March 2012
50 posts
What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry: Default... →
fozmeadows:
Following on from my recent thoughts on female characters in YA dystopias and the Broken Bird trope, something else about the treatment of women in stories has been niggling at me. Writing those both posts, my emotional reaction was consistently stronger and more negative than seemed explicable by their topics alone - as though there was something else under it, some deeper irk I...
Hey Granny Herald, your anti-woman bias is showing
These stories are not unrelated:
The Hunger Games has third biggest opening weekend ever
Though it features a female lead, The Hunger Games drew more balanced crowds, with girls and women accounting for 61 percent of audiences, according to distributor Lionsgate.
The Hunger Games star ‘too big’ for role
Reviewers have described Lawrence as a “big-boned lady” with...
“(Studies suggest that, unlike men, women who express anger or lose their tempers...”
– Even today, an angry female arouses fear and is dismissed Washington Post
“As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have “anger...”
– Soraya L. Chemaly, Stop Telling Girls They’re Hysterical (via sparkamovement)
Boom.
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this shit’s interesting.
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I wish someone had explained gendered socialized behaviour to me when I was much younger. I would have been a happier kid.
Feminist Disney: Terms cis people need to stop... →
abunchoftwats:
lorycannotsupinate:
dongfang-bubai:
jarl-ulfric:
autumn-and-eve:
Biologically male
Male-bodied
Male at birth
Gender-variant
MtF
Any transmisogynistic slur
XY-chromosomed or anything referring to chromosomes
Terms you should use:
Coercively Assigned Male At Birth (CAMAB)
Fucking hell. Even biologically accurate terminology is offensive? Are you serious?
...
So, Germaine Greer responds to her glitter bombing for her history of transphobia by:
Focusing on only one incident of dealing with a transgender individual in her career
Uses said individual’s male name
Saying shit like “not as other women”
Says of said incident if there had been discussion about a transgender women working at the same academic institute as her, “I...
Morning on Mars
nfornihilism:
sketchlock:
rhea137:
6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.
HOLY CRAP. Let’s go there right now.
<lizlemon>I want to go to there.</lizlemon>
*single tear for the sheer beauty*
Hi-C Educates the Masses: I have been collecting... →
canering:
sophie-von-bayern:
…of names, addresses, photos and other personal information about LGBTQ people around the world to establish a LGBTQ database in order to out these LGBTQ people against their will to their friends, families and employers.
In Spring 2012, I had planned to start a website where people could have informed themselves about LGBTQ people (where they live, what they do,...
Jesus H Christ, tumblr. You call hate speech “free speech”?!
Hate speech is not “free”. The price is it kills. It kills when kids gun down their school mates in class. It kills when trans people are systemically targeted for murder. It kills when queer people are so bullied, so hating themselves, so unable to see a place for themselves in this fucked up world that they...
“Let me tell you some things. I used to... →
feminisminapapercup:
[TW: Rape, child abuse]
““Let me tell you some things. I used to investigate child abuse and neglect. I can tell you how to stop the vast majority of abortion in the world. First, make knowledge and access to contraception widely available. Start teaching kids before they hit puberty. Teach them about domestic violence and coercion, and teach them not to coerce and rape....
When people say 'fuck political correctness' they...
egyptiansoapbox:
Stop telling me to be considerate of other people’s feelings! There is no law against being selfish! I have an opinion and I must express it in the most abrasive, thoughtless way possible, because manners are for the weak.
Merf. Thinking is Hard.: why feminism directly... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
In western philosophy, there is this idea that all knowledge can be learned— that if people try hard enough, it can all eventually be found. It also assumes that this knowledge is accessible to all individuals.
When we analyze privilege in Women’s Studies, the core idea is that one cannot ever know exactly how other people live and experience the world, no matter how...
feminist historian: How to tell if something is a... →
iamateenagefeminist:
Does this issue affect women?
Yes -Then the issue is a feminist issue.
No - Then the issue is not a feminist issue.
It’s really that simple.
What people often forget is that “women” aren’t one cohesive group. There are black women, white women, poor women, rich women, lesbian women, trans women, Latino women, immigrant women, native...
Hi-C Educates the Masses: what fetishization of... →
ihaveaphdinhorribleness:
kawaiimodus:
it doesnt manifest in people treating queer ships as better/more interesting than het, and it doesn’t manifest in people caring the most about canonically gay white dudes
what its like is watching people in a fandom, like sherlock for example, constantly treat the intentional subtext like its actual queer representation and watching them continually call...
“I don’t want to hear about the endless struggles to keep sex exciting, or the...”
– Mindy Kaling on how “Married People Need to Step it Up” (via hannahstaton)
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Fuck yeah, basically. TV/Movies treat (hetero)marriage like The End of Fun, when men turn into lazy slobs and women turn into nagging harpies and they never have sex and they loathe each other.
(via notreallykira)
Real...
The Riot: On Women's Rights: Yeah, Yeah, Blah,... →
theriotmag:
On Women’s Rights: Yeah, Yeah, Blah, Blah. Whatever.
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Last week, I was having a conversation with friend, when she made mention of a mutual friend, who has been generally very supportive of my writing about women. She shared with me that he saw my writing and…
BAKING COOKIES : THE METAL WAY.
grey-lips:
giftyisgifted:
This is going on my kitchen wall when I move. I swear.
It really rips my ration book when women can yell, protest, write editorials, fight laws etc for months and years AND DECADES about a uterus-bearing problem and get completely ignored, yet the MOMENT a Cool White Dude With A Platform (TM) steps to talk about it, the whole world is “OMFG I didn’t know this was going on! Fix ALL THE PROBLEMS! SAVE TEH WIMMENZ! THANK YOU COOL WHITE...
“The attempt by Republican men to wrestle American women back into chastity belts...”
– Don’t Tread on Us - NYTimes.com
That’s right GOP, keep demeaning the women and we will release the Clinton!
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I LOVE EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD. AND EVERYONE IN THIS BAR.
Omg we will release the Clinton.
(via girlargueswithtree)
We will release the Clinton.
(via tenderstatue)
LORD...
Naomi Wolf Sez: Get off my lawn Western Feminists! →
Yet again I’m reminded that Naomi Wolf doesn’t speak for me, and is incapable of engaging with intersectional feminism.
This focus is why so many “feminist” debates tend to become lifestyle discussions: should women have facelifts? What about hiring nannies? What about stay-at-home moms versus working mothers? Frankly, if I – as a passionate feminist – am bored by two...
My Things on the Internet: Things I would like to... →
dianerevoluta:
Does it ever bother you that your entire public persona is built around making you seem like a buffoon? That your media advisors’ mandate is simply to make you seem like a loveable chump? Do you realise that by playing into this caricature you are implicitly agreeing with the notion that the majority of New Zealanders are just too dumb to elect a leader who is smart,...
“The students in my feminist theory course are a useful barometer. When they read...”
– Boston Review — Nancy J. Hirschmann: Mothers Who Care Too Much (via robot-heart-politics)
Oh hey! It’s my government!
“I think we can all recognize that the “it’s a joke excuse” is the most...”
– Loose Talk: You can take your “just joking” and shove it.
I needed this on my dash today.
(via echeveria)
Southern Poverty Law Center Names Men's Rights... →
shakingthelawbythetail:
But according to Michael Brenden Dougherty, the SPLC shouldn’t be investigating “random jerks who don’t call women back after sex.”
If you care to inform Doughtery that the MRA is a hate group and their misogyny can’t be dismissed as “gross” or “retrograde.” You can find him on Twitter here: @michaelbd
*You may have seen him on Up With Chris Hayes. He’s been on...
I always feel like asking the people who run women’s self defence classes whether they run men’s self control classes in conjunction.
So, I'm guessing that "are women people?" thing is... →
Now Accepting Immigrants From Femmerica
Retail | Marion, IA, USA | Bigotry
(I’m sweeping when an older gentleman comes up. Note that I’m female.)
Customer: “It’s good to see you doing that.”
Me: “Oh…um…thank you.”
Customer: “So many of you young ladies these days are d*** fem’nists.”
Me: “Actually, sir, I am a feminist. It’s just a little dirty, so I need to clean up.”
Customer: “You d***...
The Wellington Young Feminists' Collective: Stuff... →
wellingtonyoungfeminists:
A new Stuff poll about women’s safety in the CBD has a “Unsafe, women shouldn’t walk alone” option.
Gee thanks stuff. Not navigating out city alone is an impractical, victim-blaming option which makes women feel trapped. A better poll would be “What should the council and the police do to…
“Why is it accepted that some people who eat a ton of food can stay thin, but not...”
– Some Things I Don’t Understand « Dances With Fat (via sixtyforty)
So my International Woman's Day Included:
Sexist and racist remarks about Asian women
Reading an essay about a woman gamer who has been sexually harrassed and cyberstalked for 3+ years, including violent threats
Listening to a radio station use it as an excuse to play female artists then rate them on their “hotness” (‘but we’re playing more women! And mentioning IWD LOTS! Can’t you see how progressive we...
It's International Women's Day, and my comment of...
Guy: “If people in India burn their wives on the man’s funeral pyre, they should be allowed to do that because that’s their traditional beliefs. Just because YOU don’t believe in it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t happen!”
Me: “But shouldn’t the woman have a choice…”
Guy: “TRADITIONAL BELIEFS!
Car Crash in process: White Dude campaigning for... →
If you ever wanted to see a RaceFail in SFF as it happens, check it out. Author Lou Antonelli - a Texan who attends a Southern Baptist church - is campaigning for a spot on the SFWA council, calling his platform “diversity”.
He calls his children affectionately “Canine-Americans”. Oh dear lawd *facepalm*
Wonderful author Nisi Shawl attempts to school him on how insulting...
“I don’t know what’s in Rush Limbaugh’s heart so I’m not going to comment on the...”
– President Obama, commenting on the Rush Limbaugh controversy in today’s press conference. (via dcdecoder)
He is such a dad :’)
I respect your argument bro but no actually I don’t AND PRESIDENT OBAMA IS AMAZING.
(via missturdle)
Look I respect the guy, but FFS dude…”And one of the...
More of that ever present noise... →
Paint Me A Misogynist
Retail | Mesa, AZ, USA | Bigotry, Top
(I work in the hardware department of a large retail store. Part of my duties entail mixing paint. A customer approaches my male coworker, who doesn’t know how to use the paint machine. He points the customer in my direction and the following conversation ensues.)
Customer: “What? Her? But she’s a woman!”
Me: “I can help you, sir....
Meanwhile, from amongst the ever present sexist... →
Pretty Poor Flirting
School | Australia |
Me: “I’m really sorry, but you’ve come through to the wrong area. This is grounds maintenance.”
Customer: “But you’re too pretty to work in grounds maintenance.”
Me: “Thank you. You’ll still need to go to the central building, on the other side of campus.”
Customer: “But you’re too pretty! I should be doing your job; I’m much better suited.”
Me: “I,...
Tangerina: Welfare "reforms" →
The National Government is no friend to women. They cancelled the pay equity research into social workers and school support staff within the first few months of their election to power. They dissolved the Department of Labour unit that oversaw that research. They reduced the Ministry of Women’s affairs into a tiny, cloutless office (that despite their meagre staff and budget stil produces...
“Creep shaming is probably one of the most insidious and anti-equality things you...”
– AntiBigots, Reddit
ALL MEN
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“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.” -Margaret Atwood
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Reblogging for the Atwood quote, which is showing its truthiness right here.
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so, women have privilege...
tentacular:
Stand down: literature has defeated the Thought Police. Belgium’s supreme court has defeated the mischief-making of the whining PC brigade. Tintin is not banned. Huzzah!
The badness of the bad faith involved in the commentariat’s discussion of this issue, the relentlessness of their categoric elisions, the unpleasantness of their crowing over the victory, should come as no...
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Woman: Well, why can't I have birth control?
Government: Because. Sex isn't for recreation.
Woman: It can help regulate my period and benefit me in other ways.
Government: Too bad.
Man: For no reason other than for recreational sex, may I have birth control?
Government: Do you have a penis?
Man: YES, YES I DO!!
Government: WELL HOWDY, VALID CITIZEN. You can buy condoms by the dozens. Here, here's a pack of special condom for "His Pleasure." Oooh, these come in different colours and flavours. Here, try these. They have ribs on them. And this one glows in the dark!! LOL OMG DICK LIGHTSABER!!
Government: But seriously, you're a man. You can do what ever you want.
Woman: But-
Government: Shut up, you sinning, freeloading hussy.