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vagabondaesthetics:

Recess breaks down capitalism in 10 minutes for the children.

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If you want to witness the collision of poverty in America, sexual health stigma, and the fissures in our healthcare system, volunteer for an abortion fund. Granting money is a privilege, and doing it for something so critical as abortion access – so heavily under assault in this country – is an honor. And if you want to counteract anti-women sentiment and policies in this country, donate to one. Abortion may be legal, but if you cannot afford it, it is not accessible.

The idea that an abortion shouldn’t be paid for by the government comes from the broader stigma of abortion – that it’s a luxurious service we seek after we (women) do something bad. It’s this notion that receiving financial aid for the consequences of our promiscuity or carelessness only reinforces for lack of virtue. Or, more simply put, it’s a financial slut- shaming.

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Males as a group have and do benefit the most from patriarchy, from the assumption that they are superior to females and should rule over us. But those benefits have come with a price. In return for all the goodies men receive from patriarchy, they are required to dominate women, to exploit and oppress us, using violence if they must to keep patriarchy intact. Most men find it difficult to be patriarchs. Most men are disturbed by hatred and fear of women, by male violence against women, even the men who perpetuate this violence. But they fear letting go of the benefits. They are not certain what will happen to the world they know most intimately if patriarchy changes. So they find it easier to passively support male domination even when they know in their minds and hearts that it is wrong.
bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody  (via transformfeminism)

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Posted 22 hours ago

swatkat:

Archaic? More like dreamy and incredibly GUH. The skirt is my favourite look on Diana (remember that time she killed Medusa wearing it? good times, good times).

Posted 22 hours ago

pussy-envy:

so i got called a “feminazi” today for the first time.

Its amazing how a patriarchy has hacked “feminist” and “nazi” together to attempt to smear those who are fighting against everything that nazi’s stood for and what society perpetuates in its own sneaky ways. 

Why do feminists always feel the need to preface “male” with “cis, white, straight”? No matter what forms of oppression you are facing, it does not negate the fact that if you call women “feminazis”, you are a misogynist.

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gaywrites:

In which Michelle Obama explains her family’s support for marriage equality (starts around 5:18). More

I love her. I want her and Hillary Clinton to run this country as coconsuls.

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Like most women, I currently live in a society where violence, harassment and scary shit can break out at any moment, just because I told some random asshole “no” without bothering to be nice about it. Doing that is so dangerous that most women don’t dare; after a few scary incidents, they learn to make up excuses, to smile, to be sweet and welcoming, to act as if every single random asshole on the street is a precious new friend that they would just LOVE to stand outside of the Chipotle and chat with FOR HOURS, if only cruel fate had not intervened. That’s what it’s actually like, being a woman: Playing nice with every random asshole, because this random asshole might be the one who hurts you. And then, if he hurts you anyway, they’ll tell you that you led him on.

Tiger Beatdown (via pnasty)

This is so relevant to everything.

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THIS THIS THIS. 

This is what rape culture looks like.

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And so many men fucking do not get this.  

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Thank you for this. Really. Thank you.

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Posted 1 day ago
Racism, sexism, heterosexism, and class exploitation as systems of oppression all draw upon varying dimensions of this logic of segregation. Segregate people into boxes of ghettos, barrios, closets, and prisons, rank the boxes as being fundamentally separate and unequal, and keep the entire system intact by forbidding individuals to get to know one another as fully human beings.
Patricia Hill Collins (via humanformat)

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Posted 1 day ago

Seriously? Cuz I just went from awkwardly asexual teenager to flaming homo.

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