October 2009
11 posts
ghostlove:
The Feminist Carnival (not the parenting one) is in 6 days and I have only 5 submissions. Please submit http://is.gd/4vrDo and RT!
So submit, lovelies!
A Brief List of Ways that Ableist and Misogynistic...
abbyjean:
thecurvature:
1) Women with disabilities are (still) often forcibly sterilised 2) Women with disabilities, especially those in institutions, are particularly vulnerable to rape 3) Women with disabilities are often denied access to sex ed (which perpetuates the vulnerabilities in #2) 4) Women with disabilities are often denied access to birth control by doctors who believe they...
on slutty witches, slutty nurses, slutty pilots...
amandaw:
thecurvature:
[lotta stuff snipped] … Which is all to say that this is a very long rant expressing my displeasure at the fact that women are never given CHOICES. That’s what I want. I want a world in which no one is going to judge the woman wearing a short skirt and call her names and debate whether or not she is corrupting society, and I want in that same world for women to not be...
““I don’t like all of this “It’s rape if I say it’s rape” because you are not the...”
– Jezebel commenter Cimorene, who should really have a star so I don’t have to go through rape threads and individually promote her comments. (via pilgrimsoul) (via gauntlet) (via thecurvature)
“Some disabled feminists have suggested that since women have been the...”
– As quoted by Anna Overseas in relation to the latest round of feminist ableism fail.
*waves*
Hey folks. Just setting up my tumblr.
A bit about me: among other things, I’m Australian, non-white, cis, disabled, a reader, a writer, a woman and a feminist. I’m a fan of feminist sci fi and Doctor Who and love a bit of knitting and cake. I consider that I’ve been a feminist all my life but only realised consciously in 2007.
Nice to be here. :)
