#deconstructing patriarchy

[liorainbloom]

a woman who fundamentally trusts herself is much harder to control, manipulate or contain. she's much harder to mould into situations and realities that don't ultimately benefit her growth or safety.

the more you question yourself and erode your self trust by bypassing your intuition, the easier you become to control for the benefit of systems that exploit women, our bodies and our labour.

[cleverlyconfidential]

"Dating currently feels difficult because women are looking for men that don’t exist yet, and men are looking for women who don’t exist anymore." I read that on Threads recently and it stopped me in my tracks. As I've stepped back into the dating world after my own deep evolution, I realized the truth is much more complex than simple bitterness. The reality of modern dating is that both genders are grieving from opposite sides of the room. Women are grieving the years lost to self-abandonment; men are grieving the loss of a predictable landscape. Neither side is malicious, we are simply caught in the gears of a massive cultural transition, and both sides are struggling in ways that deserve to be seen. That's what my latest post explores.

Looking for People Who Don't Exist Yet

[thecleverconfidante]

"Dating currently feels difficult because women are looking for men that don’t exist yet, and men are looking for women who don’t exist anymore." I read that on Threads recently and it stopped me in my tracks. As I've stepped back into the dating world after my own deep evolution, I realized the truth is much more complex than simple bitterness. The reality of modern dating is that both genders are grieving from opposite sides of the room. Women are grieving the years lost to self-abandonment; men are grieving the loss of a predictable landscape. Neither side is malicious, we are simply caught in the gears of a massive cultural transition, and both sides are struggling in ways that deserve to be seen. That's what my latest post explores.

Looking for People Who Don't Exist Yet

[liorainbloom]

it's so fascinating watching a woman deconstruct religion and patriarchy 🙌🏾 🙌🏾🙌🏾 when I was saying this in uni the gurls thought I was mad now look at the women waking up finally 🥲 somebody shout POWERRRR ✊🏾

[blunderbussmag]

 “Male artists sometimes use violence against women as a prop for ostensibly lamentable 'realism,' when the real point is a patina of (masculine!) 'authenticity.' If that makes sense."

[foundpress]

Now my fiancée wears those fitness shoes that turn normal walking into more of an intense exercise. She says they’re supposed to give her “fantastic legs, spectacularly lifted buns, and a stronger core.” She’s strolling around thinking she’s getting this amazing workout, but in reality she’s been duped by a clever ad in a women’s magazine and her burning desire for spectacularly lifted buns. I’m thinking to myself, how much can her buns possibly be lifted, anyway? I enjoy their current height fine already. Are these shoes going to strap her buns into a jetpack and zoom them into the stratosphere? What if her already high-enough buns ended up on her shoulders? That would just be bizarre.

from "The Lesson" by Jessica Westhead http://www.foundpress.com/the-lesson/