Combating bullying and anti-gay sentiment doesn’t constitute an approval of any kind of sexual activity; it recognizes that social castigation of people (or kids) who don’t comply with norms of gender performance or perceived sexual orientation is particularly vicious and dangerous, and works to prevent that for the sake of childrens’ lives. Opposing that work because of an outdated sense of sexual conservatism is both rhetorically meaningless and actively harmful to a group of people that genuinely needs support and protection. The lives of gay kids are just as important and worthwhile as the lives of straight kids, but even beyond that, “gay bullying” doesn’t just affect gay kids, it affects all kids. Strict policing of gender and sexuality hurts everyone, and when children are involved, there’s no excuse for pontificating about our own fears and hangups instead of focusing on their needs.
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WORDS, WHEREFORE ART THOU?
multiply this by the combined incomprehensibility of psychoanalysis and hitchcock and you get my current state of mind
Language, why can I not summon you and bend you to my will? This essay will not write itself, and yet I cannot craft the simplest sentences without wanting to bash something, because the words simply will NOT flow perfectly from my mind to my fingers. WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON HERE?
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A GREAT BIG GIANT ASS LIST OF FEMINIST LIT. Being both a starter kit of sorts and a list of titles that are important to the history of feminism or current feminist movement.
Please note: The author of this post has not read everything suggested here but has compiled this list based on recommendations, academic courses, etc. Many of these texts are admittedly problematic, but are included because this feminist believes it’s important to know where we’ve come from in order to move forward.
Go forth and read! And feel free to add titles if you reblog!
NEW TO FEMINISM?
Manifesta by Jennifer Baumgardner
Feminism is For Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks
Full-Frontal Feminism by Jessica ValentiDIG IN!
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
Backlash by Susan Faludi
No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women by Estelle B. Freedman
The Essential Feminist Reader edited by Estelle B. Freedman
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism by Daisy Hernandez
Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Feminism Without Borders by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes by Lillian Robinson
The Spiral Dance by Starhawk
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft; BUY IT | READ IT ONLINE
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfeFEMINISM AND THE BODY:
Unbearable Weight by Susan Bordo
FAT!SO? Because You Don’t Have to Apologize For Your Size by Marilyn Wann
The Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfFEMINISTS DO IT BETTER.
Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Judy Norsigian and the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
The Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiGET INVOLVED!
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism by Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards, and Winona LaDuke
Leading the Way: Young Women’s Activism for Social Change by Mary K. Trigg
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okay i don’t like rape analogies. my first reaction to this was WTF but maybe it’s easier to get behind than some others. also, i only realised it was hypothetical after reading it twice, silly me.
i blame the patriarchy.
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many things about this photo is right. cutest little kitten with blue eyes, tattoo with a whale! in it, and dapperness
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So you want to come hang on these NYC streets?
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