roseaposey:

“Judgments”

I took this last year, but in retrospect, I think it’s my strongest piece from high school.

Working on this project really made me examine my own opinions, preconceptions and prejudices about “slutty” women and women who choose to cover all of their skin alike. I used to assume that all women who wore Hijabs were being oppressed, slut-shame, and look down on and judge any woman who didn’t express her sexuality in a way that I found appropriate.

I’d like to think I’m more open now.

THIS.

An Open Letter to the Woman Who Wrote ‘11 Qualities of the Perfect Woman’

(via Jezebel)

Dear woman who wrote “11 Qualities of the Perfect Woman” in the current issue ofMen’s Health,

Hi. I’m Lindy. We don’t know each other. In fact, I don’t know anything about you. I didn’t even Google you. I don’t know what other articles you’ve written, what you’re interested in, how old you are, how long you’ve been in the magazine business, whether you’re an intern, or—actually—whether you’re a dude with a girl’s name or whatever. I don’t know if you pitched this terrible charticle thingy you’ve written, or if it was assigned to you by some intimidating guy with a corner office and fashion-forward Hugo Boss socks. I worked in magazines for years and my byline is on plenty of stupid shit I didn’t stand behind. I hope that’s the case here. I really do. […] 

george-orr:

7 Ways Women and Girls Are Stereotyped, Sexualized, and Underrepresented on Screen

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/11/geena-davis-institute-women-girls-are-stereotyped-sexualized-hollywood

Not allowed to think for yourself,

not allowed to speak for yourself,

not allowed to see for yourself.

(via Faithless Daughter)

brashblacknonbeliever:

Last time I checked when I got married and was pregnant, my body still belonged to me.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT THE HELL?!?!?  This is so wrong.

Love the Michael Bluth icon, btw…

(via stfuprolifers)

hottummy:

there-were-no-good-urls-left:

whenever i see posts like this i makeup backstories for the slutty girls

YES

LOOK AT THAT COMMENTARY

(via stfueverything)

acciobenedictcumberbatch:

fuckyeahrainbowhair:

fallingfate:

rapeculturemakesmeangry:

This is from the slut walk. One of the arguments is that girls ask for rape because they wear slutty clothes, short skirts, tight, low-cut tops. This girl is an example of the fact that rape victims can look like anyone, you, me, this girl. Rapists. Dont. Discriminate.

I promised a long time ago that I’d reblog this whenever I saw it on my dash. No regrets, it breaks my heart every single time.

an incredibly important message, rape is rape. no one is ever asking for it. a woman has the right to dress how ever they want - it is society that identifies risque dressing as ‘asking for it’, and in my opinion, that way of thinking needs to be diminished.

Always, always reblog.

(via silvershoggoth)

lierdumoa:

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

The woman who made your Wifi working.

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American actress. Max Reinhardt called her the “most beautiful woman in Europe” due to her “strikingly dark exotic looks”.

Mathematically talented, Lamarr came up with an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day.

OMG I read a BUST article on this woman like a year ago. She was SO COOL. She was like, “Damnit, no one in the government will hire me to invent shit. FINE. I WILL MARRY FELLOW INVENTOR WITH GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS AND DO MY OWN RESEARCH. Oh shit. How am I going to pay for my own research? What can I do that doesn’t take up too much of my time and pays me lots of money? OH, I GUESS I’LL JUST BE A FAMOUS ACTRESS. IF I HAVE TO BE.”

Wow. This is awesome.

Stfu, Pro-Life!: My Experience With Anti-Choicers

luffykun3695 submitted:

I wanted to talk a little about my own experiences with Pro-Life and Pro-Lifers. This issue is very close to my heart for a multitude of reasons and I wanted to put myself out there and share my experience. I made this a text post because it was too long to submit…