January 2011
Slut-bashing is a cheap and easy way to feel powerful. If you feel insecure or...
– [Leora Tanenbaum (Harper Paperbacks, 2000.): Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, p. 238.] (via dr-clear-heels)
This is true; I am guilty of it in my past.
I am also the victim of it. We can be so cruel to each other =/
(via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
i miss reading potter slash.
catladysoul:
craig-bean:
i miss scouring the internet for dirty illustrations and anime smut. high school me was awesome.
*current me
did i say that :3
I’d like to thank security for letting me into the building.
– Colin Firth (via oldfilmsflicker) ♥
finefools:
The Lonely Island feat. Nicki Minaj
tulletulle:
Genderbitch Lite: Now With More Rambling!: This is terrorism, right? Guy attempts to bomb huge Islamic center
theoceanandthesky:
thenewfilo:
the-pensieves-contents:
stfuislamophobes:
shortformblog:
who Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old California resident, was arrested last week in Michigan on felony charges over a “bias-motivated attack.”
what Stockman reportedly was...
slow motion crawl: Rugrats is about feminist... →
theoceanandthesky:
aviruswithshoes:
Mrs. Pickles is the educated breadwinner, Stu often chasing his less profitable dreams
Phil & Lil’s mom, obvs (short hair, female symbol sweatshirt, clear second waver
Charlotte, ballbusting CEO who wants Angelica to have an edge in a…
Think women have achieved equality? Think again. →
thedaysarenotfullenough:
We Can’t Be Equal While:
Gender Roles
Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser).
Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “pussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man.
When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to “have balls”, or conversely she is a “man-eater”, “ball-buster”, or a “bitch” because she was “too”...
She needs a new journal. The one she has is problematic. To get to the present,...
– Dave Eggers, How the Water Feels to the Fishes (via comelylittletree)
URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
roxanneritchi:
[via]
“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that even...
Love, Lose, Live: Sexual abuse must END! →
lovinglosingandliving:
I will begin this with a few devastating statistics about childhood sexual abuse.
A very large percentage of sexual abuse cases are NEVER reported. An estimated 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. An estimated 40% of sexual abusers were abused themselves…
The last time I saw Kurt, he came in the kitchen, sat on the floor, and we...
– Kat Bjelland on Kurt Cobain- Courtney Love, Behind The Music (via tulletulle)
Poor Nina’s downfall comes from a problem that is so, so familiar to many women....
– Black Swan: A Feministing Discussion (via tulletulle) (this is my favourite part of this article)
At my semi formal last night
tulletulle:
sasssquatch:
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL SOMEONE GIVE ME A YOUTUBE LINK PLEASE
Why waste a second not loving who you are?
– Natasha Bedingfield [Freckles] (via quote-book)
A survey of girls in Zimbabwean junior schools in 2000 reported by Amnesty...
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard
In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.
In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.
Now bleat that feminism is no longer relevant. Go on. I fucking dare you.
...
You need to read this now, whether cis or trans. →
genderbitch:
cartographies:
Nearly half of living trans people–surviving trans people–have attempted suicide. Nearly half of those of us who did not succeed in killing ourselves have tried. Nearly a tenth of us will be murdered. Nearly half of us will be raped. Most of us will experience violence from loved ones and almost all of us will be denied homes and jobs. This is not hyperbole. ...