another radical blog

Alexandra, 25, Russia

[inthetags]

Reblog with your last listened to artist and if you’ve seen them live

[tchaikovskaya]

the idea that young women en masse would enthusiastically have lots of babies and raise a huge family if only she had the necessary economic support that is denied to her by capitalist society and the nuclear family model is truly fucking bonkers. how are you a feminist if you believe that? is it inconceivable to you that someone could be fully financially and logistically capable of having and raising children comfortably but simply doesnt want to?

oh no, because then you would have to admit that some people just dont like children and arent interested in parenthood, which on principle is a fact that you hate and think is evil, so you’d rather not acknowledge it so you aren’t put in a position where you might have to defend it!

[itellmyselfsecrets]

“In certain young people today…I notice what I find increasingly troubling: a cold-blooded grasping, a hunger to take and take and take, but never give; a massive sense of entitlement; an inability to show gratitude; an ease with dishonesty and pretension and selfishness that is couched in the language of self-care; an expectation always to be helped and rewarded no matter whether deserving or not; language that is slick and sleek but with little emotional intelligence; an astonishing level of self-absorption; an unrealistic expectation of puritanism from others; an over-inflated sense of ability, or of talent where there is any at all; an inability to apologize, truly and fully, without justifications; a passionate performance of virtue that is well mexecuted in the public space of Twitter but not in the intimate space of friendship. I find it obscene.

People who ask you to ‘educate’ yourself while not having actually read any books themselves, while not being able to intelligently defend their own ideological positions, because by ‘educate,’ they actually mean ‘parrot what I say, flatten all nuance, wish away complexity.’

People who wield the words ‘violence’ and ‘weaponize’ like tarnished pitchforks. People who depend on obfuscation, who have no compassion for anybody genuinely curious or confused. Ask them a question and you are told that the answer is to repeat a mantra. Ask again for clarity and be accused of violence.

And so we have a generation of young people on social media so terrified of having the wrong opinions that they have robbed themselves of the opportunity to think and to learn and to grow.”

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[notoriousbeing]

is 28°c/84°f too hot or too cold for you?

[shamelesslyunladylike]

Depends on a lot of other factors. Am I in direct sunlight? Is there wind? Anything under 30°C is mild if you're not under direct sunlight.

[foggyfieldatdawn]

It's +20c now and I'm practically dying, I hate summer... I hate wearing summer clothes or shoes, I don't own them.

[inthetags]

Reblog and put in the tags a stereotype about the place you live, and whether you think it’s true or exaggerated.

[peniswakt-deactivated20210717]

this may be an Unpopular Opinion (even on tumblr) but like the 8-hour workday is just Too Gotdamn Long

like even sitting in an office for eight hours a day isn’t particularly pleasant (or healthy, as we are beginning to see) but when we’re talking about doing *actual work* for that same amount time it gets pretty fucking brutal

doing literally *anything* (even leisure activities) for eight hours straight tends to be less than enjoyable but when we’re talking about things like construction, landscaping, factory work, and hell, even foodservice and retail, eight hours is a fucking ETERNITY

i might just be a lazy weak-willed bitch but honestly i think i’m not entirely wrong

[tyrannosaurus-rex]

this was being worked towards by leftist labor unions way back in the day after the time of FDRs new deal. people in the 40s and 50s were already starting to realize that we no longer actually needed an 8 hour work day or even a 5 day work week.

even with the comparatively primitive factory tech of the time we were already creating a huge amount of excess production back then and companies were making massive amounts of profit. So it already stood to reason that companies should either let their employees work less and thus each employee could work a shorter shift without lowering the yearly compensation of each employee, or in cases where businesses provide an active service they would shorten the shift but hire more people to cover the necessary operating time. but of course that would mean less money for people at the top so companies fought back hard and we ended up with nixon’s bullshit and so on and now its considered the norm for us to spend the vast majority of our lives doing work that really just amounts to waste. 

[dreamer-of-centipedes]

The IWW realised this and were fighting for it all the way back in the 1930s. This is a take with a lot of historical and theoretical grounding, OP, so you’re standing in good stead.

[aztechnology]

I’d also like to add it’s also been studied and scientifically proven that after 6 hours, we have an extremely noticeable drop in productivity. Sweden saw nothing but benefits from a 6-hour work day, including worker productivity, happiness, and half the amount of sick-leave used when applied to nurses.

https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/the-six-hour-workday/

[foggyfieldatdawn]

Me, who have been working my whole life either:

1) 24-hours shift - 3 days-off (I did sleep at the working night though)

2) 12-hours day shift - 12-hours night shift - 2 days-off

3) two 12-hours day shifts - two days-off

How am I even alive.

Frankly, I hate the mere idea of working 5 days a week, no matter the amount of working hours.

I don't want to work at all.

[sister-seagull]

went to the grocery store with no makeup, unshaven legs, messy hair

bought a basket a peaches, red balsamic vinegar, two salmon fillets, a tub of ice cream and a lottery ticket

made small talk with the cashier (she hopes it’ll rain soon)

heard women laughing and talking about homemade waffles with pecans and berry syrup

caught a bit of rain on the way home

[my-eyes-have-seen-the-glory]

I’m not trying to be petty or a buzzkill, but I keep seeing this picture (or versions of it) on various feminist blogs and while I really do appreciate what the artists intentions were....how are either of these women functionally empowered? How does the change of one feminine outfit to another feminine outfit make them both empowered? They’re both in heels, they’re both just wearing fashionable feminine clothes from different geographical areas. Why is it that when we want to show what an empowered woman looks like, we pick one woman in a feminine outfit that shows skin and one in a feminine outfit that doesn’t. Why doesn’t empowerment look like some beefy tradeswoman in cargo shorts with body hair? Empowerment is legal protections, and the ability to grow and prosper on their own without male oversight.

[inthetags]

if you are a non-native english speaker reblog and put in the tags what took you the most time to understand

[antiplondon]

https://twitter.com/elizamondegreen/status/1396851092194054147

[exjade]

UNTIL IT BECAME FASHIONABLE TO PRETEND OTHERWISE

thank you

[inthetags]

Reblog and put in the tags why do u think we need to live if we die anyways

[atasteofcandor]

““Radical” means root, not extremism. Radical feminism means getting to the root of female oppression. And if freeing women from thousands of years of oppression is extreme to you, you are either an oppressor or have Stockholm Syndrome.”

— Jitana Sunflower-Rose (via staininyourbrain)

[nansheonearth]

I know I say this all the time but seriously if you’re a radfem you need to gather with other radical women. It’s vital for you and them. Maybe you can only make it to one gathering, a festival, maybe start a meetup. Maybe it’ll only be 3 of you there, but it’s something and it really changes everything.

You’re not alone and you don’t have to be. Connect. Gather.

[lesbiansinthegarden]

Appalachian radfems hmu

[cunt-with-a-blunt-deactivated20]

lol any midwest radfems around?

[lowkey-radical]

iowa!

[watermelinoe]

also iowa :)

[rabidracoons]

SW Wisconsin 🧀

[radicaltornado]

Kansas 🌻

[mistedparrot]

se wisconsin!

[rosieisasecretradfem]

kansas

[dutchboyfingers]

Missouri!

[goddessundulate]

Indiana!

[radicalheartland]

There are major radfem groups in Bloomington and Indianapolis!

[multiplemondays]

Kansas 🐾

[radwitchescauldron]

Iowa

[sapphosviolets-deactivated20250]

Anyone from Nova Scotia?

[76l0]

@sapphosviolets sorry if it’s weird that I dug up this old post, but I’m from NS! Message me! if you want haha

[soltaw]

Kazakstan?

[foggyfieldatdawn]

Россия (лучше всего Москва, конечно), anyone?

[funkygraveyards-deactivated2023]

“free Palestine” and “don’t use what’s happening to Palestinians as an excuse to spread anti-Semitism” can and should co-exist

[funkygraveyards-deactivated2023]

spreading hate to jewish people as a response to the actions of the israeli government isn’t woke, it just makes you anti-semitic. you can be critical of the israeli government and not be anti-semitic

[villainessviola-deactivated2024]

Funny how tumblr calls the singer from Måneskin gay or bi for wearing "feminine" clothing. What happened to not assuming things and defying gender norms no matter sexuality???

[foggyfieldatdawn]

That, and don't get me started on all "gender envy" posts about these guys. It's hilarious

[thehorseshoetheorist]

I was talking to one of my male friends about how being a housewife is an inherently vulnerable position because you're completely dependant on a man, and I was talking about how it's just really risky for any woman, and his initial response was basically "but my mom was a stay-at-home mom and it was fine for her!"

And look. This is a good man, who is a genuinely good ally willing to learn and change and advocate for women's rights. I've met his parents, who are both wonderful, and have a very equal marriage (his dad does plenty of domestic work, etc). I know that he looks at his parents and thinks that there's nothing wrong with their arrangement, and maybe it worked for them. But he couldn't get past the mental block of "they're happy and it works for them" to understand that his mom essentially won the lottery - there was no guarantee that his dad would be a good man, or that he wouldn't mistreat her or leave her.

I had to remind him that his dad being a good man is irrelevant - if he'd died she would have been just as screwed as if he'd left her, because relying on a man to provide for you makes you vulnerable.

I had to recontextualize it for him - remind him that not every man (lbr not most men) are good like his dad, and that women cannot expect them to be, for him to get what I was talking about.

I have a couple of takeaways from this:

1) The amount of hand-holding and coddling and "yes I know YOU'RE (/your dad/brother etc) not like that" reassurance that we have to give to men to get them to listen is exhausting

2) Men are incapable of seeing women as a coherent class. I say "this is dangerous for women in general," he responds "it was fine for this one woman," and needs to be gently guided around to realizing that's not a real rebuttal.

3) Choice feminism has set us back decades. One of the things we talked about during this conversation was that his mother chose to stop working and chose not to go back to work at any point, as if those choices weren't strongly influenced by a society that punishes women for daring to want lives outside their families. The "it's her choice" line is absolutely used to obfuscate and prevent analysis of the structural forces that contribute to women's oppression.

[lookataleaf3000]

#1 piece of advice I have is to spend as much time as you can in nature, without a boss breathing down your neck or cameras watching your every move or men’s eyes looking at your body. if you can do these things even just a little it will feel good