April 2011
March 2011
traschcan asked: Hey, I was wondering if I could use you as a source for my article? If so, could you in a sentence or two, tell me something about being a dancer that you love, or that you strongly feel people should know, or something about how it is feminist from your perspective? I like my article so far, but I feel like without something from someone in the profession, it is easy to dismiss as the view of an...
HEAD GIRL: Why Should I Believe Someone when They... →
privilegedandgoodlooking:
Because of all the reasons why people pay a huge price for speaking up, and because of all the reasons why people take back their stories, question themselves, overvalue the aggressor’s feelings and dismiss their own; because of the ways our communities respond (it’s easier to dismiss someone’s…
Tom Ford's five easy lessons in how to be a... →
coketalk:
1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
3. Manners are very important and actually knowing...
Reblog If you have Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue,...
mayhemity:
I want to.. Help listen ask questions answer questions understand try to understand be there Have someone who freaking GETS IT!!!
“[TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
To many rapists, “rape” is something that...”
– Harriet J of Fugitivus That last sentence… terrifying. (via rosewater-sailor)
^ And true. It’s taken me four years to accept that I wasn’t “kind of” raped. I was a victim. Now I’m a survivor.
fuckyeahkatebornstein:
“Safe gender is being who and what we want to be when we want to be that, with no threat of censure or violence.
Safe gender is going as far in any direction as we wish, with no threat to our health, or to anyone else’s.
Safe gender is not being pressured into passing, not having to lie, not having to hide.”
-Kate Bornstein
****TRIGGER WARNING for discussion of sexual...
hipsteranonymous:
Rape Culture 101:
After I was date-raped, I had to explain to the authorities:
-what outfit I wore
-what I drank
-what I ate
-what I said
-if I crossed my legs
-how I laughed
-if I laughed
-the makeup I wore
-what underwear I wore
-who I talked to
-what bar I went to
-who my friends are
-what type of car I drive
-what type of shoes I wore
-if I wore tights
-how...
“If you’re not mature enough to treat consent like a continual process, you’re...”
– Consent Is Not A Lightswitch | Amplify (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
Save Our Oceans: Avoid the Top 5 Most... →
