April 2012
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“A radio personality in Cleveland is facing tremendous backlash after telling a...”
– Rape Away The Gay? Radio Personality Tells Father To Get A Man To Rape His Daughter Until She Turns Straight (via tommorrisdotorg)
Get this ‘personality’ off the air. The email address for the station is: feedback@wmms.com
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WatchDid….did the Ginsters advert just tell me to get back in the kitchen and make a sandwich… I mean pasty?
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(tw rape/abuse)
Our Daughters Will Never Be...
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I'm a woman. I'm female. I'm not "a female."
feminerdism:
“Female” is one of those words that can be incredibly dehumanizing when used incorrectly. A lot of that has to do with tone and intent, but in general I can break it down like this:
Incorrect usage: Using it as a singular or collective noun. Examples: “You are a female.” “Females should dress modestly.” “You are very well-read for a female.” (All of these examples have actually...
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People you will meet in discussions about sexism...
Mr “Welcome to the real world”. Sexism happens. Always has, always will. Might as well suck it up and deal with it. Try to change society? What are you, mad? I don’t like it either, sunshine, but just be good and don’t make a fuss.
Mr “Oh my god calm down it was a joke”. Everyone knows if you tack “lol” onto the end of a sentence, no one can get mad at you because you were being hilarious, and...
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“I’ve adjusted my life to make room for my hypervisibility. I realized when I was...”
– - Jessica Luxery
doing my final on fat fashion and the precarious politics of aesthetic resistance right now and as I write into the night I keep getting really pumped on this quote and I thought I would share it because its just like, so totally relevant to my lifestyle choices and stuff
(via...
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Tory MEPs vote for gender identity to be on list... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Tory MEPs have voted against the withdrawal of gender identity from the the International Classification of Diseases’s list of mental and behavioural disorders.
Daniel Hannan and Nirj Deva voted alongside the likes of the BNP’s Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons in opposing Labour MEP Richard Howitt’s amendment to human rights legislation, with other Tories abstaining.
The...
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Trans Feminism - There's No Conundrum About It
giver-of-armbands:
Trans Feminism: There’s No Conundrum About It
“Instead, these feminisms recognize that there are numerous forms of sexism—that is, numerous double standards based on a person’s sex, gender, or sexuality. In addition to traditional sexism (where men are viewed as more legitimate than women), there is heterosexism (where heterosexuals are viewed as more legitimate than...
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“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– (via chasingdevon)
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hot bitches and dragons: Rochelle & Faith: Saving... →
michylikessausage:
There is a large number of academic papers about race and gender representation in video and computer games. Yet these many papers focus almost completely on the masculine blackness and white femininity, both in terms of players and characters. Yet these papers don’t focus on a mixer of these…
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Ontario: Person with penis can legally be a woman →
In a 95-page decision issued April 11, Sheri Price, a vice-chair with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, gave the Ontario government 180 days to “revise the criteria for changing sex designation on a birth registration.” Unless provincial authorities mount an appeal, Ontario will become the first Canadian jurisdiction to toss out genital surgery as a pre-requisite for a legal sex change
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The Pink Certificate →
There’s a Turkish saying that every man is born a soldier; and in Turkey every man is conscripted for military service of up to 15 months. There is no alternative to this; Turkey does not recognise the concept of conscientious objection. But one group of people are exempt - homosexuals.
Their presence in the army is deemed damaging to morale and operational effectiveness. But the process by...
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“It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator...”
– Herman, 1997, Trauma and Recovery, p.7-8
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“The number of women out of work in the UK has reached the highest level in 25...”
– (via tooyoungforthelivingdead)
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“… in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the...”
– Judith Lewis Herman
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I Will Be Angry (TW)
I will be angry. I will be angry because I am not allowed rights to my own body. I will be angry because I am not acknowledged even in issues that concern me intimately. I will be angry because I am jailed for being a victim and trying to bring my attacker to justice. I will be angry because I am unworthy of protection. I will be angry because I am not valued. I will be angry because I...
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The “When” is Huge (Ally)
stfuconservatives:
racismschool:
I see a lot of questions around “When” an ally should speak up. I would never be able to go over each and every possible scenario but I can give you a few rules of thumb. As with most “ally” discussions this can often be applied to other areas but in keeping with theme, this will be about anti-racism allies:
Speak up when the offended party is not around- You...
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Being An Ally: Some Thoughts from SONG
shakethecobwebs:
If we want to build a broad-based movement for justice, across many different communities we need to be able to be present and accountable allies…The following are some things to think about/debate/explore…
We Are Honest About Where We Are Coming From
As allies we do not pretend that we are more knowledgeable about the communities and cultures of others than we are. We are not...
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Exciting news! New Dame!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this announcement…NEW DAME! As of this week Steph will be joining us as our Thursday Dame, filling in for Jenn while she has a break for the next few weeks. You’ll get to meet Steph properly when she puts up her first video tomorrow but in the meantime you can go say hi to her on Tumblr...
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