February 2012
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And yet a woman’s weight is seen by American culture as an outward manifestation...
– Everybody, Every Body: the Media’s Erasure of Fat Girls
this is a really articulate way of describing why despite being a cisgendered woman with 100% cisgender privilege, I still have extreme issues with seeing myself as a woman.
(via ladiebear)
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unsexual:
omG
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It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy
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On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via muddlet)
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If this isn't already being spread around Tumblr,...
thecynicalmonarch:
kynimdraws:
sarahfu:
Tumblr I would like to introduce you to a good friend of mine.
I understand that many people want to help their followers out with valuable information. Sometimes this information is overblown, over-exaggerated, or simply false. A few might say, so? Might as well repost it just in case!
This isn’t really a good way to think, because the false...
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I think we can all recognize that the “it’s a joke” excuse is the most...
– Loose Talk: You can take your “just joking” and shove it. (via fox-power)
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WHO
genderqueer:
I am a me not a he or a she or a that, or an it just an I plus a bit
Submitted by katehedley
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Trans Activism and Allies: Reflection on a Twitter...
lucypaw:
Earlier today on twitter, a (now former) follower of mine started complaining about a feminist forum I moderate and which she doesn’t belong to but which apparently she reads or something. Her complaint was that every discussion in there is derailed by trans people talking about transmisogyny and transphobia. Which I suppose is something to discuss but then she started taking about...
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way-to-the-dawn:
Cherish the memories that were made. Keep everything that was important to you close to your heart. Don't ever throw them away as if they were nothing. Because if you do, then they really didn't mean anything to you at all,
even from the beginning.
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i know how you are.
who you are.
i know that you aren’t a sexual or even romantic person,
and yet
“i’m not attracted to anyone”
hits me in the face like a chunk of hard, frozen snow
every time i read the text on the bright little screen
as i lay alone in the dark in my tiny bed meant only for one.
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January 2012
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