February 2012
Traditional male gender roles can hinder good... →
Virginia has passed two very restrictive abortion... →
lawsonry:
stfuhatemongers:
subconciousevolution:
Bill 1 would effectively outlaw all Virginia abortions by declaring that the rights of persons apply from the moment sperm and egg unite. It passed Tuesday on a vote of 66-32.
On a 63-36 vote, the House passed a bill that requires women to have a transvaginal ultrasound before undergoing abortions.
Well this is bad news indeed.
The...
steer queer of clear: Madonna's Appropriation and... →
borninflames82:
Remember vogue? I do… I’m older I guess. I thought it was a Madonna thing… I wish her “innovative” moves came with a disclaimer… “hey, I am totally pushing the envelope by using a rich history of queer people of color’s dance and culture to blow your minds.” she is what is remembered by many……
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Who wants to buy a penis! →
chicken-snack:
wanderblog:
my modeling debut. buy a dick!
In seeing the massive disney debate...
cunthulhu:
racemash:
theoceanandthesky:
satifice:
and knowing everything I do about video games, fantasy, and science fiction.
I shudder to think that for most white people, the idealized imaginary worlds they create are places where PoC don’t exist. Usually, neither do queers. Or trans people. Or marginalized people.
These are the worlds of their imaginations. These are the places they...
5 Reasons to Bat for #teamsingle This Valentine's...
bedsider:
Hey, you. Toss the Whitman’s Sampler aside and close that old Facebook album of you and your ex. Ignore the naysayers—batting for #teamsingle isn’t all that bad. One day out of the entire year heightens our awareness, but actually we’re #winning for the remaining 364. Behold, my top 5 reasons why.
1. Love Don’t Cost a Thing
Remember the days when construction paper heart cutouts...
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Why does being naked have to be sexual?
han-nahan-nah:
I just want to be so comfortable and lovely with someone that I can just be human and natural and naked and real with them without it being weird. I don’t want to be ashamed.
Facts about the clitoris that I have learned in...
uncutting:
thedevilspanties:
1. In French, the word for almond is also the same for clitoris.
2. The plural form of “clitoris” is “clitorises”
3. Some botanist named a flower after his girlfriend’s clitoris.
4. There are over 7,000 nerves in the clitoris.
5. It’s the only organ in the human body that is used solely for pleasure.
6. On fetuses, what grows into the clitoris on females is...
girl-germs:
TRIGGER WARNING: racism, rape, sexual assault, description of violence
thespunkywallflower:
J. Marion Sims is called “the Father of Gynecology” due to his experiments on enslaved women in Alabama who were often submitted as guinea pigs by their plantation owners who could not use them for sexual pleasure. He kept seven women as subjects for four years, but left a trail of death...
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Things I have learned as a fat person (warnings:...
redefiningbodyimage:
homotronic:
inautumn-inkashmir:
Fat people should never admit that they need sustenance, much less like it. Admitting that you enjoy food while fat will cause the non-fat to criticize you for being unable to control yourself around food. Especially if you have a sweet tooth or like potato chips. Things like that are only acceptable if you are not fat.
Fat people are...
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“I envision a world filled with women traveling alone and meeting each other on...”
– SARK, Succulent Wild Woman
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SAVE 28TH STREET SKATEPARK
rumorsownsyou:
The city posted fliers on all of the equipment at 28th street stating that they are going to remove all of it next Wednesday. Today at 1pm there is a sit in/skate in. Help stop them from taking the city’s only skatepark away. Some of our friends built it themselves, turning an abandoned tennis court where kids just sat around fighting into a place where anyone and everyone can go...
“WHAT ARE YOU?”
sexismandthecity:
“WHAT ARE YOU?”
I’m human, thanks for asking— my heartbeat is nothing extraordinary.
I’m a woman, thanks for asking— I store all women’s insecurities in these thighs.
I’m a feminist, thanks for asking— my hips are a Women’s Movement.
I’m Italian, thanks for asking— don’t upset the olive grove on my skin.
“Oh, I thought you were black.”
VIRGINIA CALL TO ACTION: SUFFOLK BOARD MEETING... →
unaguerita:
The school board in Suffolk, Virginia is proposing a ban on “CROSS-GENDER” dressing in the student dress code. You can read more about it in the article linked here.This is a clear attack on gender-variant youth in Virginia and should not be tolerated. The problem is not gender-expression but the social norms that allow these youth to be bullied.
If you can please help spread the...
“A woman’s individual preoccupation with weight often serves as a mask for other,...”
– Appetites by Caroline Knapp (via skirtingtheline)
This feels really relevant right now.
(via riotsnotdiets)
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[TW rape]
stfurapeculture:
Submitted by anon:
Last summer I met this man who was really fun to hang out with. We became friends and would humorously flirt with each other, but I had no intentions to do anything with him and he knew it. I was romantically involved with another person, and he had a girlfriend. Every now and then he would indirectly announce his wish to have sex with me, and my answer...
“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via mamaatheist)
BOOM.
(via getsnarly)
How to deal with being called out
komboloi:
youarenotyou:
Don’t tone police. It is NOT your right to dictate how someone should react to their oppression.
Don’t demand a detailed explanation.* You’re basically asking the person to justify their call out. It’s exhausting, many resources are available, and often this is just a way to try and derail, start an argument, or discredit the other person.
Don’t get defensive. A call out...
yaheardit:
blow your nose prior to having sexual intercourse
