February 2012
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Ways Gender-Privileged Men Can Challenge Sexism
meeca:
(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).
Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “hoe”, “slut.”
Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion more than a woman’s, or when you ask a man for information or advice rather than a woman.
Recognize times...
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Feminism must stop ignoring animals →
veganmudblood:
The goal of feminism is to dismantle the hierarchical system that values certain groups over others: men over women, whites over blacks, straights over gays and so on. This false hierarchy permits the exploitation of those at the bottom by the powerful at the top. But mainstream feminism is failing to include non-human animals in the equation – and this needs to change,...
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ellierantsforever:
Men Get Raped Too- A response. (TW)
stfusexists:
This is an incredible piece of writing on the phenomenon that has become a meme of sorts, “What about teh menz?”. I really enjoyed this, instant follow.
sexistculture:
You know, I just checked back in on this post, and something about this last response rubbed me the wrong way. Not because I disagree with anything it...
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The Chris Brown situation.
sapphrikah:
I feel like my input this far might be confusing to some. My general feelings:
I DO hate that people have up and forgiven CB and he’s acting like a self-righteous prick because of it.
I DO think that obvious Amerikkka rather feel bad for still-seems-to-be-15 Taylor Swift because Kanye interrupted her than Rihanna, a black womyn who was the subject of physical abuse.
I DO think...
karnythia:
So Rihanna is being judged for living her life in the aftermath of domestic violence & Beyonce’s being judged for living her life like it belongs to her, and really black women are being judged for having the temerity to live at all. Arguments have cropped up this week again that black women should speak up for all WOC along with the usual “reverse racism is talking about how...
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Sigh, The Sexual Politics of Meat Once Again ~... →
imberaqua:
Great article by Carol Adams on PeTA’s approach. “PETA knows our culture well: what can still get attention is images of injured women, women who like dominance, women for whom dominance has been sexualized. The only reason PETA is getting attention, once again, is because of a culture permeated by the sexual politics of meat. Why would they want to eradicate the sexual politics that...
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Stop Blaming Rihanna
iamateenagefeminist:
The night Chris Brown performed at the Grammys I was impressed with the amount of people who spoke out against him. Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty of douchebags who did not have a problem with him (especially on twitter), but there were also quite a few non-feminists who I was surprised spoke out against him.
Well, I shouldn’t have been so impressed.
News has...
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Next people are going to say zebras are oppressed...
feministhistorian:
Lolgasm. No.
Is it that hard to understand that lions are carnivores and, as such, need to eat zebras (see: nature) and that, conversely, humans aren’t and do not? Is it hard to grasp that, unlike lions, humans have evolved the ability to (supposedly, anyway…) think critically about our actions? Is it hard to see the difference between a lion hunting and...
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Human/Species Privilege (Or: A Little Critical...
feministhistorian:
iamateenagefeminist:
feministhistorian:
iamateenagefeminist:
Not all identities are valid and not all identities can be placed in a privileged vs. oppressed paradigm.
There.
I said it.
I don’t care if I lose followers but this! God, this! So sick of hearing “human privilege” “species privilege.” Next thing you know I will have privilege for not being Harry...
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“No wonder some women are unconsciously passive aggressive when expressing anger,...”
– Why Women Aren’t Crazy (via lagrandefille)
I hate when people claim that women are crazy or complicated or don’t know what they want because fuck you. When a woman is vocal about her opinions, desires, feelings, you call her a bitch or crazy or hysterical. Women have been taught that the only way...
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“There is a dangerous myth going around this country that sexism doesn’t exist...”
– Margaret Cho (via morewaterdeeperbreaths)
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some thoughts on white privilege
grrrlvirus:
all white people, whether we consider ourselves racist or not, directly benefit from racism through white privilege. all white people are responsible for racism because we benefit from it at the expense of other people. an individual prejudice based on race is not the same this as the long history and current complex structure of systemic racism, white supremacy and colonialism....
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LOST: SELF-RESPECT (REBLOG FOR SIGNAL BOOST)
gublerwood:
I don’t know, you guys. I’m really at a loss here. I can’t find my self-respect. It seems I have misplaced it. Here’s a photo of me with my self-respect fully intact:
See? Look at how happy I look? I’m fully clothed and you can just see the self-respect radiating off of me.
But somewhere in between that picture being taken and this picture being taken….
My self-respect...
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Understanding Patriarchy by bell hooks →
fatherxmas:
Read, Reblog
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January 2012
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What's the weirdest misconception you have...
lifeisliterallylimited:
A common misconception that people have is that dropping bombs on Muslims is a quick fix for volatile political situations in foreign countries. Strangely enough, Muslims react similarly to other people when they are bombed:
they die, and
the survivors get pissed off
Aamer during an interview for The Age.
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“I think it is very appropriate that we are as a nation considering the...”
– Tony Abbott has labelled Aboriginal rioters ‘un-Australian’ | The Australian
Yes, “considering”, Tony. We might do it, might have them recognised as the first Australians; we’ll “consider” that possibility.
Christ almighty, the last 24-hours has never made me more desperate to be an actual...
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'Proud Bloodmouth'
I find it bizarre that being a ‘proud bloodmouth’ is more tolerable (nay, respectable) and less horrifying to tumblr SJ-ers than the occasional ‘self-righteous’ vegan rant. I’m not sure how vegans challenging your views and subsequently pissing you off is worse than you proudly proclaiming a love of slaughter and exploitation.
When you say, ‘Proud bloodmouth...
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Three goals of being a GREAT ally.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
There are three things all allies need to aspire to:
1) Learning. This is base learning; getting the lingo, getting the philosophy behind what lingo is good and what is charged, the various terms that people in the group in question use, and whether that same lingo might be cool in one group and not cool in the other group. Get used to asking people how they would like to...
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“Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction”
– Faithless
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NEWSFLASH: there is nothing that Black people can...
zorascreation:
So, no. A Black man telling Black women that they are the most gorgeous women on the planet is a Black-on-Black issue. It’s how he feels. And he should feel that way, because Black women get no love, no respect, no affection, no nothin’. We’re living in a time where anti-Blackness is ever on the rise; when you have “scientific evidence” as to why Black women are the “ugliest”...
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c+p'ing my post about Invasion/Australia Day from...
nova-bright:
Ahhh Invasion Day. Where you hide inside as dudebros, emblazoned with the flag hoon around drunkenly and shout at passersby. Yes, on this day every year, we are reminded that we have chosen to celebrate the invasion of Australia by Captain Cook, as the ‘beginning’ of Australia, effectively erasing the 40,000 years that indigenous Australians lived here. I ain’t celebrating shit. I...
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Consolidated - The Sexual Politics of Meat
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“Eating animals acts as a mirror and representation of patriarchal values. Meat...”
– Carol J. Adams in “The Sexual Politics of Meat” (via thecaffeinatedvegan)
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Kylesa - Descend Within
“I fight, I die,...
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Perhaps, I was born with curiosity.: So.... →
deepwithfuture:
now that I can feel myself getting way back into blogging.
I’d like to remind my current followers that this is a blog that frequently promotes:
veganism, atheism, feminism, anarchy, body positivity, equal rights for all humans, animal rights, and much more along the same lines.
If this will…
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Non-Vegan: STOP SHOVING YOUR BELIEFS DOWN MY THROAT!!!
Go Home
Turn on the Television
-McDonald's commercial
-Red Lobster commercial
-Burger King commercial
-Domino's commercial
-Taco Bell commercial
Me: So who is really shoving beliefs down people's throats?
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They define misandry as "the hatred of boys and...
zorascreation:
Oh, but it’s women’s fault now? Hahahahaahhahahahahaaahahaha! Okay.
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