do you want a fucking cookie?
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Hi hello I'm Liz. I'm a 20 year old psychology/Spanish/women's studies student at UD. I organize my thoughts, likes, dislikes, personal style and ideas here. Click through on text posts because I tend to hide more words in my tags.
Some top tags/interests: feminism, style, DIY, Doctor Who, hair, girl gangs, Bitch Kittens, music, recipes, tattoos, boyz i think r cute
La Granada is my old study abroad blog.
Menarche in the UK
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Gender Stereotyping [on flickr]
A little something about gender stereotyping for my friend Lucy.
Reblogging because I’m rocking the shorts (and therefore my hairy legs) for the first time this year today. Is it weird that I’m actually nervous about it?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2w51tzd9P1r9rkh8o1_1280.jpg)
Gender Stereotyping [on flickr]
A little something about gender stereotyping for my friend Lucy.
Reblogging because I’m rocking the shorts (and therefore my hairy legs) for the first time this year today. Is it weird that I’m actually nervous about it?
(Source: sickboyy)
the constant struggle: embrace feminist integrity by avoiding chick-fil-a because they support homophobic christian causes or enjoy delicious greasy fried sandwiches and that fucking sauce and those pickles unngfhjd
“Each one of us in this room is privileged. You have a bed, and you do not go to it hungry. We are not part of those millions of homeless people roaming america today. Your privilege is not a reason for guilt, it is part of your power, to be used in support of those things you say you believe. Because to absorb without use is the gravest error of privilege.”
— Audre Lorde
“The argument that women who enjoy BDSM are “taught” they should be submissive in bed is insulting to me as a feminist: I’m not a little girl who needs other people to tell me what’s best for me. I choose to trust the men I “play” with. I know what kind of pornography and erotica turns me on. I know what kind of touch turns me on. I know what kind of words and tone of voice turn me on. In fact, there’s sort of a joke in BDSM that submissives are actually the dominant ones because they have ultimate control (like with a safe word). As far as spanking play goes, I’ve always been the one telling men to do this to me, to do it harder, to do it softer, and when to stop.”
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BDSM And Feminism: “Stop Telling Me What I’m Supposed To Like, Damn It.” (via sexisnottheenemy)
After reading an interview with Audre Lorde called “Sadomasochism: Not About Condemnation” I’m glad I stumbled on this. Lorde’s words still make me feel guilty for not analyzing the significance of what I enjoy (because she points out that the erotic doesn’t stop in the bedroom, it extends beyond because “the personal is political” and all) but it’s nice to see the other side.
(via blck-grrl)
this is fucking awesome
haha this took me a while.
This could be a “when you see it, you’ll shit bricks” entry.
I finally talked to Logic Class Boy by asking him how he thought today’s quiz went. after a couple minutes of chatting he said that it raped him.
why
why
why
I recently mixed up Andrea Gibson, Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich. I officially declare that there may be no more feminist theorists or poets with A names.
Made rebloggable: What does objectification mean?
What does objectification mean beyond just “treat someone like an object”?Here is a helpful tidbit on objectification according to feminist theory, which I found here. It gives a pretty comprehensive overview of different kinds of objectification.
Objectification is a notion central to feminist theory. It can be roughly defined as the seeing and/or treating a person, usually a woman,as an object. In this entry, the focus is primarily on sexual objectification, objectification occurring in the sexual realm. Martha Nussbaum (1995, 257) has identified seven features that are involved in the idea of treating a person as an object:
- instrumentality: the treatment of a person as a tool for the objectifier’s purposes;
- denial of autonomy: the treatment of a person as lacking in autonomy and self-determination;
- inertness: the treatment of a person as lacking in agency, and perhaps also in activity;
- fungibility: the treatment of a person as interchangeable with other objects;
- violability: the treatment of a person as lacking in boundary-integrity;
- ownership: the treatment of a person as something that is owned by another (can be bought or sold);
- denial of subjectivity: the treatment of a person as something whose experiences and feelings (if any) need not be taken into account.
Rae Langton (2009, 228–229) has added three more features to Nussbaum’s list:
- reduction to body: the treatment of a person as identified with their body, or body parts;
- reduction to appearance: the treatment of a person primarily in terms of how they look, or how they appear to the senses;
- silencing: the treatment of a person as if they are silent, lacking the capacity to speak.
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