May 2012
59 posts
“Listen,
It does not matter what you say. As a woman, as a woman of color, as a...”
– via PersephoneMagazine (via soydulcedeleche)
Command Sergeant Major Allegedly Assaults Lesbian...
dykesanddykery:
Last Saturday, April 14, 2012, I came across a troubling post in one of the groups I belong to on Facebook. A soldier in the United States military wrote, “I was just shoved across the dance floor by my command sergeant major for being gay…lovely end to my active duty career.”
The comments started flowing, and the soldier — we’ll call her Lucy (not her real name) — who...
heart of my own: Can people stop shoving sexual... →
missvoltairine:
moject-prayhem:
there’s a fine line between loving who you are and pushing for acceptance and being a total troll about it. what i mean by that is we don’t need to go shitting on other people’s beliefs because they don’t agree with us
When someone’s “belief” is that it’s “hideous” to even consider giving queer kids some positive representation to hold on to then yes
I do need...
N.K. Jemisin, The "harm" of political correctness
bankuei:
http://nkjemisin.com/2010/10/the-harm-of-political-correctness/
…I’m getting really, really sick of the idea that respecting your fellow human beings is somehow restrictive or oppressive or damaging to creativity, productivity, the genre, whatever. I keep running into this kind of whining — because that’s what it is — all over the place. Most often I see it coming from older people...
this one's for the ladies
therapsida:
citizenkerry:
Three years ago, on a ridiculously hot Memorial Day Weekend, I was followed into my apartment building by a man in a ski mask.
I didn’t realize he was wearing a ski mask until later.
Back then, my friends and I all lived within six blocks of each other, and we’d parted ways at the cheezy 80s dance club in our neighborhood. We didn’t think to walk each other home,...
[tw rape/trans misogyny] Let me make one thing...
talldarkbishoujo:
I’m cis, but I’m a rape survivor. And let me make one thing abundantly clear.
You fuck with trans* women survivors, you are fucking with my sisters. And nobody fucks with my family on my watch.
If you are a cis woman that believes cis women are incapable of rape and abuse, and believes that trans* women don’t experience rape and abuse at our hands, take a fucking seat and...
Lilo, why are you all wet?
panasonicyouth:
kaezie:
kidsofthebluelagoon:
xximmaeatjooxx:
videovriska:
daswiener:
captainhufflepuff:
This is actually heartbreaking when you remember Lilo tells Stitch her parents went for a drive, and the bad weather caused them to crash.
I always thought this scene was adorable
Wow thanks guy
Right in the childhood.
i never made that...
“Community members interested in supporting youth leadership in Detroit only have...”
– Only Ten Days Left to Contribute to Detroit Future Youth’s “Road to the Allied Media Conference” Fundraiser! | youth.detroitfuture.org
SUPPORT THIS FUNDRAISER, Y’ALL! Youth leadership in Detroit is essential to the landscape of justice and transformative change! These youth need your help to...
heartinakiln:
partysoft:
cheatthis:
slattern:
do you ever just reminisce about your childhood
and think to yourself
‘fuck how did I not realize sooner that I was totally gay.’
all the time omfg
how did everyone not realize sooner that I was totally gay
p much
(Shakesville) Guest Post: Objecting to... →
bananapeppers:
Look: if you are a lesbian/bisexual/queer woman and you, like the guest author, find yourself voicing sexually objectifying comments about female passersby (I call this Erika Moening it up; see this comic), you have a problem. Stop. Remind yourself what respectful boundaries are; remind yourself that sexual harassment/objectification of women by women is not “queer”ing or...
friendlyangryfeminist:
wow okay people identifying as a lesbian does not mean someone is upholding the gender binary nor is it any less political than me identifying as queer.
oh but wait.
right, lesbians are women, that means that they have to be doing something wrong with their sexuality, okay.
agh gay men never get this sort policing, you know?
“I don’t think it’s terribly controversial to note that women, from a young age,...”
– Jennifer duBois, Writing Across Gender (via florida-uterati)
Describing white people using food items
ai-yo:
James had a kingsmill white bread complexion, he blushed slightly it seemed like someone had spread strawberry jam over his cheeks. His hair was the colour of custard that had been watered down severely like the nasty one they served back in primary school that I begged the lunch ladies not to let near my cake. I didn’t care that the cake may have been dry I didn’t want that shit near my...
meanwhile,
zuko: /reads the paper
zuko: WHAT
zuko: a firebender killed someone aGAIN?
zuko: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK PEOPLE
zuko: YOU ARE NOT HELPING ALL OF THE HONOR THAT I TRIED TO RESTORE TO THE FIRE NATION
zuko: oh my God riGHT IN THE HONOR
ugh I have a pretty high tolerance for general...
missvoltairine:
but I can’t fucking stand the “you [queer people] are being JUST AS BAD AS HOMOPHOBES [to straight people]!” meme
no you douchebag, that’s the point, there is no way for queer people to be “just as bad” to straight people a homophobes are to gay people, that is why “homophobia” IS A THING
closetospring:
No means no, even when they’re toddlers
A few people have alerted me to this video of toddlers and you can watch as a little boy hugs a little girl multiple times and each time he does, she pushes him away. A few of the times, he seems to be prompted to continue by the person with the camera. It’s a full two minutes and nothing changes – he hugs her, she pushes him away,...
“For some reason, it is entirely OK for a strange man I don’t know to approach me...”
– Kat George, Things I Wish Were Not OK But Are Definitely OK (via shoshkablob)
Sometimes even with physical assault, the cops don’t take complaints seriously. Basically if a woman is making the complaint, it will not be taken seriously.
(via paleotrees)
Bi/queer girls with straight boyfriends who revel...
missvoltairine:
Almost as uncomfortable as straight dudes who expect me to play that game with them as soon as they find out I’m queer.
No I am not going to justify the way you treat women like objects, okay. Just No. I’m especially not going to buy into the fucked up homophobic patriarchal bullshit that says that in order to validate my own sexuality I have to use my sexuality to degrade other...
Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei! →
stfuconservatives:
Please sign this Change.org petition to help free Bei Bei Shuai. From the website:
Numerous organizations and leaders who identify themselves as “pro-life” have assured the public that state murder and feticide laws that create special penalties for harming fetuses would not result in the arrests of pregnant women. Terry Curry, the Marion County Prosecutor, however is using...
Anonymous asked: Eve Ensler is a cissexist tho....
soooo I just got to meet Eve Ensler. And take a super awkward picture with her. nbd.
BDSM Problem #299
missvoltairine:
Did… did you even read the OP? The context was ENTIRELY about domestic violence. Actual domestic violence. They were in a child and family development class. You cannot fucking separate the words from the context like that, especially when the context is fucking domestic violence.
“Power and control”, “domination”, etc are very common words used by people IN THE FIELD of...
Conditions
readnfight:
If I say, “I hate when dogs shit on my lawn,” do I really need to specify that I don’t mean every single dog ever has shit on my lawn? No, I can expect people to think enough to know it is a trend I have observed repeatedly but am not projecting on every dog that has ever existed.
Which is why I similarly am not interested in putting conditions on what I actually mean in order to...
The Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Hate Dan Savage
forgetpolitics:
1. Dan Savage hates trans people and uses transphobic slurs.
“Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives. Perhaps I’m a transphobic bigot, but I honestly think waiting a measly 36 months to cut your dick is a sacrifice any father should be willing to make for his 15-year-old son. Call me old-fashioned.
Unfortunately, your ex wasn’t...
