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@thiswestvagirl
every single negative stereotype about women was dreamt up by men who were projecting. fight me about it.
“women can’t drive”
It is so well known that women are better and safer drivers than men that OUR CAR INSURANCE RATES ARE LOWER. Women get into fewer accidents, get fewer DUIs, and receive fewer speeding tickets than men.
“women never shut up”
Several scientific studies have shown that not only do men talk more than women, they also think that women have been talking for much longer than they actually have. Men interrupt and talk over women, dominate conversations, and still think women talk too much.
“women are shallow”
Lol next
“my wife is my ball and chain lmao”
Multiple studies have shown that marriage between men and women: Increases male lifespan, decreases female lifespan Decreases male depression rates, increases female depression rates Decreases male stress levels, increases female stress levels Increases male health and happiness, decreases female health and happiness Increases a man’s chance of getting a raise or promotion, decreases a woman’s chances of getting a raise or promotion
“women are too emotional”
Men love to say this about women after hurting them, in order to shift the blame and dismiss their feelings in one go. In reality, women are taught to hold our tongues and control ourselves quite literally from birth. We’re taught to put men’s needs and wants ahead of our own emotions regardless of the personal cost. Men are taught to do more or less whatever the fuck they want to women. Men take their emotions out on women while women are expected to shove theirs down.
I could go on and on but I don’t really think I need to.
“women can’t drive” (The Guardian) (CBS News) (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
“women talk to much” (PBS, resources included)
“women are shallow” (just read the book, Dataclysm. by okcupid founder (?) that includes data about sex, gender, race, in finding online romantic partners)
“ball and chain” (University of London)
for all you pissbabies crying about sources
A word
Recent Movies I've Seen and my Thoughts
300- never seen before but Chris said I needed to watch it. Badass. Pre-Game of Thrones Lena Headley so that's cool. I enjoy seeing that much of manly legs. A Cure For Wellness- UGH. I'm mad that the plot was stupider than I thought it was going to be. I don't like creepy visuals in my movies (not my thing) so the only way I would like the movie is if the plot was amazing. SPOILER- it turns weirdly supernatural and gross with the 200 year old dude trying to bang his eternally 13 yr old daughter that he conceived with his sister. Nope. Apocalypto- This is a movie that Chris said I had to see. He says this a lot. Lol. Anyways, I enjoyed it. Wonder Woman - I have lots of feelings about this. I loved it but I don't think it's the best superhero movie. I was emotional over a woman hero that was such an incredible badass and the amazons were just... so good. But I wanted the whole movie to be that. I didn't like some of the choices in the movie like her sleeping with Steve 🙄 and lots of smarter people than me criticized the issues with race. To name a few, the black woman is Diana's caretaker (mammy stereotype is a problem) and the brutish black amazon (another race stereotype that's harmful). Robin Wright was incredible. Also I think people were overly thrilled about the leg jiggle when Diana lands. Like.... the actress is pretty thin. I'm not sure it's as revolutionary as it could have been. Also I saw artwork that portrayed Serena Williams as WW and now I can't get that out of my head 😍 The Amazing Spider-Man- UHHHH SO GOOD. Very fun. He's my favorite Spider-Man yet. Snowpiercer- woah, so I love Chris Evans, he is my boo thang so I'll watch him in anything. Post Apocalyptic movie set on a train that critiques class with a really interesting plot and beautiful visuals. This has the creepy visuals but the plot makes that ok for me. John Wick 2 - why do men love John Wick?
why would a candle thats already lit want to be with a match
also her being lit is going to eventually melt her and reduce her to nothing match guy is an abusive sadboy who thinks he’s the victim when candlegirl just wants someone who will keep her alive
im here for this analysis
Why was Shrek’s soundtrack so incredible like who sat down and decided that a movie about an ogre would have a beautiful Rufus Wainwright ballad followed by a Smash Mouth/Eddie Murphy cover of I’m A Believer and how can I thank them
Eleanor Roosevelt and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills, she is regarded as the most successful female sniper in history. She visited with President Franklin Roosevelt, becoming the first Soviet citizen to be welcomed at the White House. Afterward, Eleanor Roosevelt asked Lyudmila to accompany her on a tour of the country and tell Americans of her experiences as a woman in combat. Pavlichenko was only 25, but she had been wounded four times in battle. ↳ more х,х,х | gifs from Battle for Sevastopol 2015 trailer.
this is her
That movie is fucking amazing BTW and should be watched.
Enchantress: I turn you into a hideous Beast. What are the names of your servants?
The Prince: Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts -
Enchantress:
Hot Dating Tips for the Completely Fucking Undateable
when he tells you his favorite drink is an old fashioned,
smile politely.
allow him to think that he is suave, interesting,
the millennial Don Draper.
do not say oh that’s what my grandma orders.
when he asks you your poison, be a little less specific.
try to be sexy, vaguely mysterious.
say anything with gin.
three years later, the summer that he leaves you,
and you’re downing an entire fucking bathtub of anything with gin,
recall this answer.
then, recall that one British study that said gin drinkers tend to be psychopaths,
and think that here you are,
angrily inhaling yet another tumbler of juniper berries and ice and snowmen’s tears,
and somewhere, probably in the same bar that he used to take you
(with a prettier, younger amalgam of all the things he wanted to you to be)
Don Draper is sipping languidly on a glass of fucking fruit.
but no, you’re the psychopath.
note the irony. just, keep it to yourself.
fuck it, decide that you are now a New Woman.
do the things you think New Women are supposed to do.
for starters, reinvent your wardrobe.
invest in cap sleeves and plunging necklines.
remember – cleavage is always interesting,
even when you aren’t.
decide that from now on,
you are only going to fuck artists,
because they are so deeply attuned
to the connection between physicality and emotion.
then decide that you’ll only fuck people who do a lot of acid,
because i mean, technically so are they
and then only men in their forties,
because at least they know how female bodies work by now,
and then probably, now, you’re just going to fuck girls.
pride yourself on the fact
that you have never once lit your own cigarette.
when the strapping young soldier leaves the bed you are sharing,
and strides to the bathroom,
contemplate taking a picture of his back with your phone.
don’t do it.
but think how good it can feel be the one objectifying,
for once.
buy fancy lingerie just because.
whatever you do,
do not collapse in a puddle of tears in the dressing room.
put on the façade that you are emotionless,
uncaring. a Bad Bitch.
feelings, what are those?
don’t let anybody (except maybe your girlfriends,
after a few hundred glasses of Cab Sav),
know this is merely a brittle exoskeleton.
instead, contort yourself, like a desperate mime,
into whatever it is he needs.
a sex kitten with a shoulder for his fragile ego to weep on,
a blank canvas for him to splatter his complexes all over,
a peepshow without a peephole,
that bodiless, breathy voice on the end of the phone line
tell me what you like baby, whatever you need i’m your girl
the whole time, feel everything.
allow yourself to break,
but only in private.
tonight, you are visiting Hipster Dreamboat’s apartment for the second time
and together you will watch Memento,
because of course you will.
grasp his callused right hand in your left
and watch Guy Pearce desperately collect Polaroids and tattoos,
while Hipster Dreamboat kisses along your young, stupid neck.
watch him grapple with his memory,
think to yourself about how much of memory is constructed
of mere convictions,
wishes,
desires,
and how much of it is real.
three years later, the summer that he leaves you,
and it’s nighttime again and the memories come to you,
ephemeral, fleeting.
recall his fiery touch, his vanilla tongue
how he looked in that suit
and how he trembled as you tried to unbutton it
now, grasp your own hand instead.
recall everything else.
recall that night, where he left you at the Park ‘n’ Ride, drunk and drifting.
recall that party, where you met her.
recall his nimble mastery of your desperate loneliness.
take a Polaroid of this,
tattoo it on the back of your hand, anywhere the light hits,
remember remember remember
and never look back.
resign yourself to being the perpetual single one of all your girlfriends.
routinely make forever-alone jokes,
talk about marrying your dog.
and when one of these girlfriends comes to you weeping,
comb her hair and spout one of your wittiest one-liners:
running after a man is like running after the bus –
another will come along in just a moment.
but remind yourself,
sometimes,
you don’t want to wait for another fucking bus.
sometimes you just want to hop on the cleanest, safest-looking one,
and escape, get the fuck out, leave everything behind –
the dead-end job,
the town full of stuck people,
the father who terrifies you,
the mother you can’t save.
but keep recalling that truth, the one that deep down you’ve always known,
that you are your own way out.
fly down the steps of your own fire escape.
recall that night, dusk and summer,
the one where on mere whim you stood up on the seat of your girlfriend’s car,
and leapt half yourself out of her sun roof,
and leaned back.
let the wind run itself through your tangled hair
let the night overtake you.
you are flying, you are free,
you are leaving this place like the way they left you.
yes, of course you are undateable.
and for now, you are alone
only because you have far, far too much to give
and they? they don’t even know the value of what they’re taking.
i just heard my mom say “there’s no reason to act like a dick” and there’s no one else downstairs so i know she’s talking to one of our cats
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The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: “very common condition” “no known cause” “no known cure” :))))))
What the fuck is tumblr? Like honestly what is this? Do you guys pull shit out of the inner most depths of your rectum and then just throw it on your keyboard and have it turn into a post???? This site is something else what the fuck is wrong with you people????!?!?
Endemetriosis
Vaginal Thrush
Menorrhagia
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Fibroids
Very common conditions, causes are unknown or only speculated, long term cures have not been found. Most can cause chronic pain or discomfort, all can seriously impact your quality of life.
Men are so damn privileged they can’t even imagine female bodies have different healthcare needs than theirs and that our healthcare needs are important even if they can’t be affected by one of these conditions.
Endometriosis causes excruciating pain and is a leading cause of infertility. Thrush is extremely uncomfortable, and expensive to treat repeatedly; over-the-counter preparations rarely completely eradicate it. Menorrhagia, which I have, makes you anæmic. PCOS causes hormonal symptoms that are socially difficult (facial hair, acne, hair loss, weight gain). Fibroids are so common, and are often treated with a hysterectomy.
Add in fibromylgia, which affects 8x as many women as men, as well as lupus (and almost any other autoimmune condition), systemic exertion intolerance disorder (SEID), iron deficiency anæmia (all of which affect more women than men), and you have well over 25% of childbearing-age women globally living with chronic pain and tiredness.
Chronic pain is overwhelmingly experienced by women, and women are less likely to be taken seriously or given treatment by medical professionals. I went through two years of diagnostics to finally find out I had occipital neuralgia; I felt doubted when I described my pain at every step of the way, but was lucky to have a partner who was persistent in helping me get treatment.
Basically, this is a huge problem, and also one of the reasons I have been considering medical school.
Don’t forget that most pharmaceuticals go to market without ever having been tested on people with a uterus, lest someone get pregnant… seriously that is the whole rationale behind not testing >50% of the population. This has been legislated against in some countries, but still persists in the of majority drug development because of other regulations, and traditions and laziness. The use of a drug is of course monitored in the population after release, but the people “trying” it in this capacity get none of the insurance, close and regular medical examination or monetary benefit of essentially being in a late stage drug trial. Drugs that are pulled from market after release are sometimes done so on the basis that the dosage is just too high for females/afab people and this is, of course, after they’ve experienced the adverse affects.
This is why if you get pregnant your doctor will take you off basically any and all medication you’re taking (including mental health medication, can’t imagine any implications/dire consequences there), not because they know it will have an adverse affect on the foetus but because they have no idea. How wonderfully kind of them to prioritise the health and life of an unborn foetus over that of a living person, let’s just hope they don’t become ill whilst pregnant. How charmingly logical it is that they wouldn’t even bother to test drugs in people with a uterus because it’s all too difficult and gosh, darn what an ethical conundrum we’ve been faced with, let’s just not! Which is so in the spirit of capital S, Science!
Sources: Nature, Nature, Medscape, Biomedcentral.
Indeed, the issue is so severe that, in many cases, folks with uteruses are routinely told that their diseases and disorders are not, in fact, disorders at all, and are just a normal part of having a uterus.
Take menstrual cramps, for example. Everybody knows that cramps are a normal part of menstruation, and that virtually all people who menstruate experience them throughout their lives, right?
Except that’s not right at all.
Yes, it’s true that about two-thirds of individuals who menstruate begin to experience menstrual pain during adolescence, but it’s basically a side effect of puberty, and normally subsides by your late teens. Only about 20-40% of menstruating adults experience menstrual pain on a regular basis - and according to some estimates, as much as 80% of that figure is due to undiagnosed endometriosis or some other underlying medical condition.
Yeah, roll those numbers around in your head: if you’re an adult who experiences menstrual cramps, it’s overwhelmingly likely that your pain is a symptom of some potentially serious medical condition.
And yet we tell folks it’s just a normal thing that everybody has to deal with.
Bonus round: Look up PCOS and gender identity.
Then look up PCOS and diabetes.
Ok, to show how incredibly important this post fucking is, I just looked up endometriosis and I match just about every sympton, and it would explain not just my incredibly painful periods but many other things as well. I had no idea this existed. Please, read this post and reblog this so others can learn.
I will reblog this every time because my cousin (a cis girl) went through seven years of pain without being taken seriously until SHE suggested it was endometriosis. And that’s not even unusual - that’s the average amount of time it takes between first symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis.
This is how science IS NOT apolitical. Like, it's a nice thing to say to refute ultra conservatives who don't believe in climate change however science has been used to promote racist and sexist agendas throughout history.
13 Reasons Why
Don’t watch it. Do not watch this fucked up mess of a show. Listen, I’ve been working in suicide prevention for almost six years, and I grew up in an area that had epidemics of teen suicides. The area is actually so well known that the show-writers and producers met with leading experts in the area on the ways that the media contributes to youth suicides - and then did almost everything they were warned not to do, even going so far as to actually show the suicide on-screen. Many of the experts that they’ve spoken with are expressing grave disappointment with how the show proceeded despite their advice.
If you’re suicidal, if you’re depressed, if you self-harm, and/or if you have any trauma associated with that, please do not watch this show. It was incredibly irresponsibly handled and puts people in very real danger.
reblogging this again because it is insanely triggering and i want you all to be safe
that book was the most suicide-glorifying thing i ever laid hands on and i cannot believe it got as popular as it did because it really tries to drop the message of “hey if you die, everyone will realize what a beautiful, tragic figure you are and also that you were RIGHT ALL ALONG and they will regret everything they did to you” and it’s just an awful, dangerous message to send ESPECIALLY to anyone who might be having harmful thought so yes, seconding this message
Reblogging for my flowers
masculinity is a prison, time doesn’t exist, gender isn’t real, virginity is a construct, and Jesus wasn’t white.
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