November 2011
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[W]hen you teach adults and children sex-negative messages, sex becomes an...
– Sex-Negative Education and the Spectre of Rape « Sex Positive Activism (via sexisnottheenemy)
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October 2011
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Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...
– (via homotronic, meowsense) (via linzyxxxxx) (via bookishfeministash) (via fuckyeahfeminists)
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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that...
– Colette, Freedom (via liquidnight)
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Teens In Blackface Condoned By Management
A friend of mine went to a local orchard with a group of her students. There was a teenager working at the apple stand wearing a blackface costume and when my friend spoke with the manager, she was told the costume was “not offensive or racist” and that he, the manager, had “personally approved the costume.”
Hey internet, what do you think about that? Do you think we...
Anyone in need of a Halloween soundtrack need look no further.
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There’s a huge difference between harassing a woman and trying to start a...
– Catcalling Is a Problem: How to Talk to a Woman Without Being Rude, Creepy or Scary (via splatterdick)
Omg, reblogging the hell out of this because it needs to be read. So many guys ask about this and this explains it really well.
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Steven Greenstreet proves he’s definitely not a... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Trigger warning. The entire blog post is all sorts of fucked up.
Steven Greenstreet is the dude behind the Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street tumblr and video. That video has gotten a lot of attention — a lot of women and some dudes have been like “well this is fucked up,” and then some other dudes have been like “I don’t see what the big deal is, boys will be boys and what’s...
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Miranda July: 'Take a moment to connect with a... →
youmightfindyourself:
‘Grab hold of the nearest stranger. Don’t take the stranger’s hand, God knows where that’s been, but grasp their arm, firmly. Don’t let go until I tell you to.
Your best friend might meet this stranger at a rock show and they might sit in a parked car talking for hours and when they break up, 10 years later, the stranger, the one whose arm you’re holding right now, might...
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If you get embarrassed every time you drop a pad or tampon—and it will happen—or...
– Rookie Mag - Everybody Farts! (via bitterbuffalo)
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Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They...
– Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country (via alandistro)
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W. W. Norton: Lucifer at the Starlite →
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Here’s my bright idea for life on earth: better management. The CEO has lost touch with the details. I’m worth as much, but I care; I come down here, I show my face, I’m a real regular. A toast: To our boys and girls in the war, grinding through sand, to everybody here, our host who’s mostly mist, like methane rising from retreating ice shelves. Put me in command. For every...
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In Rome a vagina is una fica, a term deriving from the fig, a great thing, a...
– Pubic hair as public space (via avry)
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The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in...
– Roald Dahl, The BFG (via liquidnight)
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