Sian, 22, just another antipodean in SW London. You can keep up to date with where in the world I am through my other tumblr: pogandthett.tumblr.com

ianthe:

kawaii-afro-fluff:

ianthe:

This post was asking about a potential link between the afro-style wigs and big, painted lips of the modern clown and racist caricatures, so I decided to do what any good theatre history student would do - I did some…

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"Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone fat."

When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.

It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.”

I mean, it’s just true.

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“Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.”

That’s it. That’s it right there.

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One of the BEST ad campaigns about representation I have seen.

Everyone has a backbone. Use yours.

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Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can mobilize an entire society in violent hate against me.

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sheresists:

Language is never neutral.

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"
We’re used to hearing that women make about 71 cents for every dollar a man makes. In that statistic women’s wages are calculated as a function of men’s wages; men’s wages are the standard (the $1) against which women’s wages are calculated. In this way, the discrimination against women is visible…

But what if we… expressed men’s wages as a function of women’s wages? What if we said that for every dollar earned by a woman, men make $1.34? Then it wouldn’t be the discrimination that was visible - it would be the privilege. Just for being a male, a male worker received an additional 34 cents… the unearned benefits that accrue to men, just for being men.
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- Michael Kimmel, Privilege: A Reader, 6 (via mimitakestheleftturn)

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empoweringredlipstick:

#thetimes #caitlinmoran #getlucky #daftpunk

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Why aren’t more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

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kirimoth:

bluandorange:

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

fucking COOL

omg

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iamwindomearle:

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

Perfect.

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raideo:

tf2maelgwyn:

buzzfeedceleb:

George Takei responds to fans of traditional marriage.

Mr Takei, I would marry you in a heart beat

oh my god I love this man

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maymay:

“Repeat Rape: How do they get away with it?”, Part 1 of 2. (link to Part 2)

Sources:

College Men: Repeat Rape and Multiple Offending Among Undetected Rapists,Lisak and Miller, 2002 [PDF, 12 pages]

Navy Men: Lisak and Miller’s results were essentially duplicated in an even larger study (2,925 men): Reports of Rape Reperpetration by Newly Enlisted Male Navy Personnel, McWhorter, 2009 [PDF, 16 pages]

By dark-side-of-the-room, who writes:

These infogifs are provided RIGHTS-FREE for noncommercial purposes. Repost them anywhere. In fact, repost them EVERYWHERE. No need to credit. Link to the L&M study if possible.

Knowledge is a seed; sow it.

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"If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It’s not.

If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn’t.

If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.

If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add “so the rapist will choose someone else”.

If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is “she didn’t have to go to that bar/nightclub/party” you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.

Or you could just be honest and say that you don’t want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists."

- A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via brute-reason)

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