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Fuck yeah, feminists!

January 2011

“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, because...”

– Charlotte Gainsbourg (via adduce)

“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, because...”

– Charlotte Gainsbourg (via adduce)

1989 followers!

If i get 2000 followers by 12AM Eastern, I’ll let the 2,000th follower get a special prize. What should it be? guest post post request a promo post a post detailing why you’re so awesome :-)

Anonymous asked: Do you have any advice on dealing with a sexist of the utterly arrogant and dumbass nature? The person in question is my best friend's brother. He's always been a prejudiced jerk, but completely ruined a party the other day after launching into a tirade of misogynistic jokes over the dinner table. I approached him afterward and tried to explain how his attitude was making everybody so...

December 2010

Anonymous asked: Do you have any advice on dealing with a sexist of the utterly arrogant and dumbass nature? The person in question is my best friend's brother. He's always been a prejudiced jerk, but completely ruined a party the other day after launching into a tirade of misogynistic jokes over the dinner table. I approached him afterward and tried to explain how his attitude was making everybody so...

“I would like to feel that I am part of an evolving movement of which I can be...”

– http://www.fugitivus.net/2010/12/22/dear-second-and-third-wave-feminists-with-publicly-recognizable-names/ (via berry-go)

“I would like to feel that I am part of an evolving movement of which I can be...”

– http://www.fugitivus.net/2010/12/22/dear-second-and-third-wave-feminists-with-publicly-recognizable-names/ (via berry-go)

Julian Assange paid two thirds of WikiLeaks salary... →

Details of the finances of Wikileaks came as Mr Assange said he had signed books deals of $1.5 million (£970,000) for his autobiography in order to fight sexual assault charges in Sweden and keep his organisation in business. “I don’t want to write this book, but I have to,” he told a Sunday newspaper. “I have already spent £200,000 pounds for legal costs and...

Julian Assange paid two thirds of WikiLeaks salary... →

Details of the finances of Wikileaks came as Mr Assange said he had signed books deals of $1.5 million (£970,000) for his autobiography in order to fight sexual assault charges in Sweden and keep his organisation in business. “I don’t want to write this book, but I have to,” he told a Sunday newspaper. “I have already spent £200,000 pounds for legal costs and...

When People Tell Me Which of My Oppressions are...

“highwindows asked: I wrote this and I was wondering what you think. http://highwindows.tumblr.com/post/2480233020 happy new year!” I still don’t know if submitting this was innocent or trolling or not…but I am answering this in a text post because what I wrote got really fucking long. Anyway…here it goes… I’m sorry, but what? i mean, yes, all those...

awkwardistheonlyfeelingiknow: I work for a venue where we have weddings. I am helping them rewrite the wedding brochure. I wonder if they are going to notice that I am making the entire thing gender neutral? I HOPE THEY NOTICE AND THEY LOVE IT!

awkwardistheonlyfeelingiknow: I work for a venue where we have weddings. I am helping them rewrite the wedding brochure. I wonder if they are going to notice that I am making the entire thing gender neutral? I HOPE THEY NOTICE AND THEY LOVE IT!

1981 followers!?

Months ago, I gave myself the random goal of getting 1,000 followers by the end of the year. I have almost TWICE that! I can’t believe it. Thanks to all of you who enjoy my blog enough to follow, submit, reblog, like, and participate <33 you all mean a lot to me.

artsexbooksandpolitics asked: Hey, I just wanted to let you know that the inspiration for your icon, Rosie the Riveter, died today. Her name was Geraldine Doyle and she was 86.

Anonymous asked: How would you recommend a young woman respond to anti-feminist remarks, more specifically, those remarks that are made by people we like and which they think are "harmless"? I ask because I am the kind of girl who seems to just get along better with guys rather than girls, though not for any particular reason. I just happen to have more male friends. I am also recently becoming...

Anonymous asked: How would you recommend a young woman respond to anti-feminist remarks, more specifically, those remarks that are made by people we like and which they think are "harmless"? I ask because I am the kind of girl who seems to just get along better with guys rather than girls, though not for any particular reason. I just happen to have more male friends. I am also recently becoming...

artsexbooksandpolitics asked: Hey, I just wanted to let you know that the inspiration for your icon, Rosie the Riveter, died today. Her name was Geraldine Doyle and she was 86.

theawkwardbug asked: http://voxday.blogspot.com/

This guy's a published sci fi writer by the name of Theodore Beale who goes by the pseudonym Vox Day. He's a self-proclaimed libertarian who's very critical of liberals and non-Judeo-Christians, which is rather par for the course, but what's really disgusting is his very thinly veiled misogyny that he tries to pass off as mere...

theawkwardbug asked: http://voxday.blogspot.com/

This guy's a published sci fi writer by the name of Theodore Beale who goes by the pseudonym Vox Day. He's a self-proclaimed libertarian who's very critical of liberals and non-Judeo-Christians, which is rather par for the course, but what's really disgusting is his very thinly veiled misogyny that he tries to pass off as mere...

this ain't livin': Social Justice Matters:... →

meloukhia: If you are transgender, you are more likely to be incarcerated, as discussed above. Once you enter incarceration, you are more likely to be inappropriately housed, because most systems use a highly medicalised, cissexist, and binarist system for making housing assignments. If you are assaulted while in prison, which you most probably will be, you are less likely to be provided...

this ain't livin': Social Justice Matters:... →

meloukhia: If you are transgender, you are more likely to be incarcerated, as discussed above. Once you enter incarceration, you are more likely to be inappropriately housed, because most systems use a highly medicalised, cissexist, and binarist system for making housing assignments. If you are assaulted while in prison, which you most probably will be, you are less likely to be provided...

Jobcentre staff accused of calling homosexual... →

fuckyeahgenderstudies: It’s Daily Mail, so i’d advise not reading the comments, just in case.

Jobcentre staff accused of calling homosexual... →

fuckyeahgenderstudies: It’s Daily Mail, so i’d advise not reading the comments, just in case.

starbucksthighholsters asked: Hi again! I have another question. How do you or people you know deal with being increasingly pissed off since becoming more aware of sexism, paternalism, misogyny, etc.? And how can I keep it from messing with my life?

Thanks for going into such detail for my last questions, and thanks for reading over this one!

starbucksthighholsters asked: Hi again! I have another question. How do you or people you know deal with being increasingly pissed off since becoming more aware of sexism, paternalism, misogyny, etc.? And how can I keep it from messing with my life?

Thanks for going into such detail for my last questions, and thanks for reading over this one!

tooyoungforthelivingdead asked: "Asexual" has nothing to do with romantic sides of things; ase people I know often say that we should consider the -sexual and -romantic spheres as different e.g. biromantic asexual. Asexuality is still hella misunderstood in the queer community!

Also does asexual/nonsexual mean that you can’t love anybody? I have had asexual friends who had significant others, but...

tooyoungforthelivingdead asked: "Asexual" has nothing to do with romantic sides of things; ase people I know often say that we should consider the -sexual and -romantic spheres as different e.g. biromantic asexual. Asexuality is still hella misunderstood in the queer community!

Also does asexual/nonsexual mean that you can’t love anybody? I have had asexual friends who had significant others, but...

graculus asked: Hi, I'm writing a piece of coursework for my English language course on gender roles in magazines. I was wondering if you could tell me which wave of feminism is the one we're currently in? I'm guessing third or fourth wave but I'm not sure if the whole 'wave' idea has been thrown out of the window. Sorry if this is a stupid question but some enlightenment would be...

vinylescommedescrepes asked: Can you open the submit thing? There's a photo criticising stereotypes that I think would fit in perfectly.

graculus asked: Hi, I'm writing a piece of coursework for my English language course on gender roles in magazines. I was wondering if you could tell me which wave of feminism is the one we're currently in? I'm guessing third or fourth wave but I'm not sure if the whole 'wave' idea has been thrown out of the window. Sorry if this is a stupid question but some enlightenment would be...

Female inmate sues Virginia prison for housing her... →

Deena Kaye Myers, an inmate at Virginia’s Deerfield Correctional Center, has sued 38 employees of the male prison—from Warden Keith W. Davis down to numerous unnamed corrections officers—for housing her with men. According to Myers’ suit, she was born with a medical condition that caused her to develop “feminized external genitalia,” meaning “no scrotum, no...

Female inmate sues Virginia prison for housing her... →

Deena Kaye Myers, an inmate at Virginia’s Deerfield Correctional Center, has sued 38 employees of the male prison—from Warden Keith W. Davis down to numerous unnamed corrections officers—for housing her with men. According to Myers’ suit, she was born with a medical condition that caused her to develop “feminized external genitalia,” meaning “no scrotum, no...

vinylescommedescrepes asked: Can you open the submit thing? There's a photo criticising stereotypes that I think would fit in perfectly.

Anonymous asked: Can you explain feminism to me?

Your take on it, why you consider yourself such, etc.

Anonymous asked: Can you explain feminism to me?

Your take on it, why you consider yourself such, etc.

Anonymous asked: a family member just told me about a sexual assult that happened when we were children. I am feeling lost and overwhelmed and guilty because I am older and i feel like i shouldve been taking care of him. Through feminism, I thought I was at least somewhat educated on how to react to such situations, but feeling this anger and guilt firsthand is more than I couldve imagined. I do not know how to...

Anonymous asked: a family member just told me about a sexual assult that happened when we were children. I am feeling lost and overwhelmed and guilty because I am older and i feel like i shouldve been taking care of him. Through feminism, I thought I was at least somewhat educated on how to react to such situations, but feeling this anger and guilt firsthand is more than I couldve imagined. I do not know how to...

Anonymous asked: Being a/nonsexual just applies to sex. If someone didn't want a /relationship/ (only platonic relationships), then they'd be aromantic. Hope that helps!

poisonyourbreath asked: I can't remember what the Brown quote was, so I'm curious to know what it was since it was just brought up. You deleted it, so could you repost it just so I could see it? (I'm nosy!) Thank you!

jessemarcel asked: This isn't a question, but in regard to your post where you made the correction of the anti-asexual/nonsexual quote and you asked if asexual/nonsexual people can't love, the answer is yes they can. The absence of sexual attraction or sexual pleasure doesn't prevent a person from having deep emotional bonds with other people. :)

Asking for it? As If!

We recently had a flurry of comments by an anti-feminist troll a few weeks ago. One of the tactics he trotted out was to ask “wouldn’t you blame the home-owner for having their house broken into, if they had left it unlocked?” The problem is that the only thing these two scenarios have in common is that they are both crimes. Burglary is a property crime. Rape is a violent...

Asking for it? As If!

We recently had a flurry of comments by an anti-feminist troll a few weeks ago. One of the tactics he trotted out was to ask “wouldn’t you blame the home-owner for having their house broken into, if they had left it unlocked?” The problem is that the only thing these two scenarios have in common is that they are both crimes. Burglary is a property crime. Rape is a...

Do we need a body count to count?: Notes on the... →

For women who are poor, who are Black, who are substance abusers, who are single/mothers, who are sex workers, and for women who possess no Olan Mills yearbook portrait like that of Natalee Holloway, how do we make sense of their lives? Do we see them? The national news coverage of the 1985-2007 LA murders has been sensational. It has created a weeklong media event where images of rape ...

Do we need a body count to count?: Notes on the... →

For women who are poor, who are Black, who are substance abusers, who are single/mothers, who are sex workers, and for women who possess no Olan Mills yearbook portrait like that of Natalee Holloway, how do we make sense of their lives? Do we see them? The national news coverage of the 1985-2007 LA murders has been sensational. It has created a weeklong media event where images of rape ...