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Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me...

jazzylittledrops: So this video started going around my facebook today, with about a dozen of my female friends sharing the link with comments like, and “Everyone needs to see this”, and “All girls should watch this,” and “This made me cry.” And I’m not trying to shame those girls! I definitely understand why they would do so. And I don’t want to be a killjoy. But as I clicked link and started...

Apr 17th

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“Blow it to hell, kick its ass viciously in high heels, ravish it and rip it up,...”

– Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Feb 23rd

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Jan 19th

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oh-sarah: Down In The Valley - The Head and the...

Jan 14th

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“You can decide to be someone who brings people together, or you can fall prey to...”

– Hillary Clinton (via womenorgnow)

Jan 7th

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“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more...”

– John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

Jan 2nd

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Jan 2nd

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fee83: This is what happened a few hours later…I don’t know what came over me, other than the alcohol! Well if this isn’t the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while, I don’t know what is.

Jan 2nd

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Dec 22nd

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Warning

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for...

Nov 19th

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Nov 7th

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Nov 6th

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Oct 20th

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Oct 18th

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Oct 18th

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Oct 18th

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Let’s get this tumblr on the road again.

Oct 18th

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Sep 7th

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Sep 7th

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I am a feminist and so are you

Did you know 58% of British and 71% of American women choose not to call themselves feminist? Writing as a feminist this obviously upsets me, yet it doesn’t surprise me. I wrote a whole zine about how it wasn’t until I was in my early 20s that I realised, I too, was a feminist. The attack on what feminism is and the representation of feminists in the media, from news to films, has clearly, over...

Aug 29th

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It is not okay

(Cross posted from my shared 50 Shades of Snark blog, Snark Enterprise Holdings Inc.) I have read many articles over the last week, decrying Fifty Shades of Grey as light entertainment, no more serious than porn films. As another example of how women will always judge other women for their choices, in this case reading and enjoying 50shades. As a publishing phenomenon that is really harming...

Aug 15th

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The Chick Fellatio →

As much as a dislike labels, and religious labels in particular, most people who know me would probably say I am a Christian. (Maybe not a very ‘good’ one, or maybe not a very ‘normal’ one. But one none-the-less.) But in my world ‘Christian’ and pro-equality, pro-gay marriage, pro-quit using your interpretation of the Bible to justify your homophobia; are not...

Aug 2nd

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Jul 17th

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Jul 17th

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Jul 16th

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“When I was a child the unions were strong, my mother was a working-class woman...”

– Feminism: Still excluding working class women?

Jul 10th

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Sexual Objectification: What is it? (With... →

Jul 9th

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4 reasons white people can't use the N word (no... →

Relevant.

Jul 4th

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Jul 3rd

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Another 50 Shades Domestic Violence PSA. Now with... →

I read this last night and it maybe the best thing I have read in a long while. I can’t recommend it, or her blog, enough. “The War On Women” is a phrase thrown around a lot lately, and it makes us think of unsmiling, upright Christian men in suits bartering our personal freedoms for money to dig for oil. But the real enemy is our culture, and the attitudes that lead women to...

Jun 27th

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Fifty Shades of Grey; Get your misogyny right here

Yes. I did it. I read the whole trilogy. My brain has turned to mush and I find myself apologizing to my inner goddess for the badness of this series. And yes that is a little joke, because anybody who believes they have an inner goddess residing inside them needs a smack upside the head. I could snark review this book. I could. I think I probably will snark review each individual novel. But right...

Jun 26th

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May 9th

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May 9th

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Apr 23rd

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Apr 19th

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Christian group books anti-gay ads to appear on... →

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. ‘The Christian’s’ are at it again.

Apr 12th

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Apr 9th

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A series of children’s books that center the experiences of non-binary and other diverse gender identities. They have to raise $8000 by April 20th to get funding for this book. They are currently at $5, 820. Spread this around tumblr, and do your thing.

Apr 8th

Apr 7th

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Apr 6th

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Apr 5th

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A few questions on gender

je-vais-mourir: I have a lot of questions about this and I would really like to hear some answers. I’m trying not to be ignorant by genuinely seeking answers from people rather than to make assumptions or to just go along with the general consensus. I want to find out for myself. Call me naive if you wish but I really wish to better understand the issue so that’s why I’m asking. Also please...

Apr 4th

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