March 2012
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“Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are...”
– (via gracefree)
And also punched in the face.
URGENT: Google privacy policy change
fuckyeahfeminists:
Just got this in an email
In just a few hours, new policies will take effect at Google, endangering your privacy.
Tech publication Gizmodo reports, “things you could do in relative anonymity today [like your web searches], will be explicitly associated with your name, your face, your phone number come March 1st.” And this applies retro-actively if you don’t act today.
...
Beware - Tumblr is being horrible again
I’ve recently had some asks of mine gobbled up by the machine. So if I don’t respond to asks you’ve submitted, that’s why. It looks like there’s another hiccup in the system.
Boo.
saboobnah asked: So that kind of rape IS about sexual desires? (Not uncontrollable, obviously).
February 2012
132 posts
saboobnah asked: Thank-you for explaining why it's traumatizing so well. But what causes the kinds of rapes that are like, when the person is passed out then?
saboobnah asked: It would probably be good to answer this publicly so everyone can see it. But I have two questions: 1. If a person is raped while passed out, is that still about the rapist wanting to control her? Or is it something different? 2. How can I explain to someone WHY rape is so damaging to the victim's psyche and WHY it is completely different from sex? Whenever I argue with people about it,...
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just-smith:
So, STFUSexists was blogging about Tone Arguments again. You know the idea: “you can’t tell an oppressed person how to react to their own oppression”. That’s why ‘racism’ against white people is okay, because white people are the oppressive ones. That’s why misandry is a justifiable reaction to the oppression of women. That’s why misogyny is a justifiable reaction to the oppression...
Reblog if you think anti-choicers should be...
angryfuckingliberal:
Because… honestly
Put your money where your mouth is.
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
strudelcuddy:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was never...
Men are not the victims of sexism.
permutationofninjas:
just-smith:
permutationofninjas:
77825225672443:
just-smith:
77825225672443:
That is because sexism is aimed at women.
Men are hit with crossfire, i.e. strict gender roles imposed upon women relate back in the ways in which strict gender roles then effect men. But they do not do so as strongly.
To take a telling case, look at the incredibly wealthy men who lead...
This is fucking insane →
lennat:
feminismfreedomfighters:
scurrilous-straggler:
“In September 2009, after admitting to my parents that I was atheist, I was abruptly woken in the middle of the night by two strange men who subsequently threw me in a van and drove me 200 mi. to a facility that I would later find out serves the sole purpose of eliminating free thinking adolescents.”
Someone I watch on deviantART...
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catbountry:
inkytheblot:
sakanarochan:
rubbyrubbishbin:
invisiblelad:
It is not and should not have to be the responsibility of the minority group to perpetually educate people about how they’re clueless. Take a sociology class. Its funny, the last time a person took this attitude with me, I said to him. “I’m at a bar after midnight. Everyone else is enjoying their drinks, and you want...
Reasons I Hate Skyrim →
theminttu:
stormcloaks:
the-elder-scrolls:
You should check out this blog. The title is a bit misleading.
It’s more of a blog about the misogyny and objectification of women within Skyrim’s modding community, which is something I love to bitch about.
Enjoy.
Yes. This is good. This is very good.
I love most of the TES fans, but this points out the parts that I vehemently dislike. Or hate...
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“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com (via vodkashits)
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“you know I get uncomfortable around blacks too, for the same reason I get...”
– Furry Quotes #13 (via antistellar)
Oh, I know that feeling. Black people coming onto the bus. Sitting there. Blinking. Breathing. Talking. Being all black and stuff. It’s a wonder you weren’t awarded a purple heart for sharing the bus.
Let’s hope your life insurance premiums...
Can you be racist against Australians? →
just-smith:
therhapsodyincidents:
just-smith:
Okay. I’m not going to open the ‘can a black person be racist to a white person?’ can of worms here, especially seeing as I’ve addressed that elsewhere. Instead, I’m going to ask a different but related question: ‘can a white person be racist to a white person?’
When that other can of worms is opened, people answering ‘no’ will typically respond...
STFU, Conservatives: eudaimonistic asked: What... →
permutationofninjas:
stfuconservatives:
eudaimonistic:
I’m not all about the grandstanding logic route like I used to be. But please don’t equivocate misandry with reverse racism. They are separate terms, and don’t mean the same thing. Likewise, reclaiming terminology for correct usage is something all people in discourse should actively pursue. When I say misandry, I mean nothing more...
Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
boomette:
somepolitics:
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would...
This is fucking insane →
scurrilous-straggler:
“In September 2009, after admitting to my parents that I was atheist, I was abruptly woken in the middle of the night by two strange men who subsequently threw me in a van and drove me 200 mi. to a facility that I would later find out serves the sole purpose of eliminating free thinking adolescents.”
Someone I watch on deviantART posted a link to this. It’s basically...
Utah House Passes Bill Banning All Sex Ed Unless... →
weeaboo-chan:
aleafterall:
snazzy-lemon:
kateordie:
kyrax2:
thesexuneducated:
Look everyone! More religious cross over into the government! Look everyone! Governments completely ignoring hard data like states with abstinence only sex education programs have high teen pregnancy rates!
Wow! It sounds like Utah REALLY wants to see a skyrocketing abortion rate!
Hey, teenagers of...
There is currently an ethnic cleansing of black...
fuckyeahchoice:
dreams-from-my-father:
Will black people be wiped out for the second time on African soil by Arabs while the international community - that armed and supported the rebels - says NOTHING??
The Tawerghas, a tribe of black Libyans in the South of the country, are being systematically targeted and killed by the new regime of Tripoli!!
...
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Suit Says Obama Can’t Run In Alaska Because He’s...
swaggaraptor:
catbountry:
jedgarhooverinararaskirt:
juchepresident:
abaldwin360:
Alaska-(ENEWSPF)- A man from Juneau, Alaska, has filed suit with the state’s Division of Elections to bar President Obama from appearing on that state’s ballot on the basis that the President is a “Mulatto”, and “the race of ‘Negro’ or ‘Mulatto’ had no standing to be citizens of the United States under the...
Have you guys seen the new video material from...
swaggaraptor:
This is fucking terrifying. These journalists and camera-owners are putting themselves in danger to show whats going on.
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feminismfreedomfighters:
77825225672443:
permutationofninjas reblogged your post: Why The “Wage Gap” Simply Isn’t Possible (In A Free-Market Capitalist Economy)
a) Every single person who’s ever had an SS article published…JSTOR, which is a journal…
oh lulz
I’m not even dignifying this bullshit with a direct response
any quick search on india and racism is pretty obvious,...
77825225672443:
permutationofninjas reblogged your post: Why The “Wage Gap” Simply Isn’t Possible (In A Free-Market Capitalist Economy)
a) Every single person who’s ever had an SS article published…JSTOR, which is a journal…
oh lulz
I’m not even dignifying this bullshit with a direct response
any quick search on india and racism is pretty obvious, fuck, you don’t even have to search...
Why The "Wage Gap" Simply Isn't Possible (In A...
permutationofninjas:
77825225672443:
permutationofninjas:
77825225672443:
permutationofninjas:
That said, you’re welcome to read my last response to that particular moron.
I’m about 5 words in, and I’m really not interested in reading your redefinition of racism and how it really affects white people.
Sorry, you’re not a special snowflake. You’re not affected negatively by racial...
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Woohoo, 400 followers. Thanks guys!
Aaaaaaaaaaaand now back to our regular program.
Virginia allows discrimination in adoption →
gaywrites:
The state of Virginia has essentially passed legislation making it legal for private adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBT parents.
This bill would allow agencies to deny couples adoptions on the basis of a conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, subtly but surely pointing to homosexuality. Virginia’s state Senate and House have both passed the bill and Gov. Bob...
“After I realized the extent to which men work from a base of unacknowledged...”
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Peggy McIntosh
(Basic text published in 1988 which briefly and anecdotally explores white privilege… what it is, how it works, and how it connects to other types of privilege. In my eyes, this is not only an accessible starting point but also a...
A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs
a-long-story-short:
vondell-swain:
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech, but we do draw some limits. As a company, we’ve...
Privilege alone does not invalidate an opinion,...
permutationofninjas:
sickwithjustice:
eyesclosedmindsopen:
thatwasweirdblog:
Check your ignorance.
This pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter in situations where this occurs. Just more eloquently than I usually do it.
Sigh… no.
The point of the phrase “check your privilege” isn’t to shame privileged people into parroting someone else’s opinion. That’s pointless. I just want...
permutationofninjas:
chromatophobiccuttlefish:
permutationofninjas:
Many people will peg this as objectionable because they see it as “asking people to be polite to their oppressors.” This in the end betrays their own prejudice and indeed ____-ism, because even if “white people” as a class oppress black people (something that there is at least basis for, as compared with the notion that men...
