January 2011
Does anyone else want to help with FY Women's...
feministslut: My research interest mostly focus on African American history and women’s history (mostly African American women). I want to make both blogs as diverse as I can. With the semester coming up, I know I won’t be able to do that on my own. Does anyone want to help me with the blogs? I am also aware of the fact that I spend a lot of my time on this blog and I neglect the other blogs. If...
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I'm a feminist.
feministslut: I’m anti-racism anti-classism anti-cissexism anti-heterosexism anti-ableism anti-sexism anti-sizism I firmly believe in equality for all. I do not believe any other word but feminism describes everything I believe in. I cannot stand any of the ism’s out there. I despise them all. All the ism’s work together. Which is why I firmly believe feminist is the best way to describe...
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Slut-Shaming
crystalsavestheday: Slut-shaming, also known as slut-bashing, is the idea of shaming and/or attacking a woman or a girl for being sexual, having one or more sexual partners, acknowledging sexual feelings, and/or acting on sexual feelings. Furthermore, it’s “about the implication that if a woman has sex that traditional society disapproves of, she should feel guilty and inferior” (Alon Levy, Slut...
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Reduced Fertility in Patients' Families Is...
(via PLoS ONE) Marco Del Giudice* Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy Abstract Background Schizophrenia is a mental disorder marked by an evolutionarily puzzling combination of high heritability, reduced reproductive success, and a remarkably stable prevalence. Recently, it has been proposed that sexual selection may be crucially involved...
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THE SEXISM OF BLACK SWAN
tabularasae: Black Swan feeds into and supports one of the most destructive forms of sexism; the movie tells us that women are constantly in competition with one another—that a success of a woman can’t be appreciated and valued by other women—and that a woman’s innate sense of jealousy will drive her to hysteria, psychosis, and death. Black Swan uses this stereotype of women to quasi-effectively...
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revolutionaryhips: chicana/xicana feminist theory books i need to read every single book on this list
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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...
Dec 30th
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Think women have achieved equality? Think again. →
We Can’t Be Equal While: Gender Roles Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser). Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “pussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man. When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to “have balls”, or conversely she is a “man-eater”, “ball-buster”, or a “bitch” because she was “too” assertive. Men are beat up,...
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Great Zine By Queer Feminists  →
Qunst Zine issue number seven that focuses on HIV/AIDS. (via Kinkzine)
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You Start Wanting It
(Via Musings From The Soapbox) Most of you will probably remember the much lamented TV show Huge. For those of you who don’t, it was a show about a group of teenagers at ‘fat camp’. Alongside the usual teenagery type stuff, it dealt with themes of fatness and other types of otherness, and did so with amazing insight, finesse and perspective. It was while I was watching the first...
Dec 30th
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A Tisket A Tangent; Kink And Rape Culture
(via The Rotound) I was writing about new year’s resolutions, which I will totally get back to doing, I promise! But then I got all riled up about the way some people think kink is automatically, 100%, all of the time every time misogynistic and a way to perpetuate rape culture and I had to bust out my opinion on that. Basically, I think it’s bullshit. While it is impossible to separate...
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healthtothepeople asked: Can I use this picture from your blog aka Dr. Swift for my icon thingy. If not, I'll change it.

thanks,
HTTP
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healthtothepeople asked: Can I use this picture from your blog aka Dr. Swift for my icon thingy. If not, I'll change it.

thanks,
HTTP
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Anonymous asked: So I'm asking a few feminist Tumblrs their opinion on a problem I have.

What do I do if I hook up with a guy who I think is amazing, and look him up on Facebook then find out he's in a relationship? Should I message his girlfriend? He's even on don't date him girl.com (here: http://dontdatehimgirl.com/mobi_view.php?id=299925&k=&p=38) and he's been...
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Legal aid cuts will hit women the hardest, says... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies: Ethnic minorities and disabled people will also miss out after £600m cut to family law and divorce funding
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Anonymous asked: So I'm asking a few feminist Tumblrs their opinion on a problem I have.

What do I do if I hook up with a guy who I think is amazing, and look him up on Facebook then find out he's in a relationship? Should I message his girlfriend? He's even on don't date him girl.com (here: http://dontdatehimgirl.com/mobi_view.php?id=299925&k=&p=38) and he's been...
Dec 28th
“THE HANDY GUIDE TO NOT RAPING PEOPLE IN SEVEN EASY STEPS 1. When you meet a...”
– Ben Pobjie: The Handy Guide to Not Raping People (via monkeytypist)
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My name escapes their minds: May I just say... →
jaded16india: mohandasgandhi: I see a lot of complaining on Tumblr and I see a lot of people telling others they have no right to complain simply because others have it worse.  While I agree that many of our first world “problems” are trivial, we do share common struggles.  Something is not judged based upon a comparison to another.  For instance, let’s say there are 3 states of health: very...
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Embracing genders and existing in genders
neutresex: Embracing genders and existing in genders is as revolutionary as rejecting/abolishing/destroying/neglecting genders. We’ve got to be able to recognize that genders can be powerful, beautiful, liberating, and meaningful tools just as we are able to recognize that genders can be destructive, harmful, and restricting.
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Untitled: This (see notes) is why I think triggers... →
quixotess: This (see notes) is why I think triggers aren’t everything. We’re trained in social justice circles to respect triggers (whose, though???) and that’s great, because one individual can’t wholly take care of her own health, she needs a community of support. But at some point you do need to be responsible for your own triggers. Sometimes, triggers can be conflicting access needs....
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