January 2011
36 posts
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
“Most of us, in our daily lives, do not think about rape at all. Women, however,...”
– Pornography, Lad Mags, Video Games and Boys: Reviving the Canary in the Cultural Coalmine Matthew B. Ezzell
Femonster: Rugrats is about feminist families →
inherhipstheresrevolutions:
erikawithac:
Mrs. Pickles is the educated breadwinner, Stu often chasing his less profitable dreams
Phil & Lil’s mom, obvs (short hair, female symbol sweatshirt, clear second waver)
Charlotte, ballbusting CEO who wants Angelica to have an edge in a…
Someone needs to invent a gender-neutral pronoun,...
Writing ‘he/she’ or ‘they’ is far too much hard work. And doesn’t get the message across.
donghyunsuh:
“You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.”
Noam Chomsky
PREACH
BUTWHATABOUTTHEMEN? →
Anton Vowl talks about the real and hurtful comments made by Loose Women towards menfolk everywhere. Bravo.
“Being born a woman is an awful tragedy… Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with...”
– Sylvia Plath (via tulletulle)
“If Glenn Beck were here today I would say to him: “Glenn Beck, you are a bigot....”
– British MP Tom Watson (via sarahpalinstfu)
FUCK YEAH Tom Watson!
“I’m all for gender equality but feminists are too radical.” —A response from...”
– Of all the grating and upsetting notions out there, this one takes the cake. Generalizing and stereotyping an entire group of people (a group, in this case, that is comprised mostly by women) while simultaneously making the hollow claim that you’re “for gender equality” attests to the shallowness of...
“A study at University College London in the UK has found that conservatives’...”
– Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain | Raw Story (via militantagnostic)
You’ve got to ask, though - it’s a chicken or the egg situation. Are conservatives more scared because they are conservative, and read or listen to conservative media, or are they reading the...
“Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes...”
– The above is a great excerpt from a post at Fugitivus a couple years ago. The post is longish, and definitely worth a read, but this particular quote stood out.
You can probably imagine the stupid ass shit that doesn’t get out of The Border House moderation queue. ”HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT MEN ARE...
I never did Deutsch
Me: Say something in German!
Brother: Es gibt eine Schlange in meinem Boot!
“The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...”
– anon. (via socialworky, directactioniswitchcraft-deacti)
“Pointing out that men are privileged in no way denies that bad things happen to...”
– Barry Deutsch- The Male Privilege Checklist (via reelaroundthefountain | tigersmilk)
“After I realized the extent to which men work from a base of unacknowledged...”
– White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (via socialworky)
Turned off all the downstairs lights, walked a...
Half way out of the dark.
“As long as race is something only applied to non-white peoples, as long as white...”
– The Matter of Whiteness by Richard Dyer (via socialworky)
Doo doo doo doo doo.
