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Here is the thing. My ideology doesn’t always matches up at every point with radfem or terf ideas BUT these are the only spaces I know of currently that won’t send you death threats at attempts to try and have a healthy conversation about sexuality (especially lesbian sexuality), gender, and biological women’s bodies. I’m more willing to interact with people I wouldn’t have before because I was really scared to be called something like terf and radfem or to be seen as too extreme. Meanwhile I kept my thoughts and opinions to myself to make sure I was liked and kept my head down. The most humiliating of all this is I fell back into these meek, people-pleasing behaviors I thought I grew out of a long time ago. My hope in creating this blog is to bring real conversations and issues to light and to help myself be used to and not being afraid to have these conversations. Not just here, but in every day life as well.

#terf #radfem #gender critical

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The surface of Venus, by NASA artist Rick Guidice

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Της παιδείας την μεν ρίζαν είναι πικράν τον δε καρπόν γλυκύν.

- Isokrates

The root of education is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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I'm sure it will surprise everyone that Adobe have taken the shitty road with regard to artists again.

Please opt out. Even if you don't care about your own art, you should care about Adobe hoping a lot of people don't notice so they can use a lot of art without real knowledge or consent.

Been saying for years how important it is to have your back-ups on PHYSICAL STORAGE, NOT THE CLOUD. This is why.

#adobe #photoshop #this why i dont store my og art in the clod #i mean cloud....#👀

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The book in question:

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez

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Here’s her sex-in-every-cell comment earning her the TERF moniker:

So transphobic, right?

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feminism can’t co-exist with this gender nonsense

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I have this book. You all need this book.

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Here’s a link (it’s from a radfem google drive, can’t remember who’s, but If you tell me I’ll edit in the credits)

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

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Please purchase the book if you can! If not, please at least read it!

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Reblogging for the link

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Sonia Johnson

PDF

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When J. K. Rowling tells you she has something up her sleeve that she wants to show you – a brand new project that no one knows about – it’s

This is Beira’s Place.  

It is a new support and advocacy service for women who have experienced sexual violence, it has been funded by J.K. Rowling, and it opens today. It has been set up to meet an unmet need from female survivors for a women-only service, as there is not one currently available in the area.  

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The meanings behind the colors.

Gay pride flag - Gilbert Baker (1978)

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Sapphic Images from Akram Zaatari’s Curated Archival Collection of Hashem El Madani’s Studio Practices

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YouTube

Spotify

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#she is coming out with a new kne soon and there was lots of mushroom stuff there

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“We’re in 2019. Female hair is CENSORED everywhere. You don’t see it on TV. You don’t see it in magazines or adverts. There is an injunction of society for women to remain ‘soft’ and completely hairless. Just like a little girl. I don’t believe that’s a coincidence. Young, skinny, hairless girls have been very popular in the media for years and it makes me wonder. Who’s behind it all? Who’s perpetuating this message about women looking like adolescent girls? It sometimes feels rather paedophilic. It worries me.” – Camille Alexander. Musician (2019)

“Years ago I did think about getting laser hair removal for my navel hair, but then I realised I’d be paying a couple of hundred pounds just to conform to expectations that I don’t even care about– I’d much rather use the money for a holiday or circus lessons! I think that’s one of the things which annoys me so much about society and the media’s expectation for women to be basically hairless– they’re pressuring us to invest serious time and money and endure pain. It’s a double standard and it’s unfair. Being able to accept your body– hair, scars and all– is freeing. I remember seeing my Aunt Glynis dancing to reggae in the 90s with her armpit hair showing– she looked so confident, happy and free. As a child, I couldn’t put my finger on ‘why’, but I can now. On a practical level, it feels pretty darn good when I consider how much time, money and pain I’ve saved by accepting my body as it is. I like to think that that memory of my aunt being free and totally comfortable in her own skin is one that I can emulate and pass onto other girls and women. It hasn’t always been received well though. At Lambeth County Fair one year, a friend of a friend was seriously freaked out when he saw my armpits. He asked me “what’s wrong with you? Why would you do that?!”, which was pretty amusing but bewildering. It reminded me there will always be people out there who may react and judge me like that. Thankfully, the opinion of people who think like that means very little to me! For me having hair and not caring is a bit like being part of a secret club. When you notice someone else who is resisting society’s expectations and staying hairy you feel solidarity and respect. It’s nice to be part of that.” – Isabel (2019)

“As a teenager, I remember trying to stuff myself into a box of what a girl should be like. It always felt uncomfortable; padded bras, shoes that hurt and shaving rash. Running, swimming and climbing have helped me to see the strength and resilience in my body and to love it for what it is. Growing my armpit hair has been a recent experiment and the longer it gets, the more I like it! I like the way it looks & feels. It has given me a new respect for myself. So I say, embrace growth & if it pleases you, let it all grow!” – Jess (2018)

“Shaving, epilating or waxing hurts. I was tired of suffering, trying to adapt to the image of a ‘beautiful young woman’ society is selling us. Everybody told me to shave. As a teenager, it’s a huge subject among girls; where do you shave? What method are you using? It takes so much time and costs so much money (the majority of hair removal products are also not recyclable). All of these reasons coming one after another motivated me to stop shaving. I would often have irritated skin after shaving and being a very sporty person, the sweat and the friction of my clothes would cause pain.The worst thing was having sex on the second day after shaving my vulva. I didn’t understand why women would suffer and waste so much time on hiding who they really are. By showing my body hair on stage, I would like to stimulate and change people’s point of view. I’d like to motivate women to make their own choices.”

Darian Koszinski. Circus artist (2018)

“I stopped shaving completely when I was a teenager because of two instances. The first? I got tired of all the time wasted on maintenance and the discomfort that came with it. The second was when I went on a few multiple week-long backpacking trips; it would have been extremely inconvenient to spend hours ripping my hair out, so I let things grow. Being so close to nature let me dive deeper into and re-examine the relationship with myself and the world, acting as a mirror. In nature, there is wild; it is as beautiful as it is untamed. How could it be anything other than that? I felt so relieved and free when I let it grow out. It felt like being able to breathe. It was incredibly comfortable too. I felt a confidence and boldness returning, like I was replenishing some kind of primal power. I will say that a very pleasant side effect of having armpit hair is its ability to ward off rude people whom I wouldn’t care to interact or associate with anyway. Because the people that care about that sort of thing and make it a point to say how disgusted they are, are precisely the kind of people that I don’t want in my life.”

– Kyotocat (2017)

“At this point in life, I feel that the real question shouldn’t be ‘why did you let your armpit hair grow?’ But actually, ‘why did you shave in the first place?’ Please celebrate your body! Own who you are and be that! Those who celebrate who and what they are, are creating a much open and safer space for those who are struggling to understand who and what they want to be in life. It might be easier said than done but give it a try. We’ll then help create a healthier and understanding society with less bullshit than there already is…”

– Alex Wellburn (2017)

“I never stopped shaving because I never started. I do remember my mother shaving when I was younger and I thought that was pretty unnecessary since she was a strict muslim. I later realised it’s a thing women do to look more desirable to men. It really irritated me that the people who reacted negatively to my natural armpit hair were men. Like it was the most disgusting thing in the world. It really gets on my tits. This is just one more reason that I don’t shave it off. It belongs to me and I don’t make noise about the “ugly”; hair on men which are sometimes pretty painful in the eye… But you’ve got to get over it and don’t let these idiots get under it. I would recommend growing it to any women.”

– Ayan Mohamed. Graduate architecture student (2014)