December 2011
“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming...”
– Adyashanti (via fernsandmoss)
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
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“A lubricated vagina does not mean that a woman consents to sex. Having a...”
– Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust Statement on the #itsnotrapeif Twitter phenomenon (via rrrambleon)
“No wonder some women are unconsciously passive aggressive when expressing anger,...”
– Why Women Aren’t Crazy (via lagrandefille)
I hate when people claim that women are crazy or complicated or don’t know what they want because fuck you. When a woman is vocal about her opinions, desires, feelings, you call her a bitch or crazy or hysterical. Women have been taught that the only way...
“It’s possible, in a poem or a short story, to write about commonplace things and...”
– Raymond Carver (via wordpainting)
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of ‘Blue Valentine’. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene, in which he goes down on Michelle Williams. (via goodgirls-like-to-sin)
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
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“Should you need an actress to gaze ethereally through a Dickensian window,...”
– Great Expectations – BBC1, 9pm - mirror.co.uk
The best quote from a review so far!
(via queerqueg)
anderson is just the queen of dickens. now all i need is gillian performing madame defarge and my life will be complete.
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“Successful activism is never either/or. When allies bicker over tactics, you can...”
– More than one way to Occupy: Keep Your Toolbox Full, Mickey Z
(via cultureofresistance)
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“We don’t need to justify ourselves to anyone. We don’t need a reason to be...”
– Social Justice League: Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way”. (via feminismduh)
“Eight percent of college men have either attempted or successfully raped. Thirty...”
– Margo Maine, Ph.D. (Body Wars)
There was a time that, as a person of the male persuasion, seeing this quote made me really mad. It made me mad that women would assume that I was a rapist; it made me mad that rape was becoming ‘my problem’; it made me mad because, frankly, I didn’t think it was...
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“Colored Only” Sign Posted Over Drinking Fountain... →
jessicavalenti:
Yes, this happened.
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