February 2011
218 posts
iamateenagefeminist asked: I feel like you may be able to help me. I need some advice. I am friends with a boy who just broke up with a long term girlfriend, the rumor is she cheated on him. I don't know if this is true or not or even if it is relevant. Anyways, another rumor has surfaced that she (while drunk) slept with another boy at school after they broke up. Her ex-boyfriend along with his friends have spread...
Erlack. Back from another weekend of revelry and...
**Trigger warning: Discussion of rape jokes
I’ve been having a repeat frustrating encounter with the same friend over and over again about why rape *jokes* are…not hilarious.
Sample interaction:
generallyawesomebutnotinthiscaseguy: I’m soooo hungry, is there a convenience store around here?
me: Me too - and yes! Just around the corner!
...
January 2011
143 posts
No, I cannot take a joke if...
environmint:
the punchline is only funny if you ascribe to a oppressive worldview.
the punchline is about how weird those people(TM) are.
or
the joke is dehumanizing a marginalized group.
Why doesn’t everyone just know this already?
“We need each other. Discouraging words, belittling other girls in front of boys,...”
– Kathleen Hanna (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
“When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human...”
– Unknown (via littlelightx)
(via punchandgetout)
Do you not think that the problem might come from the very fact that you are angry at …us for complaining, rather than angry at your fellow boys and men for this enduring misogyny?
Do you not think that the problem might come from the very fact that...
Rugrats is about feminist families
inherhipstheresrevolutions:
erikawithac:
Mrs. Pickles is the educated breadwinner, Stu often chasing his less profitable dreams
Phil & Lil’s mom, obvs (short hair, female symbol sweatshirt, clear second waver)
Charlotte, ballbusting CEO who wants Angelica to have an edge in a male-privileged world
Suzie’s family, upper-middle class black family with a really accomplished mom
Chaz,...
“The problem with sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ableist,...”
– I Don’t Care If You’re Offended by Scott Madin (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
YES.
(via garconniere)
Stop bitching. Start a revolution.: Everywhere I... →
iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn:
Everywhere I look people are protesting the corruption of governments, the denial of basic human rights, the cutting of programs to help those in need. They are calling for the ousting of presidents and leaders who are toxic and dangerous.
But here, in the good ol’ USofA…
we are electing and…
NY TIMES: "In another sign that the (Egyptian)... →
aatombomb:
The military always holds all the cards. Which can cut both ways.
“Let’s not kid ourselves here: men as well as women are limited by gender...”
– Why Men Should Care about Gender Stereotypes
A good read, although I feel the author makes a few too many generalizations. His overall idea, however, is spot on.
(via iwillnotshavemyvagina)
Rape Suspect Cross-Examines Accuser, Then Asks For... →
Having already been subjected to the trauma of being questioned directly in open court by the man she has accused of raping her, this woman must now give her testimony again, for the lawyer that Harris has finally decided he wants with extraordinarily convenient timing.
The article notes that the judge, who it seems has advocated for the accuser as best he can throughout the trial, is...
“I will simply repeat what I’ve said before, and not bother with their stupid...”
–
To regard a freshly fertilized zygote as the full legal, ethical, and social equivalent of a young woman diminishes the woman; it does not elevate the zygote, which is still just a single cell.
Dr. PZ Myers - Pharyngula (via mooglets)
“Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican...”
– And, yes, this is going on.
Let’s outline, one more time, the reasons why requiring “force” as a part of legally defined rape is a bad idea, hey? Because there are many. And let’s skip right past the part where many rapes would no longer be defined as such (I’m… really not sure how you redefine...
“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity. (via starsgowaltzing)
