November 2011
3 posts
“[TRIGGER WARNING: misogyny, rape culture]
‘Cause the thing is, you and the...”
– My brilliant friend Kate Harding: http://kateharding.net/2007/04/14/on-being-a-no-name-blogger-using-her-real-name/ (via sanitywatchers)
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via elmstreetblues)
June 2011
8 posts
“No means no if you’re drunk or if you’re sober. No means no if you’re in bed or...”
– Joe Biden speaking today about sexual violence against women.
(via bibliofeminista)
“Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in...”
– Naomi Wolf (via thoserudeinterruptions)
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
5 posts
“There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged...”
– Melissa McEwan, of course, on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment. (via sanitywatchers)
Exactly. Your “playful” argumentation is in fact a series of personal attacks. You don’t get to attack us and then say we’re too...
“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no...”
– Dale Spender (via earlyfrost)
The Perks of Being a Fruit: I'm a feminist, and... →
perksofbeingafruit:
Its sad people use the word ‘feminist’ as an insult. Makes me wonder what kind of people they are. I mean, if they don’t want equality for women, do they want it for minorities? homosexuals? for anyone?
Feminism is not about hating men or thinking that women are superior to them. Its about…
March 2011
12 posts
“But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
– Khaled Hosseini (via kari-shma)
“Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of...”
– Rosemary Urquico (via kblitz)
(via heartsasmagnets)
“Sexism goes so deep that at first it’s hard to see; you think it’s just reality.”
– Alix Kates Shulman, 1978 (via zmizet)
“I want a woman who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me 10 things I don’t...”
– Henry Rollins (via tarrinj)
Wisdom. Also applies to men, I reckon.
(via nothing2c)
He’d also, or so he’s said in stand-up, kick a woman out of his car mid-date for reading Harry Potter. (via therotund)
February 2011
54 posts
And the worse part is, I have no one to call when...
b0atsandh0ez-:
I don’t have anyone I can call and just vent to.
Nobody will take off the time of day to help me.
Then again, I wouldn’t blame them.
I really miss talking to you. Sometimes I check my...
specialkisnotacereal:
titssorgtfo:
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“Rape isn’t a ‘natural hazard’ like a cliff edge that women must be careful to...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via meggannn)