May 2012
pridenotprejudice:
youremyguitarhero:
(tw: rape)
You know what’s fucked up? You know what’s really, really fucked up?
The thing that fills me the most with terror and dread when thinking about the possibility of getting seriously sexually assaulted or raped in my lifetime isn’t the act itself. It’s not that, it’s not the possibility of getting seriously injured in the process, it’s not the...
““What I’m interrogating is why hundreds of thousands of us are so clear that...”
–
Read Part One of Who Will Revere US? (Black LGTBQ People, Straight Women, and Girls)
http://thefeministwire.com/2012/04/who-will-revere-us-black-lgtbq-people-straight-women-and-girls-part-1/
Read Part Two of Who Will Revere US? (Black LGTBQ People, Straight Women, and Girls)
...
April 2012
[TW sxl assault/harassment] I was sexually...
dreams-from-my-father:
brazenbitch:
“What your name, girl?”
“How old are you?”
“You gotta boyfriend?”
“You know, I like ‘em thick”
As my mother loaded the car with shit we just bought, he came up behind me watching both of us after he helped her with the heavy stuff. He leaned in closer than usual next to me, touched my ass and squeezed a handful of me into him. “You’re real...
Rape Myths
foreverliberal:
I was looking up information pertaining to Rape Crisis Centers and I found a great list of rape myths that I thought would be good to share —
MYTH: Rape = Sex FACT: People commit rape for power, control & domination.
MYTH: Rapist are sex-starved perverts. FACT: Most rapists are married, or have a regular, consenting sex partner.
MYTH: I could never be raped....
Anonymous asked: WTF? Being raped does NOT make someone weak! You should remove that post.
[TW] Rape culture is...
communityandresistance:
Rape culture is telling fat womyn that they should be happy someone wants to fuck them.
Rape culture is telling black girls that they are fast.
Rape culture is telling Native womyn that it’s tradition.
Rape culture is telling Latina womyn to stay pure until marriage.
Rape culture is telling trans folks that they deserve it.
Rape culture is telling immigrant womyn...
“That was the hardest day of my life. I have turned roles down because they are...”
– James Marsters, on the Seeing Red scene. (via 9n3qtrs)
So much respect for Jimbo, truly.
(via sihayadesigns)
itscandidlycara:
I would also like to point out that in The Fountainhead there is a rape scene, which most objectionists (people who buy into Ayn Rand’s school of thought) label as “welcomed rape.” The entire passage is laden with complete submission and was NOT consensual. Rand reportedly had this to say about the scene: “If it was rape, it was rape by engraved invitation” insisting that the...
whoneedsfeminism:
I need feminism because when a regular male guest at the hotel I was working at moved on from harassing the front desk staff to a female guest and I reported it, I was chastised by our older female manager who told me that “he just didn’t realize what he was doing.”
When he was fired by his company for it, I was blamed and guilt tripped by ever member of the management team.
...
whoneedsfeminism:
I need feminism because I developed rather large breasts at an early age. From age 13 and on, I have endured comments from boys and men about them. “More than a handful is a waste.” I starved myself for almost 5 years, on and off, so that my bra size stayed at a B cup. At a healthy weight, I was a DD.
I need feminism because even as an independent working adult, I still...
“People say that circumcision is a personal choice. They forget that personal...”
– (via citylearning)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: your kid might end up being perfectly fine with their lack of foreskin. Hell, they might be downright overjoyed about it it.
But they might not be. And to frivolously risk inflicting that sense of loss on someone isn’t something I’ll...
“The “if only she had…” response to rape serves the valuable psychological...”
– ‘Feminists Can Fight Back’ by Jill Filopvic
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
(via a-blog-called-everything)
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence...”
– bell hooks (via socialistscum)
Questions actually worth answering →
fassyy:
1: Apart from tumblr, what do you like to do in your spare time? 2: Name a favorite of each: food, drink, color. 3: If you married rich and your spouse gave you $100,000 a week, what would you spend it on? 4: Name a favorite of each: book, movie, tv show. 5: If you were given the opportunity to spend 48 hours with absolutely anyone (living or dead), who would you spend it with and...
[TW: Rape] I'll be honest with y'all...
cruelyouth:
I used to have messed-up ideas about rape because I couldn’t cope with the sexual abuse I went through for a lot of my life.
I bet if you dug into my past, you would see me telling rape jokes too, but now that I dealt with what I went through and became a survivor, I know how wrong they are. I humbled myself — I didn’t look into how what happened to me affected me. I didn’t want...
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The Real Reason People Hate Being Called Creepy
Earlier today I wrote a thing about why some specific quotes in this article are completely wrong and don’t actually recognize what’s really going on. I was just gonna reblog it here but I decided that a more in depth and better constructed response was necessary. (btw, that’s my blog too which is why there’s so much repetitious cross-over, my apologies to those of you...
“I don’t know what they can charge me with. This is my Second Amendment right.”
– That’s Robert Canoles of Porterdale, GA who is probably better known as the assmonkey who held his new neighbors at gunpoint with a semi-automatic rifle in some concept of “protecting” his community from homeowners changing their own locks.
The idea of calling the police and letting them come and...
I've sent like 4-5 messages to tumblr about this,...
cruelyouth:
[TW: Rape threats targeted towards PoC]
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Dear Tumblr:
How many rape threats do I have to receive before you do your jobs? 10? 20? 50? 100?
As a victim of rape, your lack of any attention to this matter is appalling and fucking ridiculous.
Well, here are some links for you, as well as the link to the person’s new blog:...
"I only support abortion in cases of rape and...
razingcomplacency:
friendlyangryfeminist:
shishakabob:
If the government can control what you learn, then it can also control what you do. You can’t say the government should not be involved in your uterus, but should be involved in teaching you about said uterus (which is impossible to do without forcing a certain value system on people). It’s either all in or all out.
»Teach people...
TW: Rape - Rape culture in up to 140 characters. →
How to Escape from Zip Ties →
Not Quite a Teen, Yet Sold for Sex
deer-me:
by Nicholas D. Kristof
If you think sex trafficking only happens in faraway places like Nepal or Thailand, then you should listen to an expert on American sex trafficking I interviewed the other day.
But, first, wish her happy birthday. She turns 16 years old on Thursday.
She asked me to call her Brianna in this column because she worries that it could impede her plans to become a...
“People love to pull that “it’s just a word” bullshit, don’t they? usually white...”
– Yohanna (via vizzz)
“The man who is horrified at a woman’s “overly exposed” breasts will likely never...”
– With Great Cleavage Comes Great Responsibility | washingtoncitypaper.com (via curvesahead: fuckyeahchubbygirls: feelthemonster: nuditynotprudity) (via sexisnottheenemy, rawwomen) (via thechocolatebrigade) (via feministwarriorprincess) (via wristsandvines)
How I feel about rape
femmesandfamily:
[TRIGGER WARNING: rape, sexual assault]
Rape is, and will always be, an important subject to me.
Even on my best days, when I feel empowered as a survivor; when I feel the most solidarity with other survivors; when I think that I might even be able to see him on the street and be able to punch him in the face -
Even on those days, I am still a survivor. And being a survivor...
Perfect examples of why men scare the shit out of...
zikrayat:
Last year, I received a FB message from a young girl asking me to add her because she had some questions on Islam and wanted to convert. I thought she was sincere, so I agreed. She had female presenting photos and a female presenting bio and everything seemed to add up. Anyway we had chatted a few times and she gave me her bbm # and asked me to add her. After I added her, “she” imed...
“The reality is this: when Black straight men and boys are beaten, brutalized,...”
– Read part one of this four-part article in its entirety HERE (http://thefeministwire.com/2012/04/who-will-revere-us-black-lgtbq-people-straight-women-and-girls-part-1/)
“Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in “changing the consciousness of...”
– Paulo Freire (via wretchedoftheearth)
Hence why our society teaches rape prevention tips to potential rape victims as well as people who’ve already been raped rather than teaching everyone to just not rape.
“Authorities say they later had sex at Thompson’s home. The girl sought medical...”
– Student sex offender, 19, pleads not guilty in the rape of a classmate, 14, in Vancouver | OregonLive.com
Uh if she ASKED FOR A RAPE KIT I don’t think it was just because of her age that it was rape. Mealy-mouthed liar media, whitewashing over the “nice young man’s” crimes as usual.
This whole...
The Original Schrodinger's Rapist Article →
Just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
“[TW: rape jokes] I don’t know if rape jokes encourage rape culture. I don’t...”
– An Addendum, On Rape Jokes. (via goddesshyperion)
“I can’t really think of a tip that hasn’t been wielded by a defense attorney at...”
– How to prevent rape without blaming victims - Violence Against Women - Salon.com (via theoppositeofstupid)
fuck yeah sex education: Male survivors of sexual... →
hellyeahscarleteen:
Research shows that one in six boys is sexually abused before his 18th birthday. And about 3 percent of men 18 and older — one in 33 — have been raped or experienced an attempted rape.
“Men don’t talk about it,” says Mouncey, who helps lead the center’s male support…
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Why Guys Really Hate Being Called "Creepy" →
kathleenthearsonist:
“At the heart of the ‘anti-creep shaming campaign’ is a concerted effort to discourage women from relying on their instincts to protect themselves from harm. Laying aside its likely etymology, calling a dude an ‘asshole’ is a way of labeling him a jerk. Plenty of people can be jerks without being predatory. On the other hand, calling a dude ‘creepy’ labels him as a potential...
“TW: Abuse
I know I’ve told this story before, but my abusive ex refused to let...”
– Curious Georgiana (via sexistmorons)
I need feminism...
whoneedsfeminism:
Because back in the day my grandma was in danger of getting abused by my grandpa if she didn’t give birth to a baby boy, and “luckily” she did. Because such abuse still occurs almost 60 years later to women who aren’t that “lucky” to have babies with XY chromosomes first. Because I have to explain to my mom that “fag” is an insulting word every time she uses it. Because my mom...
“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”
– (via gracefree)
reblog this is if it is okay to come to you and...
“How often have we heard that sexism, misogyny, or casual racism in this or that...”
– “Not Okay”: MovieBob on Sexism and Harassment in Nerd Culture. (via jerrymuffinbutt)
