (the ones with structural power) for those pictures. So many debates about conforming to patriarchal beauty or sexual expectations pit women against each...
Anonymous asked: Some woman wear the hijab as a symbol to oppose westernization. It is to support their culture which was under seige by colonializism which preached that the western way (a way without the hijab) was the correct way. It is to keep that identity as well as the identity of woman. To give it up may give up that identity and further subvert their culture. There is a good book about it. I forget the...
nostalgicaholic asked: Re: the hijab. I have heard the argument that being able to escape from the male gaze by wearing a hijab (or equivalent) is a truly freeing, feminist feeling and makes the woman in question feel more comfortable, more individual, more able to be herself. And I think the issue is murky (the fact that the male gaze is such a hindrance, for starters) but to say that a hijab is always a...
Anonymous asked: Wearing a hijab or shaving your legs or choosing to become a nun are not inherently feminist just because women are free to choose those things. Women do not make choices in a vacuum. We live in a patriarchy.
warmbesideyoursmile asked: What are your thoughts on girls posting pictures of themselves nude or partially nude specifically for attention from males? Is it right to consider it disrespectful? The lines get blurry for me when women do things of that nature when it, for me, underlines misogynistic ideas about the portrayal of the female body.
Anonymous asked: I totally think that it is a woman's right to wear a head scarf if she chooses (for example that law in france is some bullshit), but I have trouble seeing wearing the hijab as a feminist choice. No matter the reason a woman chooses to do it, she is still choosing to observe a sexist and oppressive in origin aspect of a religion and culture, and I don't think this should be exempt from...
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nerdstalgia asked: If I may. I've noticed a trend in all of the hateful anons you've been getting lately. They all come at you with some shit like "Congratulations, you're a terrible feminist, because of reasons that are totally obvious," then proceed to not tell you any of those reasons. C'mon, anons. You've gotta step up your games if you want to take down Megan. At least tell...
Anonymous asked: I'm so relieved to hear that you support blacklisting activists from speaking about any subject (even if their insights are correct) because of bigotry in another area of their politics. Since we're being all intersectional, I'm sure you'll agree that we should disregard Malcolm X's work in the civil rights movement considering he also espoused and promoted virulently...
Anonymous asked: It's incredibly ironic that you're telling fauxminists to shut up. Congratulations, you're a few steps above Michelle Bachman level of fauxminism, but that's no reason to look down your nose on those girls who think you can be pro-life feminists. There's so much harmful shit (or harmful people) to women that you have made excuses for on here. Playing gatekeeper (which you...
jadelyn asked: I replied with this, but just to make sure you see it - Re the "feminist" clinic: not to mention, this divide between “male/female-bodied” is bullshit. You can’t assume what a trans woman’s body has or doesn’t have. Same for a trans man. Did they only help pre/non-op men? Refuse to help post-op women? The insistence on using "female/male-bodied"...
Anonymous asked: They didn't claim to serve all women - they were very clear they served female bodies. They had a hard enough time getting the resources to do that - they couldn't raise the resources to expand, and there was zero effort on the part of those who spread the bad press to try to raise funds to expand the program. My question was: is it never okay for female-bodied people to be the focus?...
Anonymous asked: The feminist health clinic in my city just shut down because they were subjected to a bad publicity complain calling them "transphobic." The clinic had always provided services - including hormonal treatment! - to trans *men*, since they were female-bodied, but were quite clear they did not have the resources for trans women, because they did not have the expertise needed for male...
Anonymous asked: wow, you know how to be rude, don't you? but anyway, i'm curious if you honestly don't consider black women women? because... that's how your replies read. when one says they're feminists, it... usually entails all women - regardless of colour
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Anonymous asked: I am a woman of color who has always identified as a radical feminist in that I accept the notion that the personal is political as true. I also believe in the theory of intersectionality and I don't see how anyone could deny it and still call themselves a feminist. Yet, I'm beginning to learn about the history of exclusion and oppression within radical feminism. Is it wrong for me to...
Anonymous asked: wow, reading comprehension fail. that's not what the anon asked.
Anonymous asked: I'm a feminist who is focused primarily on women's rights, and I don't much care for body imagery issues or race issues (mostly because I know very little about them). If I don't actively fight for these issues, am I still a feminist?
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Southern Poverty Law Center quotes anti-trans... →
Aaaaand since you can’t defeat one hate group by giving a platform to another, here’s the Southern Poverty Law Center’s contact page. Let them know what you think about them quoting a bigot in defense of their (correct) characterization of MRA groups as hate groups.
Go ahead and let them know that Cathy’s affiliations belong in that category, too, for all of the...
Trigger Warning: Racism
prince-rylipop:
repository-of-lost-things:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
navigatethestream:
strugglingtobeheard:
pleadingthefilth:
ladyatheist:
Just in case you missed it, “Trayvoning” is an actual thing now. No joke.
Collect. That’s all I can say.
Round up your people.
Do something.
yea, i don’t have the mental strength to deal with that on my own. people who claim to be allies and...
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slvrdragon asked: Yeah, Pro-life Feminists CAN exist. I think you've simply forgotten what feminism means. It just means you believe women and men deserve equal rights. That's all it takes to be a feminist! You can be Christian, Atheist, Buddhist, Muslim, etc and still be a feminist. You can be pro-life or pro-choice and STILL BE A FEMINIST. So what if she doesnt fit YOUR ideal of a feminist? You're...
Anonymous asked: I've heard people say that calling out people on their internalized homophobia/transphobia/racism/sexism/etc.. is a no-no, but in your opinion would the same apply to someone like me, a queer person, in calling out a fellow queer person? Or as a woman calling out internalized sexism?
“Some have a difficult time with feminism. “Why not a human liberation movement?”...”
– Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu, Bi Any Other Name. (via gtfothinspo)
TRANS HOUSING NETWORK - PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST THE... →
transhousingnetwork:
Hi! I just started a tumblr, the Transgender Housing Network. After seeing dozens of posts come across my dash about displaced or homeless trans people needing places to crash, I decided that there had to be a way to organize these posts somehow, and to put those in need in contact with those willing to lend a hand. If you’re trans and need a place to stay, or if you have...
Anonymous asked: Does feminism have a stance on the death penalty and what is it?
Pro-life speaker asks the question conservatives... →
stfuconservatives:
Seriously. -Jess
Oh my.
Abby Johnson is terrible, tho.
“That’s what I would say about Ruth Hayes’ dissertation, “‘So I Could Be...”
– The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations. - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education
This woman’s damning evidence against black studies is putting natural childbirth literature (a real thing) in scare quotes because she has no idea what it is,...
I need feminism, because...
whoneedsfeminism:
I don’t deserve to feel like less of a feminist when I say that I am pro-life. This post isn’t meant to argue about when human life begins, but is about respecting other feminists. Just like how other women shouldn’t assume that girls who wear makeup only do so under the pressures of patriarchal society, they shouldn’t tell me that I’m a controlling bitch who couldn’t possibly...
Anonymous asked: Besides religious/spiritual and health (no STDs) reasons, are there any benefits to saving sex for marriage? Is it really true that people who wait for marriage have better marriages?
April 2012
53 posts
Anonymous asked: Is the reason you hate women because never get pussy or because your mom used to beat you?
“Our chaperone for the evening is Jimmy Kimmel. … Jimmy got his start on the ‘Man...”
– Barack Obama, The White House Correspondence Dinner (via ragingserenity)
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STFU Fauxminists!: Is anyone else going to the... →
magneticsoul:
stfufauxminists:
Pardon the cis sexism of the rally title if you will. Sorry, folks. :-\
Anyway, if you’re in Orlando and you want to go here are the deets:
Senator Beth Johnson Park 59 South Ivanhoe Boulevard, Orlando, FL 12N – 2:00pm
If you want to talk to me or just say hey, I’ll be the young gal with the…
If “trans women are women” how is the title “unite women”...
Is anyone else going to the Unite Women rally in...
Pardon the cis sexism of the rally title if you will. Sorry, folks. :-\
Anyway, if you’re in Orlando and you want to go here are the deets:
Senator Beth Johnson Park 59 South Ivanhoe Boulevard, Orlando, FL 12N – 2:00pm
If you want to talk to me or just say hey, I’ll be the young gal with the really sexy cane. I’m not so sure how long I’ll stay what with the not walking...
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FL Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds for Rape... →
Welp, that’s the governor of the state I currently reside in. What a classy guy.
Anonymous asked: It's not that he's incorrect. It's that he's a rapist and attempted murderer and still somehow gets to wear the badge of "feminist" and "good man". He is neither, and being able to regurgitate feminist thought on a website with a history of anti-woman bullshit doesn't make him a feminist (see: Edward Pasteck).
Anonymous asked: Acting like someone is incorrect by default after you JUST agreed with them before you knew who said. So, to you and the anon, that's not feminism, mind you.
“What we didn’t hear about was a how an African-American women who in the course...”
– As We Watch the Trayvon Martin Case, All of Us Should Know Marissa Alexander « Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner-(The Blog)
Anonymous asked: Did you really just really just post an article by Hugo Schwyzer? What the fuck?
Why Guys Really Hate Being Called "Creepy" →
kathleenthearsonist:
“At the heart of the ‘anti-creep shaming campaign’ is a concerted effort to discourage women from relying on their instincts to protect themselves from harm. Laying aside its likely etymology, calling a dude an ‘asshole’ is a way of labeling him a jerk. Plenty of people can be jerks without being predatory. On the other hand, calling a dude ‘creepy’ labels him as a potential...
Anonymous asked: Thank you for this awesome blog, seriously.
Anonymous asked: I REALLY loved it when she said let's respect women's choices. Because you know, her party does not fucking do that.
Anonymous asked: What is your opinion of Ann Romney?