February 2010
7 posts
“Feminism is a different matter. For whatever reason, people don’t think it’s...”
– Squashed: You know who I hate? Particle physicists. (via katoleary) (via amberlrhea) (via gauntlet)
“If anything, the bragging was even more upsetting. When you argue that you...”
– The seemingly innocuous Focus on the Family ad has some dark undertones. (via notemily) (via amberlrhea)(via champagnecandy) (via robot-heart-politics)
“It’s not that I don’t get why we have political arguments about language. Words...”
– Sady Doyle (via gauntlet)
“Rape can be enacted by men in many ways, under innumerable circumstances....”
– A Radical Profeminist: Who Bears the Responsibility for Rape? Do You See Rape As An Act Women Should Try and Avoid, or the Responsibility of Men to End? (via clingtomymouth) (via katoleary) (via lemdi) (via hurricane-k)
2 tags
“But some other part of me suspected the real truth, one too bitter to let in....”
– Sue Monk Kidd, “The Dance of the Dissident Daughter”
“To be born female in this culture means that you are born “tainted”,...”
– Anne Wilson Schaef
“When I use the term feminine soul, I’m referring to a woman’s inner...”
– Sue Monk Kidd, “The Dance of the Dissident Daughter”
January 2010
14 posts
“Sex is not a contract for pregnancy any more than swimming is a contract for...”
– Via Rabble (via lipstick-feminists)
“The woman’s orgiastic fantasies and her sharing of them over the internet with a...”
– Peter Tatchell (via gauntlet)
““Feminist philosophers and linguists have shown that women are marked. Marking...”
– Lynne Tirrell, “Language and Power”
“Language matters to feminism because language is a structure of significances...”
– Lynne Tirrell, “Language and Power”.
How objectification silences women - the male... →
thecurvature:
A great post, though as always unless otherwise specifically noted, the comments are not recommended.
“I would still be a woman, whether I was afraid of it or not – I can’t precisely...”
– Sady Doyle (via geniecc) (via feminismisforlovers)
“In other words, if a woman admits to having sexual fantasies, she asked for it....”
– Penny Red (via gauntlet)
Thoughts on awareness
thecurvature:
meloukhia:
Let me tell you how aware I am of breast cancer.
Among the many toxic legacies I inherited from my mother’s family is variant BRCA1 and BRCA2. It’s waiting. In every cell. Coiled. Patient. Someday it may strike. Or it may not.
I am pretty fucking aware of breast cancer. I’m also pretty fucking aware of cancer in general. But most particularly, breast cancer. Several...
formspring.me
coitusandcopouts:nightmarebrunette:
How many men? Does it get to you?
Are you asking me how many men I’ve been with sexually? A long time ago, when the number of men who’d put their penis inside of my vagina started getting into the 20s, I already found it terribly hard to keep count. Because I was seeing someone new, and he asked, I’d try to figure it out while on the treadmill. (“Michael,...
Girls aren't going to talk to you first.
placidhips:
readysetmachine:
trisarahtoops:butimustconfess:youreweirdbutilikeit:fadedeyespursue:
amileeyp:lyssaisakitty:melleigh:becauseoftheimperfections:toni-the-tiger:supgeez:
it’s a girl thing. we don’t like starting the conversation because we like to feel like you want to talk to us. we like to feel like the wait was worth something. we like feeling like you’ve waited for us like...
Rape Culture: 101 →
December 2009
37 posts
“File this under musings on radical love.
I’ve been thinking a lot about...”
– The Courage to be Cliche
“Thinking about what the last year and the last decade has meant for American...”
– Beauty Standards, Feministing
kelsium:
I think the only diabetics who should get insulin are the ones who got it genetically. Gluttony is a sin, you see. If you stuff your face with candy, it’s your own fault. Diabetes might be a blessing, why can’t you accept god’s gifts? I think the only people who should get treated for lung cancer are the ones who got it from second hand smoke. Otherwise they just got what was coming to...
“For maybe the past decade or so, little girls have inhabited a universe that is,...”
– The power of pink | From the Guardian | The Guardian (via amberlrhea)
I think what’s going on with pinkification is a little more complicated than that. It’s saying to girls that they can be smart (read books, play Scrabble) or successful (Monopoly) or even like sports (as fans: how many pink...
“I don’t think women are top of anyone’s agenda. I find now is the time for more...”
– Emma Thompson: ‘Chances are you’ll know somebody who pays for sex’ | Film | guardian.co.uk (via clembastow) (via jeanhannah) (via bingoparaphernalia) (via gauntlet) (via marnalicious) (via wannablessedbereturns) (via katoleary)
“The history of women is one of sighs and whispers. Of deficiencies, of wrongs,...”
– Camilla Long (via gauntlet)
“The role model of a woman who is multi-dimensional, accomplished in many...”
– http://bitchmagazine.org/post/are-you-there-god-its-me-miley-on-privacy-teen-sexuality-and-the-miley-cyrus-twitter
“Sex” is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one...”
– Marquis de Sade (via deltafoxtrot) (via suicideblonde) (via dream-instead) (via dirtysilver) (via lifeisfinite) (via quickienewyork) (via jellyfishing) (via coitusandcopouts)
“Feminism is neither for or against abortion. However, feminism is (generally)...”
– A. Krause
Casual sex not road to hell, researchers find
gauntlet:amberlrhea:rkb:
Young adults who have casual sex are no more likely than those in committed relationships to experience psychological problems, new research has found.
Or, the US News and World Report headline, “Casual Sex Doesn’t Cause Emotional Damage: Study”
In the study, University of Minnesota researchers analyzed the responses of 737 females and 574 males, mean age 20.5, who were...
“A friend of mine in New York City has a half-fare transit card, which means that...”
– Why We Fight (1988) | Vito Russo (via clingtomymouth) (via bonesarecoralmade) (via curate) (via fireengines)
“Advice that counsels women to give up the things the people consider normal,...”
– How To Be Part Of The Problem «
“We will also surely see remarks from people who don’t want to be called rape...”
– How To Be Part Of The Problem «
“Rosen has refuted this mass misquoting, picking up on the acceptability of...”
– Sexism and JK Rowling. (via wannablessedbereturns)
There's More to Sex Than a Cum Shot to the Face:... →
ladylogique:
tiredofbeingignored:
sexismandthecity:
No, porn does not turn men into crazed sex fiends. But it’s clear that pornography has affected the way we view — and have — sex. Here’s how to counter porn’s effects.
“The new singing style is also a very audible means of what the philosopher...”
– Jude Rogers (via gauntlet)
2 tags
“We seem to be special women here, we have liked to think of ourselves as...”
– Adrienne Rich in her essay “When We Dead Awaken” (feministe) (via abbyjean)
I love Adrienne Rich.
How do so few people realize the ridiculousness of...
sarahmc:
abbyjean:
thecurvature:
I know, indoctrination. I used to think that there was nothing in the world worse than being a “slut” or “whore,” too. Granted I was like 16, and it does kind of amaze me that more people don’t grow out of this, but I get it. When you’re told your entire life that a woman’s entire worth rests on not being a “slut” or a “whore,” it can be hard to think...
“Personally, I think Keira Knightly deserves the fame she has achieved. To me,...”
– Imperious internet comments about celebrities are my favourite kind. (via wannablessedbereturns)
“If women are raised being told by parents, teachers, media, peers, and all...”
– Another post about rape « Fugitivus (via clingtomymouth) (via thepoliticalpartygirl) (via katoleary) (via gauntlet)
“They gave her an extra year for having a vibrator.”
– M, after hearing about Knox’s 26 year sentence and her ex-boyfriend’s 25 year sentence. (via sarahmc)
