She's Against Rape

‘She’s Against Rape’ an NGO started by two sixteen year old girls, Ananya and Kairavi, and their friend Aditya, who were alll extremely shaken by the brutal gang rape of Nirbhaya in December of 2012. It aims to work towards the safety of women in Delhi,...

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I need feminism because

I need feminism because when I was raped at 14, bullied by my peers, and had to change schools six times. I need feminism because after I ran into one of my high school teachers, who knew about the rape, he told me how sexy he always thought I was. I need feminism because the boy that broke up with me for getting raped 12 years ago has been actively stalking me for the last five and continues to reference my rape as something he finds sexually arousing. I need feminism because it took everything I had to rid the guilt I had from being a 14 year old girl that “looked too sexy not to fuck.” I need feminism because, even though I’m earning a PhD, men still objectify me as if I do not have a mind of my own. Fuck the patriarchal world, WE ALL NEED FEMINISM!

Thanks for the submission!

[vintagevanson]

What is Womanism?

“Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender” -Alice Walker

Womanism is a feminist term coined by Alice Walker. It is a reaction to the realization that “feminism” does not encompass the perspectives Black women. It is a feminism that is “stronger in color”, nearly identical to “Black Feminism”. However, Womanism does not need to be prefaced by the word “Black”, the word automatically concerns black women. A Womanist is a woman who loves women and appreciates women’s culture and power as something that is incorporated into the world as a whole. Womanism addresses the racist and classist aspects of white feminism and actively opposes separatist ideologies. It includes the word “man”, recognizing that Black men are an integral part of Black women’s lives as their children, lovers, and family members. Womanism accounts for the ways in which black women support and empower black men, and serves as a tool for understanding the Black woman’s relationship to men as different from the white woman’s. It seeks to acnowledge and praise the sexual power of Black women while recognizing a history of sexual violence. This perspective is often used as a means for analyzing Black Women’s literature, as it marks the place where race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect. Womanism is unique because it does not necessarily imply any political position or value system other than the honoring of Black women’s strength and experiences. Because it recognizes that women are survivors in a world that is oppressive on multiple platforms, it seeks to celebrate the ways in which women negotiate these oppressions in their individual lives.

source: feminist dictionary

[stoprapeeducate]

The mother defending her rapist son REALLY gets me.

Moms: What would you do if your son was accused of rape? 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉

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[shesagainstrape]

"Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men, it does not mean you hate girls that have nice legs and a tan, and it does not mean you are a bitch or a dyke, it means that you believe in equality-" - Kate Nash

[shesagainstrape]

“The empowered women is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description”.

-Steve Maraboli

[lavendermuseums]

A year’s worth of self portraits, some old and revisited in new ways.

Including the Post-Rape Doll, which doesn’t physically look like me.

She got to be in one of Pace’s student art shows.

The last two were my way of protesting Pace University while I was still attending.

My final project hung on a wall in one of Pace’s halls for a short while, alongside the work of my classmates.

           - survivorsupport

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Wow

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[purplebuddhaproject]

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[panic-defense]

“I’ve never been to war. I can’t have PTSD.” Yes, you can.

“I’m not suicidal. I can’t have depression.” Yes, you can.

“He’s never hit me. It can’t be abuse.” Yes, it can.

Suffering is not a contest. Your experiences are valid. Seek out the help you need.

[purplebuddhaproject]

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“But, know this: the person who did this to you is broken, not you”

- Sierra DeMulder

[madsrecovers]

[shesagainstrape]

“you can state differences, and you can also state equality. Although we have to state sameness in order to understand equality”.

-Zadie Smith

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[shesagainstrape]

“caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for”.

- Tennessee Williams

[shesagainstrape]

“women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear”.