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herdirtylittleheart:

I am *constantly* having to defend these points to people in everyday life. I tell my Grandmother who wants to wear cap sleeves but feels she’s too old that they suit her and life is too short for other people’s fashion rules. I defend a family member who wears revealing clothing every time someone makes a snide remark, “You know one day we’ll all be old and then dead, why not enjoy your body while you’re here. Plus she looks fucking beautiful, fuck you!” The time for that piercing or tattoo or haircut you’ve always wanted is now, you’re not too old, it’s not too late, you’re not too fat or too tall or too flat and fuck anyone who would judge your temple and the way you choose to decorate it. The time for pink hair is now! The time to love yourself is now! Fuck anyone who is low enough to trash you for expressing yourself or feeling good in this body. Fuck policing the bodies of young women, old women, large women, naked women, modest women, butch women, breastfeeding women, all women. Fuck this mythology that pregnancy and motherhood erases or trumps your sexual identity. It’s a lie! Our culture likes to strip us of our power when we’re at our most powerful.

Fuck sexist school dress codes, I led a revolt in my middle school, little Heart the choir girl and her army of grade 7 girls in crop tops, they told us it was distracting to the male staff and I had a BIG FUCKING PROBLEM WITH THAT. (My parents we’re 100% behind me and my Dad shared all of his student activism tactics from the 70′s, he’s a legend.) What I learned from that experience is that usually when people are putting the focus on weak ass shit like this it’s because they’re trying to take the focus off of something else.

“When is ‘age appropriate’ when you get trashed at any age?” –The Third Pew

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ccloudburst:

“The idea that sex is something a woman gives a man, and she loses something when she does that, which again for me is nonsense. I want us to raise girls differently where boys and girls start to see sexuality as something that they own, rather than something that a boy takes from a girl.”

—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / Painting by Malcolm Liepke

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ohokaybueno:

hauteproportions:

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ilovemaydayparade69:

rubee:

“why dont you just give him a chance”

idk because im not physically or mentally attracted to him and ‘but he likes you’ or ‘but hes really nice’ isnt going to change the fact that im not interested

Damn, I don’t think women know how much that really hurts

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gtfo

MEN ARE SO CRAZY LIKE????
Having unreciprocated feelings for someone is just a part of life. It happens to everyone. But, women are just supposed to deal with men they don’t have feelings for because otherwise they might hurt some “man’s” feelings? Get out of here. Male entitlement blows my mind.

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actualmenacebuckybarnes:

The Myth of the Extraordinary Woman doesn’t challenge sexism. Having one female character in a group of male characters who deserves to be there because she “earned their respect” by “being the best” does NOTHING to threaten the patriarchy, because it’ll just isolate her as an aberrant case. MOST women are useless, but THIS ONE is special. 

You know what does threaten the patriarchy? Communities of women. Older female mentors taking younger ones under their wing. Presenting a united front to sexism. Women who don’t even WANT to join the boy’s club, who seek the approval of other women, and value THEIR opinions over gatekeeping sexists. 

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blackfairypresident:

when you say “feminism is about equality” men hear “that means i should have as much say-so and power in the feminist movement as women do”

and thats why i say feminists who constantly have to remind everyone that “we’re for equality!!!” are kindergarden feminists

kindergarden feminists are concerned with making sure men still like them and keeping men happy. you can be a feminist and still like men of course, going through life hating men (or anything really) isn’t healthy.

but you cannot solve anything by sugar-coating feminism just so men can feel comfortable with it

feminism is uncomfortable. feminism takes the rose colored glasses from mens eyes and throws it against the wall. feminism pops men’s bubble of security and comfort. feminism makes men take responsibility. feminism is a rude awakening.

do not sugar coat your feminism

feminism does not cater towards men

feminism is about dismantling the oppressive systems men have put in place and continue to uphold

men can get involved in the movement

but it is not. about. them.

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thentheysaidburnher:

All men benefit from women’s reinforced fear of being hurt for saying no.

read it again and again

Understand that this applies even to non-sexual situations. Women are more likely to be asked for favors from coworkers. Regular “can you file this for me” / “can you cover my shift” / “can you finish up this paperwork” workplace favors. Men are less likely to return those favors. Women are more likely to be seen as “difficult to work with” if they refuse to do favors when requested. Being viewed as ungenerous has negative social and professional consequences.

So yes, even gay men benefit. All men benefit from women’s reinforced fear of being hurt, not just physically, but also socially and professionally, for saying no to anything at all.

Re: above; just in case it looks like I’m just pulling facts out of my ass, here are my sources:

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/10/29/women-work-and-the-girl-scout-tax/

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/30/2858091/women-workers-favors/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/01/06/women_do_favors_more_than_men.html

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/men-are-less-likely-be-asked-favors-workplace-get-more-appreciation-helping

All men benefit from women’s reinforced fear of being hurt for saying no.

All men benefit from women’s reinforced fear of being hurt for saying no.

All men benefit from women’s reinforced fear of being hurt for saying no.

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zecretary:

the stereotype that women talk more than men is infinitely amusing to me because men are literally incapable of shutting the fuck up

i hope this post gets popular enough that i hurt a man’s feelings

It’s not a stereotype it’s a proven fact you femanazi piece of shit.

lmao there it is 

You wanna talk proven facts? This shit’s been done, son: researcher Dale Spencer in Australia used audio and video tape to independently evaluate who talked the most in mixed-gender university classroom discussions. Regardless of the gender ratio of the students, whether the instructor was deliberately trying to encourage female participation or not, men always talked more—whether the metric was minutes of talking or number of words spoken. 

Moreover, men literally have no clue how much they talk. When Spencer asked students to evaluate their perception of who talked more in a given discussion, women were pretty accurate; but men perceived the discussion as being “equal” when women talked only 15% of the time, and the discussion as being dominated by women if they talked only 30% of the time.

Spencer’s conclusion, if I may parahprase: you only think we talk too much because you’d rather we were silent.

Don’t fuck with me, asshole, I’m a scientist.

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“you only think we talk too much because you’d rather we were silent.”

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hypersexualfangirl:

file this under the shit-load of under appreciated people who you never learn about in school

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aos-skimmons:

that-big-gay-impala:

THE SARCASM IN THIS POST IN LETHAL

woman mothers.