June 2012
92 posts
“I really wish that anyone, anywhere, would stop reading a girl’s desire for...”
– ‘Brave’s Merida, and Why We Need to Stop Equating Gender Performance and Sexual Orientation | ThinkProgress (via lizlet)
TigerBeatDown: We cannot have it all because we no... →
However, I do have to bring up my disillusion with most of mainstream feminism. I do have to denounce this hegemonic feminist discourse that promotes success without questioning the very context in which said success is supposed to take place. I do have to protest the increasing promotion of corporate participation as a measure of “feminist achievement” and women’s prosperity. Because for as...
What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry: Why YA Sex... →
fozmeadows:
Trigger warning: some mention of rape
TMI warning: masturbatory themes
In Craig Thompson’s graphic novel Habibi (which is problematic to say the least), there’s a scene where Zam, a preadolescent boy, watches with horror as his female caregiver and sole companion, Dodola, is raped. As Zam and…
A PSA: The last 18 months has finally caught up with me.
Can someone please pass me down a ladder? And some Tom Hiddleston.
Thanks.
The Mary Sue: TV TROPES DELETES EVERY RAPE TROPE;... →
So was Fast Eddie being sarcastic when he described the ousting of an enormous chunk of content as “no big loss”? It’s tough to tell, given what seems to be his blasé attitude about clearing out the contents of his archive to “keep the advertisers on board.” But surely Fast Eddie must be aware that TV Tropes isn’t just a repository of fan clichés and geek trivia. The categorization of tropes...
My rebuttal to the argument "But it's *just* a... →
The bottom line on this issue is simple: If you think that a piece of media such as a movie, TV show, book, or song is merely entertainment and ingest said media without giving any thought to how it influences or shapes you or the culture you exist in, You Are A Sheep.
What!? You cry. Again:
You. Are. A. Sheep.
the wrath of the whatever from high atop the... →
bookwyrmkc:
bittergrapes:
alexandraerin:
libertarians-and-stoya:
So I’m being told I’m misgendering an ftm person because I don’t use their preferred pronoun which is them/they.
That’s bad grammar and as a grammar nazi I’m getting pissed off.
Using “they” to refer to…
The Rock says: It doesn’t MATTER what you think about someone’s choice of personal pronouns.
Step...
“Bisexuals are not the exception; they are the norm! Study after study has shown...”
– Dr. Lisa Diamond, lesbian social scientist, professor at the University of Utah, the researcher whose 10 year study showed bisexuality to be a stable orientation and author of “Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire” in a two part May 2012 interview by bisexual activist and columnist...
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Star Trek Voyager Rewatch: "Lineage" s7e12
What is it about season 7 that’s failing the women so badly?
I remembered this episode. Vividly. And the last time I watched it was 10 years ago. If I remembered it that vividly, surely it must’ve been baaaaa….
Yup.
B’Elanna and Tom are expecting a baby. Cue all the pregnancy tropes you can think of. Still, they were very restrained with the “snatch food/alcohol...
My moobs and me: growing up with gynecomastia →
We’re so entrenched, we can’t accept bodies that don’t fall on either extreme of the gender continuum. Transgender men and women encounter these attitudes in direct and sometimes life-threatening ways. And, given the misogyny that pervades society, these pressures are even harder for women and girls, whether they’re cisgender or transgender. Their bodies are hated and...
Snerk
The screaming accusations of misandry at the FemFreq lashback IndieGoGo fundraiser are hilarious.
<InigoMontoya>That term doesn’t mean what you think it means. </InigoMontoya>
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Reading fifty shades of grey gave me hope...
theyoungenigma:
If a glorified Twilight smutfic can become a New York Times bestseller, my dream of becoming a published author is more in-reach than I thought…
This.
What I thought about Twilight too.
Reblog if you have a friendship of more than 5...
I do, but they now live in another city, having left after the earthquakes :~(
I wish I had more friends, then I wouldn’t be a sad sack sitting on Tumblr at prime time on a Friday night.
Guardian: London 2012 Olympics: is measuring... →
“Sport is not a level playing field. If some athletes have ‘better’ hormones, then surely that’s the same as having better genes”
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“Men run fast and get praise heaped on them. Women run fast and get derogatory comments about their physiques and question marks raised over their femininity.”
And the gender policing that spoils such a wondrous event has begun. Fuck you, patriarchy.
kelsium:
I am honestly, or at least I was until I started typing this, sitting here with my head in my hands because oh my fucking god, we are never going to get equal access to reproductive health care and we are never going to get comprehensive sex education. Never. People think that using the word “vagina” to talk about actual vaginas is offensive. SPELL CHECK STILL THINKS THAT “VAGINAS” IS...
Female Fox Anchor Walks off Fox & Friends after... →
stfuconservatives:
stfusexists:
reallyfoxnews:
Thursday morning, Steve Doocy interviewed members of the U.S. Navy Band about the band’s recent inclusion of women. Reacting to the segment, Brian Kilmeade remarked, “Women are everywhere. We’re letting them play golf and tennis now. It’s out of control.” Visibly upset, Gretchen Carlson, the only female host, walked off of the set. “You read...
Dear Michigan,
VAGINA.
legitimate criticisms of feminism:
-transmisogyny and the lack of inclusion of transwomen
-the racist history behind it and the lack of inclusion of woc
-ignoring and invalidating women with disabilities
-pretty much anything that falls under lack of intersectionality
-internalized misogyny and girl hate
-promotion of political lesbianism
-radscum
illegitimate criticisms of feminism:
-a...
Polycule: Here's a thing about queer things. →
polycule:
Let’s stop arguing with each other about how to define “queer” and who is allowed to call themselves queer.
How about we all just let everyone else do their own labeling and self-identifying? Queer means something totally different to me than it might to you, which is probably totally different than someone else’s definition, so rather than waste time talking about who can be queer...
The "New" Lara Croft Needs You To Protect Her
lynnejamneck:
Torture porn Lara is not OK, okay?
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So, this morning when I read my Twitter feed I was alerted to a large amount of rage being thrown around about the new Tomb Raider game trailer. There’s a great article about the whole debacle by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez at The Mary Sue about the awful misogyny inherent in the notion that a woman has to suffer physically and be threatened...
“For women, getting angry is socially unacceptable, even when the anger is over...”
– — Allan G. Johnson (via grrrlstudies)
Relevant, because I’ve been a hideous angerbeastmonster this week.
