February 2012
28 posts
The Walk for Choice Turns One: A Look Back →
stfusexists:
This has not been a good week, month, or year for reproductive rights. But a year ago today, the Walk for Choice happened, and that was an incredible victory (due mainly to the organizing superpowers of Raven).
It’s important to look back and remember what an incredible statement and victory that day was. We have a lot more battles to fight, but we are not in it alone. We stand...
Anonymous asked: What do you think about the drop of the term "mademoiselle" in France's government (the french version of "miss" in case readers don't know what I'm talking about)? Important or no so much?
Anonymous asked: How do you feel about chivalry in the form of "ladies first"? How would you react if a man said that to you?
“Contemporary feminism cut itself off from history and bankrupted itself when it...”
– Camille Paglia (via stay-delicious)
Today in “Quotes that Demonstrate Why Camille Paglia is Awful”.
If feminism is for equality, why do feminists...
Worst analogy ever.
First of all: Not everyone who can get pregnant is a woman. Not everyone who pays for the well-being of children are men.
Secondly: Pregnant people don’t just pop babies out and then hand them over to men to take care of them. Those same people often do a whole lot of work when it comes to the actual care of said child - most of it is unpaid, too! If that person has...
PLEASE REBLOG! Homeless, uninsured trans woman in...
jayoublie:
This picture is by a woman called Hannah. She was just disowned by her family for coming out as trans and is currently living with a friend, Alex. Here’s her explaining her situation:
Hi, I’m Hannah! I’m a 20 year-old transwoman in the baby stages of transition. I’ve recently been kicked out of my home, leaving my school and my old job behind - technically making me a drop-out,...
Anonymous asked: Is it really true that having sex before marriage is bad for you psychologically? I'm a teen girl and I'm trying to get all the facts right about sex before marriage. This just sounds like bs to me and a scare tactic to get kids to wait till marriage. But is it?
Anonymous asked: Just out of curiosity, what do you think of pro-life movements using ultra sounds as a way to convince mothers to keep their baby? Does it matter? Is it fair? Or is it just a scare tactic?
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
Anonymous asked: I definitely consider myself to be a feminist, but I also love porn. Like, I can definitely see how it is problematic and not at all female-friendly but I love it. Does that make me less of a feminist? :\
forumgamer said: Hm, I must say, I find it confusing how you can see how problematic the tag “female-friendly” is, yet still be angry that it is not used more often? Not saying that the present state of the porn industry isn’t problematic, though.
Wait, what? I wasn’t angry about it, I just thought it perfectly illustrated that even people who use and create porn don’t think...
So after reading that awful Hugo Schwyzer article
I followed the link within it to the Top 25 videos on Youporn because I’m home sick from work today and I was interested in possibly making a post about the trends regarding the Top 25 videos myself (you know, one that didn’t have a line talking about how men’s interest in much younger women is “more wistful than it is predatory”, yeah the fuck right Schwyzer, get...
That award moment
stfurapeculture:
When Jezebel complains about Chris Brown being at the Grammys and then two days later publishes an article by Hugo Schwyzer, charmingly entitled, “Why Do Men Love ‘Barely Legal’ Porn?”
Ugh. Jezebel needs to just go away.
cashforsoul asked: Can you please explain to me why GhettoHikes would be be considered appalling? I generally agree with you on things but this one I'm not so sure. I flinch because the word 'ghetto' but I also wish i could write down word for word the way my kids express themselves sometimes
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wickedblackwitch:
karnythia:
madamethursday:
isitscary:
I’m sorry, but why would you gain the trust of inner city children, give them an opportunity to go on something as scenic, adventurous, and different (for those who have never gone, at least) as hiking, and then completely betray them by writing down what they say and posting it on a blog named GHETTOHIKES?
You’re...
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(Trigger warning: Rape, rape apology) Related to... →
Essentially: “What did women expect? They are attempting to exist in the presence of men.”
Anonymous asked: Is it anti-feminist to use words like slut, hoe, and whore? And are words like pussy and cunt bad since all they really mean is vagina??
“As a woman …
1. I have a much lower chance of being murdered than a man.
2....”
– Female Privilege Checklist
Now let’s see how many so-called feminists dismiss this with “LOL! What about teh MENZ!” or accuse me of being a misogynist, or engage in sexist/misandrist attacks on me rather than engage the substance of the article, or even resort to all of the above.
(via ryking)
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I am feminist and pro-life.
bat-out-of-hell:
Because feminist doesn’t always mean “pro-abortion!”
Haha, no honey. Just no.
REPORT: By A Nearly 2 To 1 Margin, Cable Networks... →
From Monday through Thursday evening, the leading cable news channels – Fox, Fox Business, MSNBC, and CNN – invited almost twice as many men as women onto their shows to discuss contraceptive coverage.
Out of a total of 146 guests who discussed contraception, the cables invited 91 men compared to 55 women as commentators. In other words, males comprised 62 percent of the total guests who...
Trigger warning: rape, rape apology
fearandwar:
“If it’s an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency room, I would give them a shot of estrogen.”
—
Ron Paul on abortion
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST READ? AN HONEST RAPE? Fuck you, Ron Paul. Fuck you straight to hell.
January 2012
99 posts
Anonymous asked: I'd like to get your thoughts on the youtuber girlswritewhat.
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From Fox Nation: White people distressed to find... →
Read the comments at your own risk.
“It was a procedure day at this clinic, so there were a ton of protesters...”
– The Hair Pin, on Pro-Life protestors outside a Planned Parenthood (via fearofthederpsicle)
Now I want to go to a Planned Parenthood that’s being protested one day and do this even if I don’t actually have a yeast infection.
butterfly-teeth said: So, Jezebel isn’t to be trusted? Sorry, I don’t really read that website much.
Weeellll, the thing with Jezebel is that they seem much more concerned with getting traffic than actually publishing quality pieces. They’re posted shit from rape apologist assholes before, Hugo Schwyzer which speaks for itself, and then pulled the usual white feminist bullshit of calling...
nopehipsternonsense said: What do you think of Jezebel’s recent bashing of Lana Del Rey?
It’s posted on Jezebel. ‘Nuff said.
Anonymous asked: What is your opinion on the song "This Is What Makes Us Girls" by Lana Del Rey? A lot of people are slamming it for being anti-feminist. But it is also about the singer's personal experience, not every girls' life. Do you think it sends a bad message or people need to get over themselves?
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(Possible trigger: mention of rape, domestic... →
What the fucking fuck. I mean, I know I shouldn’t be surprised anymore, but seriously.
What is this shit.
This shit. What is it.
Anyway, I left this comment. I’m posting it here because I’m unsure it will make it out of moderation.
“WTF is this shit.
I guess when men are calling women cunts and threatening to rape them for having the audacity to have an opinion...
Anonymous asked: Is it inherently problematic for a woman to say she has more guy friends because she tends to get along better with men?
Anonymous asked: I feel like the women mentioned was using pro-life in a truer sense. Pro-life maybe what the movement calls itself but anti-choice fits much better as they aren't consistantly pro-life in many cases
astateofimpermanence asked: I read a very interesting article about a woman who was pro-life, but would vote pro-choice any day. Her definition of pro-life was not necessarily anti-abortion, but that life begins at conception and that she is "in favor of life," overall. Basically she identifies as pro-life but understands the importance of choice. Can this woman be a feminist? Other thoughts?
When people say being pro-life means you can't be...
es-o-ter-ic:
A feminist is all about supporting both sexes, and making democracy equal. I hate those people who take every bad remark against women as a sexist, misogynistic, arrogant remark. Get over it. Men face the same abuse daily. Men are raped, domestically abused, harassed, shamed, you name it. Get off your high-horse. You are not a martyr. Being pro-life and not being allowed to be a...
Anonymous asked: Do you think feminists should be scared about the upcoming presidential election?
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Trigger warning for mention/downplaying of rape:... →
What. the. actual. fuck. Keep it classy, Fox.
nerdstalgia asked: I'm curious about something, and I'm interested to know your take. I've seen this viewpoint going around (especially here on tumblr) that "sexism against men/racism against white people is impossible, because they are the majority and cannot be oppressed." While I agree with the sentiment that they cannot be oppressed, I don't agree that that makes racism/sexism...
Pro-Life Nation Launches with Interactive New... →
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mohandasgandhi:
So, it’s okay for Christian extremists to make lists about where you can find abortion clinic physicians’ homes and all of their personal information while these doctors are being assassinated left and right and clinics, not even, Planned Parenthoods, are being firebombed but we need to hold congressional hearings on Muslims because 19 self-described Muslims...
SinceRoe.com →
noonday:
To mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood set up SinceRoe.com, a website full of people’s messages about how Roe has made a difference in their lives.
It’s beautiful, and important. (And made me cry.)