February 2012
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Some thoughts on cultural appropriation and food
A friend on Facebook asked for thoughts from PoC on her, as a white person, having dreadlocks, in response to this Tumblr post on the cultural appropriation of dreadlocks. So I wrote out this huge meandering tangental comment in response, and then I realised that not only was this hugely meandering and tangental but she’d specifically asked for the thoughts of PoC, and yet here I was about...
effington:
The Internet loves fat people BUT ONLY if your thighs are shaped like skinny people’s thighs without cellulite and you have the head and face of someone who weighs 50 lbs less.
Thems the rules
The Bechdel Test and Race in Popular Fiction
siouxbang:
crystalsavestheday:
1. It has to have two POC in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something other than a white person.
No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human.
Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original Bechdel Test.
Check out a few more here.
I’m fully aware of Joss Whedon’s many failings, but Firefly actually passes this...
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O hai thar Tumblr-world, you are shiny and warm
rainmarrow:
This freshly minted tumblr, with its deliciously pretentious title (‘cause, God, I love compound adjectives… and rain… and bones… and vulgarity), is a space for me to hold forth on the things I obssess and squee and rage about, that I can’t elsewhere. And to reblog awesome gifs with Rachel’s dads and the Doctor and Klaine and Daniel Jackson in them. I am a feminist. I say fuck a lot....
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“So, I would say that a feminist ally, or a feminist man or a man with feminist...”
– This, for instance, which I also included in my statements about “jizz in the face” was left out from the piece at The Atlantic.
I won’t bore all of you with the string of statements I made but I wish this one had been included. Because yeah, this is where I stand on the topic.
(via...
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Things You Shouldn't Say To...
fuckyeahfeminists:
journeytoanewcreation:
People suffering from depression:
“Stop being so negative!” “You choose to be sad” “You don’t even have anything to be sad about” “There are millions worse off than you, just get a grip!”
People struggling with self-harm:
“You’re just doing it for attention!” “Those cuts aren’t even that bad” “You don’t even have a reason to cut/burn yourself” “You...
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Transcript to 'Feminism Should Be Inclusive!'
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Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing happened to...
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gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a helpful discussion in terms of women and comedy.
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Unfuck All the Things
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girlunlocked:
Do you remember a show called Dead Like Me? I remember Dead Like Me. What I particularly remember, other than Mandy Patinkin and reapers and all that, was a character named Dolores Herbig. As in “her big brown eyes.”
Dolores was an office manager. She was highly organized. And in her off hours she ran a webcam site called Getting Things Done with Dolores....
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“We wanted to create a visible safe space for women to vocalize and discuss their...”
– Those Pesky Dames interview feature on Reasons To Be Beautiful, woo! (via thosepeskydames)
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“Female characters don’t have to avoid traditional women’s roles to be realistic...”
– Lindsay Miller on the problem with Amy Pond, http://tigerbeatdown.com/2011/08/04/the-girl-who-waited-why-i-hate-amy-pond/ (Every article I read on Tiger Beatdown just makes me love it all the more.)
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'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' - An Open Letter to...
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pipopotamus:
Dear Channel 4,
I am writing to you with the hope that you will stop ruining my life. While you’re obsession with my ethnicity is flattering, it has become somewhat apparent to me that you might have gotten the wrong end of the stick. This is sort of awkward for me, because I don’t want to be the one to break it to you, but your documentary, ‘Big Fat...
Fetishizing People of Color / Dating a POC
bookishbutch:
I have posted before on the way that black people are fetishized in the U.S. It is as if they are, literally, more colorful, more interesting, cooler, hipper, even spicier than white people. Whites, in contrast, can seem bland, boring, vanilla, even whitebread. From this perspective, being a “boring white” person can seem, well, boring. Both of these confessions can be read as...
findalaska:
long rambly and confused thoughts on feminism
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These seem like some good thoughts to me. Also sort of what this week’s Those Pesky Dames theme is about.
If you can correctly pronounce every word in this...
iaminspectorspacetime:
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Read it all like a boss.
I stumbled across some of the more obscure words, but this is a DELIGHT to read out loud and only made me savour the beautifully ridiculous, unstructured, mongrel nature of the English language more.
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Everyone should be made to take courses in social...
spitfireinspace:
Why was this not included in my education
Imagine how much crap I, as a white straight middle class ablebodied cisgendered person, have/will probably spout at some point due to sheer ignorance
So much crap
And frankly it’s embarrassing
And some people are a lot worse than I am
So much this! But you know if anyone tried to advocate for education/discussion about the...
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
This is the same for other marginalised groups too, i.e a story in which 50%, or even 30-40% of the characters are gay is...
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"If" Black Women Were White Women
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soydulcedeleche:
August 23, 2009 In “If Men Could Menstruate,” Gloria Steinem makes the persuasive argument that “Whatever a ‘superior’ group has will be used to justify its superiority, and whatever an ‘inferior’ group has will be used to justify its plight.” For too long the definition of racism has been a fight between white and black...
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Weekly Links Round Up
shes-chasing-tornadoes:
Uganda anti-gay bill back in parliament (Aljazeera) Proposed legislation that would make death sentence mandatory for “repeat offenders”.
Ten Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality (Huffington Post) Not only does the history of heterosexuality offer up surprises that make you rethink what “heterosexual” is and means, it also makes you realize how little we really know...
The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of... →
So, the repetitive “I’m not a sexist asshole therefore I get sex, you are therefore you’ll be a virgin forever” insults aren’t great…but there are some gems in here, especially:
“”Misandry” may be the most efficient word in the English language. In just one word it condenses the self-denying assholery of “I’m not a racist, but...
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sarah531 asked: ME AGAIN. What are the comm's...
feministwhoniverse:
Here are my opinions,
Firstly Nancy, she is certainly better than most of Moffat’s female characters.
She is resourceful, compassionate and confident. The thing I really love about Nancy, though, is she has flaws and uncertainties. For example, she is brave (breaking into bomb crash site being guarded by soldiers isn’t exactly for the faint-hearted) but she still has her...
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Anonymous asked: what do you guys think about how...
feministwhoniverse:
Personally, I didn’t have a problem with the way Auton!Rory killing Amy was handled. I’ve discussed it with a couple of other people and they are in agreement. One of the people, somekindofbecca, I spoke to with in regards to this ask said it excellently.
Hmm, I don’t find it problematic either. I mean, he wasn’t really Rory, he was an auton, and the part of him that was...
“It’s not that Chris Brown is categorically unforgivable. It’s more that he’s no...”
– VICE on Cord’s Chris Brown post (via ceedling)
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