March 2012
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“A queen loses her crown when she loses her virginity. And a queen becomes the bitch when she likes it.”
Queen - Kai Davis (Thanks to love-and-radiation for finding the title)
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digitalsocrates asked: Just saw your post on that "Mind Control" documentary, sans commentary. I would have really liked to see your (assumingly glaringly negative) opinion on it.
A Doctor on Transvaginal Ultrasounds →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Where Is The Physician Outrage?
Right. Here.
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Filmmaker Reports Porn Stars Enraged Over...
LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — First time filmmaker Lacy Burke wanted to use porn stars in his documentary for one reason — “porn stars could never be considered naive or inexperienced,” says Burke. The documentary demonstrates to audiences, presumably male audiences, how to use mind control techniques to influence women and manipulate their choices. “Of...
mejma:
the fact that women’s rights are an election issue in the year 2012 AD
TW Rape: Morocco protest against rape-marriage law
Morocco’s penal code allows a rapist to marry his victim if she is a minor as a way of avoiding prosecution. A 16-year-old girl, Amina Filali, killed herself a week ago after being severely beaten during a forced marriage to her rapist.
tumblinfeminist: Regarding: "You can't be /aren't... →
monkeyhott:
isthatwhatyoucalllearning:
tumblinfeminist:
Yes, you can. There is no official test or an educational checklist for being a feminist. Not everyone knows or had been exposed to everything about everything. Minority issues and intersectionality are complicated issues and while some may know about certain issues, movements, cultures and the…
I humbly disagree. Feminism is equality...
Regarding: "You can't be /aren't a feminist if you...
Yes, you can. There is no official test or an educational checklist for being a feminist. Not everyone knows or had been exposed to everything about everything. Minority issues and intersectionality are complicated issues and while some may know about certain issues, movements, cultures and the like, they may not understand them. That does not mean those people are not feminists, or real...
Australian Parliament Marriage Equality Survey →
wehaveallgotknives:
Express your opinions!
Keep in mind that the Marriage Equality Bill of 2012 amends the Marriage Act 1961 to: remove discriminatory references based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and allow marriage regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, and the Marriage Amendment Bill of 2012 amends the Marriage Act 1961 to: enable same-sex marriages to be...
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
Immoral Women: Why We Need More of Them. →
jerrymuffinbutt:
One of the most irksome things I hear when I make arguments for ‘good/positive portrayals’ of characters from traditionally marginalised backgrounds is that my interlocutors immediately assume I’m calling for portrayals of moral paragons. They seem to think I’m saying “if you write a gay male character, he must be the most righteous dude ever.”
In a word, no. That’s what...
“The doctor and nurse were professional and kind, and it was clear that they...”
– From “The Right Not to Know,” aka, if you can read this and still support mandatory ultrasound laws, you are heartless. (via jessicavalenti)
I shouldn't have to follow up every post about fat... →
lapocketrocket:
femmesandfamily:
sourcedumal:
shakethecobwebs:
Because GUESS WHAT.
Society already accepts your body as the norm - as what’s beautiful - as what’s right.
I’m not going to keep spending my time reminding you that your body “is okay too” when you won’t even acknowledge bodies like mine exist.
This isn’t about you. It’s about me. I’m demanding a space in this world, so go...
TW: Rape, torture. What I dislike about rape...
Firstly I’d just like to say this is my personal view and experience alone.
While rape, sexual assault and abuse of anyone are stories that deserve to be told, even when it is done in a respectful and tasteful manner I feel as if it’s just redundant. Why?
1. Because it is incredibly traumatizing for me, as a victim, and many others like me.
2. While they are important stories to...
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Women legislators turn the tables and introduce... →
Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) isn’t happy with bills that seek to control women’s access to contraception and abortion. She has joined a trend across the nation by introducing a bill thatwould require men seeking a prescription for erectile dysfunction drugs to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and “get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner...
A quick note about minorities and USA centricism.
I’d just like to ask people to keep in mind that while discussing race, racism, gender or law that: not everything is about the USA, it’s people and it’s history. Some (most) discussions are, but some are not and that is ok.
You may be a minority of a race, gender, country, law system or some other which is actively or passively oppressed but that does not give you the right to...
The feminisation of poverty and the myth of the...
mousymusings:
I’m all about busting welfare myths!
Governments are constructing social policy based on misrepresentations and stereotypes about poor people and welfare claimants, rather than by reference to the structural inequalities that affect everyone.
Very interesting article in Politico.ie by Kate Donald.
Chronicles of Mini: In which I ramble, but... →
the2ndsaint:
From now on, before I engage with *any* MRAs they’re going to have to agree to three things.
1) White male privilege exists to the detriment of everyone else — even white men.
2) The select few areas in which women are “privileged” in absolutely no way justify misogyny.
3) Feminism is not a…
I think I’ll stick to those 3 points too. Will save me a lot of stress!
The Force shall free me.: Video games are a... →
jerrymuffinbutt:
I think it would be difficult, if not impossible, to deny that video games have become a very large part of mainstream culture. The past twenty years have seen the gaming industry skyrocket, and the last ten years have been of particular importance. While video games have been popular ever since…
Patriarchy Kills: [TW: SA, rape culture, etc.]... →
patriarchykills:
“You should tell someone. It’ll make you feel better.”
“You should tell someone. The vast majority of rapes go unreported.”
“You should tell someone. You deserve justice.”
Verses
“You’re just saying that to get attention/to get back at him/because you don’t want people to think you’re a…
The Revolution Will Be Digitized: Understanding... →
ghettonerdz:
I recently read a post by lenadreamsingold, a young woman WOC who posts about “my beliefs and social injustices I face and other women of color face”. This particular post was about self-serving misogynists or what she called the self-appointed male delegates for black womanhood. I have…
“[TW: Rape]
And until you’ve been raped, you don’t really wake up and see how...”
– A Woman Walks Into A Rape, uh, Bar (via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
"Nurture is a woman's nature."
jerrymuffinbutt:
Open Fire: [TW rape] →
prolongedeyecontact:
Consent, how does it work? They’re all medical instruments, they’re not inherently “rape devices” and no one is suggesting they are. It’s how they’re used and whether or not there’s consent present. All kinds of innocuous objects can be terrifying if used against you in a way you don’t consent to. A transvaginal ultrasound wand is just that, a medical tool. One that’s been...
trigger warning: rape, child abuse
A police officer voluntarily came forward in my country admitting he sexually abused two young girls, selling his house and all his assets to give the victims everything he could, sparing them a traumatizing trial, while still allowing them to read their full victim impact statements to him and the court. While this is a horrible crime, I can’t think of anything better an offender could do...
