Sam Louise Writes

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This is a place to collect the writing of Sam Louise, in the spirit of using creativity to blur lines between the personal and the political. All work is mine unless otherwise noted. Feel free to follow my political tumblr at radicalfeminisms or my art tumblr at samlouisecreations.

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Sometimes stagnate I pick apart a threat too real but imagined, both benign and malignant. Somehow sane a conscious thought, "I just want it out of me," (momentary awareness). Something significant in the insignificant freckle, mole, hair now raw and bloody. Someone moves and relief sighs, fingers sore, rest.

#prose

"If you identify with gender, than you are a sexist. That's all there is to it."

Sam Louise

#radfem #political

Reproductive rights are a huge part of women's liberation. There is a reason females are oppressed as a class and that reason is our perceived ability to reproduce. Today, let us speak about the material reality that forms the roots of our oppression. Today, let us use our voices to grow our movement for liberation.

Sam Louise

#radfem #politics #international women's day #international working women's day

Trans activists take advantage of the political correctness of progressive people which, in turn, blinds them to the backwardness of the trans cause. While it's clear to me and many others that surgery and hormones is individualist and capitalist at core, detrimental to the environment and human and animal health, a huge waste of resources, and a Frankenstein test project on children and the mentally ill; it's certainly not clear to everyone and that is the problem with the current progressive movement.

Sam Louise

#radical feminism #political

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Rape culture. Coined by second-wave feminists of the 1970s, the term describes a culture that facilitates rape and sexual abuse. Rape culture works by means of misogyny, sex-based roles and stereotypes (gender), and normalized sexual objectification of womyn. Rape culture thrives by blaming and shaming survivors of rape, dismissal of rape as “not that bad,” and trivilization of rape and sexual abuse as something that can be watered down to “just a joke.” With rape culture, there is a hideous fixation on “proving” rape, as if a survivor’s words mean absolutely nothing and there is an unhealthy focus on “regret,” as if something the survivor did (and later regretted) brought on her violation. Oh and don’t get me started about the “false allegation” line, as if rape is something womyn dream about at night and lie about during the day. We live in a rape culture, folks, if you haven’t already noticed. A rape culture is created and supported through mass and social media, everyday encounters that display the aforementioned behaviour, and commonly held beliefs about what rape and sexual abuse “actually is.” Rape culture teaches us that rape and sexual abuse are, most generally, committed by strangers who jump out of alleyways to dramatically snatch their next victim who, of course, puts up one hell of a fight and ends up in a hospital bed before the scene cuts to the show’s opening theme (think: countless episodes of Law & Order: SVU). While, sadly, this sort of situation does occur, this stereotype of a “real rape” and a “good victim” discourages survivors of rape and sexual abuse from coming forward, and encourages rapists to continue offending.

Sam Louise (via thefemcolumn)

#political

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While there has been much outpouring of support for Kesha Sebert since a Supreme Court judge ruled that her contract with Sony Music Entertainment will not be dissolved, the amount of backlash expressed towards her and the sheer ignorance of her situation has been downright disgusting.

Published: February 22, 2016 at 4:01 am

New York City, New York (TFC) – While there has been such an outpouring of support for Kesha Sebert since a Supreme Court judge ruled that her contract with Sony Music Entertainment will not be dissolved; there has also been a great deal of backlash expressed towards her, and the sheer ignorance of her situation has been downright disgusting. With this article, I will demonstrate how Kesha’s ruling is a manifestation of a rape culture, one that devalues womyn and allows sexual abuse to occur unchecked. That being said, the following will contain graphic material that may be upsetting to some. Please contact your local crisis line should you find yourself feeling unwell. I am also available for peer support on Facebook.

#news #political

Draw me, paint me You know you want to date me Sketch me, ink me Come on baby drink me like I got your last breath Honey know its for the best

#prose #lyrics

We are radical, codename stellar Shortlisted for bestsellers we speak our truth for fucking ever no we don't stop at can't or never

#prose

A soundtrack to your life, a song for your death. You can hear her saying, “Don’t slip.” See her body swaying, “Don’t trip.”

#prose

Writing out my truth is now the path I choose to take.

Published: February 1, 2016 at 2:27 am

Kitchener, Ontario (TFC) – There was one night I stayed at his mother’s house, early on in our relationship. We had had a little to drink and I wanted to have sex; this would have been my first time experiencing PIV (penis in vagina). That night he told me that I wasn’t ready, and I was confused. He had already implored me to do this and that and I didn’t think too much of it at the time. Isn’t this and that what couples did together? So, young as I was, I thought I was ready. What we had done prior certainly led me to think I was. Regardless, his no was enough for me and I didn’t push it. For years, this night has lay dormant deep in my memories.

Flash forward to I don’t know how many weeks or months later and to another night that I had wanted to become intimate. This was well after we had become “sexually active,” (why I use quotes will, hopefully, become apparent soon). No, not tonight, he was too tired. While I admit I teased him briefly, again, his words were enough to stop anything that may have happened. We fell asleep and that was it. These two memories became central to my unraveling of what he was doing to me. And what was he doing to me?

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