ragingconservative007:

Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill

monsterzine:

Plan B will soon be available over the counter for women and girls of all ages. Woohoo!

This is fucking sick and disturbing. Girls of ALL AGES.

You idiots don’t think anything out do you? Makes me wonder if you really do think with your vaginas instead of your brains.

So lets throw in a hypothetical situation that easily relates to children today. A 12 year old arrives home after having sex with her boyfriend, steals her parents money (or sold drugs for money), walks down to the corner store and buys birth control.

You people find nothing wrong with that since a 12 year old who has access to BC is better than a pregnant 12 year old. My problem is the 12 year old engaged in an adult act. Children who have sex are more likely to become prostitutes, drug addicts, have little to no morals, and little to none self esteem. Not to mention its an epic parental failure.

And since there’s no age restriction, a 10 year old could do the same thing as the 12 year old. Hell, I can drop the age even fucking lower.

What you people are doing is supporting and promoting CHILD SEX, not to mention making it even easier for child rapists to hide their crimes and all in the name of the almighty vagina aka as women’s health.

You are all seriously a bunch of fucked up sick sons of bitches.

Alright, let’s get this straight! We’re going to sidetrack the gross misogyny of your statement about thinking with our vaginas - because really, that’s not relevant to this argument.

To start with the factual - actually, you couldn’t lower the age below ten, because menstruation typically begins between ages 10-15. Before that, guess what, you can’t get pregnant! Well, not you. I’m assuming that all the disgusting sexism you’re displaying in this little post alone means you are not a woman, and will never have to deal with this issue in direct relation to yourself. Good for you! You don’t have to worry about lots of old men who will never have to deal with unwanted pregnancy telling you what to do with your body and sexuality.

Anyway, the more pressing issue here is that you claim providing birth control for women and girls of all ages means encouraging young children to have sex. Your claim that being sexually active leads to moral degeneration is ridiculous and makes no sense - children who have sex have sex. Besides that, it was once common practice to marry girls off at twelve or thirteen, in the hopes of their becoming pregnant as soon as they were physically able. So the whole idea of twelve-year-old sexuality being “immoral” is a social construct anyway. I’m not saying it’s good or bad for children to have sex - just that if they want to, they will, whether or not Plan B is available. These girls need to have the opportunity to prevent unwanted pregnancies just as much, if not more, than women and girls of any other age! 

Let’s talk about rape. Unfortunately, 15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12. Many of these children know their attackers. That’s a lot of children having forcible sex - and you’re worried about the rapist being able to “hide their crimes”? So you think twelve-year-olds shouldn’t be having sex under any circumstances - but if they do, and if they get pregnant, they should be forced to carry to term as EVIDENCE for their rapists’ crimes?? I don’t even know where to start - you clearly don’t care about these girls as human beings in the least, or you would never call for the twelve- or ten-year-olds you say are being morally corrupted by sex to have children by their rapists merely as proof of the crime that has been committed against them. Evidently, their word is not enough.

Birth control does not encourage sex, or rape. It is not a method used by rapists to “cover their tracks.” Birth control is for women, giving them control over their own bodies and reproduction. It is absolutely necessary as an option for women and girls of all ages. Sex is not inherently corrupting, but it can be used as a weapon against women and girls. The truth is that sex happens, and rape happens, with people of all ages. Saying that girls under twelve “shouldn’t” be having sex doesn’t change the reality, and we need to face reality. Birth control must be available to girls of all ages. To say otherwise is monstrous.

lady-nevada: writeswrongs: cumaeansibyl: peeingisfreeing: coffeeandconlangs: Unnecessary “fillers” in our speech. I’d rather have “like” than up-talking, though (if we had to choose one, that is). Ewwww, up-talking. Then again, a combination of the two would render me homicidal maniac. yes, colloquial speech is stupid discourse particles are stupid quotative particles are stupid fillers are stupid lower registers of speech = stupid!!!!!!woah aaa/ Like, did you ever notice? That, like, the speech patterns people, like, think are stupid?  Are, like, commonly associated with, like, women? And, like, there’s this thing? Where, like, women aren’t supposed to be, like, assertive? So they, like, qualify their speech? Because, like, we’re not supposed to, like, stand by our opinions? 1) humiliate women so they don’t feel qualified to speak authoritatively about anything 2) humiliate women for speaking in such a way that reflects how you treat her 3) laugh, you are superior because you don’t use words like “like.”  It isn’t as if being a huge stupid asshole has ever made you worse than a woman who speaks with verbal tics.   Holy shit Mhm. And entering the world of academia, I’ve really noticed the way they try to groom this out of people so that they’ll be “taken seriously” in the real world. Which, incidentally, is not usually a problem men have. Being “taken seriously” is usually something women have to deal with, because people like to, y’know, assume that wearing pink or liking makeup makes you, like, dumb. Because, like, femininity is totally, like, stupid.

lady-nevada:

writeswrongs:

cumaeansibyl:

peeingisfreeing:

coffeeandconlangs:

Unnecessary “fillers” in our speech. I’d rather have “like” than up-talking, though (if we had to choose one, that is). Ewwww, up-talking. Then again, a combination of the two would render me homicidal maniac.

yes, colloquial speech is stupid

discourse particles are stupid

quotative particles are stupid

fillers are stupid

lower registers of speech = stupid!!!!!!woah aaa/

Like, did you ever notice? That, like, the speech patterns people, like, think are stupid?  Are, like, commonly associated with, like, women?

And, like, there’s this thing? Where, like, women aren’t supposed to be, like, assertive? So they, like, qualify their speech? Because, like, we’re not supposed to, like, stand by our opinions?

1) humiliate women so they don’t feel qualified to speak authoritatively about anything

2) humiliate women for speaking in such a way that reflects how you treat her

3) laugh, you are superior because you don’t use words like “like.”  It isn’t as if being a huge stupid asshole has ever made you worse than a woman who speaks with verbal tics.  

Holy shit

Mhm. And entering the world of academia, I’ve really noticed the way they try to groom this out of people so that they’ll be “taken seriously” in the real world. Which, incidentally, is not usually a problem men have. Being “taken seriously” is usually something women have to deal with, because people like to, y’know, assume that wearing pink or liking makeup makes you, like, dumb. Because, like, femininity is totally, like, stupid.

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laurlaurthechallenger: I’m tired of seeing debate on this.  Prostitutes and sex workers of other kinds sell a service.  If you purchase that service, you are a customer.  If you, without consent, abuse their rights as a human, that is not tantamount to theft.  It’s a human rights abuse.  If you punch a boxer, you aren’t stealing their time as a professional to see their reaction.  You are assaulting them, and the law will recognize this and punish you accordingly.  Rape of prostitutes, however, is a much more serious and common abuse, and it is significantly less punished by law enforcement and societally regarded as a non-issue.  I’m a martial artist.  Compared to the average person, I am much more mentally prepared for the possibility of a physical attack.  It is the milieu I immerse myself in.  That doesn’t mean I want to be attacked, or that it would be ok to attack me, and no one would ever make that logical leap.  Prostitutes, while also more mentally prepared for the very real possibility they may be raped, are no more deserving of rape than I am of being assaulted.  A non-consensual assault against a person, regardless of profession or mental preparation for attack, is clearly still a human rights abuse and the equivalent of assault, not theft. Stop debating this shit.

laurlaurthechallenger:

I’m tired of seeing debate on this.  Prostitutes and sex workers of other kinds sell a service.  If you purchase that service, you are a customer.  If you, without consent, abuse their rights as a human, that is not tantamount to theft.  It’s a human rights abuse.  If you punch a boxer, you aren’t stealing their time as a professional to see their reaction.  You are assaulting them, and the law will recognize this and punish you accordingly.  Rape of prostitutes, however, is a much more serious and common abuse, and it is significantly less punished by law enforcement and societally regarded as a non-issue.  I’m a martial artist.  Compared to the average person, I am much more mentally prepared for the possibility of a physical attack.  It is the milieu I immerse myself in.  That doesn’t mean I want to be attacked, or that it would be ok to attack me, and no one would ever make that logical leap.  Prostitutes, while also more mentally prepared for the very real possibility they may be raped, are no more deserving of rape than I am of being assaulted.  A non-consensual assault against a person, regardless of profession or mental preparation for attack, is clearly still a human rights abuse and the equivalent of assault, not theft. Stop debating this shit.

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“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”
Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women (via biochemical-degradation)

(via thisisthinprivilege)

leanin: Happy 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act! (sort of). Here are some sobering visuals: For every dollar earned by a white man in America, a white woman earns, on average, 77 cents, a black woman earns 69 cents, and a Latina woman earns 57 cents. (Infographic by the lovely Emily Nemens for LeanIn.Org.)

leanin:

Happy 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act! (sort of). Here are some sobering visuals: For every dollar earned by a white man in America, a white woman earns, on average, 77 cents, a black woman earns 69 cents, and a Latina woman earns 57 cents. (Infographic by the lovely Emily Nemens for LeanIn.Org.)

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Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill

Plan B will soon be available over the counter for women and girls of all ages. Woohoo!

galactical:

i’m bothered by the idea that whiteness is somehow “apolitical.” i am not saying i am beyond this idea. i am reading david foster wallace’s essays & i am continuously bothered by his blasé approach to politics, his liberal noticing of social issues & then equally liberal shrug and move-on into more comfortable, literary, white-straight-male territory.

for example: he is obsessed with pointing out that there are no black/gay people at the fair/in the movie he is reviewing, but then…says nothing more. notes that he doesn’t really notice an actress’ acting ability in a movie because she’s beautiful/because the movie sets her up pretty much just as an object, but doesn’t let this bother him too much. writes that a director pretty much only uses straight white people in his films, but concludes that it’s because the films are “apolitical,” & adding POC to the mix would, “[l]et’s face it,” add an “automatic political voltage.” 

(because only white straight men apparently are alienated from society & stuck in obsessions/fetishes/fantasies)

(because to be Other is to be political. white straight men are not political. white straight men are ‘normal.’ ignoring the fact that our normalization/standardization of white straight men is very, very political)

(a year ago this might not have bothered me. now it does)

A 365 day photo diary of a women affected by domestic violence. It is absolutely terrifying.

  One photo a day in the worst year of my life (by fero061982)

“Rather than fighting for every woman’s right to feel beautiful, I would like to see the return of a kind of feminism that tells women and girls everywhere that maybe it’s all right not to be pretty and perfectly well behaved. That maybe women who are plain, or large, or old, or differently abled, or who simply don’t give a damn what they look like because they’re too busy saving the world or rearranging their sock drawer, have as much right to take up space as anyone else.

I think if we want to take care of the next generation of girls we should reassure them that power, strength and character are more important than beauty and always will be, and that even if they aren’t thin and pretty, they are still worthy of respect. That feeling is the birthright of men everywhere. It’s about time we claimed it for ourselves.”
I don’t want to be told I’m pretty as I am - I want to live in a world where that’s irrelevant (via brute-reason)

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Impromptu Social Justice sign at Washington Square Park!

galactical:

i have to say, this whole demonization of mike jeffries (if you don’t know who i’m talking about…the abercrombie man) is pretty irritating, in my opinion. do i think what he said & how he runs his company is utterly disgusting? of course! do i think abercrombie is a fine, upstanding business? not at all.

but let’s be honest, all this mockery of jeffries - the ad hominem attacks that make fun of his looks, the “how will he feel if he sees this guy handing out abercrombie clothes to the homeless? OH RIGHT HE WON’T BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE A HEART” stuff - is also a little ridiculous. since when do all these people care so much about fat people, is what i’m wondering? jeffries is gross and his comments upset me, but he’s mostly a (very blunt and uncritical) product of the environment. our society hates and oppresses fat people. here’s an example! but instead of addressing this as an issue that is built into our institutions and the way we think - instead of admitting that there is a little piece of most of us that doesn’t feel so different from jeffries, and it doesn’t necessarily make us a bad person, it makes us part of an oppressive society - instead we say: Oh, look at jeffries. what a total asshole! what an awful person! GLAD I’M NOT LIKE HIM. when what did he do? refuse to stock sizes because he thought fat people weren’t “cool.” yes, he’s an asshole, and i was personally upset by his comments, but guess what? lots of women (and men) bigger than the sizes he won’t stock can’t find clothes to fit them at any of the stores thin people like to shop at. being able to find clothes your size is a privilege. you are privileged. YOU ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM JEFFRIES, stop pretending he is the worst human being you have ever come across and you are SO SHOCKED at his hateful comments.

(also, the whole video of giving-out-clothes-to-homeless-people from thrift stores which were, incidentally, created to give clothes to the homeless in the first place is one of the more obnoxious offshootings of this whole big uproar. Look, hip white upper-middle class guy, why don’t we all admit that this is just an excuse for you to look like a savior? because throwing one poorly-made pink polo at a homeless person is not going to do them much good)

“

Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes women acquire free drinks at bars?” is like walking into graduate school during Philosophy finals and saying, “Have you considered that the color blue that I see may not be the color blue that you see?”

Imagine you are the guy who just walked into that Philosophy class and laid that shit down. Imagine the class full of students who have worked very hard and committed themselves and sacrificed to be here, students who have spent several years of their lives learning about this subject. Imagine now their feelings when you go to the head of the classroom with a smirk on your face and demand the professor give you an A for effort. Imagine now that they think you are a douchebag asshole, because they do, and because you are. You are a douchebag asshole because you are obviously so self-centered, arrogant, and completely ignorant of the world around you, that you thought you could walk into a high-level course with no background and no work and say something profoundly simplistic and totally unrelated and also everybody should congratulate you for having done this thing, so brave, so provocative.
[….]
You are not asking us a real question. You are simply illustrating, for all to see, your own ignorance. You are saying, “I have not considered the implications of the question I have just asked. I have not taken the time nor effort nor commitment to sit down and ask myself this question. Instead, I have come into your philosophy classroom/office/feminist blog and shat out my question with a smirk, because I believe that my two seconds of thought are worth more than your long-term analysis, because I believe I am worth more.”

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Fugivitus: A few things to consider when you find a feminist blog (via absolutely-spiffing)

(Source: raxn, via fuckyeahfeminists)

stfusexists:

thedinosaurprince:

fuckingrapeculture:

signifierofmalepower:

My picks from #safetytipsforladies on Twitter.

brilliant

ALWAYS REBLOG.

Did I blog this? Well, no matter, it’s amazing. 

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NRA Sells An Ex-Girlfriend Target That Bleeds When You Shoot It

In case you needed another reason to hate the NRA. For extra disgust, check out the link within the article to the curiously Obama-resembling targets that were only recently pulled. 

“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you from a lot. You must also acknowledge that you are afforded privileges that some men in this country do not have. Racism and sexism are tightly intertwined. You cannot fight one while ignoring the other.”
ladyatheist (via ellesugars)

(Source: mamaatheist, via fuckyeahfeminists)