May 2013
Anonymous asked: Could you provide a list of how abortion save lives and how it does not leave the person who had an abortion traumatized forever afterwards?Thanks:)
Watching a show called "Your Style in His Hands".
aquapunk:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
Or, more accurately, “Throw Away All Your Wife’s Clothes, Buy New Ones That Make Her Feel Uncomfortable And Are Only Appropriate For Summer And In So Doing Assert Financial Control Over Her, Reinforce The Idea That She Needs Your Approval For All Her Outfits And Social Outings And Make Her Feel Even More Shit About Herself Than She Does Already Probably All...
“I’ll say it loud and I’ll say it clear. I am not mentally ill, never was, never...”
– Jacqui Dillon, The Personal is Political (via madness-narrative)
Anonymous asked: What do you think about Author Kailin Gow? Does she really empower girls as her Amazon bio's claim?
Watching a show called "Your Style in His Hands".
Or, more accurately, “Throw Away All Your Wife’s Clothes, Buy New Ones That Make Her Feel Uncomfortable And Are Only Appropriate For Summer And In So Doing Assert Financial Control Over Her, Reinforce The Idea That She Needs Your Approval For All Her Outfits And Social Outings And Make Her Feel Even More Shit About Herself Than She Does Already Probably All Thanks To Being Married To A...
Anonymous asked: Since you posted that article blowing his trumpet, what do you think about the fact that Charles Ramsey did time for domestic violence a bunch of times?
“[Charles Ramsey’s] intensity […] and also his competence (he does a...”
– Amy Davidson about Charles Ramsey http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2013/05/amanda-berry-charles-ramsey-cleveland-kidnap.html
Anonymous asked: What do you think about the Anonymous hackers collective in general?
April 2013
Anonymous asked: Ok, thank you for your answers. With all due respect, you did have a post about "Thatcher's funeral: Here’s what we could have spent that £10m on" on April 17th, so it may have been convenient for someone to ask.
Anonymous asked: whats happenin wiv the police stuf?
Anonymous asked: "Wow. Are you kidding me? Have you heard of a little thing called Google?" . You should be mindful that people come to this site looking for answers since they are genuinely in the unknown of where to begin to look for them. When you begin to answer questions this way you assume your audience already is in the same field as yourself. For someone who is "fuck yeah" about...
Anonymous asked: To answer for the anonymous ""Wow. Are you kidding me? Have you heard of a little thing called Google?" is an insult because it's like saying "You stupid! Here's your answer, dumbass." Or to put it another way, if you asked a question in, say, a class, it's like begin told by the teacher "Wow! Can you read? the answer is [whatever the answer is]" ...
Anonymous asked: What is your take on President Obama?
Anonymous asked: my friend has a really cool shirt where theres a uterus at the bottom right over her real uterus. but is a piece of clohing like this offensive to the trans community?
Anonymous asked: Hey :) just a message to say your personal FAQ link is broken. Thanks for having such a great educational blog!
Anonymous asked: "Wow. Are you kidding me? Have you heard of a little thing called Google?" Okay there was literally no reason to be even sort of a ass there. If you didn't want to answer it then you just shouldn't have answered it, not began your answer with an insult.
Anonymous asked: For those in the US and elsewhere who don't know about Margaret Thatcher, except that she was British Prime Minister and maybe the Falkland wars. What's the big deal with her? And what's your opinion of whatever it is that she did as British Prime Minister, if any?
Anonymous asked: Hi, I've been wondering on women who married and kept their last names. How is their child named, usually? Is it [child's given name] [child's middle name] [mother's last name]-[father's last name] or is it [child's given name] [child's middle name] [father's last name combined with mother's last name] or [mother's last name]/[father's last...
Anonymous asked: Also how should one try to name their children so that it will be easier for the child to go from one sex to the other if the child choose to do so, and also to raise the child up in a happy household?
Thatcher's funeral: Here’s what we could have... →
Today parts of London will come to a standstill as the casket of Margaret Thatcher makes its way around the capital en route to a ceremonial funeral at St Paulâ’s, its journey facilitated by some 4,000 police officers and £10million of taxpayers’ money.
Anonymous asked: I was wondering if you knew of any resources for spouses of people transitioning, preferably from f to m?
robotghost replied to your post: I’m not sure where you got “fleet of hounds from,” but there were a hefty amount of people who sprayed the survey with extremely hateful comments, no doubt coming from the fact that you reblogged it and shamed me publicly, instead of just either telling me personally, or not reblogging at all. Transgender is a distinct identity and encompasses a wide variety of...
robotghost asked: I'm not sure where you got "fleet of hounds from," but there were a hefty amount of people who sprayed the survey with extremely hateful comments, no doubt coming from the fact that you reblogged it and shamed me publicly, instead of just either telling me personally, or not reblogging at all. Transgender is a distinct identity and encompasses a wide variety of identities under that...
robotghost asked: hey, could you do me a huge favor? i know you don't know me, but i've got a major research project going on about feminist history & tumblr feminism. i'd love if you'd just publish this ask :] the survey can be found at surveymonkey. com/s/B3KGG8J (minus the space.) it's only about 15-20 minutes, nine quick questions, and i need as much as i can get! thank you!
Particularly disappointing things about tonight's...
I’ve had the whole 90 mins to ponder this:
Jonathan’s cissexism. While i think a drama acknowledging the existence of cissexism could be a positive thing (in the same way that TV can show homophobia, racism, sexism, etc. and rightly frame it as reprehensible and embarrassing), because Jonathan Creek the man is presented as “the voice of reason” cissexism coming from his...
Jonathan Creek spoiler
[[MORE]]WHY did they have to make Jonathan Creek the cissexist?!?
March 2013
Feminism has failed working class women →
Watching last night’s SVU. “Legitimate Rape”. Hope this exploration of hyper current affairs is better than their “Chris Brown/Rihanna” thing from a few weeks ago.
missamberly asked: TW: Self-Injury You're getting a lot of hate for the SI thing, and i wanted to chime in and say Thank You. I've had a lot of very misguided people try and tell me (as well as others with SI history) that we need to stop, that we shouldn't hurt ourselves, etc. It's nice to see someone who recognizes how damaging it is when someone tries to take away what is the only coping...
Anonymous asked: You are being really irresponsible + you have NO idea what you're talking about re. self harm.
Anonymous asked: that self harm thing is sick. self harm is terrible and horrific and shouldn't be encouraged. that school should be shut down.
School set up 'controlled self harm' policy for... →
Trigger warning for the obvious.
I think this is fine.
Anonymous asked: " because actually the idea of having to convince someone that i’m a human being is just totally disgusting to me." Agree! {Clap! } Hopefully one can fix our culture so no one would have to! (Could you give pointers on what should be fixed for starters?) "I don’t know if you’re a man or a woman and i think that probably affects it." Ok, so what is your answer...
This Amanda Knox retrial news has bummed me out. This is just going to be another circus of slut shaming by the British and Italian media.
Anonymous asked: Why do you think men act the way they do? Is it because of upbringing? Genetics? Something I else? Why is it that some men get angry and cite male oppression whenever gender inequality is brought up? What do you think about male, especially white male oppression, that I get bombed with about so much? And how should I try to change my men? Not sure if this has been asked before as I can't find...
'Gender And Sexual Diversities,' Should Replace... →
midwestgenderqueer:
I like “Gender and Sexual Diversities” WAY better than “Gender and Sexual Minorities” because really, what is to prove ‘queerness’ is the minority? It is a cultural barrier that defines something as ‘straight’ or ‘normative.’ The variance in identity/behavior/practice/experience is there, but we rarely call it what it is, so I think ‘minority’ is not a good descriptor....
Anonymous asked: Maybe you should post all the hate "asks" you've receive in a special section. So those who follow you can know what sort of shit is begin asked.
THIS IS POTENTIALLY REALLY IMPORTANT: →
thehats:
thehats:
ohmariesmiles:
I have someone staying in my hotel tonight that made me think that this would be worth sharing here.
If you are running away/trying to hide from someone that is frightening, abusing, harassing you, and you find yourself staying in a hotel to avoid being found, there’s an extra precaution you can take.
When you check in, ask the front desk clerk to put you...
Smith College tells trans applicant she can... →
stfusexists:
I am speechless with rage. I honestly have no words.
sick.
starfuckerinquirewithin replied to your post: Your thoughts on schwyzer got me thinking about a conversation I had with my mentor when I was in Men Against Rape on my campus. We talked about goals for the semester & he posed this question to me: what do we do with the men, after hearing our message and reading our pamphlets, who realize that they are rapists and abusers and basically get...
starfuckerinquirewithin asked: Your thoughts on schwyzer got me thinking about a conversation I had with my mentor when I was in Men Against Rape on my campus. We talked about goals for the semester & he posed this question to me: what do we do with the men, after hearing our message and reading our pamphlets, who realize that they are rapists and abusers and basically get converted to the cause? I had no idea how to answer...
Schoolteacher commits suicide after Daily Mail... →
mssswitch:
dreadful-record-of-sin:
hyenaboy:
zjemptv:
It was exactly three months ago that Richard Littlejohn published a piece in the Daily Mail viciously attacking Lucy Meadows, a primary school teacher in Britain. Littlejohn targeted Meadows because she’s transgender and had chosen to remain in her job as a teacher after beginning to present as a woman – this was the entire basis for...
a petition calling for The Daily Mail to fire... →
henryrollinsneck:
takes thirty seconds, if that.
Yes, please sign & reblog.
http://hugoschwyzer.tumblr.com/post/45891841853/the... →
quixoticlyqueer:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
thefeministfix:
depitation:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
hugoschwyzer:
thefeministfix:
Three cheers (and blondes!) for sex positivity! With Jessica Drake and @hugoschwyzer (at Pasadena City College)
Gross. Gross. Gross. Sex positivity is not a rapist who tried to murder his partner posing for a photo next to a porn star and a tumblr Feminist...
http://hugoschwyzer.tumblr.com/post/45891841853/the... →
thefeministfix:
depitation:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
hugoschwyzer:
thefeministfix:
Three cheers (and blondes!) for sex positivity! With Jessica Drake and @hugoschwyzer (at Pasadena City College)
Gross. Gross. Gross. Sex positivity is not a rapist who tried to murder his partner posing for a photo next to a porn star and a tumblr Feminist who think that’s totally fucking fine…
(and i...
Anonymous asked: Gettysburg College has both gender neutral housing and singles available. These are options for first years as well.
http://hugoschwyzer.tumblr.com/post/45891841853/the... →
hugoschwyzer:
thefeministfix:
Three cheers (and blondes!) for sex positivity! With Jessica Drake and @hugoschwyzer (at Pasadena City College)
Gross. Gross. Gross. Sex positivity is not a rapist who tried to murder his partner posing for a photo next to a porn star and a tumblr Feminist who think that’s totally fucking fine… (and i changed this to link because who wants to see...
