"The Texas A&M student senate late Wednesday passed a bill aimed at letting...
“The Texas A&M student senate late Wednesday passed a bill aimed at letting students opt out of funding the university’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Resource Center on religious...
View Article"We came up with the new bill — the new bill that does not point out anyone,”...
““We came up with the new bill — the new bill that does not point out anyone,” McNutt said of the reworked proposal. “If you think this is pointing someone out, it is a fabrication in your head that...
View Article"The probability of a nuclear exchange between North Korea and other nations,...
“The probability of a nuclear exchange between North Korea and other nations, including the U.S., inched upwards this week as Pyongyang put out a statement that “The moment of explosion is approaching...
View ArticleAnother thing that bothers me on all the stuff about Adria Richards...
…is the outrage over how she put what she experienced in a public forum, in full view and hearing of dozens of people, in another public forum. People are very insistent that if you make some really...
View ArticleBlack Girls and Dolls; Black Women and Pinterest
gradientlair:Yesterday I saw a photograph from the 1970s of a group of Black girls playing with all White dolls on fuckyeahdollsofcolor’s Tumblr blog. I liked fuckyeahdollsofcolor’s comment:There were...
View Article"I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work for or demand...
“I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work for or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.” - Susan B Anthony “A HIstory of US Feminisms” (via sourcedumal)But WE abandoned...
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theraceproblem: Jim Crow University?: The State of Racial...
theraceproblem:Jim Crow University?: The State of Racial Tolerance on America’s CampusesRacial slurs; racist graffiti; taunts and jeers; nooses hanging from doors; and blackface. No, I am not talking...
View ArticleBlack Women in the Feminist Movement
Black Women in the Feminist Movement: theraceproblem:Black Women who participated in the feminist movement during the 1960s often met with racism. It generally took the form of exclusion: black women...
View ArticleYour quote from Susan B Anthony, “I will cut off this right arm of mine...
No, this was pretty much straight up a quote about how white women deserved the vote and black men did not, at least not until more deserving white ladies had it, a subject she fairly extensively spoke...
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beeishappy: TCR 2013.01.28 | TDS 2013.04.02 | Jon & Stephen...
beeishappy:TCR 2013.01.28 | TDS 2013.04.02 | Jon & Stephen Break Up With North Korea [x]
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When people say "Oz the Great and Powerful" is anti-feminist...
I think that they need to rewatch it.I say this because it was FILLED WITH STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS.EVANORA. The original wicked witch who craved control, killed the king and had the land of Oz in fear...
View Article"This delaying of the true identity of the Wicked Witch and the suggestion...
“This delaying of the true identity of the Wicked Witch and the suggestion that even good women can be, or at least appear to be, wicked, goes along with the fear of female wickedness that shaped not...
View Article"And finally, we come to Glinda. Considering her power seems to be limited to...
“And finally, we come to Glinda. Considering her power seems to be limited to bubbles and fog, she may not seem to be the most influential woman in the movie. However, she does raise the tinkers,...
View Article"I’d say the most feminist character in the movie is easily the little china...
“I’d say the most feminist character in the movie is easily the little china girl. She is spunky and has a fighting spirit, despite being made of the most fragile material the writers could come up...
View Article"There was one scene in which the film that could’ve expressed a feminist...
“There was one scene in which the film that could’ve expressed a feminist value, but Glinda instead stayed comfortably inside the patriarchal value system. Rather than challenging anything, she instead...
View Article"If anything this film was consistent. It ended with Oz proclaiming his joy...
“If anything this film was consistent. It ended with Oz proclaiming his joy at the most ‘beautiful’ witch in the lands. Kind of an expression of ‘I broke Mila Kunis but oh well. This one’s prettier....
View Article"But Glinda the good witch is the definition of [the manic pixie dream girl]...
“But Glinda the good witch is the definition of [the manic pixie dream girl] trope. Simply a character to sit there, look pretty, be told repeatedly how pretty she is, and puff up James Franco’s ego by...
View Article"Being a feminist and a film critic (or indeed a feminist and anyone who...
“Being a feminist and a film critic (or indeed a feminist and anyone who interrogates almost anything in contemporary culture) involves a curious process of mental ball-hopping that many of you may be...
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People have been calling me bossy for as long as I can...
People have been calling me bossy for as long as I can remember. You know what, though? For all people have accused me of being bossy, no one has ever accused me of not being correct, and...
View Articlemmmisandrymermaid: ritchandfamous: Straight people who say “be nice to me or...
mmmisandrymermaid:ritchandfamous:Straight people who say “be nice to me or I won’t give you rights” are not our allies.White people who say “be nice to me or I won’t give you rights” are not allies.Men...
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