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alloutorg: Yes! UK House of Commons just passed marriage...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:50 +0200

Yes! UK House of Commons just passed marriage equality with a vote of 366 to 161. Next stop is the House of Lords, we’re nearly there.

internetfeet: People mistake ovulation and menstruation to be the same thing when in fact they...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:22 +0200

internetfeet:

People mistake ovulation and menstruation to be the same thing when in fact they aren’t

Ovulation is when the eggs are saying “hello friends I am here”

And menstuation is when the eggs are saying “goodbye friends I am gone”

housewifeswag: whoreignssupreme: XtinaFeels #17/ She doesn’t...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:06 +0200

housewifeswag:

whoreignssupreme:

XtinaFeels #17/ She doesn’t play the curvy vs skinny game.

She’s a woman for women. She won’t trash other body types to make herself/others feel more beautiful or superior. I love this about her.

atta girl.

feministdisney: fdunlimited: late85: إن كان للحب تعريف فهو...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:50 +0200

feministdisney:

fdunlimited:

late85:

إن كان للحب تعريف فهو بقلوب -امھاتنا

so cute that I’m dying

nothing Disney just…cute

firstmurabess: hollylderr: Representation Visualization: Time...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:53 +0200

firstmurabess:

hollylderr:

Representation Visualization: Time to Wash Those Men Right out of our Hair

Mainly reblogging for the prime Broadway reference from the blogger who wrote this caption ^^^^

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:30 +0200

Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:19 +0200

bluandorange:

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

fucking COOL

hetamushitama: alopexplasma: tardis-stowaway: copperbadge: qu...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:37:25 +0200

hetamushitama:

alopexplasma:

tardis-stowaway:

copperbadge:

quietbystander:

Makpal Abdrazakova, the only female eagle hunter in Kazakhstan.

Kickin’ ass and lookin’ fine.

I just googled this woman. Apparently she is also training to be a lawyer! I suppose hunting with a live eagle while looking utterly gorgeous is just not enough accomplishment for her.

Can she be the protagonist of Ace Attorney 6 she’d fit right in

reblogging for fans of A Bride’s Story………..

hetalia-tendencies: source noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:33:26 +0200

hetalia-tendencies:

source

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Social Justice Problems

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:29 +0200

on tumblr: guys we need to have a serious discussion about the erasure of nonbinary trans* people
in real life: ok, I guess I have to explain to my entire class how "feminist" is not an insult

swirlsofblackandwhite: mementomoriiv: Kevin Francis Gray -...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:54:33 +0200

swirlsofblackandwhite:

mementomoriiv:

Kevin Francis Gray - Ghost Girl

I’ve seen this posted before, but I had never seen the face…!

powerful

bemusedlybespectacled: ramoorebooks: opinionatedlez: Here are...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:21:00 +0200

bemusedlybespectacled:

ramoorebooks:

opinionatedlez:

Here are some awesome and empowering quotes from several very strong female celebrities.

And Kristen Stewart.

No, you know what? Fuck you.

Let me tell you about Kristen Stewart.

Let’s talk about how she’s the centerpiece of one of the most inexplicably popular misogynistic pieces of film shit and somehow gets blamed for it sucking, despite the fact that, hey, the books were actually worse. For those who were lucky enough to escape reading the actual books, her apparent lack of emotion is 100% accurate to Bella’s character, because Bella is in fact not a character but a blank white wall for fourteen-year-old girls to project themselves onto. Robert Pattinson is not the only one in the cast who hates Twilight, thank you.

Let’s talk about how she got crucified in the media for having an affair with a married man, when that man was her director. And let’s remember that she was called all manner of things for “ruining her relationship with RPattz” when she wasn’t even engaged to the dude, let alone married with kids. But oh no, she gets called a slut because she’s Kristen Stewart, she gets her career fucked because she’s Kristen Stewart, and the dude gets off scott free.

Let’s talk about how she is incredibly shy and anxious (rather, incidentally, like Chris Evans) but does film anyway, because she’s just that awesome.

Fuck your noise. She’s not the best actor in the world but she sure as hell doesn’t deserve that kind of shit.

mohandasgandhi: pol102: From haaretz: The West Bank’s first...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:20:54 +0200

Photo by Reuters

Photo by Nir Keidar

Photo by Nir Keidar

mohandasgandhi:

pol102:

From haaretz:

The West Bank’s first international marathon took place on Sunday in Bethlehem. Read one Israeli-Canadian runner’s account of the experience.

This is pretty cool.

They also paid tribute and dedicated the race to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

I NEED TO TRY THIS.

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:20:23 +0200

I NEED TO TRY THIS.

heavyheavyboots: Girls FC :)

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:20:03 +0200

heavyheavyboots:

Girls FC :)

Can we like stop

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:19:50 +0200

loudblackram:

Celebrating men for regurgitating feminst type things said by women like every freaking day. Something a woman said to you sank in! Good! Stop repeating it like you made it up.

And for everyone who doubts this, just try to figure out where famous quotes typically attributed to men actually came from. Often it was a woman (regularely a non-white woman) that first said them in reality. …Not only the case with feminist things, though. (A “fun” historical example of such shit would be ‘The Mirror Of Simple Souls’ by Marguerie Porete and it’s republished version by St John of the Cross; or did you know that those famous words by the Norwegian Prime minister after Utøya were originally coined by two women?)

But really, imo the issue isn’t men repeating what women said (I think I agree with the author of the post here and just find it worded badly), the issue is celebrating men for something that women are chastised and ridiculed for, aka being feminists. The problem is stealing things from women in a movement that should be about women: Stealing credit, stealing space, stealing the spotlight, and then getting cookies for it. Sadly, feminism often behaves no different from any other movements and the system itself when it comes to that.

tl;dr: The issue is the celebrating those men and not the women who said it originally, not men saying it. The issue is taking a movement that is fundamentally about women making it about what men say.

"The problem with Seth MacFarlane’s humor, as always, is that he’s almost always punching down..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:36 +0200

“The problem with Seth MacFarlane’s humor, as always, is that he’s almost always punching down instead of punching up. He’s picking on people who have always been picked upon, and he thinks he’s hilarious for doing so. What’s more, he’s making a lot of money from other people who enjoy that sort of thing. But that doesn’t make him funny. It makes him one of those fratboy douchebags who seem to be everywhere in life, even into middle age, making uncomfortably insulting wisecracks that always seem to end with the protest that “I’m just joking.” The result? The two white guys are the straight men in this bit. Everybody else—foreign, old, female—is ripe for the ribbing.”

- Joel Mathis, “Seth MacFarlane’s Racist, Sexist New Show, Dads” (via seriouslyamerica)

hali-gan: you know why queer girls are so into “white gay boys” because queer representation is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:18:59 +0200

hali-gan:

you know why queer girls are so into “white gay boys”

because queer representation is such a problem that “white gay boy” narratives are often the only portrayals we stumble into

so please fuck off back to your heterosexual bullshit and let us enjoy our crumbs thanks bye

stfuprolifers: kor71: If you think abortions ok, remember what...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:18:41 +0200

stfuprolifers:

kor71:

If you think abortions ok, remember what Horton says.

Awkward. Dr. Seuss and his wife were really liberal and pro-choice. They’ve even threatened to sue pro-life organizations for using this quote the wrong way (the way you’re doing it actually). I guess you didn’t already know that Horton Hears a Who is about the American occupation of Japan post-WWII. He even dedicated it to his dear Japanese friend.

Mrs. Geisel (Mrs. Seuss) continued donating to Planned Parenthood and advocating for reproductive health and rights after her husband died.

"Why is there very little utility to women’s clothing? Why don’t we get pockets which actually open?..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:17:56 +0200

“

Why is there very little utility to women’s clothing? Why don’t we get pockets which actually open? Why do we have to put up with the ‘false pockets’ that are frequently sewn onto women’s jackets and pants to give visual interest without ruining the ‘line’ of the garment? Why, when pockets are actually present, are they so rarely large, stable, or loose enough to accommodate a phone or a wallet? And why, given this is the case, do women go on to cop so much flack for carrying handbags around with them?

Oh wait. Is this one of those double standards which we feminists are always going on about; one of those innocuous little things which everybody just accepts because it is the norm?

Women carry handbags. It is known.

But why? I have watched my male friends get ready to go out. They slip their wallet into one pocket, their keys into another, their phone into a third pocket, and some of them even still have spare pockets large enough to carry a novel for the journey. Those of my friends who wear women’s clothes, though, face an entirely different situation. If they are wearing the right jeans or jacket, they may have up to two usable pockets (not at all guaranteed). However, in most cases they won’t have any pockets at all. Utility and style rarely meet in women’s fashion, so they grab a bag.

Contrary to all the jokes, most women don’t ‘have’ to leave the house with everything they pack in their day-to-day handbag. Most of the items in a woman’s everyday handbag are in there because, if she’s going to have to carry it anyway, she might as well make it worth her while. Excuse us for making use of the one useful item we find in our wardrobes.

”

- Kara, “The Feminist and the Handbag” (via athenasaurus)

Oh lord, don’t get me started on this. This is a little thing that highlights a big equality problem between men and women. We need the same supplies as men to do the same job. When I stocked shelves it was impossible to find pants that would hold my wallet, my box knife, my badge, my keys, my gloves (I worked dairy/frozen) and my phone. I actually ended up not carrying my wallet or keys at all. Fuck if I’m carrying a purse *ever* but that certainly wouldn’t have helped on the job.

My husband? He holds all of that plus his insulin, packets of honey in case his blood sugar drops (or a vial of glucose tablets), glucometer, headphones, markers, and pencils. With plenty of room to spare. I’ve even seen him slip paperback books into empty pockets.

When we bought sweatpants together so we could start working out? I had zero pockets. He had four. Four. When we wanted some boots for added protection working around 1.5-ton pallets and slippery surfaces, he was able to go to the nearest store and buy steel-toed, non-shock, no-slip boots in his size, no problem. I had to look online to find mine. Because women don’t work dangerous jobs. I hate shopping for clothes in general, but when it has to be online it really sucks because you never know if they will actually fit or be decent quality. Especially because, guess what, women’s sizes are far less standardized than men’s.

I’m going to guess this is all some remnant from the “women should be in the kitchen, not out in the world doing practical things” days that has held over and made it harder for us to…you know, do practical things, even nowadays. If I ever end up working a job like that again, I’ll probably just buy men’s pants and hem them for my 5-foot-tall frame, because I deserve the same supplies for my job that men do. And no, I don’t care if the men’s jeans don’t highlight the curve of my ass superbly. Do they hold up under tough conditions? Do they carry what I need carried? Practicality and efficiency only in my wardrobe, please.

(via solluxisms)

I remember watching I think it was Project Runway and the contestants had to design a new uniform for female postal workers. The one designer put utilitarian pockets on her design, and the judges yelled at her for it. They said something about it not being flattering, because you know, the key part of any uniform is not that it works for the job, but that it shows off your body in the best light possible.

(via jetpuffedmarshmallowsandsunburns)