January 2012
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bell hooks - Feminism Is For Everybody (free... →
UMM YES! This is like 19£ on Amazon. I love you internet.
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“I don’t think we need feelings of empowerment, what we need is real power.”
– Carol Hanisch (via feministquotes)
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“[Abstinence-only sex ed curricula] rely on offensive, sexist stereotypes about...”
– Did Abstinence-Only Ideology Create a Bully Generation? (via grrrlstudies)
Anonymous asked: What's the worst relationship you've ever been in and how did you get out of it? I've just broken up with my boyfriend and he keeps on hassling me.
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A whole bunch of free CBT worksheets →
Various cognitive behavioral therapy/self help worksheets for BDD, OCD, PTSD, social anxiety, depression and more.
I find some of these quite useful, so I thought others might too.
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“The only way to lose is to give up. It’s the same with being a feminist: I want...”
– Josie Long (via fuckyeahjosielong)
houseofhanover asked: I just thought you should know that I love your blog so much that it makes me want to explode into rainbows and shiny things. You are fantastic. Ok, I'll stop being creepy now C:
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Tory women bring feminism out of the ghetto →
droppingthefbomb:
My favourite bit of the article is when she uses the term “ghetto feminism”.
What the shit is this.
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Anonymous asked: what do you think of Sherlock's sexuality? I imagine him being asexual, it feels like it fits but I haven't read the original stories or anything
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“There’s no indication in the original stories that he was asexual or gay. He...”
– Steven Moffat on Sherlock’s sexuality. (via heralding)
As someone who has read the original stories, no.
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“To me, withdrawing my application to an institution that is a symbol of...”
– Why I sent Oxford a rejection letter, Elly Nowell
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“Women are expected to be photorealist portraits of femininity, not expressionist...”
– In defence of fake beauty, Shona McCombes
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“The first is that true gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A...”
– Fanfic Symposium: When Worlds Collide
“I have heard in the last several years a great deal about the suffering of men...”
– Andrea Dworkin, “I Want a 24-Hour Truce During Which There is No Rape”
Are your ears burning, Hugo Schwyzer
(via coldbitterness)
Favourite Dworkin piece.
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"If it's about equality why is it called feminism?...
iamateenagefeminist:
Well, golly gee, I guess you’re right. The word “feminism” does does come from feminine implying that it’s about women. I guess we should change that…oh wait.
Mankind Policeman Mailman Woman God the Father He being used as the default in every language ever.
But you know, you’re right, we really should get around to changing the word feminism to imply it’s about equality...
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“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence...”
– bell hooks (via cultureofresistance)
You can give yourself hallucinations using two...
did-you-kno:
Source
2 halves of a ping-pong ball = 1 ping-pong ball. did you kno?
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An example of misinformation in the media
fuckyeahsexeducation:
True Blood. In season 2 we’re introduced to a new vampire Jessica. She was made when she was still a teenager and a virgin. She then goes into a sexual relationship. The misinformation is that they show her hymen breaking and because vampires heal her hymen grows back every time after sex. Of course, I’ve stated multiple times that the hymen doesn’t break and it’s just...
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shin8shin reblogged your photo: What ever it is that…
i hate those ads. wish i could remove my gender from facebook.
I left the gender option on my facebook as ‘select gender’, this stops the weight loss ads (because only ladies need to lose weight of course) and uses ‘their’ on the timeline rather than ‘her’ :)
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“‘Riderless horses on Chomsky’s Camelot…’
- (Richey...”
– John Niven, Spring 2009
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Half of women blame the victims of sexual assault →
stfuhypocrisy:
[TW FOR RAPE, VICTIM BLAMING, RAPE CULTURE]
One in ten thought that dancing provocatively, flirting or wearing revealing clothing made them partly to blame.
Haven, the sexual assault clinics that commissioned the survey of 1,000 people of both sexes, said this prevailing attitude deterred victims from reporting the crime.
The study found that women were less forgiving of...
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“I fly my flag of self-esteem for all those who have been told they were ugly and...”
– Margaret Cho
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i wish that instead of calling it "losing your...
youarenotyou:
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theoceanandthesky:
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therhapsodyincidents:
SOOO INTO THIS!!!!
I’m also REALLY into this. That’s lovely. So much better, especially because that’s inclusive and doesn’t exclude LGBTQ people. Since “virginity” is heterosexist, patriarchal bullshit.
so i’m just going to start using this.
YESSSSSSSS
I like the idea of it being a...
“We need to look at this at a meta-level instead of responding sincerely and...”
– From a blog comment, reposted on Facebook by a friend of mine. I don’t know the original source, but kudos to you, Ms. Original Poster. (via sexistculture)
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“Like most women, I currently live in a society where violence, harassment and...”
– Tiger Beatdown
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Girls Get Busy: WE HEART LISA SIMPSON zine now... →
girlsgetbusyzine:
A zine dedicated to the feminist icon that is Lisa Simpson. Contributions include writings of personal experiences, art work, lyrics, memories, photos and tributes. 20 pages with colour - A5 size Limited copies on Simpson yellow covers with a FREE Lisa sticker designed by Grace Miceli!
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SOLD OUT!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
“Normally, in anything I do, I’m fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy...”
– Neil Gaiman (via cottonbutts)
GPOY GPOY GPOY
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cannibalinhumanclothing replied to your post: cannibalinhumanclothing replied to your photo:…
Racism is an umbrella term, and no.
Oh okay that must be true because some white guy said so.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy are you following meeeeeee? You always pop up on my dash with these nuggets of bullshit. You’re not the ~totally kewl liberal guy~ you think you are. Go away.
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Diane Abbott racism non-story →
MP Diane Abbott has been forced to apologise for a tweet she sent yesterday during a discussion with journalist Bim Adewunmi about the use of the terms “the black community” and “black community leaders” in the media. The offending tweet read: White people love playing ‘divide & rule’. We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism Cue outrage...
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Racism vs “racism”: why Diane Abbott was right... →
oforganon:
I can imagine a world in which Diane Abbott’s tweet that “White people love playing ‘divide and rule’ We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism” would be racist. In this parallel universe Britain is dominated, politically and economically, by an unshakeable clique of black, working-class women and two black men have just been convicted, several years too late thanks to...
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Abbott says sorry for race tweet: Labour... →
I will think of words for this later because WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE WHITE PEOPLE?!?!?!?!
ETA: OMG THE TWITTER FEED, THE TWITTER FEED! SO MUCH BULLSHIT.
Anonymous asked: i'm curious as to your opinion. they say a woman makes $0.70 for every dollar a man makes for doing the same work. if that is a true figure then why don't these businesses hire exclusively women in order to save on salary costs?
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A Scandal in Belgravia or The Fall of Irene Adler? →
Spoilers at the link
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whybedennydifferent:
Okay well I got bored so I made that blog already.
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Follow it!
Oooo signal boost, this looks goooood.