May 2013
138 posts
“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone...”
–
When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.
It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry...
“And it is neuroplasticity that may help explain why hypoactive sexual desire...”
– “Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That.”—NYT
BINGO.
(via ladonnapietra)
“Rather than fighting for every woman’s right to feel beautiful, I would like to...”
– I don’t want to be told I’m pretty as I am - I want to live in a world where that’s irrelevant (via brute-reason)
The Problem with 'Boys Will Be Boys' →
For months, every morning when my daughter was in preschool, I watched her construct an elaborate castle out of blocks, colorful plastic discs, bits of rope, ribbons and feathers, only to have the same little boy gleefully destroy it within seconds of its completion.
No matter how many times he did it, his parents never swooped in BEFORE the morning’s live 3-D reenactment of “Invasion of...
chekhov:
In health class we were given sheets of paper and told to write a message we would want someone of the opposite sex to know
She read some examples
The girls were like: “Hey can you please not treat me like shit”
The boys were like: “Spray tans look ugly I hate when girls wear too much makeup and don’t lead me on.”
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“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women,... →
inky-petrel:
I am going to tell you a story about llamas. It will be like every other story you have ever heard about llamas: how they are covered in fine scales; how they…
THIS. This is fantastic. *applauds* Also some fantastic artwork in the article.
“There is no evidence beyond the barest speculation that allowing the abortion of...”
– the late Ronald Dworkin (via forthecatholicgirls)
“Princeton University psychologist Susan Fiske took brain scans of heterosexual...”
– (via lionxvx)
“But I don’t see homophobes as neutral parties. It’s not queer people are good,...”
– christqueersandkarlmarx (via biblicalbelief)
“I am excited to see a generation of women who will raise their boys to be good...”
– Date By Numbers (via visceralconnection)
Can we change women to parents?
(via thatfeministdyke)
Society is a chain gang, slave to its own ego:... →
ihaveabsolutelynoidea:
here’s the thing about sex, sexualization, rape culture and the phrase “sex sells”
sex does not sell. at all.
the objectification of women’s bodies is not sex. focusing on breasts or gentials or ass in order to sell a product or an idea is not the same thing as sex….
“The pacifist claim that we should all be martyrs, that suffering the
violence...”
– ON THE RECENT #OCCUPATIONS COMMUNIQUE FROM W.&.T.C.H. HALLOWEEN 2011 BALTIMORE, AMERIKKKA (via whitedenial-ontrial)
Excuse me, Liam: fuckyeahcracker: Effects Of... →
fuckyeahcracker:
Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:
Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this
Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:
Saudi student is literally surrounded by FBI for cooking rice under terrorist suspicions
White people literally can not...
“Do you know how many of my students can’t even say the word white? You all will...”
– Junot Díaz - Facing Race (2012)
irresistible-revolution:
anniethedirewolf said: “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
TRUTH
“As Americans, we have this naïve assumption that people all over the world are...”
– 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America http://bananenplanet.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/10-things-most-americans-dont-know-about-america/ (via curlycherie)
There are two areas where the USA is way out in front of the rest of the world: war and prison. The technology of killing is the main...
Euglassia Watsonia: aragingquiet: No Orders at the... →
aragingquiet:
No Orders at the Window: Unsolicited Life Stories: Stop ‘Rescuing’ African Children Through Corrupt Adoptions
Nineteen-year-old Tarikuwa Lemma is a survivor, of an international adoption scandal. When she was 13, she was effectively sold from her native Ethiopia…
“Women invented all the core technologies that made civilization possible. This...”
– from a post by Reclusive Leftist on women’s erasure in history.
her comments relate specifically to an article by the NYT thanking “the men” who invented modern technology, but pick absolutely any academic field of study, and women’s contributions are minimized, if not outright ignored.
...
commiekinkshamer:
i have no problem with pointing out that anyone of any gender can be an abuser, rapist, pedophile etc because that’s absolutely true.
but the problem with always emphasizing “yes but it happens to everyone, not just women (or people of colour, or trans* people, etc)!” is that it depoliticizes the issue.
violence is not an accident, it is reflective of social power relations...
if believing myself to be superior by virtue of my gender is one way of resisting, one way of not losing hope, then I do.
but I am actually so tired. I just wish we could stop existing sometimes.
“A key that opens many locks is a master key. A lock opened by many keys is a...”
– An analogue in popular culture presupposing the vagina as a ‘hole’ or subterranean space separate, in the patriarchal imagination, from the thinking/feeling/knowing body [it] is attached to; and if it is to be deemed desirable, it should remain in a perpetual state of ‘lockedness’, closed off,...
Iphis Quandary: lesbiansandthelivingdead:... →
lesbiansandthelivingdead:
sheisahopelessromantic:
marrymyface:
bisexual guys are assumed to be secretly gay
bisexual girls are assumed to be secretly straight
both are assumed to secretly like men
see what i’m getting at?
#men in society: forever believing that…
The social discomfort of one cis straight white...
fandomsandfeminism:
Iphis Quandary: i-once-had-a-guy-tell-me: I once... →
i-once-had-a-guy-tell-me:
I once had a guy give me a trophy after I slept with him. The trophy had a woman figure on the top, with the words ‘You’re Easy’ underneath, and as he brought it inside from his car afterwards he said ‘Congratulations you’re the twenty first girl I’ve fucked.’ When…
Iphis Quandary: Okay men, I really need you to... →
pedazitosfightsback:
This is fucking serious:
You guys create revenge porn websites. You mass upload child porn. You create anonymous message boards where you post nudes of women with the sole purpose of humiliating them.
THIS IS YOU. YOU ARE DOING THESE THINGS. So why the fuck do you…
princesslifestylechoices:
i am 100% for young women destroying the lives of the men who harass/assault them
“Okay, guy, so why do you feel like you want/need/deserve to settle down with a...”
– Female ‘Purity’ Is Bullshit
Hitting the bullshit nail right on its head.
Feminists don’t hate men, we hate the bullshit power structure that exists that allows men to take advantage of women rather than dealing with their emotions.
(via teacheremmalee)
“I asked all of the gay male students in the room to raise their hand if in the...”
– Gay Men’s Sexism and Women’s Bodies by Yolo Akili (via plightofthepretty)
I DO NOT want to hear from a single gay man that he is immune to misogyny and male privilege. NOT ONCE.
(via iphisquandary)
“Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you...”
– Fugivitus: A few things to consider when you find a feminist blog (via absolutely-spiffing)
this is what I’m always trying to explain to these asshats
(via iphisquandary)
An open letter to all Fandoms- From a Bisexual Fan
fandomsandfeminism:
Hi Fandoms,
My name is Rosie. I’m 22. I grew up in Texas, about an hour south of Austin. I’m the oldest of 4 children; the child of teachers; on my way to be a teacher as well.
I’m a fan of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, of anime and manga, of magical girls and pirates. I’m a fanfic writer and reader, a con-goer and a casual cosplayer. I’m a nerd girl and a feminist.
I like Star...
Iphis Quandary: abuttmaleprivilege: iphisquandary:... →
abuttmaleprivilege:
iphisquandary:
abuttmaleprivilege:
peckerhead-red:
iphisquandary:
when female strangers compliment your looks:
when male strangers compliment your looks
maybe you should not go outside at all.
When misandrists think anyone wants to…
"Yes" doesn't always mean "yes" when you haven't...
pittsies:
ladysourpuss:
veeisagenderneutralname:
I feel like this should be obvious. But every time I see someone say “yes means yes; no means no” I cringe a little. Consent isn’t always that simple.
exactly
Thank you. Because if you asked 14 times, got 13 “no”s and one “yes”, you didn’t obtain consent. I hate when people try to simplify consent like that.
Iphis Quandary: Male privilege →
fuckingrapeculture:
lostboysxvx:
nopolarbearsinnorway:
fuckingrapeculture:
I once was telling a guy that I wanted to go clubbing with that it`s great he`s going with me, because I`d feel safer. (he’s big and tall)
He told me that I shouldn’t think anything will happen to…
iphisquandary:
sirashtonirwin:
deadfelinesociety:
there is nothing romantic about
not knowing you’re beautiful
loving someone until they learn to love themselves
please stop romanticizing low self esteem.
it’s one thing to love a person who happens to have low self esteem
it’s another thing to frame low self esteem as a desirable trait.
#hey #hey EVERY BOY BAND EVER
Aw naw guys,...
Iphis Quandary: daniellemertina: iphisquandary:... →
daniellemertina:
iphisquandary:
daniellemertina:
most people like sex in some way or form.
but the general way that hetero men go about liking sex is so dehumanizing and disgusting. because it’s like they’re not even having sex with a human being. they’re having sex with an…