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iamayoungfeminist:

Guys

Guys

Guys

Have you heard??????

Feminism isn’t attractive to men. It’s not a turn on.

WE NEED TO STOP WHAT WE’RE DOING RIGHT NOW

"The truth is—despite stereotypes that paint feminists as forever negative—doing feminist work requires boundless optimism. It means believing that people have the ability to be better, that culture can change, and maybe even that people who hate can learn to love. It’s exhausting. Sometimes reminding ourselves how hilariously stupid the opposition can be is a necessary break from the burden of idealism."

— Fuck the High Road: The Upside of Sinking to Their Level | The Nation (via brute-reason)

womantic:

psa: feminazi is a fucking disgusting term that compares fighting for women’s rights to genocide.

it was coined by rush limbaugh (that alone should be enough to make you stay far far away from it)

it is a racist term, and it is disrespectful to marginalized groups who suffered in nazi germany (so jews, rroma, lgbt folks, people with disabilities, etc.)

do not use it.

if you disagree with feminists: do not use it

if you are a feminist: do not reclaim it

thank you

feministaaaizzy:

White/Western centric feminists stop acting butthurt about why other WOC don’t want to identify as feminist.

Please. Get the fuck over yourselves. You made it into a whole annoying white savior shitty Western centric club.

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"Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media."

— bell hooks (via ceedling)

(Source: dagseoul)

Man arguing against Feminism: stop demonizing male sexuality
Man arguing against Feminism: stop giving men suspicious looks when they take their kids to the park
Man arguing against Feminism: stop refusing to hire male teachers
Man arguing against Feminism: stop ignoring male health care
Man arguing against Feminism: stop discriminating against men in family court
Man arguing against Feminism: stop forcing men to do all the dangerous labor jobs
Man arguing against Feminism: stop ignoring domestic violence against men
Man arguing against Feminism: what about male disposibility?
NEWS FLASH: ALL OF ISSUES ARE DIRECT RESULT OF A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. Maybe you should start THANKING Feminists since we are the only ones standing up against it.

all-about-male-privilege:

Whenever a few of my male friends make sexist jokes or remarks in my presence, they then turn to me and say something along the lines of ‘oh, yeah, we can’t say that around you, you’re a feminist’.

Male privilege is the inability to recognize the inherent problems with what you are saying, even when they are repeatedly pointed out to you.

takealookatyourlife:

sissypunks:

bodysexgender:

standupfordownthere:

Feministing just released their online report, #femfuture: Online Revolution. Check it out here.

Proud to be part of the feminist bloggersphere ^_^

fuck anyone who tries to discredit the movement by calling it “tumblr social justice feminism” or whatever

This is what I was talking about in that ask about types of feminism.
Online feminism needs more research and validity!
The feminist topics in my papers are already dated, and a lot of the theories were written within the past 5 years.

takealookatyourlife:

sissypunks:

bodysexgender:

standupfordownthere:

Feministing just released their online report, #femfuture: Online Revolution. Check it out here.

Proud to be part of the feminist bloggersphere ^_^

fuck anyone who tries to discredit the movement by calling it “tumblr social justice feminism” or whatever

This is what I was talking about in that ask about types of feminism.

Online feminism needs more research and validity!

The feminist topics in my papers are already dated, and a lot of the theories were written within the past 5 years.

bemusedlybespectacled:

before ya’ll go talking about “misandry,” lemme explain you a thing
Also, for further information, Manboobz is an excellent resource. Go there. It’s awesome.

bemusedlybespectacled:

before ya’ll go talking about “misandry,” lemme explain you a thing

Also, for further information, Manboobz is an excellent resource. Go there. It’s awesome.

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[TW] Canadian feminist activist receives rape threats, death threats and other abuse after being targeted by Men’s Rights Activists

glittertitties:

abaldwin360:

(manboobz.com) - And so the MRAs have found yet another woman to hate.

Earlier this month, as many of you no doubt know, a Men’s Rights group sponsored a lecture at the University of Toronto. The event drew protesters, and the protesters drew MRAs with video cameras. One of the MRAs filmed a confrontation between a red-haired feminist activist and a number of MRAs who continually interrupted her as she tried to read a brief statement.

Her crime? She wasn’t exactly polite in responding to the interrupters. And so, after video of the confrontation was uploaded to YouTube, and linked to on the Men’s Rights subreddit and elsewhere, she became a virtual punching bag for the angry misogynists of the internet.

A Voice for Men, naturally, led the charge, running an article by Canadian MRA Dan Perrins labeling her “Little red frothing fornication mouth” and commenting on her breasts. The Amazing Atheist weighed in with a video I couldn’t bring myself to even watch.

Since being targeted by angry YouTube misogynists and MRAs, the red-haired activist has received death threats, rape threats and literally hundreds of other hateful and harassing messages. She’s also been “doxxed” — that is, she’s had her personal information plastered all over the internet, including on A Voice for Men’s forum. Ten days after being uploaded to YouTube, the video of her faceoff against the MRAs has garnered more than 300,000 views, and YouTubers are still leaving threats and insults and crude sexual comments.

This, apparently, is what “Men’s Human Rights Activism” consists of: the doxxing and harassment of individual women.

read more

There are screen caps of several of the messages she has been receiving under the read more link.

Be warned, several of them are very triggering. This kind of thing needs to see the light of day, though, as MRAs like to pretend that this doesn’t happen.

THIS NEEDS MORE FUCKING NOTES

framesjanco:

IT ANNOYS ME TO NO END THAT PEOPLE GET ALL UP IN ARMS WHEN SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT FEMINISM AND THEY GET THAT LOOK IN THEIR EYE LIKE “OH GOD HERE WE GO AGAIN” YEAH HERE WE FUCKING GO AGAIN I’M GOING TO BEAT YOU WITH A BOX OF TAMPONS AND SOME BRAS IF YOU KEEP PATRONIZING A MOVEMENT THAT EXISTS BECAUSE YOU ROLL YOUR EYES WHEN I TALK ABOUT EQUALITY

"Lifestyle feminism ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as there were women. Suddenly the politics was being slowly removed from feminism. And the assumption prevailed that no matter what a woman’s politics, be she conservative or liberal, she too could fit feminism into her existing lifestyle. Obviously this way of thinking has made feminism more acceptable because its underlying assumption is that women can be feminists without fundamentally challenging or changing themselves or the culture."

—

- bell hooks (Feminism is for Everybody)

feminists for life, take note.

(via stfueverything)

I’m always here for bell hooks dropping some truth

(via thefemcritique)

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butnotinlove:

Got to take a picture for the Who Needs Feminism? campaign at NYFLC this weekend!

Feminists do not want you to lose custody of your children. The assumption that women are naturally better caregivers is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not like commercials in which bumbling dads mess up the laundry and competent wives have to bustle in and fix it. The assumption that women are naturally better housekeepers is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to have to make alimony payments. Alimony is set up to combat the fact that women have been historically expected to prioritize domestic duties over professional goals, thus minimizing their earning potential if their “traditional” marriages end. The assumption that wives should make babies instead of money is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want anyone to get raped in prison. Permissiveness and jokes about prison rape are part of rape culture, which is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want anyone to be falsely accused of rape. False rape accusations discredit rape victims, which reinforces rape culture, which is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be lonely and we do not hate “nice guys.” The idea that certain people are inherently more valuable than other people because of superficial physical attributes is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to have to pay for dinner. We want the opportunity to achieve financial success on par with men in any field we choose (and are qualified for), and the fact that we currently don’t is part of patriarchy. The idea that men should coddle and provide for women, and/or purchase their affections in romantic contexts, is condescending and damaging and part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be maimed or killed in industrial accidents, or toil in coal mines while we do cushy secretarial work and various yarn-themed activities. The fact that women have long been shut out of dangerous industrial jobs (by men, by the way) is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to commit suicide. Any pressures and expectations that lower the quality of life of either gender are part of patriarchy. The fact that depression is characterized as an effeminate weakness, making men less likely to seek treatment, is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be viewed with suspicion when you take your child to the park (men frequently insist that this is a serious issue, so I will take them at their word). The assumption that men are insatiable sexual animals, combined with the idea that it’s unnatural for men to care for children, is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want you to be drafted and then die in a war while we stay home and iron stuff. The idea that women are too weak to fight or too delicate to function in a military setting is part of patriarchy.

Feminists do not want women to escape prosecution on legitimate domestic violence charges, nor do we want men to be ridiculed for being raped or abused. The idea that women are naturally gentle and compliant and that victimhood is inherently feminine is part of patriarchy.

Feminists hate patriarchy. We do not hate you.

— Lindy West for Jezebel: “If I Admit That ‘Hating Men’ Is a Thing, Will You Stop Turning It Into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?” (via lauratheoutlandish)

(Source: jezebel.com)