feminist dude

intersectional feminist guy trying to do his part to smash the patriarchy, call out racism, and amplify the voices of folks who aren't cis, straight, white, men (he/his/him)

[feministdude]

[fortonystark]

Anti-Racist Resource Guide

Resource is from victoriaalxndr on Twitter!

[forineffablereasons]

The google doc has loads more information than just these books, so definitely check it out, and HERE is a list of black-owned bookstores, and HERE is another list of anti-racist readings from bookshop.org, which is a small-business-owner alternative to amazon. buy your lit local, my friends. 

[eriklehnsherrgf]

[queerpride]

Auli’i Cravalho, who starred in one of the best Disney movies of the 2010s, came out as bisexual!!! 💖💜💙

Moana really is for the bis 🥺😭

Auli'i Cravalho, Star of Disney's 'Moana,' Comes Out as Bisexual

And she used the lyrics of Eminem, of all people, to do so. 

[feministdude]

We got Moana!!

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

She’s one of us

[odinsblog]

When we say “tax the rich,” we mean nesting-doll yatch rich. For profit prison rich. Betsy DeVos, student-loan-shark rich.

Trick-the-country-into-war rich. Subsidizing-workforce-w-foodstamps rich.

Because THAT kind of rich is simply not good for society, & it’s like 10 people.

TAX THE RICH. A LOT. LIKE, A LOT, LOT.

[theconcealedweapon]

[dailybipuns]

Okay, hot take? Bisexual and pansexual are functionally synonyms, and the decision to ID as one or the other comes down to personal preference and interpretation, and any attempt to further separate the two is driving a wedge between two communities that should have nothing but love and solidarity for one another. 

We have more in common than not, and the words for our respective identities should not be pitted against each other. 

[swordshapedleaves]

Yeah with overlapping identities like this I just go for whichever one I like the pride flag the most.

[dailybipuns]

That’s so valid. 

[love-geofffree-deactivated20190]

There is a distinction between pansexual and bisexual but it is a very fine line, so fine that people who fit the definition for pansexual better may ID as bisexual instead for a variety of personal reasons and vice versa. But there is a distinction and acting like they are perfect synonyms can be quite invalidating.

Bisexual - attraction to multiple genders where gender is a factor within the attraction, and can include a preference for one gender over another, or attraction that feels different when it’s directed at a specific gender.

Pansexual- attraction to people regardless of gender. Gender is not a factor, you’d expect a blanket sensation of attraction regardless of which gender it is attracted to, and no sense of intuitive gender preference (though perhaps a logical one).

Notice that neither of these definitions actually exclude transgender or non-binary people and arguing otherwise is biphobic and transphobic. But there is still a distinction - practically, the issues they face and the relationships they will end up in are the same, but emotionally and subjectively they feel different.

[j-erin]

Me reading the first post: I totally agree 100% quit telling me that calling myself bisexual means I’m transphobic

Me reading post four: OH I never heard that distinction before. Being attracted to masculine ppl DOES feel different to me than being attracted to feminine ppl. It never occurred to me that pansexual people experienced attraction different from me in that way. Today I have learned something.

[ebonyheartnet]

Okay, so this is a better explanation than I have seen before, and I’m really glad it crossed my dash. *throws love and support @ my bi and pan friends across the globe bc they’re all valid*

[03josten]

[feministdude]

Former Giant Mark Melancon needed his wife's permission before getting traded to the Braves

In order to waive his no-trade clause, Mark Melancon needed permission from his wife.

Alternate headline: one member of couple discusses it with his partner before making a career decision that would uproot their family.

This is such a sexist way to frame this story. It's like "oh how funny that the MAN asks his wife for 'permission' to be traded, given that we know he would have done it either way, because he has the penis, after all"

[voidscreamingformillenials]

There was a massive shift in how our culture understood morality when, after World War II, the general public realized “just following orders” was not an excuse for crimes against humanity. Now we need another moral shift in which we decide, as a culture, that “for the benefit of the stockholders” is not an excuse for anything.

[speciesofleastconcern]

We kind of need to relearn the “just following orders” part again

[aubreeno]

Happy pride month :P

[vampirearchaeologist]

It’s a good day to be

Bisexual

[while-you-are-making-other-plans]

“It seems that when you want to make a woman into a hero, you hurt her first. When you want to make a man into a hero, you hurt… also a woman first.”

— Leigh Alexander absolutely hits it out of the park (via bedabug)

[nature-travel-photography]

Sunset on Lake Joanna in Eustis, FL [OC] [750x1233] - IUHoOoOsier

[feministdude]

Lake Joanna is bi

[feminist-voices]

[mymodernmet]

Lioness Steals a Photographer’s Camera, Gives It to Her Cubs as a New Toy

[pets-their-people]

Photographing wild animals has certain risks. But often, the potential hazards are worth it—something photographer Barbara Jensen Vorster can attest to first hand. In July 2018, she was snapping pictures of a lion pride in Botswana, until a local lioness stole Vorster’s Canon 7D after she accidentally dropped it on the ground. (The “thud” piqued the big cat’s interest.) Luckily, Vorster had another camera on hand and captured what happened next.

Once the camera dropped, the lioness mother growled and approached Voster’s group. They withdrew to their vehicle and watched the drama unfold. “The camera fell with the lens looking up,” Voster recalled, “she gently flipped the camera on its side and picked it up by the barrel of the lens.” The lioness then brought it to her cubs who started to playfully pounce on it. “They dragged it through the dirt, chewed on the lens hood and then, fortunately, like most kids, soon grew tired with their new toy.”

Eventually, Voster was able to fetch her abandoned camera. She found that it still functioned fine, but the lioness left her signature. “There are two huge teeth marks on the rubber focus rings of the lens and small teeth marks on the plastic lens hood, both of which I decided not to replace.” She spent roughly £200 getting the camera fixed, but the cost was worth the photos she snapped that day. Calling it a “priceless experience,” she also puts it into perspective: “What photographer can boast that their lens had been in a lion’s mouth?”

Barbara Jensen Vorster: Instagram

https://mymodernmet.com/barbara-vorster-animals-playing-with-a-camera/

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Andrew Kane, moosephoto.smugmug.com My favorite story of animals and photography equipment interacting comes from a company I recently rented a camera from. LensRentals has a pretty solid insurance policy for the equipment they lend - it even has a clause about it protects you in case of bear attack! Oh, boy, is there a story there. 

Andrew Kane had rented some equipment from the company in 2012 and went to go shoot wildlife in Yellowstone. At one point, while a ways into the woods, he realized he was being approached by a grizzly. So he backed up as much as possible, until he reached a point where he had to climb over a brush pile and wasn’t able to take the equipment with him. He did, however, document what happened next with his second camera. 

(Photo Credits: Andrew Kane, moosephoto.smugmug.com)

LensRentals did honor their insurance agreement and sent him replacement equipment, but as a result added a special clause to their insurance agreement and wrote this great blog post explaining why it was expressly included. They also included this lovely bear’s-perspective flowchart about the encounter. 

[feministdude]

That flowchart works for my cat Martha

[feministdude]

"Queerness isn’t a monolith, but it can manifest as a language, as a culture, as an approach. It can be a lens through which one can behold the world and draw unique conclusions from any subject; gender, authority, aesthetics, violence, politics, community. Your identity as a queer person saturates your experience with all these things, because as humans we bring our whole selves, conscious and unconscious, to everything we experience. I think that’s a sacred thing that should be honored."

I’m in a Heterosexual Marriage. Do I Need to Come Out as Queer?

In our weekly advice column ¡Hola Papi!, John Paul Brammer talks about the phenomenon of coming out, and why it’s still important.