I think a good response to ‘chill out, we’re only joking’ is ‘Oh, no need to get all defensive, you can just man up and own what you said.’
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Give me ammo for the next sexist conversation — MetaFilter (via programmersbeingdicks)
Oh my gosh. Too Perf! So funny!
(via feminishblog)
We grew up with “role models” pushed by popular media whose success was built around their sexuality. We grew up being told that we talk too much, despite the fact that men statistically hold the floor longer in a conversation. We grew up being told that the ways that we communicate—whether it be how we spell on the internet, the vocabulary that we use, even the intonation of our speech—make us less intelligent. Basically, we grew up in a society that tells us that we are inferior to men and that we will never achieve as much as men.
— Ty Slobe, Where Are Young Feminists? Right Here. (via sparkamovement)
My friend kept on trying to get me to leave a party, but I was too distracted by a discussion on feminism… Oh, International Women’s Day <3
I’m participating in an upcoming debate about abortion - how can I make sure my language is trans* inclusive?
You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.
— Erin McKean (via chubby-bunnies)
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“That is our generation’s task.. to make life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness real for EVERY American… it does require us to act in our time.. we have the obligation to shape the debates of our time… with passion and dedication let us answer the call of history…” - Pres. Barack Obama
Stonewall, Seneca Falls, and immigration <3
together
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I decided that I loved feminists and embraced feminism. Not only does feminism give woman a voice, but it also clears the way for men to free themselves from the stranglehold of traditional masculinity. When we hurt the women in our lives, we hurt ourselves, and we hurt our community, too.
I am her friend” is vastly different than “I have been friendzoned”. One is a statement of friendship, and the other is a statement of sexual rejection couched in a term that implies the woman doesn’t know what is best for her.
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my feminist hulk
inside of me is angry
SMASH PATRIARCHY
Please vote tomorrow!
Telling a guy the real reasons you’re not interested — you don’t find him attractive, he’s way too old for you, you get a distinctly creepy vibe off him, whatever — or offering no explanation at all, because you just met this guy and owe him nothing, would be “rude.” And thanks to the conditioning Harriet describes, exhibiting the slightest hint of “rudeness” to any stranger who approaches you with sex on his mind makes you feel not like a normal human being with healthy boundaries, but a mean, frigid, stuck-up bitch. Worse yet, sometimes, the same man who called you beautiful and offered to buy you a drink ten seconds ago will turn aggressive when you say you’re not interested; he’ll tell you flat out you’re a bitch, or a whore, or less printable things. He’ll reject your rejection by getting in your face and losing his temper. So really, it’s a lot safer and simpler to say, “Look, you’re a nice guy, but no thanks/I have a boyfriend/I can’t.
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No more Mr. Nice Guy (via sluteverbabe)
!!!!!
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So fucking true.
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