Our Radical Notions

"Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings" - Cheris Kramarae

[amy-beee-blog]

[smellslikegirlriot]

This is rape culture

[whatshehassaid]

That is fucked up

[ssjdebusk]

Why are people so scared of murder? Y’all should feel pride that someone risked life in jail just to kill you

Literally that is how stupid these people sound to me rn

[keelanrosa]

Sociologists use the term “androcentrism” to refer to a new kind of sexism, one that replaces the favoring of men over women with the favoring of masculinity over femininity. According to the rules of androcentrism, men and women alike are rewarded, but only insofar as they are masculine (e.g., they play sports, drink whiskey, and are lawyers or surgeons w00t!). Meanwhile, men are punished for doing femininity and women… well, women are required to do femininity and simultaneously punished for it.

Androcentrism: It’s Okay to Be a Boy, but Being a Girl… » Sociological Images

I think the ‘women are required to do femininity and simultaneously punished for it’ bit sums up 90% of sexism in one sentence. (via shashirosa)

[aishahmalak]

I’m not interested in Turning you into An idol, You’re not a God For treating Me like a human being, For not uttering The word “woman” Like an abuse,

You’re Finally A Man by Aishah Malak (via aishahmalak)

[fuckyeahbeatniks-blog]

A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’ and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward and says: “There were women, they were there, I knew them, their families put them in institutions, they were given electric shock. In the ’50s if you were male you could be a rebel, but if you were female your families had you locked up.

Stephen Scobie, on the Naropa Institute’s 1994 tribute to Allen Ginsberg  (via thisisendless)

Absences of women in history don’t “just happen,” they are made.

(via princess-opal)

[ourradicalnotions]

"They ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation."

- Bell Hooks

[shrdmdnssftw]

[girl-aggro-blog]

i have no idea who this guy is but this is basically the best response a dude could give to this question

[rare-basement]

that, my friends, is the lead singer of fall out boy and yes i agree

[mewtwoalaid]

oh dang

[ubelyptus]

in which patrick stump is cooler than half the men you’ve dated

[elevatorsmalltalk]

Jackson Katz: Violence against women-€”it's a men's issue | Video on TED.com

Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues. But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues — and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all — women and men — to call out unacceptable behavior and be leaders of change.

“We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.”

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GO TOYS R US GO

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please read thsi ITS SO IMPORTANT AND GOOD

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THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND GOOD NEWS I AGREE

[kezziez-deactivated20210814]

I APPROVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

[brutereason]

Feminists are routinely ‘accused’ of being lesbians or man-haters (as if the two are synonymous). Straight feminists often scramble to defy this stereotype by proclaiming their unfailing love for men and their affinity for bikini waxes. Some subtly distance themselves from lesbians by wearing buttons that claim ‘straight but not narrow.’ This is bullshit to me. If being called a lesbian is an insult to me, then I am an insult to lesbians. Any feminist who fears being called lesbian, or who fears association with a movement demanding civil rights for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, is not worthy of being called feminist.

Anastasia Higginbotham, “Chicks Goin’ At it,” Listen Up: Voices From the Next Feminist Generation (via wileyjean)

[ourradicalnotions]

"Tattooed women are seen as persons who flaunt their freedom from gender norms or as individuals who threaten women's traditional space in society."

The Chicana Canvas: Doing Class, Gender, Race, and Sexuality through Tattooing in East Los Angeles by Xuan Santos

[exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti]

Image is Powerful: Cameron Russell at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012

[friendlyangryfeminist]

every time a sex advice column tells a woman to ‘just try’ doing a sexual act she doesn’t want to for the benefit of her boyfriend or husband because “relationships are about compromises” I want to kick and scream and cry.

Yes, relationships involve compromises but coercively demanding that your partner do a sexual act they’re uncomfortable with otherwise they’re being ‘selfish’ is so fucked up. 

[whatwhiteswillneverknow]

How to use your white privilege

If the “passing privilege” person is looking at this blog, this is one thing you can do, if you’re up to it.

[muddypetticoats]

Reblogging for excellence.

[rreen-deactivated20160718]

Too beautiful.

[bussitwideopenuniversity-deacti]

More passing people, and people who recognize white privilege should do this

[jarabelunar-deactivated20210305]

for the white folk who ask “but what am i supposed to do about all of this”

[emotiona1shorty]

soooooooosososososo so good.

[talitscoldoutside]

WHITE PASSING/WHITE PEOPLE PLEASE WATCH THIS IF YOU EVER WERE GONNA WATCH ANYTHING WATCH THIS.

[malefeminist]

"How Do You Get Men to Understand That Feminism Is Important?"

[runningwiththegnomes]

“Margaret Atwood once wrote that “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them,” but it’s even more complicated than that. Women aren’t just afraid that they’ll be hurt; they’re afraid that they’ll be hurt and they’ll get blamed for it.”

Ana Mardoll (via runningwiththegnomes)

[creepsandbigots]

I hate it when people act like anger invalidates a cause, because when it comes down to it the privileged are the only ones who can afford to remain calm. 

[brutereason]

Heteronormativity isn’t just about the presumption that everyone is heterosexual. The expectation that boys woo girls feeds into your mind the expectation that relationships are necessary for fulfilment, and you are less than if you are not having particular kinds of sex with a particular, and a particular kind of, person at particular intervals. It’s about what Lauren Berlant calls the love plot, in which love is produced as a generic text enabling society to interpret your life as following certain conventions. It’s not about what you want, it’s about what you’re supposed to want. You’re not encouraged to think about what you want in relationships, if anything, so much as you are encouraged to fit a script. Heteronormativity messes things up for everyone, straight people included.

Tossing the script of desire | Zero at the Bone (via brute-reason)

Have I already reblogged this? Don’t know don’t care.via queercore

(via materialworld)