Fuck yeah, feminists!: Archive

Fuck yeah, feminists!

February 2012

URGENT: Google privacy policy change

Just got this in an email In just a few hours, new policies will take effect at Google, endangering your privacy. Tech publication Gizmodo reports, “things you could do in relative anonymity today [like your web searches], will be explicitly associated with your name, your face, your phone number come March 1st.” And this applies retro-actively if you don’t act today. You ...

Fund for Troy Davis's family →

numol: [via Dread Times (link to post)] AFAICT the new deadline is the 28th [of February]. they’re only at 69% of their goal as of now, please pass this around and donate if possible. The Davis family has had to bury three warriors for justice in the past seven months. Virginia Davis, the matriarch of the family, passed in April, just two weeks after the US Supreme Court denied Troy’s...

“I’m fat positive because I’m a feminist, and I refuse to acknowledge in the...”

– You’re Welcome - Why I’m Fat Positive (via ceasesilence)

“I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my...”

– I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. (via nowaitninjas)

“‎Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”

– (i wish i could put this on a business card and hand it out to people who make rape jokes. the flip side would say FUCK YOU)

workingsex: “Some feminists want to stop men from seeing all women as whores. Well, sex worker advocates want everyone to stop seeing whores as something other than women, other than human. These goals are not the same, and radical feminists are not helping prostitutes as long as they are casting us off as something other than fully human.” Great article. It’s a must read.

INFOGRAPHIC: How Diversity Drives Success

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Banker Leaves 1% Tip On $133 Lunch Bill In...

EDIT: Looks like it’s a hoax! While I am glad that it didn’t actually happen, it’s still a pretty shitty thing to doctor. I am fuming. As a former waitress, I know how fucking hurtful this is. Does this even cover the credit card fee that the server will have to pay? This is fucking ridiculous, vindictive and mean. Being a server IS a real job. And if everyone had “real...

I'm on Pinterest! →

I am still trying to figure it out, so please leave some suggestions as to who to follow and what sorta stuff you’d like to see on there!

Five Myths About Women in Combat →

This is from May, but consider Santorum’s recent bullshit comments about women not being able to ‘handle’ combat just as well this is relevant. Thanks to the reader who suggested I post this! Here’s the list. Click the link for explanations and the whole article. Women are too emotionally fragile for combat. Women are too physically weak for the battlefield. The...

“It is my opinion that the combat exclusion policy actually increases the risk of...”

– Former Army Sergeant Kayla Williams dropped a lot of wisdom in an NPR interview earlier this week. You should go read/listen to what she had to say. (via thepoliticalnotebook)

Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: It’s Oscar Night →

racismschool: whidavrho: I’m conflicted about her winning. It’s not that I don’t want her to win, it’s that she’d win for playing a type of role Hattie McDaniel played and got an award for 73 years ago. 73 years have passed and Black Women are still playing maids and jezebels in some shape or form. But if she wins, I’ll be happy for her because regardless how I feel about The Help, Viola...

The Bechdel Test and Race in Popular Fiction

crystalsavestheday: 1. It has to have two POC in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something other than a white person. No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human. Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original Bechdel Test. Check out a few more here.

“For example, the shape we call a heart—whose symmetry resembles the vulva far...”

– Gloria Steinem, 1998 introduction to the Vagina Monologues (via sleepingwithmonsters)

In our society, women are taught that it's not...

“So, I would say that a feminist ally, or a feminist man or a man with feminist...”

– This, for instance, which I also included in my statements about “jizz in the face” was left out from the piece at The Atlantic. I won’t bore all of you with the string of statements I made but I wish this one had been included. Because yeah, this is where I stand on the topic. (via...

Things You Shouldn't Say To...

journeytoanewcreation: People suffering from depression: “Stop being so negative!” “You choose to be sad” “You don’t even have anything to be sad about” “There are millions worse off than you, just get a grip!” People struggling with self-harm: “You’re just doing it for attention!” “Those cuts aren’t even that bad” “You don’t even have a reason to cut/burn yourself” “You freak! Hide your...