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The sympathy being shown to the young men convicted of rape in...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:25:58 +0000

The sympathy being shown to the young men convicted of rape in Steubenville is part of the culture that allowed the rape to happen

- Hari Kondabolu

asgardiancherrypudding: WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, GENDER ROLES?

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:05:09 +0000

asgardiancherrypudding:

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, GENDER ROLES?

boomvagynamite: Veronica Mars spoilers! If you haven’t watched...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:27:52 +0000

boomvagynamite:

Veronica Mars spoilers! If you haven’t watched Veronica Mars, don’t read this. But also, if you haven’t watched Veronica Mars yet, what are you doing? Go watch it now! YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THE MOVIE.

theatlantic:

‘Veronica Mars,’ TV’s Realest Depiction of Rape, Is Going to Be a Movie

She had agency and was given a voice that went deeper and was more honest than any of its predecessors. Throughout the television show, Veronica has nightmares about the night she was assaulted. Viewers also find out in the second season that Veronica has an STI as a result of her rape, making the assault all the more realistic. Needless to say, the teenager ends up developing a keen distrust of the men around her, affecting all her future relationships throughout the show. But despite getting laughed out of the police chief’s office when she comes forward about her ordeal, Veronica never loses sight of the fact that she is not to blame for her rape—and neither do the show’s viewers, who are treated to a dramatic story-line that is both realistic and empowering. For fans and haters alike, Veronica Mars remains the only American television series that successfully depicts the long-term effects of this type of sexual violence.

Read more. [Image: CW]

Reblog if a man has ever tried--no matter how 'sweetly'--to make you change your mind when you said "no"

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:51:14 +0000

hazellazer:

Curious how often this happens.

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Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:14:08 +0000

"I do feel sorry for these boys. And not only because they will be put in cages that will not make..."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:42:48 +0000

“I do feel sorry for these boys. And not only because they will be put in cages that will not make them any better. I also feel sorry that two 16-year-olds are capable of the things these boys have been found guilty of doing. That makes me deeply, deeply sad. That we have created a world in which, at just 16 years old, and even younger, boys can already hate girls this much. That they can already dehumanize and degrade them. That misogyny is so insidious and so effective as to make 16-year-old boys incapable of respecting this girl, of seeing her as a human being with the right to make her own choices, even when drunk, and the right to remain unviolated, even when passed out. I am sorry for these boys that, at 16, some of their humanity is already gone. The cruelty of kids is not new, and I guess it should not shock me, but this specifically gendered cruelty, at such extreme levels and at such a young age, is shocking to me. And I do feel very sorry for these boys.

Just not as sorry as I feel for the girl they raped.”

- Mia McKenzie, On Rape, Cages, and the Steubenville Verdict (via sugaryumyum)

Why I Hacked Donkey Kong for My Daughter Mike Mika hacked his...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:23:13 +0000

Why I Hacked Donkey Kong for My Daughter

Mike Mika hacked his copy of Donkey Kong on the NES so that his daughter could play as Pauline (the usual damsel-in-distress) and save Mario from the eponymous primate.

Bookmark this link

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:46:38 +0000

Bookmark this link:

Y’know how the Youtube comment section is a hellhole of terrible people spouting horrible things? Well if you pin this link to your tab, you can quickly and easily report these people for being the shitbags they are and get them shut down! Don’t just sit there getting mad - annoy and inconvenience these poor excuses for human beings, and let them know that people won’t stand for their shit.

andythanfiction: Let me share an amazing discovery I just...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:09:37 +0000

andythanfiction:

Let me share an amazing discovery I just made: the photography of Duy Truong, a young artist who creates stunning Disney cosplay photos that also happen to beautifully showcase amateur models of color and size.

Trigger Warning for domestic violence, abuse. This video was...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:32:37 +0000

Trigger Warning for domestic violence, abuse.

This video was played on the BBC early this morning at around 1am as an appeal video for Comic Relief. Comic Relief is a British charity that’s aim is to use comedy to raise money for various different causes.

Relevant to this specific video, Comic Relief works with Refuge - a wonderful charity that supports women and children who are suffering from domestic violence from a partner or parent. Please support charities like Refuge and Eaves (particularly in this current climate of government hatred and apathy towards the vulnerable, and basically everyone who isn’t a millionaire).

If you are a man, please sign up with the White Ribbon Campaign and pledge to stand against violence against women:

I pledge to never commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women.

As sort of a side question, to those of you who watched Red Nose Day yesterday: What were your thoughts about how the campaign was presented?

ileolai: Sex work by choice, sex work by necessity, and sex slavery are three different situations...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:55:44 +0000

ileolai:

Sex work by choice, sex work by necessity, and sex slavery are three different situations that require different approaches in confronting the issues that are unique to them

STOP CONFLATING THE THREE

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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:50:10 +0000

"From a consequentialist standpoint, a woman’s right to bodily autonomy outweighs fetal pain because..."

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:49:30 +0000

“From a consequentialist standpoint, a woman’s right to bodily autonomy outweighs fetal pain because we live in a society that does not force people to use their bodies to support others — not their organs, not their bone marrow, not their blood, not their skin. We do not force people to sacrifice parts of their bodies to save others not because we don’t care about a patient’s pain, but because we recognize that bodily autonomy is an essential part of a functioning free society. To suggest that we ignore that and make an exception when it comes to forcing pregnant women carry a pregnancy to term suggests that we force pregnant women to submit to a violation of their rights that we impose on no one else. That’s not consequentialism; it’s hypocritical inconsistency.”

- Shakesville: The Rhetorical Power of Pig Pain (via brute-reason)

"Consent isn’t a game where if you can avoid your partner saying “no” firmly, you get to do whatever..."

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:05:44 +0000

“Consent isn’t a game where if you can avoid your partner saying “no” firmly, you get to do whatever you want.”

- We Are Standing Sill @ AVClub (via boomvagynamite)

obliviateme: another-vegan-feminist: laurenwoodscooksvegan: ...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:00:45 +0000

obliviateme:

another-vegan-feminist:

laurenwoodscooksvegan:

nanner:

Kristen Stewart is having none of your gendered bull shit

I just stopped hating her.

his uncomfortable face in the last one hah

the more you know about kristen, the less you will hate her. and hopefully not at all, because hating someone you don’t know is pointless! :)

"Lifestyle feminism ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as there..."

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:16:38 +0000

“Lifestyle feminism ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as there were women. Suddenly the politics was being slowly removed from feminism. And the assumption prevailed that no matter what a woman’s politics, be she conservative or liberal, she too could fit feminism into her existing lifestyle. Obviously this way of thinking has made feminism more acceptable because its underlying assumption is that women can be feminists without fundamentally challenging or changing themselves or the culture.”

- bell hooks (Feminism is for Everybody)

eodiaz: Indian Gang Rape Protests New Delhi &...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:46:32 +0000

eodiaz:

Indian Gang Rape Protests

New Delhi & Kolkata

December 27, 2012

AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

sexismandthecity: Sexisme partout féministes...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:09:27 +0000

sexismandthecity:

Sexisme partout féministes partout !

Sexism everywhere - feminists everywhere!

Please don’t message me, asking me to do your homework! You’re currently on the...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:32:45 +0000

Please don’t message me, asking me to do your homework!

You’re currently on the internet. Use it! It’s fun!

androphilia: Life With The Hijab By Sadaf Syed ① University of...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:55:43 +0000

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androphilia:

Life With The Hijab By Sadaf Syed

① University of Michigan’s DJ Hadeel Al-Hadidi created and broadcasts her own hour-long radio program.
② Scholars teach that Islam encourages sports and physical activity for all, wrote Sayed. The prophet Muhammad is said to have invited his wife Aisha to a foot race.
③ Nadia Afghani, left, and Nadia Chohan make up Hijabi Deafness, a Muslim punk rock/hip-hop band.
④ Michelle Yim, a network engineer, skis, swims, body surfs, rides motorcycles – all while wearing the hijab.
⑤ Atlanta-based Mariem “Punchenella” Brakache (5-5, 1KO) is a former IBA Junior Middleweight Champion, boxing coach and renowned trainer.
⑥ A ballerina and tap dancer from Texas, Hiba Awad is anxious to prove “how versatile and unique a Muslim woman can be.”
⑦ Nousheen Yousuf said the practice of tae kwon do “taught me to treat daily prayers as a real meditation, where the focus is on my relationship with God.”
⑧ Nosheen Cassim, a part-time makeup artist and full-time mother of two, was born and raised in Illinois, but has been threatened by strangers who told her to “go back to where she came from.”
⑨ No matter how different they may look from other beachgoers, Sama Wareh, left, and Aurelia Khatib believe in doing what they love, including surfing.
⑩ Asma Azim, a step-grandmother from Pakistan, has been a manager of mechanics and a truck driver for more than a dozen years. She said her male contemporaries treat her with respect – especially when they discover she can repair her own engine.