fuckyeahfeminists:

the-womanifesto:

thedailywhat:

Birth Control Advocacy of the Day: In a direct attack on the GOP’s War on Women, a new project called “Sluts Across America” has been launched to highlight the absurdity of judging those who use birth control “for totally valid, responsible, and mature reasons”; show that supporters of reproductive rights exist everywhere; and re-appropriate and take ownership of the derogatory term “slut.”

The site involves a simple interface that asks users to input their location and a reason for supporting access to birth control. It then displays the users’ statements and locations anonymously, under the heading “I’m a slut because…”

Here goes: “I’m a slut because caring for kids whilst writing The Daily What would be disastrous.”

[thanks, anonymous! saa]

AAHHH I’m so going to do this! Especially so I can get those numbers higher for us southerners.

Introducing: Sluts Across America

powerpussysays:

mimi-memek0:

I really like the way this is phrased. It’s so easy for people to dismiss “rape jokes” when they’re referred to as “rape jokes” because it makes rape sound like nothing more than a subject, like there aren’t even any people involved. 

“Joke about raping someone” sounds so much more accurate to what people do when they make a “rape joke.” You’re not just joking about some sort of comedic subject. You are joking about one of the most horrific experiences that can happen to someone.

More people need to realise this.

^ word.

Grammy producers confirmed that Chris Brown will be performing on Sunday’s show.

“We’re glad to have him back,” said executive producer Ken Ehrlich. “I think people deserve a second chance, you know. If you’ll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years and it may have taken us a while to kind of get over the fact that we were the victim of what happened.”

Read that quote again. Think hard about what is being said. Here is what this quote says to any woman who’s ever been abused:

• By blacklisting Chris Brown from the Grammys for a “few” years (actually, a grand total of TWO Grammy Awards), the Grammys have gone above and beyond expectations for the social exile of an adult man who hit his girlfriend so hard she went to the hospital, and honestly it was really, really hard for them to show even that much support for victims of domestic violence worldwide.
• It was rather thoughtless of Rihanna to go and get herself hit in the face by her boyfriend, because it’s put such a burden on the Grammys. Maybe if she hadn’t made such a big fuss out of it, things could have been easier for everyone.
• The Grammys think that they were the victim of Chris Brown hitting Rihanna in the face.
• The Grammys. Think. That they. Were the victim. Of Chris Brown. Hitting. Rihanna. In the face.

Sasha is the VP of Marketing for Pop Salad and a freelance writer. You can follow her on Twitter @sashrocks. 
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projectunbreakable:

Project Unbreakable: The Video

I am so anxious to share this video with you all. Many, many thanks to the incomparable Nino Gallego for producing, filming, and editing it, and many, many thanks to my dear friend Allie Moss for allowing us to use her song “Dig With Me” in it. You can buy it off iTunes here.

I am a nineteen year old college student with a dream of changing the world. I have so many things I want to do for this project: travel to different areas, hire a professional to answer advice, and overall expand it as far as I can. But I don’t have the money myself to do so, so I am turning to the general public for help. I have created a fundraiser on something called IndieGoGo so I can find a way to be able to help as many survivors of sexual abuse as possible.

If you can donate to it, I am forever grateful. If you cannot but are still willing to share this, I am also forever grateful. We have the ability to make a huge difference.

The fundraiser can be found here: http://www.indiegogo.com/Project-Unbreakable?a=385209

xoxo

fishingboatproceeds:

laughingsquid:

The Oatmeal blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA

The Oatmeal, as usual, explains everything you need to know about SOPA/PIPA while A. making you laugh, and B. making Oprah ride a jet ski in space.

Copyright and intellectual property are complicated. But I know this: We have the right to make Oprah ride a jet ski in space! And that’s why we cannot allow SOPA or PIPA to regulate the Internet.

absolutelydefinitely:

boehnertroll:

ginny-wrocks:

youdontlooklikeafeminist:

iamateenagefeminist:

They officially redefined rape to include male and female victims and removed the word “forcible” so that rapes that are not committed via physical force count as rape.

These books should be mandatory in all high schools but since I can’t actually control that I’d urge everyone to check these books out from the library - they are well-written, thoughtful, sometimes funny and definitely feminist-friendly. Enjoy!

Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney

“Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way—the Themis Way. So when Alex is date raped during her junior year, she has two options: stay silent and hope someone helps her, or enlist the Mockingbirds—a secret society of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers.” - from Amazon

This book explains perfectly what “consent” means.

http://www.amazon.com/Mockingbirds-Daisy-Whitney/dp/0316090530/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325135136&sr=1-1

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

“From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray comes the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.

Teen beauty queens. A Lost-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.” - from Amazon

This book is a strong satire of society’s impossible standards of beauty and consumerism and it also deals with issues of race, sexuality, and dis/ability - it’s practically a gender and sexuality class in a fictional book form. 

Well, this is upsetting. According to a new study, people can’t tell the difference between quotes from British “lad mags” and interviews with convicted rapists.

I was on facebook when I noticed a video a former acquaintance from high school posted on his wall about some girl explaining how feminists are hypocrites. Really, this should have been my signal not to watch it because I knew it would piss me off, but I was curious to see what these three or four guys I actually knew (and for the most part, got along with) were agreeing with. Basically the girl explained women who want guys to pay everything for them are hypocrites for expecting equal rights.

There are three very distributing things about this video. 1. She actually thinks that the majority of women who date and are in relationships assume that their boyfriend will pay for everything, yet I don’t know of any relationships that work like that. I was just talking to a bunch of my female friends about the subject of who pays for the first date and everyone agreed that they didn’t expect the guy to pay and that most of the time the guy didn’t pay. Maybe I just hang out with progressive people…but still 2. How could you ever say someone doesn’t deserve equal rights? Seriously. Everyone talks about “how far we’ve come” and whatnot, but based on her language in the video and some of her comments on her video, she doesn’t believe women have the same abilities to be responsible for themselves as men do and that women need to be protected by men. just…urgh…no. This is an idea that operated in the USA in the 1800’s, was propped up by slavery and ultimately failed. The 3rd disturbing thing?  The majority of the comments and rating were positive. Tell me again why we don’t need feminism?

(I know I should link the video, but to be honest, I just defriended those guys as they reminded me of the latent sexism [and often racism] that made me turn to feminism and made me move nearly 900 miles away to where people [usually] get that nothing about that video was okay, so long story short - I don’t know the link, sorry)