March 2012
In loving memory of the black girls who died... →
A majority of the white cis dudes in my life think...
“As usual, Republicans think women are unintelligent creatures who need to be...”
– Stephen D. Foster, http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/22/arizona-republican-wants-to-force-women-to-witness-an-abortion-before-having-one/ (via savetheteaboy)
baddominicana:
and some folks try to argue, that women “distract” men at school and work. i saw a post roll by a few times w some stats about it. (note these stats —the folks interpreting dont ever take into account how poorly we’re socialized in regards to gender relations and how much misogyny is involved? this is like looking at stats that say POC struggle more and forgetting institutional...
baddominicana:
the bad dominicana: i srsly just refrain from even looking mens way most of the time.coz…
nectardelosdioses:
baddominicana:
i srsly just refrain from even looking mens way most of the time.
coz the second you behave like a decent human being towards em, say hello back, or *gasp* smile, they think you want the dick.
ive had this issue at work, which is why i also...
chezamanda:
Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.
cas-get-into-my-ass:
aatombomb:
We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and...
““Where did all the liberals go?,” Klanklannon taunted after posting his slides....”
– White Supremacists Hack Trayvon Martin’s Email Account, Leaks Messages Online [Gawker]
You exposed a normal kid with big ambitions, and in the odd chance that you found something juicy, he’s a kid. He’s a boy. He’s not a threat to your livelihood. Congratulations you hateful, racist pricks.
(via...
97% of rapists receive no punishment whatsoever,... →
“Women and men do not receive an equal education because outside of the classroom...”
– Adrienne Rich, feminist writer who recently passed away. It is from a chapter called, “Taking Women Students Seriously” from her book called, On Lies, Secrets and Silence.
(via theselam)
“[TW: Rape] It wasn’t the first time a lawmaker has suggested that women seeking...”
– 9 Lies Republicans Tell About Women’s Bodies
Not only are Republicans rejecting actual science, now they’re making up their own.
(via shorterexcerpts)
“Not only does abstinence-only education completely erase and forget about people...”
– 5 Ways the GOP’s War on Women is Fueling Rape Culture (via grrl-meat)
“We grow up being told that anger is bad. Good girls do not express their anger,...”
– Flavia Dzodan, “Show them how to resist: Connecting girls, inspiring futures” at Tiger Beatdown (via morecoffee)
TW For Rape Joke Behind Link →
razingcomplacency:
sanityscraps:
jesteractivist:
areyoudoingitwrong:
In what world is this even funny? Not only are you making rape a joke, but you’re making the death of a rape victim a joke. I don’t care how fucking big and macho you think you are
REAL MEN DON’T RAPE.
This fucking pisses me off!
If I were to ever see someone wearing this shirt in real life, people would get...
5 Ways the GOP's War on Women is Fueling Rape... →
For those who think I rant about the patriarchy...
queen-gertrude:
TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE CULTURE, STREET HARASSMENT
thelittlekneesofbees:
To the first man, who I met by the Eiffel Tower my second week in Paris, when I didn’t know better. Who took me out four times, who waved little red flags that I tried to ignore. Like asking me outright if I was a virgin on the first date, like calling me five different pet names when I’d asked him...
“American Apparel, the clothing manufacturer whose hoodies are popular with...”
– http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10830530-geraldo-rivera-blames-hoodie-for-trayvons-death-critics-tell-him-to-zip-it-up (via lanuminga) (via pallas-athena)
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“Creep shaming is probably one of the most insidious and anti-equality things you...”
– AntiBigots, Reddit
ALL MEN
(via cosmicnavel)
“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.” -Margaret Atwood
(via librariesandlemonade)
Reblogging for the Atwood quote, which is showing its truthiness right here.
(via blueandbluer)
so, women have privilege...
I'm sorry if I seem overly sensitive about this
deer-me:
and it’d be different if it weren’t so insulting and uncomfortable and making me remember things that have happened to me before, such as groping and stalking. I got ice cream and the guy said, “You have pretty eyes!” and I said, “Thanks!” and it was fine. He wished me a nice evening when I left a little later. The other week, a man in line at the grocery store said, “That’s a nice...
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a...”
– Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride (via monkeyknifefight)
Those last two lines
(via maritsa-met)
Oh shit.
(via glittapants)
Very Important: Doctor Speaks Out on Transvaginal... →
gailsimone:
geekyjessica:
“I do not feel that it is reactionary or even inaccurate to describe an unwanted, non-indicated transvaginal ultrasound as “rape”. If I insert ANY object into ANY orifice without informed consent, it is rape. And coercion of any kind negates consent, informed or otherwise.”
“It is our responsibility, as always, to protect our patients from things that would harm...
Only MRAs would think that a woman being assaulted...
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“In a one‐track quest to convince women not to choose abortion, anti‐choice...”
– Described incidence of one woman’s visit to a Crisis Pregnancy Center (via crisispregnancycenter)
Fuck CPC’s.
(via prochoicegeneration)
Being pregnant makes it more difficult to leave an abusive relationship, especially if the victim is financially (and emotionally and physically) dependent on...
Tom Martin’s “anti-male discrimination” case... →
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
**TW for rampant misogyny**
Thank fuck for that.
Oh, and if you didn’t think this MRA-champion was shitty enough? He responds by calling his critics “whores.”
What a charmer sexist douche.
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“What is more troubling than this oddly timed debate about birth control is the...”
– The Alienable Rights Of Women - The Rumpus.net (via rachelfershleiser)
It would be lovely, too, if more men said, “My partner is on the pill because I like pussy.”
(via missworded)
^ that is actually what we need more of
(via unknowablewoman)
Made rebloggable because I want as many other...
inherhipstheresrevolutions:
Anonymous:
Is it ok for me to violently attack someone on the street if they harass me?
My reply: Put it this way. I have punched a fully grown man square in the jaw after he squeezed my ass without my consent and nearly jumped on him (my friends pulled me back) with the intent of beating the shit out of him. I have completely lost it (and I cannot stress enough...
“When the path of a man and woman are going to cross, it’s always the woman who’s...”
– Own Your Space! (via andythenerd)
HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THIS IS A GENDER THING? I am used to always having to be the one to step aside but somehow I always assumed it was just an arrogance/thoughtlessness thing. Which it IS, but GENDER ALSO PLAYS A ROLE. GOSH.
(via sophia-sol)
“When, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of...”
– Arundhati Roy (via jahanzebjz)
TW For Rape Culture and Victim Blaming
razingcomplacency:
postsatire:
thefremen:
They often don’t. They often prescribe to the idea that absence of a no or absence of fighting back means consent. Are you completely unfamiliar with the meme “a no is just a yes that needs more convincing”?
I am familiar with that idea, and I am also familiar with women who have responded to that type of thing. There is a difference between talking...
Razing Complacency: (content warning: Rape) →
thefremen:
wannabechomsky:
A NYPD officer raped a woman at gunpoint and his defense lawyer, who has conceded that he is guilty, is trying to convince the jury that he “shouldn’t do 10-to-life.”
A cop. raped. someone at gunpoint. and he deserves to be back out on the street in less…
“The thing about patriarchy is that individual men, gay and straight, are often...”
– (via creepinthecellar)
I have no problem calling sexual violence a type...
tooyoungforthelivingdead:
fuguestasis:
[Content: rape, oppressive sexual violence, etc.]
Sexual violence is gendered, absolutely. It’s (often) gendered on an individual level, and the distribution of sexual violence across the population is most definitely gendered. Not every instance of sexual assault is directly sexist: men aren’t always the perpetrators and women aren’t always the victims....
“The tabloids complain about [Madonna] looking old, and people laugh at her for...”
– Shirley Manson, Bullett Media Interview (via ceedling) 