invisiblelad:

the-one-you-will-hate:

reactionism:

ladyluckystar:

invisiblelad:

yellow-dress:

cestlafemmenoire:

heartthrob:

g33kgasm:

heroinfriday:

xpolkovnik:

conservativetildeath:

bluestaterepublican:

priceofliberty:

This image is named “tanning beds.jpg” in my image repository

…….What? How? How does this have anything to do with gender? Last time I checked, there were black men and black women in this world. What an idiot…

I’m sorry but…

WHAT? One, there are “dark” men too. Second, what in the fuck does that have to do with feminism?

…What?

-Liv

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yes there are obviously black men, but who do you think skin lightening products are targeted at? she’s saying that to appeal to beauty standards in the us (which are set by white people, but also by men) that a lot of women use skin whitening cream, and are encouraged to use it. which is so, so fucked up.  if you think racism and sexism aren’t closely intertwined idk what to tell you

Exactly. Women of color are told they’re undesirable, or that their only redeeming traits are their ass, thighs, curves, or breasts, because the standards for beauty have set by white misogynists who dehumanize and festishize WOC. They’ll tell you to put these harmful chemicals on your skin and take your dollar, but they won’t take your ass.

The fact that skin lightening products are sold means that there is a demand for people who want lighter skin because they have been rejected and condemned for their bodies. 

DO YOU FUCKING PEOPLE ACTUALLY NOT SEE THE HARMFUL CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS SHIT.

I’m so fucking embarrassed by my fellow white feminists. You racist “feminists” are a fucking joke. If you can’t see how racist beauty standards aren’t relevant to feminism then you can gtfo.

My sister used to have a boyfriend that told her she was “pretty” because she had lighter skin and “better” features (not like those other black girls). The amount of weight, even in these modern times placed on black women adhering to a “lighter is better” is considerable and interconnected with sexism without a doubt. 

“What does race have anything to do with feminism?”

White feminist….

stop.

Skin lightening products are a godsend so that otherwise ugly women can become slightly more beautiful.

So do skin darkening products. Its called tanning/tan spray/bronzer.

…I’m a little lost on your point here. No black person on earth is actively or passively encouraged to become darker (as its not associated with ideal”beauty”  as an example). If anything, the thread has established that there are social disincentives for darker women. Thus, there’s not exactly a booming market for tanning products for black people…

I don’t even want to begin to describe how Eurocentric beauty standards affected me. Still affects me, actually, since I feel fucking nervous at just the thought of getting a tan. And I KNOW I shouldn’t be thinking this way, but I can’t stop.

And then there are the men in my family who don’t give a shit how tan they get because nobody ever told them how much better they’d look pale.

If you can’t see how this is tied into feminism, then I have no hope for you.

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Why aren’t more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

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alexandraerin:

setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain:

mr-cappadocia:

You didn’t think too deeply about this did you? Of course not. If you were prone to thinking deeply about things… you probably wouldn’t be a Feminist, now would you?

If a troll, HAHAAHAHAH

If not, HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathes* AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHH YOU JUST PROVED THIS ENTIRE IMAGE RIGHT

I want to say that mr-cappadocia is absolutely a troll, in that he trawls for attention/reaction, but I don’t want to suggest he doesn’t believe in the causes he trolls for.

(Source: wonderful-manna)

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• oh the irony

Adventures of a Girl Janitor: Stephen Colbert [TW FOR TRANSMISOGYNY AND RELATED SLURS]

girljanitor:

schakall:

yourfaveisproblematic:

• on pink slime “Yes, LFTB because our beef now has so many hormones it’s a member of the transgendered community.” (“So I just want to get out in front of this and say that I, Stephen Colbert, apologize to any of my transgender bovine viewers that may have been offended.”)
• “That’s why, fellas, always look for the adams apple! That’s a pro tip. Then, look for the adam’s penis”
• “Nation, President Elect, Obama is meeting every day with his transition team, or in beltway lingo, ‘tr***ies’.”
• “But these days, chewing gum is as supple and flamboyant as a Saigon Ladyboy.”
• “Oh, and the next time you’re waltzing with Matilda, you might wanna check out her adam’s apple, ‘cause she’s a dude!”
• “I’m not talking tasteful private ceremonies, I’m talking parades with floats, throbbing disco music, and sh*m**es tying the knot on preschool playgrounds!”
• “Now, I already an advance copy of the Deathly Hallows and Spoiler alert: Hermione’s a dude…”
• “If you ask me, we can’t trust any of these tr***ies.”
• “You see, I didn’t come here to criticize anyone. I came here to praise one man, one Her-man. Important note: a her-man is not the same as a sh*m**e.”
• “Gee, I wonder how a man called “Hilary” became so obsessed with names… …but, what would this limey sh*m**e have us call the war on terror instead?”
• “I believe that “the Man” is keeping the California republicans down. And, being from California, “the Man” is probably a tr***y.”
• “So, was this just a simple case of a panda that was a female and all along was misidentified due to the breed’s ambiguous sexual characteristics, or is the simpler answer that we’ve got a tr***y panda? Now, I never thought I’d give advice to bears, but here you go. Chinese pandas, here’s how you can tell the difference: if you show up to your breeding pen and your lady’s got a an adam’s apple and big paws, get the hell out of there!”
• “Left to their own devices, these brave young souls could fall prey to some very dangerous characters…” cuts to clips of Sex and the City “…by which I mean tr***ies.”
• “Now, we’ve all been fooled by these tr***y reptiles before…You’re out in the desert with a few friends having a few drinks. You see a lizard sunning itself on a rock. You go over to strike up a conversation. The lizards plays it cool, doesn’t respond. So you drink more to fill the awkward pauses. Next thing you know, you’re back at her place and suddenly you realize what you’re caressing isn’t a cloaca, it’s an enlarged femoral pore! And you just get the hell out of there! Or so I have read.”
• “C’mon democratic party. Play along! If your party does not implode, we’ll have to go with our backup scandal. Ed Rendell is a tr***y!” (screen shows photoshopped image of Ed Rendell) “Hello! I thought we were going to put up a picture of Ed Rendell, not this lovely lady right here.”
• “To get this protection these fair-weather-females and fence-sitting-fellas will have to identify themselves. They will no longer shock and confuse young reporters on assignment in a new town who happen to appreciate ladies with big hands.”
• “Oh, you mean the place of Queens…I thought maybe you were gonna reveal something! that perhaps we had a sh*m**e on our hands, here.”
• This tweet

• This facebook post

• “But, here’s my biggest problem: this race was for female leatherback turtles. What kind of girl’s name is Billy? Ok. Know what I think, folks? Billy is a dude! A turtle tr***y! You can tell by the size of the flippers. And the adam’s apple. Trust me, I’ve been burned too many times. Evidently, I am not alone. They are a menace! Here’s my theory. While Stephanie and all of the other real gals were actually laying eggs on the beach in their nests, Billy fooled the judges by popping ping-ping balls out of his behind. And now he wants a trophy! Well, your little crying game is up, William! No no no, I demand that race officials verify the sex of this turtle, by checking the concavity of its plastron! Oh yeah, I’ve done my research. I do the same thing to all of my dates. And if that plastron is not concave, I am out of there.”
• Colbert: Is there a difference between male-bodied and male, or female-bodied and female?
  Ketchup: Not all people with female bodies identify as women.
  Colbert: So, if I meet somebody down there who says they’re a woman—
  Ketchup: mmmhmm
  Colbert: —I could be in for a rude surprise? Because they may not be female-bodied?

• Colbert: Like What? What? What kind of jobs?
• Cartwright: Like transient farm working jobs.
  Colbert: I don’t care what sex they are, as long as the pick my vegetables.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

NEVER TRUSTING A WHITE DUDE AGAIN

Just in case people didn’t know.

It kinda sucks sometimes to be a fan of his show because satire is supposed to mock the powerful, not the oppressed. It’s frustrating and hurtful. This is one of the most painfully obvious ways that Colbert’s character goes beyond “I’m satirizing bigots by pretending to be one” and is just plain old being a fucking bigot.

Also notice the lack of hate for AFAB people.

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• transmisogyny

buffy rewatch • ‘hells bells’

(Source: memewhore)

repeating-serenity:

my little brother wrote about me for school and this was one of the sentences he wrote. im sobbing “my sister is my role model because she can watch 12 years worth of law and order in 3 months”

boydivision:

when you try to move a fly away with your hand and it’s too slow and you end up TOUCHING I T 

nippled:

people that regularly go to sleep before 10 pm

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neofriend:

this is my son with the dog i just got him

(Source: eyeofwonder)

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