July 2011
213 posts
June 2011
269 posts
Tangled Up In Lace: amaevis: tangledupinlace: Can... →
amaevis:
tangledupinlace:
Can we stop engaging the enemy at every turn? Reblogging posts to validate a person’s beauty (i.e. their worth) still spreads those nasty comments around for others to read and mostly doesn’t change anyone’s mind anyways. If you ignore them, they lose power….
So true! Yes, don’t reblog directly from douchebags.
tangledupinlace:
Can we stop engaging the enemy at every turn? Reblogging posts to validate a person’s beauty (i.e. their worth) still spreads those nasty comments around for others to read and mostly doesn’t change anyone’s mind anyways. If you ignore them, they lose power. Remember bullies only want a reaction to match their pain with yours. Don’t waste your precious energy on this stuff!
I...
The breast milk “cure:” how can something so... →
feministlibrarian:
While I think in general that Kristof is correct that promoting breastfeeding is a good thing, I also find that his column treats women’s bodies as mere vessels for the feeding of infants, and their time therefore as worthless. Note his claim above that breastfeeding is “free.” I suppose it might seem that way to some men, but it seems awfully condescending to women...
Sex = Cooercively Assigned Gender at Birth
pinebark:
Not genitals.
Not chromosomes.
Not hormones.
Not gonads.
Not secondary sex characteristics.
Not 10% one of those, 30% one of another, 60% of a third.
Sex is unconsented gender assignment masquerading as objective, natural truth.
Though I feel like I’m appropriating the term coercive since I have not suffered nonconsensual surgery.
The Furor: pantslessprogressive:... →
pantslessprogressive:
washingtonexaminer:
“Are Halperin’s comments more offensive than the term “tea-bagger?””
-David Freddoso
This implies all Tea Partiers view that term as offensive. However, there are a few exceptions.
From The Week’s The evolution of the word ‘tea…
I’ve tea bagged before. I like tea bagging. I resent the implication that I’m anything like the Tea...
Got Ke$ha's Take It Off on Repeat
Yes I know she’s cissexist but it’s so good!
sexgenderbody: onmostsurfaces: stfufauxminists:... →
onmostsurfaces:
stfufauxminists:
feministsaresexist:
Stfufauxminists : But that doesn’t make feminism irrelevant, and it doesn’t mean that people can’t care about feminism while also caring about these issues. You don’t have to be against feminism to care about these things…
Literally, IRL.: [TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE... →
thepersonalispolitic:
Tomorrow is my birthday but I’m working all day and I was off today so my boyfriend took me out all day long for some birthday celebration awesomeness. At one point we ended up at Barnes and Nobel just relaxing and reading and checking things out. It was very nice, until…
Literally, IRL.: I am so disappointed. (TW: rape... →
dannieboo:
No one has reblogged this post, save one person
This isn’t for personal attention, this is to fucking stop rape culture.
LOOK AT THESE IDIOTS!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Riding-your-Girlfriend-softly-Cause-you-dont-want-to-wake-her-up/185788198142358
THEY ARE BASHING ON…
TRANSPRIDE: It never ends →
transpride:
The funny thing about being transgender is that it never ends. Sure, once you begin hormones (for some) the stares may stop. People may stop using the wrong pronouns. You may not be mistaken as the incorrect gender in public facilities. But there is still the dysphoria. There is still the issue…
I HAVE MORE EXAMPLES
cunthorse:
theoceanandthesky:
nerdmissile:
Lists that mix verbs and nouns!
Meet Dave! Dave likes yachting, whiskey, hamburgers, having sex with his girlfriend and his cat.
DO YOU SEE.
THIS IS WHY THE OXFORD COMMA IS IMPORTANT.
Hahahahaha oh fuck.
I approve this message.
Feedback Requested
Is anyone up? I just finished a piece of writing (erotica, actually), that’s really intense. I’d like to get some feedback on it, especially from other trans* women. There’s a good deal of dysphoria and internalized transmisogyny in it. I’ll PM it to you; please keep it private.
Would anyone be willing to help?
“If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.”
– John Waters, the New Shelton wet/dry (via nevver)
But I’m a software engineer and I don’t like physical things! All my books are e-books!
If my boss doesn't stop saying "he" soon, I'm...
Gah!
Tales of an Angry Young Man: nines19:... →
nines19:
splatterdick:
sadsausage:
zerofailure:
I don’t understand how people can support Dan Savage.
What’s wrong with Dan?
He’s one of the best sexual advice columnists I’ve ever stumbled upon. Did he kill a puppy or vote Republican or something? What did he do?
…
___: I actually find it hard to believe that... →
takethisdrug:
droppingthrusky:
agirlcalledhome:
iamthesorrow:
The whole idea of pansexuality sounds more and more like hipster bullshit every day.
No comment.
still baffled as to why this bothers people; live and let live maaaan
Hipster bullshit? I love how everyone…
@OP: This is not some abstract belief. Real people live real lives and are oppressed by laws and systems...
cunthorse:
Mellisa McEwan, shakesville: The Terrible Bargain We Have Regretfully Struck
[Trigger warning: rape/rape culture and harassment.] Despite feminists’ reputation, and contra my own individual reputation cultivated over five years of public opinion-making, I am not a man-hater. If I played by misogynists’ rules, specifically the one that dictates it only takes one woman doing one Mean...
About "productivity".
tal9000:
youarenotyou:
What does it mean to be “productive”?
As someone who has struggled with life-long depression, and other problems that cause a depletion of spoons, one of the ways that I’ve shamed myself most is with this idea of productivity: feeling low when I believe I haven’t been productive enough. And I hear this a lot from other people too, especially people with disabilities.
The...
cuntymint asked: Well, I come from the perspective that industrial civilization has the means to kill all life on our planet. With 200 species going extinct every day that this system continues, and the oceans acidifying and carbon building in the air, I think the ecological collapse could explode and our planet will end up like venus. It's bad, but definitely societal (colonialist infrastructure and control)...
thesaladliberationfront asked: thats okay, james blunt and i can just think youre beautiful and nothing else matters.
innercheeseburger asked: I think you're beautiful, Alyssa :3
I was considering offering to go get tampons for...
dearestandqueerest:
but she was testing to see if her boyfriend would do it.
He wouldn’t.
I’m sorry but that should be deal breaker.
Effemimania and homophobia = deal breaker.
Trigger warning: Rape apologism. Rape of woman in... →
CAN a woman wearing skinny jeans be raped? Or are they so tight they can be taken off only with her consent?
These are some of the questions a jury asked before acquitting a Sydney man of sexual assault.
Nicholas Eugenio Gonzalez was accused of raping the 24-year-old as she consoled him about breaking up with one of her friends.
The jury of six men and six women heard Mr Gonzalez, 23, had...
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either...”
– Stephen Colbert (via thakate)
Goddamn Fucking Boss Stop Misgendering Me!!!
Hundreds of Indian girls are having sex change... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
[potential trigger warning for link]
A shocking new trend has been revealed – Indian parents are paying thousands of dollars to change baby girls into much longed for baby boys.
How long before cissexists, especially rad fems, draw parallels between to trans* people?
Anonymous Declares War on City of Orlando... →
bethefoodoflove:
Hacktivists from the loosely-bound collective “Anonymous” have announced plans to use cyber warfare against the city after activists from the group “Food, not Bombs” were arrested in droves for feeding the homeless without proper licensing.
The City of Orlando has ignored our warnings, and our generous offer of a cease fire. On Wednesday last you not only arrested two more...
Black student locked to locker, fellow students... →
Energizer Flickering LED Candle Light →
Hilarious audio review.
You Keep Using That Word “Ally.” I Do Not Think It... →
transgenderallies:
Here’s a short piece on being an ally in fact, not just in word. Usually when I see a post about allies not being allies, I’m a little sad that the person writing can’t be more sympathetic to a new ally who messed up a pronoun or something by accident. This post, however, is very clear on the problem: the “I support you, BUT” syndrome that’s honestly so familiar to ALL of us...
“Instead of trying to fictionalize gender, let’s talk about the moments in life...”
– -Julia Serano, Performance Piece (Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation eds. Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman)
Wow. This, so much.
(via sexisbeautiful)
OMG, FUCK YES!
The Telegraph: "Human civilisation 'will collapse'... →
cuntymint:
Human civilisation would “collapse” and efforts to tackle global warming will fail unless the world curbs its culture of greed and excessive consumerism, a report has warned.
The world’s population is burning through the planet’s resources at such a reckless rate – about 28 per cent more last year - it will eventually cause environmental havoc, said the Worldwatch Institute, a US...
