dresdencodak:

‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative

An incredible article about the myths of women’s role in history, our biases from patriarchal education and media, and how not addressing those biases creates a feedback loop in fiction that perpetuates sexism.

A must read!

We forget what the story’s about. We erase women in our stories who, in our own lives, are powerful, forthright, intelligent, terrifying people. Women stab and maim and kill and lead and manage and own and run. We know that. We experience it every day. We see it.

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[T]he trouble is, it’s often hard to sort out what we actually experienced from what we’re told we experienced, or what we should have experienced. We’re social creatures, and fallible.

http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/

"Heteronormativity isn’t just about the presumption that everyone is heterosexual. The expectation that boys woo girls feeds into your mind the expectation that relationships are necessary for fulfilment, and you are less than if you are not having particular kinds of sex with a particular, and a particular kind of, person at particular intervals. It’s about what Lauren Berlant calls the love plot, in which love is produced as a generic text enabling society to interpret your life as following certain conventions. It’s not about what you want, it’s about what you’re supposed to want. You’re not encouraged to think about what you want in relationships, if anything, so much as you are encouraged to fit a script. Heteronormativity messes things up for everyone, straight people included."

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Tossing the script of desire | Zero at the Bone (via brute-reason)

Have I already reblogged this? Don’t know don’t care.

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edentimm:

i dont exist so you can find me attractive and acceptable

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illeity:

A Pulse

“My song is love, is love unknown/
And I’ve got to get that message home.”
-A Message, Coldplay

Congratulations Tom Siddel, you won the Internet!

playlaughlove5678:

If you’re boycotting Monsanto, here’s a list of what you Can’t have. Just for reference’s sake.

And so time rolls on…

Sexism and Racism in Advertising: Home

Happy 21st birthday Alanna!

abandonedporn:

Fallout

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Response to Anon’s Post @andmyelectricsurgesfree

Hello.

You suggest that my girlfriend talks over me and stifles my own articulation of trans identity. If you had been present during my self-discovery in this area, I would listen to you with an open heart. As it happens, however, A supported me with dedication throughout the entire ongoing process, something you did not do. You cannot imagine the kindness of this girl and meticulousness of her self-education. She never asks to be congratulated for it.

If you are trying to dig up the dirt on our relationship, I assure you that we have beaten you to it. We have struggled through massive codependency and mental health crises. The love we feel for one another has proved its mettle time and time again, redefining the contours of our relationship in progressively healthier ways. If you know A from an earlier period in her life, I would suggest renewing your acquaintance. This girl is remarkably self-sufficient and respectful of boundaries. She and I both have our traumas, which you do not know about, and are at a point in our relationship where we can support each other in working them out while also giving each other space for self-actualization. Butt out.

If you want to talk to me about problems you perceive in my relationships, I would suggest calling my phone number. If you aren’t comfortable doing that, then you should reconsider your internet behavior.