July 2012
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adrians:
“shut up woman! get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich xD” the 21 year old meme blogger added to a teen girls text post for the 23rd time today. He leaned back in his chair, proud of his work, and took a break to wonder why he had never had a girlfriend.
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jadelyn:
art-l0ve-and-war:
aboutmaleprivilege:
Male privilege is not getting messages like these when you reject someone on a dating website.
OkCupid Enemies Tumblr
- Note to NiceGuys - THIS IS WHY SOMETIMES WE IGNORE MESSAGES. BECAUSE THIS KIND OF RESPONSE TO POLITE REJECTION IS ACTUALLY NOWHERE NEAR AS UNUSUAL AS YOU THINK IT IS. I am actually flabbergasted by the amount of effort...
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im kinda done and i dont know anything anymore.
bad-dominicana:
what the fuck am i supposed to do
and how the fuck am i supposed to feel
when i cannot go out on the street w/o being sexually harrassed
what do you tell your toddler girl-child when theyre witnessing you, their mother, being barked at by men in passing cars, minutes before an old man came walking towards the both of you, as he did vulgar tongue motions at your mama.
how do...
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“One white woman raised her hand and protested, “Why are we reading about Black...”
– Siobhan Brooks, ”Black Feminism in Everyday Life”
The failure to grasp intersectionality that I think a lot of white feminists (and really people of every type of movement seem to miss)
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PSA TO MY FOLLOWERS!
deluxvivens:
moniquill:
It’s come to my attention that Will Shetterly has a tumblr; it’s ‘shetterly’ - do not engage with Will Shetterly. Block, report, rinse, repeat.
Any TPOC or cis WOC reading along, especially, please pre-emptively block. He’s been known to go through friends lists/follower lists to figure out who to harass next.
OMG. This. Block. Block. Block. Do not engage....
“Gentrification: The displacement of poor women and people of color. The raising...”
– Taigi Smith, “What Happens When Your Hood is the Last Stop on the White Flight Express?” (via wretchedoftheearth)
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The crossroads of blackness and Color
fatpeopleofcolor:
The crossroads of Color and Fatness are complex. In both states of being he people living them are dehumanized. If you are a person of color you aretold that you ar wrong and less valid and valuable.
For example women and men of color are objectified and told our dark skin is too erotic. Too sexual. We are turned into a fetish and robbed of our innocence and told we should be...
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George Zimmerman Accused of Sexual Misconduct
fracturedrefuge:
TW: Sexual assault, racism
The initial article by the Orlando Sentinel is rather benign, saying nothing we haven’t heard before:
Despite objections by George Zimmerman’s attorneys, the public will get to hear 145 additional phone calls Zimmerman made from the Seminole County jail, as well as the statement of a witness who says he doesn’t like black people.
The witness,...
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FDA approves first pill to help prevent HIV
breakingnews:
AP: “The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS.
The agency approved Gilead Sciences’ pill Truvada as a preventive measure for people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV, such as those who have sex with HIV-infected partners.”
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5 myths about emergency contraception, busted →
fuckyeahfeminists:
because knowledge is power!
the biggest misconception, destroyed
Myth 2: ECPs cause abortion.
Some people confuse ECPs with medication abortion pills, but they are not the same thing. (At all.) Levonorgestrel, the progestin hormone in Plan B One-Step and Next Choice, has no effect on an established pregnancy. All ECPs prevent pregnancy by delaying ovulation, so the egg and...
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HEY STOP RIGHT THERE [Urgent Request; trigger...
spontaneousthings:
Okay, guys, here’s the situation. thelittlekneesofbees is having a hell of a time right now after coming out to their family. Their home situation has gotten to toxic levels and they are literally having to live a lie to make sure their parents don’t kick them out. They need to move out, ASAP, but are lacking the funds. You can read about their situation here [[WARNING:...
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blacktmblrconfessions:
HI! I posted a link to TheLittleKneesofBees’ paypal on an earlier confession, but the link times out and doesn’t quite work
HERE is the updated link
Please donate and/or signal boost this one instead!
and here is a little extra background information, (TWs for homophobia & abuse)
i mean it when i say he’s a truly truly great person and someone i care for dearly.
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mamamantis:
shakethecobwebs:
clownyprincess:
mamamantis:
if your feminism does not actively advocate for and with women of color, your feminism is shit
if your feminism does not actively advocate for and with trans* women, your feminism is shit
if your feminism does not actively advocate for and with disabled women, your feminism is shit
if your feminism does not actively advocate for...
Not just a boy thing: how doctors are letting down... →
mindovermatterzine:
International study to look at misdiagnosis, social exclusion and stress among females on autistic spectrum.
Estimates of the ratio of females to males diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome or high-functioning autism varies from 1:4 to 1:10. No one understands this gender disparity: whether women really are less likely to be on the spectrum than men – or whether doctors are...
