April 2010
60 posts
Fair warning
My partner and I have 2 dinky little 5 week old kittens in our house. This weekend we will finally have a breather from unpacking and I will be getting out the camera. If you have any kind of aversion to extreme cuteness, you may need to avoid my blog for awhile.
You have been warned.
Volunteers needed for Deepwater Horizon oil spill... →
femmefeminist:
feminally:
(via femmefeminist)
I wondered when this would happen.
WHY THE FUCK do people need to volunteer to do this? BP should be paying EVERY SINGLE PERSON who does this work. “Profits during the final three months of 2009 were $3.45bn, up 33% from the $2.59bn reported a year ago.” (BBC news)
I hate what this shit is doing to our coast. I want it all gone. But the United...
Volunteers needed for Deepwater Horizon oil spill... →
(via femmefeminist)
I wondered when this would happen.
WHY THE FUCK do people need to volunteer to do this? BP should be paying EVERY SINGLE PERSON who does this work. “Profits during the final three months of 2009 were $3.45bn, up 33% from the $2.59bn reported a year ago.” (BBC news)
I hate what this shit is doing to our coast. I want it all gone. But the United States Coast Guard...
whipstaff asked: Why is sex which takes place while there is an inbalance of power rape?
While I agree with the concept, I'm having trouble explaining it in a paper I'm writing about J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace." In it, a professor has sex with a student, and I'm analyzing the story from a feminist perspective. How do I explain why that IS rape, even though she wasn't...
While I agree with the concept, I'm having trouble explaining it in a paper I'm writing about J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace." In it, a professor has sex with a student, and I'm analyzing the story from a feminist perspective. How do I explain why that IS rape, even though she wasn't...
think on this.: sunday afternoon at the movies →
instead of going to see the backup plan, i tivo-ed ‘enough’ on oxygen. and WOWIE ZOWIE! that is quite a film! (and now i see why it inspires @mindykaling’s workouts.) it got a surprising number of things right about domestic violence, including:
emotional abuse
physical abuse
no control over…
Yes. I have always loved this movie and, in my experience, a lot of DV survivors do too. It...
Tumblr wish...
Dear Tumblr Fairy,
Often when I reblog something with a comment, the snipet of my comment that is listed in the notes is ridiculous. It is like you work really hard at making the snipet appear to be the OPPOSITE of my comment. I wish I could pick my own 6-12 word snipet.
That is all.
A great loss
Remember in high school when you learned about Dorothy Height?
Me neither.
Rest in peace, sister.
I call bullshit.
(Italicized portion By Ree Hines, msnbc.com contributor)
In an “On Air” interview, host Ryan Seacrest asked Gosselin if she would trade “the fame, the spotlight, the notoriety and the excessive paycheck” she gets from “Dancing With the Stars” for the amount of kid time her babysitter gets.
“In a micro-millisecond,” Gosselin shot back. “Because I love my kids, and I want to be with them....
ihatethismess:
They are plenty of others ways to be empowered besides pole dancing. Women should have the right do whatever they please with their bodies, to be sexual expressive and what not. But at the same time, I don’t understand how being sexual empowered is always being emphasized as opposed to all the other ways women can be empowered. What about being really smart, funny, or musically...
Stop. Right. Now.
My fellow feminists (and human equality seekers who don’t identify as feminsts but agree with most of the general principles of feminism)- please give yourselves more credit.
Many of you work and study in highly academic fields- often not even social service fields (math, science, literature, history, etc…). Can you IMAGINE if you were reading a blog for physics majors and a person...
How Lovely →
I am responding to the above (lengthy) post interaction in which one person explains how it’s easy to understand why people may blame the victims of NFL rapists…
How convenient it must be to have what others want. How perfectly lovely to have power, wealth, fame, beauty- these things allow you to rape people whose victimization can later be called merely the logical consequence of...
one of us wants to know…
differentvoicecommunity:
after i was sexually abused about 2 years ago, i became scared to death of men/boys. i still am. i hate being around them & i feel very uncomfortable. people think i’m weird because of it. is that weird? is it normal?
Often people who have been traumatized sexually experience symptoms of PTSD (they may HAVE PTSD, I just can’t diagnose it on the internet)....
“It’s always interesting to listen to the reactions of people who are jerks when...”
– http://objectifiant.tumblr.com/
“I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and...”
– Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (via novazembla, lastchatwithphontaine) (via ihatethismess)
I got sick of my old layout.
How do you like me now?
Really? This old chestnut?
ihatethismess:
smidgets:
samejeans:
Men are a dying breed. Sure, there are males walking around, but real men hardly exist. I see my contemporaries. Always trying to stay “fresh”. Always worrying about what new sneakers are coming out. always worrying if their eyebrows are done. always worrying about things they shouldn’t.
these guys arent talking to you about ideas, or anything of the...
Look at this fucking rape culture guest posting is open for buisness. Scoot on over and post somethin! You betcha!
objectifiance
Hello my mentors and peers! ‘Look a this fucking rape culture’ has taken off like wildfire and I am working on getting the “open posting” up and running so others may add. In the meantime, I am looking for some feedback. At first I was just throwing shit up there. Then I realized I was creating a visual carnival for creeps. So now I am trying to caption every pic with a...
“When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when...”
– http://www.cei.net/~rcox/nospan.html (via togoboldly)
Best story ever to illustrate the point of why spanking is stupid.
I'm in America, I shouldn't have to "Press 1 for... →
vunderbarr:
Waaaaah I have to accommodate OTHER people! I’m so vaguely inconvenienced by this that I have brought my rage to FaceBook!
Vunderbarr- this made my night. Hilarious.
I'm in America, I shouldn't have to "Press 1 for... →
ihatethismess:
atrapforfools:
Is it really that insulting to be reminded that not everyone is lucky enough to be fluent in your language?
I am also in America and I think you should. Guess what? I win.
Obama orders hospital visit rights for gays,... →
avocadosalad:
lyndseydyan:
nerdbadge:
theduty:
transparentcommunity:
IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!
love my president.
[Posted at 7:49 p.m.] President Barack Obama has told the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a rule that would not allow hospitals to deny visitation privileges to gay and lesbian partners.
Still my guy.
Look at this fucking rape culture
Hello my readers, followers and gawkers. I have started a new tumblog which I am super excited about, and I think you will be too. It’s called “Look at this fucking rape culture” and it can be found at http://objectifiant.tumblr.com/
Rock it, peeps! Blast it with posts and pics and vids and whatever else you tech-savvy kids can throw at it!
What services paid for by your tax dollars are you...
I am pleased to fund Head Start, Job Corp, VAWA, public schools, the flow of clean(ish) drinking water, the health department, and so on…
4 tags
My GF and I discuss politics and it devolves into...
Me: there was a teeny tiny tea party in the park across from us this afternoon
Her: what do you mean... the tea party? like politico?
Me: right. like some old white teabaggers
Her: did you throw shit at them?
Me: i passed them on my way to court. cause you know, i have a job. i am not retired
Her: right.
Me: living on my social security and complaining about paying taxes
Her: that we will never see.
Me: but good for them that medicare paid for their hover-rounds! they really can go anywhere now. even tax protests!
Her: or the grand canyon
“Victim blaming is the ultimate form of ‘man hating’. It is a posture...”
– Feminally
Victim Blaming Hurts Us All
T.Wrex: The Privilege of "Not Being Raped" →
twrex:
fieryholocaust:
fieryholocaust:
… …
Okay, I want to point something about about this that I noticed, and I don’t want anyone to think I’m trying to excuse rape, distract from the issue, or take a stance of male privilege and self-righteous indignation that is inappropriate to the situation. But it doesn’t…
No one claimed that frat boys are the ones doing the raping. Frat parties...
Fem!n*Ally: Dear "I don't get it", You're Doing It... →
pessimisticoptimist:
Brothers and sisters, I am leaving my work as an advocate. I am moving to a new town and a new career. Feminally is not going anywhere- but in my last few days as a professional feminist I wanted to let you all know something very important: you’re doing it right.
pessimisticoptimist:
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I understand that it is your blog and that you can address anything to anyone. I...
Dear "I don't get it", You're Doing It Wrong
Brothers and sisters, I am leaving my work as an advocate. I am moving to a new town and a new career. Feminally is not going anywhere- but in my last few days as a professional feminist I wanted to let you all know something very important: you’re doing it right.
pessimisticoptimist:
I just don’t know why this is [only] addressed to feminists…
Because it is. Because this is my blog....
Dear Feminists, You're Doing It Right
You get so tired. You get so sick of the homophobia, the sexism, the culture of rape jokes and wife beating cartoons. But today you can take 30 seconds and smile. Somewhere right now there is a daddy dancing along while his femmy boy sings Lady Gaga. Somewhere right now there is a little girl suiting up to go play football with her peewee team. Somewhere there is a woman taking off the clothes she...
“I ain’t gotta move for people. I walk right where I want. Bet they wonder what...”
– LouLou: Convo overheard from a 3 yr old while shopping at Target yesterday… (via avocadosalad)
OMG- substitute “The Princess” with “The Shit” and you have my exact shopping motto.
Yes, We Should Pay High School Students.
There was a time in our not so recent history when children were paid employees of various industries across the United States. Mistreated, overworked, marginalized- eventually the practice of child labor became viewed as inhumane. A few decades later, the summer job was the norm. As soon as kids were teenagers they sought employment as soda jerks, field hands and babysitters. As the cult of youth...
