May 2013
22 posts
ATTENTION ALL GIRLS AND LADIES: if you walk from...
Dear Jane Doe: New Project for "We Believe You" →
webelieveyou:
We would like to share an idea we have been discussing with regards to our YouTube channel, and to make it work we’ll need the help of our followers and visitors. The idea would involve you, survivors of any form of sexual assault/harassment, submitting your stories to us as an anonymous…
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Dear Jane Doe: New Project for "We Believe You" →
thedollydamnllama:
webelieveyou:
We would like to share an idea we have been discussing with regards to our YouTube channel, and to make it work we’ll need the help of our followers and visitors. The idea would involve you, survivors of any form of sexual assault/harassment, submitting your stories to us as an anonymous…
Still signal boosting. Please help with our project!
Not feminism: Oh my God, that woman is wearing make-up and high heels! She can't be a feminist. She's just adhering to the patriarchal expectations of femininity! What a traitor to her gender.
Not feminism: I hate men! Women are so much better than men! All men are rapists and we don't need their help! Men are just there to oppress us and keep us down! Women are the superior gender.
Not feminism: You're giving up your career to have a baby? You're being dictated to by a man! That's the wrong choice! You've slept with twenty men? Wow, way to show that you have no respect for yourself.
Feminism: Women and men are equal. No-one should be discriminated against on the basis of their gender. Women have the right to decide how to live their life, how to dress, what to do with their body and who to love.
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“Seriously, if we believe a 14 year old is too immature to know how to take a...”
– “Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
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Red State Democrats Who Voted To Expand Background... →
“If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the...”
– A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via foxgrl)
April 2013
23 posts
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Paul Ryan Reverses Stance On Gay Adoption →
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Monday during a town hall event in Janesville, Wis., that he has changed his position on gay couples adopting children, WKOW reports. An audience member at the event asked Ryan why he doesn’t support same-sex marriage.
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glintglimmergleam:
what it basically boils down to is this:
maaaybe i’m a feminist killjoy and freedom-of-speech oppressor who “can’t take a joke”
or maybe, just maybe
you’re a racist misogynist with a shitty sense of humor who “can’t take criticism”.
“Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings, ‘The illegal...”
– Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in a 1975 conversation with a U.S. ambassador and two diplomats.
The quote was unearthed by Wikileaks, when they published the world’s largest searchable collection of U.S. diplomatic communications late last night.
(h/t Salon.com)
“Abortion seems to be the only medical procedure that people want to deny you...”
– Worry About Your Own Uterus: (via veruca-assault)
March 2013
17 posts
“I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via hanksyewest)
