Feminism, Cats, Zebras etc.

I am a cis gender white female. I am a feminist. I love cats, zebras, action movies, women's issues, occasional rants, the well-placed eye roll and many other things. I can't make promises about what you'll find here.

[wreckedteens]

One of the best feelings ever is when someone compliments you on something you’re really insecure about and they don’t know that you’re insecure about it so you know they genuinely mean it and it’s just such a nice feeling

[incline-deactivated20160104]

In case it wasn’t clear enough.

[osynileg-deactivated20200202]

its easier to say “they” instead of “she/he” when you’re not sure about someone’s gender so stop acting like everyone is making your life complicated

[dogsonline-blog]

18 page review of 150+ studies on weight-based discrimination against fat women

this paper describes decades of academic studies finding severe stigma against fat women (almost always increasing linearly with higher body weights) spanning across employment, education, dating, marriage, health care, mental health care, and media portrayal. i would recommend reading this exclusively to people who arent living it because its all really really fucked up and horrible

[kittyit]

if you don’t think sizeism is an issue can you please at least skim this? please?

[queenmerbabe-deactivated2016032]

totally bookmarking for later.

[sexologist]

Shout out to all the people who will believe Bill Cosby is a rapist now that he admitted drugging women for sex, but didn’t believe 47 women when they said it. 👍 Thanks for nothing. #trustwomen

[mysharona1987]

[voidwish-deactivated20170416]

Dick pics are an example of the free market failing utterly in maintaining a supply and demand equivalency. The demand for dick pics is extremely low yet dudes perpetually supply them and flood the market.

Capitalism is always a failure.

[lostgrrrls]

When someone works for less pay than she can live on - when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently - then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The “working poor,” as there are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else.

Barbara Ehrenreich, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America”

I recently read this book, and while several observations and statistics stuck out to me, this quote, on the last page, I believe really sums things up quite well.

(via lostgrrrls)

Also Barbara Ehrenreich is the shit. Her writings related to the discourse around breast cancer awareness is top notch.

(via marblezstark)

[alwaysbewoke]

for real. reading the history of the laws (the many laws) written to keep blacks away from anything empowering is quite dizzying and housing discrimination was a big one. laws keeping and taking land from blacks go way back (for example) and as society progressed, it morphed to fit the times. nowadays it’s housing discrimination and it’s rampant. 

[random-alias-deactivated2016020]

Shonda Rhimes needs to make a show for Black kids and let him star.

[vivaillajams]

How ironic. I was just talking about this.

This shit is serious. Gentrification is an issue. Housing discrimination is real. 

[amyleona-blog]

True stories: -A Black family moving into a suburban neighborhood actually would lower the prices of homes. Because all the White people would try to move out as soon as possible. -If the new suburb was next to a non-White neighborhood, a fence could be put up “for safety” to instantly raise property values. -Have you heard the term redline/-ing? It refers to the practice of corporations color coding a region and not investing in or refusing service to those from certain (red) areas. These were usually poor Black neighborhoods. This included refusing those in redlined areas access to jobs, loans, medical care, etc. -Many older developments that were predominately home to poor PoC were destroyed with the promise of a new development or a suburb. This almost never happened and left the country with a shortage of affordable housing that still exists today. -“Between 1934 and 1962, the federal government backed $120 billion of home loans. More than 98% went to whites. Of the 350,000 new homes built with federal support in northern California between 1946 and 1960, fewer than 100 went to African Americans.” http://newsreel.org/guides/race/whiteadv.htm

White people whose family has owned homes since the mid 20th century: The financial success and safety of our families and ourselves is completely based on racism. Never forget that.

Read more: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_discrimination_in_the_United_States_housing_market http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Housing_Administration http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_v._Kramer http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Housing_Act

[alwaysbewoke]

This needs more notes. People need to know just how this society made it a point at every turn to hold (and still hold today) Black people down for the benefit of whites. A huge part of white wealth was created through real estate. A sector that Black people were systematically kept out of. A sector now where Black people are still preyed upon.

[alwaysbewoke]

some context for why the scotus decision on the disparate impact portion of the fair housing act was/is so important.

[misandry-mermaid]

“Between 1934 and 1962, the federal government backed $120 billion of home loans. More than 98% went to whites. Of the 350,000 new homes built with federal support in northern California between 1946 and 1960, fewer than 100 went to African Americans.” This one is an illustration of how someone of this generation can be currently benefitting from the whiteness of their ancestors; pure white privilege in action.

[shortvideosandstuff]

[fightingwaves]

Some actual good advice from cosmo that I thought I should put out there

[kaylasloth]

“Your body is not a problem that needs to be solved through strategic dressing”

[nevergenders-moved]

YOUR BODY IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED THROUGH STRATEGIC DRESSING

[male-tears]

[socialistexan]

There are no documented cases of trans women attacking or abusing cis women in restrooms or locker rooms.

There aren’t even any documented cases of cis men pretending to be trans women to peep at or abuse women in women-only spaces

There thousands upon thousands of more cases of trans women being physically, verbally, or sexually abused by cis men AND women in bathrooms and locker rooms. There are even cases of butch cis women being targeted as a side effect of this.

Anyone who uses their “concern” that men will abuse trans-inclusive bathrooms to ban trans women from using the correct bathroom is a fear-monger. They are hiding their transphobia behind “concern” and use it troll off of people’s completely unfounded fears of trans women.

I promise you, we are more afraid of you than you are of us.

[justice4mikebrown]

On the early morning of June 27, activists in South Carolina gathered to take down the confederate flag flying above the Capitol before the funerals for 3 of the victims of the Charleston massacre begin. There is also supposed to be a “defend the flag” action later today.

A black woman identified as Bree climbed the flag pole and took the flag down herself. She was arrested shortly after climbing back down with the flag.

Check fergusonaction on twitter for more updates.

[whitegirlsaintshit]

She real

[misandry-mermaid]

Just wondering if you're a misandrist or feminist?

[queer-all-year]

So I know a lot of people are gonna be celebrating today and I think it’s totally warranted but I want us to be really clear on WHAT we’re celebrating. This day does mark the realization of a goal that our movement has been working towards for decades. And if we’re lucky, it symbolizes a shift in popular opinion in favor of lgbtq+ rights. But this day is NOT the end of our fight. This decision does NOT grant equal rights to the lgbtq+ community. In fact, it doesn’t address the most pressing issues facing our community. So celebrate this milestone, but don’t let them convince you we’ve won the fight. Don’t let this victory lead us into complacency.

[puppyprincesss]

heck yea