February 2012
4 posts
“I usually don’t talk about stuff like this on my show but I really want to thank...”
– Ellen DeGeneres responding to the hate group that is pressuring JC Penney to fire DeGeneres from a spokesperson gig, saying the store will “lose customers with traditional values.” (via jessicavalenti)
If you are not outraged, then you are not paying... →
cobblestone—whispers:
Hi, everyone. I am a sophomore at Northeastern University. As many of you may have heard, the Northeastern Barstool Blackout Tour is taking place on Thursday, an event sponsored by the website Barstool Sports, which focuses more on the objectification of women than it does sports. The site is…
January 2012
20 posts
knockoutbarstoolsports:
The march will be on Thursday 2/2! Meet at the NU Freshman Quad at 6:30. March to House of Blues at 7:30!
Together we can KO Barstool and help stop rape culture and sexual assault on our campus!
Knock Out Barstool!: To all those men who don’t... →
knockoutbarstoolsports:
To all those men who don’t think the rape jokes are a problem:
“This post in particular is addressed to men, not because women don’t rape and women don’t make/laugh at rape jokes and not because men can’t be raped, but because, by nature of the existing gender disparity, men are in a unique…
try the fucking aspic: Consent is more than "Will... →
livelaughawesome:
Consent is “Do you want to have sex with me?”
Consent is “Are you comfortable with being close to me?”
Consent is “Do you feel safe when you’re with me?”
Consent is “Did anybody talk you into this?”
Consent is “I know you wanted to an hour ago, but do you still want to?”
Consent is “I know you said I could touch you there, but do you want me to touch you there too?”
...
Lil Summin': I AM FUCKING ANGRY. →
tropicanastasia:
[tw: rape culture, rape, violence against women]
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.
Northeastern University is teaming up with Barstool Sports for a “Blackout Tour” at the House of Blues. That’s right, my fucking university is collaborating with a website that has published articles with fucked up,…
“Okay, yes, there is a homosexual agenda, okay? There’s just two things on it: 1....”
– Elvira Kurt (via fuckyeahfemmes)
3 tags
“I say that intentionally.
I am not a lesbian. Not bi. Not straight. Not pan....”
– Femmes and Family: I am Queer Intentionally (via spiritd3sire)
Word.
so [TW: abuse, rape, rape culture] →
missvoltairine:
“…And on the one hand, I really want to believe in transformative justice. I want to believe in it so desperately. As a concept, it is vital.
But. But but but.
I have so many problems with how it’s often written about and gone about in radical/social justice/activist communities. This sense that “we are all survivors, we are all perpetrators”, like the line between “survivor”...
December 2011
10 posts
3 tags
Future Riot Shields Will Suffocate Protestors with... →
If this doesn’t scare you then there’s something seriously wrong…
4 tags
It's World AIDS Day
Educate yourself. Educate your friends.
November 2011
19 posts
trans* day of remembrance
djohnstone:
in light of the passing of the transgender equal rights bill in massachusetts this week, let’s remember how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go. take a moment to think about the unchecked violence and discrimination against the trans* community that commonly silences trans* voices and takes lives. today, i’m speaking up as a trans* individual and asking everyone to help...
“The abundance of scientific research showing we have pushed nature beyond its...”
– Naomi Klein (via silencekit)
“Try standing at a party of queer friends and charting all the histories, sexual...”
– Michael Warner (1999) The Trouble with Normal (via bodkins)(via calloutqueen)
1 tag
“It’s not Planned Parenthood. No, it’s planned genocide. You can quote me on...”
– Herman Cain
(via scarymerry)
2 tags
My sexual preference demand is consent.