May 2013
“On Periods: Let’s put this shit to bed right now: Women don’t lose their minds...”
– Shakesville: Feminism 101 (via andotherdoublemeanings)
“For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives...”
– Carrie Rickey
(via fireworkselectricbright)
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay...
“When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful...”
– Yuri Gagarin (via pyrrhic-victoria)
pedazitosfightsback:
moje-zeme-moje-hrdost:
“i really hate white people, white people contribute nothing to society and they’re stupid”
said in a language and alphabet invented by white people
white wearing clothes made by white people
on a machine that was invented by white people
living in comfort because of white people
probably in a country that was built by white people
ok...
“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of...”
– Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery (via hollow-gram)
“There’s no such thing as an inferior people. There are oppressed people. And...”
– Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
Taken from one of his last speeches, 1998
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW45PbSXyMM
(via disciplesofmalcolm)
'Manipulation' of vaccination fears →
Most parents who opt-out of vaccinations are being guided by “irrational fears” that are a luxury of living in the developed world, a leading world health expert says.
In this week’s Scrubbing Up, Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI Alliance - which provides children in developing countries with access to vaccines - says there is a real danger such fears will trickle down into the developing...
“A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity...”
– “Female ‘Purity’ is Bullshit”, by Lindy West
(via abbigshmail)
I know I already reblogged this quote but everyone should really read the article it’s from. (via professionalmisandrist)
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“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in...”
– John Berger Ways of Seeing (via spartanbitch)
This is super fucking relevant.
And why self portraits (selfies) are often such an act of self preservation and resistance.
(via sexxxisbeautiful)
selfies as politics, hell yeah.
(via tankmonster)
#it’s okay to follow creepshots but when a...
“What kind of world do we live in when young men are so proud of violating...”
– “In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
