June 2012
91 posts
My body is mine.
fuckyeahsexeducation:
When I was 4 years old, I cut my bangs. Where they used to sit in a straight even line, one fingers width above my eyebrows- I cut one big chunk right in the middle of my forhead, so it was about a centimeter from my scalp. I remember looking in the mirror thinking how absolutely “cool” I now looked. When I emerged from the bathroom, mom didn’t share the same enthusiasm for...
“Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix...”
– bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions, Ch.1 (via touchoftea)
“I am sorry people are so tired of me writing about misogyny. I occasionally get...”
– Alyssa Rosenberg (via thenewwomensmovement)
A Friendly Guide for Tumblr Pro-Choice Activists
tehsunshine:
I’ve been noticing a lot of anti-choice activity on Tumblr lately, and (thankfully) I’ve noticed an even bigger pro-choice backlash to the antis’ posts. And I cannot appreciate all of you more than I already do, I promise. You all are amazing people, and I encourage you to continue taking down anti-choice bullshit when you see it.
But that being said, there are a lot of bad...
“What counts as activism? Why didn’t the kind of emotional self-care me and my...”
– Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, “A Time to Hole Up And a Time to Kick Ass” in We Don’t Need Another Wave (via kru-pa)
forever reblog.
(via mylifeasafeminista)
Radscum Receipts
catladysoul:
strangeasanjles:
freedominwickedness:
Since various and sundry defenders of radical feminism have taken it upon themselves to claim that trans* people are being “hysterical” and “delusional” when we say that radical feminists call for the outright eradication of trans women, let us examine actual firsthand quotations from prominent radical feminist leaders:
The insane desire...
“Sometimes, loving your body is not an option. Sometimes, the best we can do is...”
– Lesley Kinzel (via heyfatchick)
to brown gurls, whose bodies have never been...
blackgirldangerous:
by Janani Balasubramanian
There are some accepted ways for white girls to deliver poems on eating disorders. They might analyze their mirror and remark on the ugliness of the light refracted back, so thin and so cracked. They might struggle under the weight of a thousand magazines, feel the pressurized dig of Vogue Models’ heels into their backs. They might feel bound by the...
a friendly guide to outing people
nirvikalpa:
don’t fucking do it
ever
CeCe McDonald Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for... →
black-feminist-manifesto:
fuckyeahfeminists:
No doubt: institutional discrimination is rampant in the US court system.
I’m sure you’re all aware of this, but it still makes my stomach hurt every time I think about it. Bash back, y’all.
Today I Was Not The Angry Feminist In the Room
soursequence:
iamateenagefeminist:
I mean, I was angry and I currently am a feminist, but for the first time in my life, I wasn’t the de facto angry feminist.
I want to a town hall meeting today hosted by my state Representative, Kevin Cotter. He is anti-choice and going to vote in favor of HBs 3711-3713. He is not going to budge on the matter.
Nonetheless, we all showed up. Wearing red to...
http://catladysoul.tumblr.com/post/22881704561/cont... →
catladysoul:
So there are several feminist publications out there right now — I even contribute to some of them! But none of them are very specifically queer and feminist and talk about fashion, specifically, and not in that ‘groundbreaking’ way that discusses how fashion can be feminist. I know it can be,…
“A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes...”
– http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/articles/nightmare.html (via alullaby)
That sums it up
(via erikawithac)
This reminds me of a discussion we had in school, and one girl was talking about living in fear of her safety because she is a girl, and this guy chimed in and was all “It’s hard for guys...
“Like the fantasy of being thin, the desire to be pretty is backed by a...”
– Spilt Milk - Panic Over Pretty
the right to do and be without being gazed upon and always found wanting is worth defending
the right to do and be without being gazed upon and always found wanting is worth defending
(via owlsandelephants)
reblogged because of relevance to my life forever
(via...
autumn-and-eve:
Cis Feminist Privilege:
I can read any feminist magazine, blog, website, visit any feminist demonstration, or watch any feminist vlog and be able to easily access information about the oppression people of my gender identity experience.
Seriously like do you even understand how hard it is for trans women to find any information about transmisogyny or cissexism? It’s virtually...
“You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your...”
– Erin (from A Dress A Day)
I wish someone would have told me this when I was younger.
(via iamateenagefeminist)
