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Femme Dreamboat: Femme Privilege Does Not Exist

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:14:21 -0500

Femme Dreamboat: Femme Privilege Does Not Exist:

by Cyree Jarelle Johnson

I’m (not) sorry to inform you that femme privilege does not exist. Not in the queer community. Not in the world at large. Does. Not. Exist. In fact, the very idea of inherent “femme privilege” is rooted in misguided misogyny. It operates under the erroneous idea that…

Turn Off The Blue Light: Sex workers need human rights, not...

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:05:50 -0400

Turn Off The Blue Light: Sex workers need human rights, not legal wrongs

political-linguaphile: Things no one tells you: Having sex...

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:00:17 -0400

political-linguaphile:

Things no one tells you:

Having sex doesn’t make you a whore.

Not having sex doesn’t make you a saint.

You don’t have to have kids if you don’t want to.

You are the only person who has rights over your body.

You are no one to judge others.

“Femininity” is not anti-feminist.

Verbal harassment is not flattery.

If something makes you uncomfortable, you don’t have to endure it.

You don’t owe anything to anyone.

"Women are socialized to make men feel good. We’re socialized to “let you down easy.” We’re not..."

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:07:16 -0400

“Women are socialized to make men feel good. We’re socialized to “let you down easy.” We’re not socialized to say a clear and direct “no.” We’re socialized to speak in hints and boost egos and let people save face. People who don’t respect the social contract (rapists, predators, assholes, pickup artists) are good at taking advantage of this. “No” is something we have to learn. “No” is something we have to earn. In fact, I’d argue that the ability to just say “no” to something, without further comment, apology, explanation, guilt, or thinking about it is one of the great rites of passage in growing up, and when you start saying it and saying it regularly the world often pushes back. And calls you names.”

- The art of “no.” « CaptainAwkward.com (via ellielamothe)

lipstick-feminists: [image description: still with white text;...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:52:35 -0400

lipstick-feminists:

[image description: still with white text; still shows a young Hermione Granger in Hogwarts uniform, eagerly raising her hand; text reads ”Hermione was one of the only major characters to take Muggle Studies at Hogwarts & broden her intersectional analysis. She thought it’s be ‘fascinating to study them from a wizarding point of view.’”]

"What do you think street harassment is about? Sex? Benign flattery? Attraction? Women who can’t just..."

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:31:12 -0400

“What do you think street harassment is about? Sex? Benign flattery? Attraction? Women who can’t just suck it up and deal?

It’s power. Catcalls, sexist comments, public masturbation, groping, stalking and assault: gender-based street harassment makes public places unfriendly, frightening and dangerous for many girls, women, and LGBQT people.

It’s power to control public spaces. Power to alter paths. Power to shame, scare and intimidate. Power to define what is safe and what is not. It’s the power to say: “I’m entitled to touch you, comment on your body, coerce you to smile, control your movement.” Even when women perceive catcalls as flattering, they are nonetheless aware that it’s an unpredictable degree away from possible harm.”

- International Anti-Street Harassment Week: 10 Things You Can Do To Stop Street Harassment (via bitterbuffalo)

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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:55:38 -0400

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hungergamestweets: proofyouth: Hey Racists: You guys need to...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:01:57 -0400

hungergamestweets:

proofyouth:

Hey Racists: You guys need to learn to read. Thresh, Cinna and Rue were described as being black. Please stop being huge d-bags all over my internets. Thank you.

To Kill a Mockingbird meets To Kill a Mockingjay

lipstick-feminists: “There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:22:12 -0400

lipstick-feminists:

“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged men—insist on playing devil’s advocate, desirous of a debate on some aspect of feminist theory or reproductive rights or some other subject generally filed under the heading: Women’s Issues. These intellectual, clever, engaged men want to endlessly probe my argument for weaknesses, want to wrestle over details, want to argue just for fun—and they wonder, these intellectual, clever, engaged men, why my voice keeps raising and why my face is flushed and why, after an hour of fighting my corner, hot tears burn the corners of my eyes. Why do you have to take this stuff so personally? ask the intellectual, clever, and engaged men, who have never considered that the content of the abstract exercise that’s so much fun for them is the stuff of my life.”

—

Melissa McEwan, of course, on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment. (via sanitywatchers)

This really struck a chord. Even my boyfriend, feminist that he is, can have this reaction when I’m in tears after an NPR story. This is my fucking life. Excuse me if I can’t remove the personal.

(via curiousgeorgiana)

I reblogged this before, but I like it a lot so I’m reblogging it again.

This whole thing is the reason why confrontations with people that I consider friends always leaves me crying. Like, I get so angry and so flustered because it’s not just some stupid game to me, like it is to them. It’s something that’s real and personal.

(via liquidiousfleshbag)

I will always reblog this.

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"As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have “anger issues” in that they are..."

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:26:34 -0400

“As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have “anger issues” in that they are socialized to not demonstrate anger, but instead to sublimate it where it can sometimes then manifest itself as anxiety or depression. Girls are not born less angry and more anxious, they’re rewarded for being less angry and more anxious. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that large groups of stressed out girls and women collectively facing the dissolution of a cohesive social structure might be more disposed to fall prey to mass psychosis. It is arguable that men and boys experience similarly jarring episodes of anger and anxiety-channelling mass psychosis, but we call it male aggression and fund military industrial complexes to deal with it.”

- Soraya L. Chemaly, Stop Telling Girls They’re Hysterical (via sparkamovement)

"The attempt by Republican men to wrestle American women back into chastity belts has not only..."

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:17:36 -0400

“The attempt by Republican men to wrestle American women back into chastity belts has not only breathed life into President Obama, it has roused and riled Hillary. And that could turn out to be the most dangerous thing the wildly self-destructive G.O.P. leaders have done.”

- Don’t Tread on Us - NYTimes.com

That’s right GOP, keep demeaning the women and we will release the Clinton!

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Omg we will release the Clinton.

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We will release the Clinton.

(via tenderstatue)

LORD HAVE MERCY

THE CLINTON HAS RISEN

ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO FACE HER

(via elysethekraken)

SHE IS THE CLINTON. SHE IS LEGION. SHE DOES NOT FORGIVE. SHE DOES NOT FORGET. EXPECT HER.

(via mswyrr)

WE ARE ONE. WE ARE THE CLINTON.

(via ouyangdan)

can The Clinton be an actual thing please

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A wild The Clinton appeared!

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She uses, MISANDRY JIHAD! It’s supereffective!

(via of-praxis)

My version that I posted here earlier:

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