December 2011
77 posts
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
Literally, IRL.: STREET HARASSMENT =/= COMPLIMENTS →
marpotish:
in-her-hips-theres-revolutions:
piddlebucket:
dannythevinyl:
piddlebucket:
dannythevinyl:
piddlebucket:
AND THEY ARE SURELY NOT SOMETHING I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR.
Everything’s relative
See, this is kinda what I mean. You’re not really evaluating the context of what Im trying to express and you’re deciding what I believe in for yourself, with inaccurate results. If...
“The patriarchal idea that pregnancy is the only reason for a woman to have sex...”
– Linda Weber’s Life Choices: The Teachings of Abortion
[Idiocy is ableist, but I’m not sure what I’d replace it with. Too many words, probably. This quote is also ciscentric - there are people who can get pregnant who do not identify as women, and women who cannot get pregnant.]
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The QoTumblr: attentioninconsistency: But isn’t... →
attentioninconsistency:
But isn’t punishment and discipline a good way to teach kids a lesson? Not so, according to Alfie Kohn, author of Unconditional Parenting and a host of other books on discipline and education. “To punish or discipline a child is to deliberately make a child feel…
Children’s drawings painted realistically
pepperminttulip:
Dave DeVries posed the question: What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically? The results are these and many other paintings that range from weird to wonderful. They form part of The Monster Engine Project.
I love children’s drawings. I love how creative kids are.
“My friend’s mother was in a parking lot when her car was hit by another driver....”
– Takedown: She Asked For It (via thetart)
BECAUSE FEMINISM: ‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say... →
redlightpolitics:
The news that cracked me up this morning. I checked on YouTube but I haven’t found the video which I am looking forward to. ‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid:
CAPE TOWN. After 28 years of silently…
“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is...”
– bell hooks (via cuntflavor)
arikaftermath:
“It is the height of irony that women are valued for our looks, encouraged to make ourselves beautiful and ornamental and are then derided as shallow and vain for doing so.”
— Greta Christina
“Enthusiastic consent” is about asking and listening. And it’s a powerful...”
– From “How I Learned to Talk (In Bed): Why This Queer Woman Cares About Consent” via Autostraddle.
I like it when consent is talked about for everyone.
(via privligedngoodlooking)
consent is about talking, and listening!
(via sexxxisbeautiful)
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Please urgently sign this petition to save a vital... →
coleytangerina:
wellingtonyoungfeminists:
Auckland Sexual Abuse Help is the only 24 hour crisis service for those who report rape or sexual violence in Auckland. Unless the NZ government does something urgently to provide proper funding to keep this service operating, it will close in January - less than a month from now.
Please spread this far and wide. If you tweet, help signal boost by...
Literally, IRL.: Dear fellow white people, →
akagoldfish:
yummydick:
Things we should internalize about racism:
We can be “nice,” “smart,” “compassionate,” “caring” and racist at the same time. None of these are mutually exclusive.
It doesn’t matter if we didn’t mean to be racist. Intentions don’t matter. Actions &…
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Abortion Not A Mental Health Risk But Unwanted... →
Violence Against Women Is a Global Pandemic →
cultureofresistance:
Violence against women is a global pandemic? Like H1N1? Like in Contagion? No way. Think of your instinctive response to the idea of a worldwide bio-terror — that’s what your response should be to the normalized level of violence against women around the world. Because, here’s the thing: women are not a special interest group and fighting for the ability to live without...
“All of this is typical girl-fear. Once you realize that The Exorcist is,...”
– Rookie, The Season of the Witch (via azelie)
wow, mind blown. never going to look at the exorcist the same way ever a-fucking-gain.
(via witchnymph)
whoa.
(via loveyourchaos)
Poor Supernatural fandom...
Glee fandom: AKMDFLSKMVPSFV. CHRISTMAS EPISODE NEXT WEEK. WKADSVJ#PQFJ.
Doctor Who fandom: CHRISTMAS EPISODE IN A FEW WEEKS. CVADRJBAPDSJB\.
Sherlock fandom: Please. Just give us something. A poster. A trailer. Jam. ANYTHING.
Supernatural fandom: EVERYTHING WE LOVE IS DEAD
“Whenever a man stands up for the basic human rights of a woman, his act...”
– One man’s modest plea for womankind’s right to nonviolence (via sociolab)