lover and defender of butches

Radish butch, I luckily have a life outside tumblr where I get to explore radical feminism together with other women

[onevoltperoctave]

are you a feminist who wants to start going to the gym?

exercising and weight training can be a powerful form of feminist praxis. being able to assist other women, particularly our disabled sisters, is a powerful ability. similarly, we can work together to challenge patriarchal expectations surrounding the physical strength of women and encourage future generations of women and girls to view strength as something to be proud of. most importantly, in a patriarchal world where women's health is often tossed aside, it's crucial that we take care of our minds and bodies and refuse to sacrifice our health in the name of patriarchy!

this is a masterpost of general advice for those who are new to strength/weight training and may not have been taught the basics earlier in life!

each link below will take you to a post where i walk through the basics of each topic!

how do i pick a gym?

how do i build a workout plan?

the basics of gym etiquette

the basics of nutrition

please know that i am not an athletic trainer or dietician. i am a professional coach for youth and adult sports. i teach strength training to my athletes as well as conditioning/training for other athletic orgs near me. if you decide to work with a trainer and/or dietician and their advice conflicts with mine, take theirs! (and also maybe tell me so i can improve for my students!) i follow all of my own advice, but those guys have degrees in this stuff and i do not.

happy lifting!

[elgreytea]

What are you reading rn, why are you reading it, and what format are you reading it in (physical book, ereader, on your phone etc)

[santa-ana-winds]

[neshamama]

will barnet, "dialogue in green," 1970, lithograph

[lilkakow]

Soviet swimmer Maria Havrish congratulates her rival Elena Kovalenko, who defeated her in the breaststroke competition at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Moscow, 1956 (photo by Lisa Larsen)

[lilkakow]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[fairycosmos]

let it go my friend... i say this as a fat "ugly" dyke. your body is the vehicle w which you move in the world, give love, receive love, make things, SEE things, KNOW things. that's all that matters. beauty and ugliness are marketing scams esp for women. LIVE and FUCK THE WORLD it's not easy to get there but it's so sweet. ppl will love you fat and "ugly" i swear on god.

this is like a religious text to me and i'm not joking even a little

[invertprivileges]

“Butches who desire other butches are difficult to theorize in accordance with traditional lesbian imagery for writers like Rubin, Brown, and others, because the numerous social restrictions on acceptable forms of desire make it hard to come to grips with something as multiply transgressive as the butch who desires other butches. Two female bodies having sex violates the myth of “natural” heterosexuality, female bodies in men’s clothing violates gender restrictions, and female bodies in (or out of) men’s clothing having sex with each other constitutes a triple whammy. The butch-butch couple confounds all of these conventions, which is why butch-butch makes even some lesbians uncomfortable. Trish Thomas describes what can happen when a butch pursues another butch: “She wonders if I’ve mistaken her for femme…. She becomes concerned that she’s throwing off femme vibes without even knowing it…. And suddenly she gets this overwhelming urge to arm wrestle” (22). Butch-butch sexuality is constantly being assimilated back into familiar categories, as with the butch who worries Thomas must be picking up “femme vibes” or Brown’s description of butches having sex with other butches as “faggots.” Despite such overwhelming conceptual resistance, butches, unconcerned with theoretical disputes, continue to desire other butches. Look down Castro Street any Saturday evening, and you are likely to notice a number of butch couples strolling by. Visit a chic lesbian bar in San Francisco, and you are apt to see two leather-jacketed, buzz-cut young women clinging to each other on the dance floor-and they will be far from alone”

— Inness, Sherrie A., and Michele Lloyd. “‘G.I. Joes in Barbie Land’: Recontextualizing Butch in Twentieth-Century Lesbian Culture.” 

[dailyclassicart]

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - "Julie Manet with Cat (detail)" (1877)

[radical-song]

Succulent Saggy Boobs Saturday

[yesornopolls]

Do you care about body hair in a partner?

Do you care about body hair in a partner?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 4

[only-cat-memes]

[probuccalfat]

people will describe their incredibly nebulous sexuality to you that they’ve never been able to define and the whole time you’re thinking that sounds like bisexuality brother

[pnglove]

[typingwithmyhandstied]

a friend with a boyfriend is a type of dead wife

[gatekeeper-of-witchcraft]

ever since I was a little girl I always knew I had problems with authority and wanted to be disobedient and difficult to manipulate

[academic-vampire]

𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔶 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰