May 2013
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Anonymous asked: Hi! I get that you are probably not the people to ask about this at all, but I feel like this is a safe space where I can ask questions without being shouted at. I was wondering what you guys- particularly Subi as a PoC- think about post/42452792975/1184 on this is white privilege. I normally agree with everything they post, but I'm pretty sure it's not just a PoC problem to have people...
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tikken:
moss flowers: cupcakesnotbombs: robot-heart-politics: yuriadventure: One of the most…
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yuriadventure:
One of the most ridiculous concepts that society promotes is that we should always consider “the other side”, that we should always compromise, that the truth is always “in the middle. The problem with this is that it ignores how many...
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kirstenbayes:
I feel there should be an equivalent of Godwins Law for feminism, which is this: as soon as a man decides to play “devil’s advocate” in a discussion about rape, the discussion is over.
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“The sexualization of women is only appealing if it’s nonconsensual. Otherwise...”
– Female ‘Purity’ Is Bullshit on Jezebel.com (via nothingbutlightinthedark)
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general psa:
jcatgrl:
freedom of speech means that the government is not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up. it doesn’t mean that i am not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up.
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Many US women can't afford to do what Angelina... →
Sadhbh Walshe: Angelina Jolie was brave to share details of her double mastectomy, but it’s hardly an option for all women
Angelina Jolie should be commended for her brave and difficult decision, not only to opt for a preventative double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer, but to also speak publicly about it in the hopes of encouraging others to do the same.
But for many...
bitemebeautiful:
Things fascism is: a political philosophy or system of government (and the exact definitional boundaries are contested) generally agreed to involve ultra-nationalism, militarism, a belief in a strong authoritative leader, ethnocentrism, the belief that the ‘stronger’ should physically displace the ‘weaker’ (often these groups are defined based on race/ethnicity/nationality), a...
“Things that might seem outdated for popular feminism may actually be points of...”
– Jalondra A. Davis in an absolutely fantastic post on A Practical Wedding (via rachelwilkerson)
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philosophy-of-praxis replied to your post: Dick thing? People disagree with you. You’re removing their videos for disagreeing with you and and pretending it’s because they’re using images you’ve uploaded yourselves. That’s a cunt thing to do. “I’m not an MRA, but I evidently don’t like showing women respect when I disagree with them, so I’m going to use sexist slurs when they don’t agree with me...
Anonymous asked: Dick thing? People disagree with you. You're removing their videos for disagreeing with you and and pretending it's because they're using images you've uploaded yourselves. That's a cunt thing to do.
Anonymous asked: You're wrong. The youtube removal process is automatic and they only review the video when contested. I will be mirroring a few of the flagged videos so that I can prove to you that they do not violate terms of service when I contest your flags.
Anonymous asked: Actually they don't need you permission. Jon Stewart doesn't need permission, Rachel Madow doesn't need permission, the average Joe Citizen doesn't need permission. You're inventing this idea that permission is required. You're simply wrong.
Anonymous asked: I'm not sure if any of you suffer from anxiety, but the other day I had 6 panic attacks throughout the day, and 4 of them were in the space of an hour. I suffer from depression and I'm unsure as to whether or not I have anxiety or whether I'm just being a pathetic little shit once more. Any help would be appreciated x
Anonymous asked: I think it's shitty of you guys to false flag videos of people who use your videos for commentary. Using someone else's video for the purpose of commentary is not a violation of the rules or DMCA. I guess you'll learn about the Streisand Effect the hard way.
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Anonymous asked: I have two straight friends (one even has a boyfriend) who refer to their friendship as if it was a same-sex relationship. At first I left them to it because they kept it between themselves and it wasn't hurting any individuals even though I knew it was problematic. But now their bringing other people into their 'joke', having social events around it and invading LGBTQ spaces. I...
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Anonymous asked: Someone is having a 'Bollywood' themed party for their 18th, and needless to say it's a white girl and there will be cultural appropriation all over the place. The whole thing makes me feel a bit sick, really. Should I tell her or should I just fume at the party in silence?
Anonymous asked: How do you handle street harrassment?
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April 2013
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“[tw: rape/victim blaming]
If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the...”
– A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via brute-reason)
Exactly.
Be honest: You don’t give a shit about rape victims.
You don’t fucking care.
You make excuses for the rapists all the damn time.
This is about policing women’s bodies and telling them to just ‘shut up and stop complaining about your...
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How A Female Photographer Sees Her Afghanistan →
pollgold:
“Born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1984, photographer Farzana Wahidy was only a teenager when the Taliban took over the country in 1996. At age 13 she was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa, she recalls, and she describes those years as a “very closed, very dark time.” To carry a camera would have been unthinkable.”
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a-love-thats-so-demanding:
Instead of telling women to respect themselves and stop dressing “slutty” so should you just stop with your objectifying and sexism. It’s not the girls who should change their clothes, it’s you who need to show some respect. Everyone should be able to dress however they want without getting a sexist comment or hearing someone say that they don’t respect their bodies
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“A List of “Men’s Rights” Issues That Feminism Is Already Working On
Feminists...”
– Autostraddle (via notaprincessdestinedtobeawitch)
Guys. You need to read this.
(via abaldwin360)
Anonymous asked: Do you by any chance have the photoset in reach in which muslim women hold signs that explain how femen hurts them? I want to show my father who thinks what femen do is okay.
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Virgin is Going to Turn Your Flight Into a Creepy... →
Before you book a flight with Virgin, you might want to read this.
So now Virgin wants to help entitled creeps hit on fellow passengers when they’re trapped in a metal tube at 35,000 ft. Fan-fucking-tastic.
And of course anyone in receipt of such unwanted advances then has a choice between playing along despite any personal discomfort, or being labelled an ungrateful cold bitch for the...
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vegfem5evur asked: Ick, why does it always have to be about 'making ____ sexy'? It leaves such a bad taste in my mouth...
trueloveislettinggoofillusion asked: omg it's the best name for a feminist blog ever. make being pesky and upity sexy! hell yes! i'm not saying this in order to hit on anyone but add the seal of masculine approval! that's exactly what needs to happen! That would make things so much better. Thank you.
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PDF of "Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate... →
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“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their...”
– [x] (via neighborly)
As a teacher, I give girls what I hope is a lot of attention. I don’t know if I give girls their fair share, but I aspire to, especially after noticing that boys are willing to use their greater share of teachers’ attention to get girls who they feel aren’t being quiet and...
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US Centrism and inhabiting a non space in...
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
redlightpolitics:
I live in cracks and nooks. I exist nowhere and everywhere. My feminism is a territory cast aside from the big island that is Feminism, at least, the feminism that everyone has been discussing regarding #femfuture.
There is this US territory, not coded as such but as “online feminism” (presented as neutral, deterritorialized, homogenous) but this...
