September 2010
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Red Light Politics: How often do you say "Sorry"? →
redlightpolitics:
Study Reveals Why Women Apologize More Than Men
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The article, however, does not elaborate on why women are conditioned to believe they have offended more often than men. I suspect that this is part of the same set of cultural values that encourages women to take less space (i.e be thin no…
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Yes, we should be taking about what happens after... →
lostgrrrls:
Yes, I’m sure it did jar people to see what happens to rape victims afterward in their twitter feeds. That’s the point. People need to hear these stories, and if the victim is consenting to her story being told, who are we to tell her that her that it’s indecent and we don’t want to hear it? The fact that she was raped was indecent. I have a hunch it was more jarring for her to be...
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The Boondocks (2005)
Riley: Gangstalicious got shot!
Huey: Again?!
Riley: We gotta do something!
Huey: I've got an idea! Why don't we go to college so we don't end up like Gangstalicious?
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Gender is Not Just a Performance →
genderqueer:
Most compelling thing I’ve read all day; it gave me goosebumps. I’d love to send this to everyone who doesn’t “get” why gender is so important to trans / genderqueer / gender variant people.
Julia Serano is such a talented writer.
yellowbeesteward:
“If one more person tells me that “all gender is performance,” I think I am going to strangle them.
Perhaps most annoying about...
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Are mass media creating a culture of rape? →
Writes Melissa McEwan, of the feminist blog site Shakesville: “Rape culture is encouraging male sexual aggression. Rape culture is regarding violence as sexy and sexuality as violent. Rape culture is treating rape as a compliment, as the unbridled passion stirred in a healthy man by a beautiful woman, making irresistible the urge to rip open her bodice or slam her against a wall, or a...
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La Petite Feministe Anglaise: elles@centrepompidou →
sarahgraham7:
It was very rainy in Paris today, so Josh and I went to the Centre Pompidou, for a cultural and (more to the point!) dry afternoon.
I’m not a particularly big fan of modern art, but their ‘elles’ collection of women artists was really interesting, and included work by the fabulous Guerrilla…
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Curves ahead is hardly progress →
‘Curves’, it appears, are back in style. This means that women whose skeletons are less than entirely visible through their skin will now be permitted to doff our sackloths of shame and go to parties with fashion people. Well, roll up the banners, ladies, and put away the placards: it’s the greatest achievement for feminism since equal pay.
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In this context, getting...
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Men's Group Champions "Diverse Masculinities" →
HAVANA, Sep 22, 2010 (IPS) - Men representing an array of sexual identifications have organised in Cuba to defend sexual rights and promote respect for “other masculinities,” with the belief that greater visibility is needed to achieve true social change and acceptance.
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“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a...”
– Bansky. this is most appropriate after my readings tonight (consumption + culture). (via so-treu)
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“You would never, not in a million years, see a major pop star launch into a...”
– Katy Perry sings “Ur So Gay” in revenge, remains offensive while doing so | AfterEllen.com (via sexisnottheenemy)
Completely and utterly agree with this. Nothing more to add. Katy Perry is such a hypocrite.
(via the-fb-of-i) These statistics always break my heart.
(via lostgrrrls)
Newsflash...
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Oi darlin’! Not many of them to the pound! Street... →
Being shouted at in the street by men on building sites used to be just one of the things I encountered on my daily trip to work.
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Whether it was my body or my clothes, random men felt that they had the right to speak their mind and voice their opinions when it came to my cleavage.
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America's Absurd and Self-Defeating Cuba Policy →
Jeffrey Goldberg responds to criticism after his interview with Fidel Castro where the leader said that the Cuban model didn’t even work for Cuba anymore.
There are three main criticisms. The first is that I have too benign a view of Fidel Castro. The evidence for this includes the fact that I accompanied him to the Havana Aquarium and portrayed him as an old man who likes dolphins. The...
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Watchkatebomz:
Grace was 13 when she was raped. When she found out she was pregnant, she aborted the baby by overdosing on birth control pills. The stigma of rape led Grace’s parents to kick her out of the house. With nowhere to go, she turned to prostitution to earn a living. She became pregnant again and one after another, she aborted her babies. She has had three self-induced abortions. Our...
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A Tribute To The Singular Masculinity Of Patrick... →
Patrick Swayze, who died a year ago today, had “incredible masculinity, real guy energy,” said the choreographer of Dirty Dancing. His brother said he taught him to be a man. But Swayze’s version of masculinity was always more complex.
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Casey Affleck Makes Sex Harassment Claims... →
