July 2012
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“Women do not rule. We have not consented to this system; our consent is not...”
– “Women, Lesbians and Prostitution: A Workingclass Dyke Speaks Out Against Buying Women for Sex,” by Toby Summer, via the Feminist Reprise archives. (via ellielamothe)
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transtrendy:
oldroots:
you think you have it tough try being a white cis male on tumblr
holy shit nice one
one moment while i recover from the devastating blow your sense of humor has dealt my solar plexus. truly, i’ve never heard the likes of this post before - you have forged a literal truth bomb in this desolate wasteland we call tumblr. go on. it’s your destiny to rise up above these...
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Ⓐnarchafeminisme♀: tal9000: jonesinforjosie:... →
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Watch as radfems blame trans women for trigger warning for tokophobics. Also for warning for dissonance and blood triggers...
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tw: ableism
transstingray:
Oh you worked with autistic kids what you said just now was totally not some of the most ignorant shit to ever appear on my Facebook.
I posted a link to Goldenheartedrose’s article about Autism Speaks, and she said “The World Wildlife Federation doesn’t have animals on its board does it? Just saying.”
How can that not be taken as a ridiculously dehumanizing statement? Like,...
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fromonesurvivortoanother:
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Cultural Appropriation? Let’s fix this.
As white people, we find there are many things that we can’t do due to it being labelled as cultural appropriation. It’s only fair that other races do not appropriate our culture.
So here is a list...
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Government Concern Trolling Welfare Recipients Who... →
The United States is a country where we are all very eager to tell people how to spend their money and live their lives. This kind of moral concern trolling and busybody attitude is present everywhere, including in the high levels of government, and it’s reinforced by these kinds of laws. There is a model of the “deserving poor” in this country that is very much underscored by legislation and...
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“One of the worst ways to stop someone from telling sexist jokes is to tell him...”
– If This Isn’t From a Book, It Should Be (via gaircyrch)
Oooh, that’s good!
(via rosalarian)
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“This fetishization of not censoring yourself, of being an “equal-opportunity...”
– How to Make a Rape Joke (via ellielamothe)
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“I don’t favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our...”
– Malcolm X
Answer to question. “Is it true, as is often said, that you favor violence?” Asked by the Young Socialist Magazine.
(via disciplesofmalcolm)
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dizzzypie:
queerlitsuperhero:
if your first solution while searching for a plot for your female character is to say HEY LET’S MAKE HER STRUGGLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BOYS, i need you to do me a favor
remove your hands from the keyboard/pen/pencil
back away from the computer/paper/other media
take a walk
during that walk realize women can do more than have boyfriends
Actually just remove...
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Republicans think I'm a slave?
stfuconservatives:
raybancharles:
Everyone needs to pay special attention to this. The Georgia Association of College Republicans is sponsoring the premiere of a movie entitled “Runaway Slave”. The event page says, “The movie attempts to examine the reason why the black community aligns itself so closely with the Democratic party, when they are in face enslaved to the very system supposedly...
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“Our attitude towards sexism and racism is kind of like abstinence-only...”
– Racebending.com media liaison Mike Le, chatting about representation, sexism, and racism, at ComicCon with watermeloncholy.
(It’s not a perfect metaphor, but it’s kind of interesting how people who support sex ed are accused of contributing to unprotected sex, and how, likewise, people who support...
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this is a post about tone policing.
youarenotyou:
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youarenotyou:
I’ve been seeing an awful lot of tone policing on my dash lately. It seems a lot of people don’t really understand why someone would respond aggressively or angrily, or otherwise emotionally, to having something really fucked up/hurtful/oppressive said to them. Or, they think it’s counterproductive to respond in that way.
First off, the reason that...
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Transstingray: Radical TransFeminist Thought of... →
rabidcentipede:
ari-withtheredhair:
Not only is “sex” more complex and less concrete than most people assume it to be, it’s also not even a useful categorization system for determining who does and does not experience discrimination, ostracization, violence and oppression.
Oppression…
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A gender-neutral third-person pronoun has arisen... →
queerandpresentdanger:
“What’s also interesting about the kids’ language is that people — mostly academics — have been trying to introduce a gender-neutral singular pronoun into the English language for about 200 years, with very little success. And then a group of kids in Baltimore just make one up and start using it.”
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“The problem with sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ableist,...”
– I Don’t Care If You’re Offended by Scott Madin (via ellielamothe)
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“As a society, we encourage girls and women to be emotionally accessible, and in...”
– Sady Doyle
“Birth of the Uncool” (via paleotrees)
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jesus fucktits I can’t handle all this ridiculous fucking bullshit on facebook about the whole daniel tosh thing anymore
like I just
I can’t deal with the fact that I have to expend this much energy defending the validity of myself as a woman being upset about a famous comedian making threatening rape jokes about a female audience member
how is that a thing I have to justify to you
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“A vision of cultural homogeneity that seeks to deflect attention away from or...”
– Bell Hooks
Relevant every single day to every derailing person who screams “reverse racism”
(via wretchedoftheearth)
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“It is none of my goddamned business if a random 400-pound (or 150-pound, or...”
– The question of health is a private one. And often irrelevant | already pretty (via rawwomen)
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Internet Piracy in a nutshell
Person: Hey, there are child porn sites everywhere!
Government: We are working on it.
Person: Hey, there's these pro-anorexia sites telling young girls to starve themselves!
Government: W/e.
Person: Hey, registered hate groups like the KKK have websites!
Government: Well we can't stop them.
Person: I downloaded a movie from ThePirateBay.
Government: PIRATED MOVIES HARMING NOBODY? Time to censor the Internet!
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How the Logic of "Friendzoning" Would Work If...
*Man walks into a store and finds employee*
Man: Alright, I've had enough. Why haven't you guys hired me?!
Employee: Uh...well sir, when did you put in your application?
Man: I never filled out an application.
Employee: Well sir, we can't consider you for employment if you've never filled out an application.
Man: No, that's bullshit, because I've been coming here for years now, and every single time I tell you all how much I love this store and how much I appreciate your customer service, unlike some of your other customers might I add!
Employee: Well, but that doesn't-
Man: AND I even told you that I didn't have a job!
Employee: But sir, that doesn't indicate to us that you would like a job at our store. And again, if you've never filled out an application, we can't consider you. Besides, we're not hiring.
Man: OH! Not hiring, HA! What a laugh. I see your store go through seasonal workers all the time. They come and go like nothing, but you won't consider me as a part-time employee even though I KNOW you've been looking for workers to fill positions? That's insane!
Employee: Sir, we've been looking to hire a few people for management positions. Do you have any management experience?
Man: Well no, but what does that matter?
Employee: ...Well sir, that's what we're looking for. You won't be suitable for the position without management experience.
Man: Oh that's such a load of crap. You know, you'll be waiting around a long time for a manager if you don't lower your standards a little. Who cares if someone knows how to manage a store? I LOVE this store and I'm willing to work here, that's all that should matter to you.
Employee: That...doesn't make any sense.
Man: NO! I'm done. This is over. From now on, no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Employee:
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Employee:
Man: Fuck you, slut.
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Miss Piggy On Beauty
homeisaheartbeat:
What are your top beauty tips?
Start out perfect and don’t change a thing. Always accentuate your best features by pointing at them. And conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them.
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Male privilege is...
methodistcoloringbook:
aboutmaleprivilege:
(Heterosexual) male privilege is talking about how bad it is to have a gay man incessantly hit on you when you aren’t interested, having it accepted as a common opinion, and still not understand how a woman can feel the same way when you do the same thing.
Male privilege is telling women on the street - who you’ve never met before - to smile, and...
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The Cotton Ceiling Is Real and It’s Time for All... →
transstingray:
lyriael:
This spectre of rape that cis lesbian “radfems” habitually raise, centered around the supposed inherent threat of the phallus, minimizes the appalling rates of physical and sexual violence committed against trans women, particularly trans women of color and sex workers. It also twists the picture of systemic violence to make it look like trans women are a huge,...
The Cotton Ceiling Is Real and It’s Time for All... →
yourdisillusionment:
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gaynotqueer:
lyriael:
This spectre of rape that cis lesbian “radfems” habitually raise, centered around the supposed inherent threat of the phallus, minimizes the appalling rates of physical and sexual violence committed against trans women, particularly trans women of color and sex workers. It also twists the picture of systemic...
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The Cotton Ceiling Is Real and It’s Time for All... →
yourdisillusionment:
gaynotqueer:
lyriael:
This spectre of rape that cis lesbian “radfems” habitually raise, centered around the supposed inherent threat of the phallus, minimizes the appalling rates of physical and sexual violence committed against trans women, particularly trans women of color and sex workers. It also twists the picture of systemic violence to make it look like trans...
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The Cotton Ceiling Is Real and It’s Time for All... →
This spectre of rape that cis lesbian “radfems” habitually raise, centered around the supposed inherent threat of the phallus, minimizes the appalling rates of physical and sexual violence committed against trans women, particularly trans women of color and sex workers. It also twists the picture of systemic violence to make it look like trans women are a huge, systemic threat to cis lesbians...
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“‘Politically correct’ language accomplishes an important task: it shines a light...”
– Crommunist (Politically INcorrect? from FreeThought Blogs)
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Enter Ye Myne Mystic World of Gayng-Raype: What... →
…here’s how it goes, when you criticize beloved nerd entertainments: You can try to be nuanced. You can try to be thoughtful. You can lay out your arguments in careful, extravagant, obsessive detail. And at the end of the day, here is what the people in the “fandom” are going to take away: You don’t like my toys? I hate you!
So, get it out of your system now, because, guess what, George...
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21st century chain gangs →
Sweatshop labor is back with a vengeance. It can be found across broad stretches of the American economy and around the world. Penitentiaries have become a niche market for such work. The privatization of prisons in recent years has meant the creation of a small army of workers too coerced and right-less to complain.
Prisoners, whose ranks increasingly consist of those for whom the legitimate...
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You’ll Probably Ignore Me Because I’m An Evil... →
Dear Internets,
Please do me a favor. If you ever find yourself speaking or typing words like the ones above? Shut up and walk away.
Cat Valente wrote a powerful post about Gender and the Fallout Over Christopher Priest, comparing the responses Priest received with the much more vicious, hateful threats and attacks women receive for similar posts.
Naturally, one of the commenters jumped in...
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We’re all the same deep down, or “it’s all a... →
The above is something that I’ve often heard quoted when speaking of “writing the Other” [1]. And I’ve been struggling with it ever since I heard it; because it rings fishy to me. And yet there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with it; and indeed, much that is right. Of course we’re all human beings. We’re born and we live and we age and we die. We love and we care and we hate and we fear. We have...
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dduane:
ohno-polio:
Tip for modern adulterers: If you’re planning to cheat on your wife of 10 years by awkwardly hitting on the model seated next to you on your flight out of Los Angeles, make sure she isn’t live-tweeting the entire miserable experience to her 13,000 followers;
sauce
This… is HILARIOUS.
Okay so sorry to turn the SRSsprinkler on in...
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“[TW: Cissexism, radfems insulting every rape survivor on earth]
You know what,...”
– No trans woman ever (via smirkingbenevolence)
Didn’t you know? We’re a vast vampiric patriarchal conspiracy to build Miranda coils everywhere and steal the pink lightning that is uterus magic from all the cis ladies.
(via genderbitch)
Obviously, I mean if you’re going to rape cis women, putting...
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“If I were to ask you, “Do you believe that folks of color had equal opportunity...”
– Tim Wise, The Pathology of Privilege. (via generalbriefing)
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Whitewashing, Racebending, and Why "We're All...
beeftony:
There are a few things you should know about me before I start ranting. I am a white heterosexual Christian cis male middle-class American. I am a member of the majority in pretty much every area of life. I am privileged in ways that it took me a long time to fully understand.
And racism still pisses me off so much I can’t even see straight.
I admit to being fairly ignorant of the...
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