May 2012
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A lot of people don’t heal [from trauma], and it manifests in a lot of different...
– Meredith Broome
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The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women,...
– Bell Hooks: Ain’t I A Woman:Black Women and Feminism
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Feminism And Fashion Policing
letterstomycountry:
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine, which followed from a post she made discussing a woman she saw while out in public: the woman in question was wearing a pair of low-cut jeans with a very visible thong showing. My friend was frustrated, because she felt that when women objectify themselves by wearing revealing clothing, it makes it more difficult for her...
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Quick story, my grandmother came to this country with twenty dollars in her...
– Nick Hendricks, Horrible Bosses
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Declaring that “life must always be protected”, a senior Vatican cleric has...
– Brazil Rocked by Abortion for 9-Year-Old Rape Victim: Church excommunicates mother and doctors—but not accused rapist
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We don’t have a lot of time on this earth. We weren’t meant to spend it this...
– Peter Gibbons, Office Space
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10 Things Bosses Do to Stifle Their Employees →
I’m thinking about printing stuff like this and leaving it lying around at work.
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thoughts on privilege + immigration.
filipinafemme:
immigration, perception, self, self-perception, privilege, intersectionality … !
they’re all a-swirling around in my head right now from these interviews! quick review : for my final paper in psychological anthropology, i’m interviewing my parents about their experiences as immigrants coming to the united states in the 1970s. oh, man, psychological anthropology, you got...
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I am not proposing that sexual violence and domestic violence will no longer...
– Rebecca Farr, CARA member, in The Revolution Starts at Home
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Yes.
bad-dominicana:
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rapeculturerealities:
No means no, even when they’re toddlers
A few people have alerted me to this video of toddlers and you can watch as a little boy hugs a little girl multiple times and each time he does, she pushes him away. A few of the times, he seems to be prompted to continue by the person with the camera. It’s a full two minutes and nothing changes...
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friendlyangryfeminist:
rape culture means that if I don’t trust strange men, I’m a bitch, they’re not going to hurt me, stop being paranoid.
it also means if i’m attacked by strangers I should have been more careful, why was I out after dark, don’t I know what happens to girls on their own?
it’s when men tell me to smile sweetheart, look pretty, I’m here for public consumption.
and my...
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HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?
danharmon:
Kids:
A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because they once created a show and cast my good friend Jeff Davis on it, so how bad can they...
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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very...
– Audre Lorde
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Mostly they think feminism is a bunch of angry women who want to be like men....
– Bell Hooks. Feminism Is For Everybody
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If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave,...
– Harriet J on Another post about rape
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Because each person has…their own specific qualities. You can never replace...
– Celine, Before Sunrise.
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Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely...
– Noam Chomsky
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“Empowered” and “sexy” are not universally synonymous. That a woman is not a sex...
– Rachel Edidin talks about portraying female superhero characters at Comic Alliance
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