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I am a 21 year old lady living in New Orleans. I usually post things that have to do with feminism, space exploration, photography, Star Wars, Harry Potter, comic books, and anything else I find amusing and/or fucking awesome.
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YOU MIGHT BE A FEMINIST…

 

  • IF you believe in equal pay for equal work, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you believe in a woman’s right to autonomy over her body, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you believe that wearing short skirts is NOT an excuse for rape, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you believe that women should not be defined by their bodies, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you believe that asking a rape victim if she is a virgin at her rapist’s trial is unfair, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you believe that religion is not an excuse for sexism, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you are pro-contraception, you might be a feminist.
  • IF you believe a woman should have the right to decide who she does or does not have sex with, you might be a feminist.

“Feminist” can no longer be a dirty word.

I am so frustrated with the connotations that accompany feminism.  I am not a man-hater and I do not want “special rights”.  I want human rights, the same rights that men have had for centuries.

Now tell me you’re not a feminist.

The Art of Negative Space

The Art of Negative Space

When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding up a picture of a bone with 28 incisions carved in it. “This is often considered to be man’s first attempt at a calendar” she explained. She paused as we dutifully wrote this down. ‘My question to you is this – what man needs to mark 28 days? I would suggest to you that this is woman’s first attempt at a calendar.’ It was a moment that changed my life. In that second I stopped to question almost everything I had been taught about the past. How often had I overlooked women’s contributions?

Sandi Toksvig WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER REBLOG THIS QUOTE

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I’m taking a class called The Archaeology of Sex and Gender (I’m an anthropology and art history major), and we were studying female figurines from the Neolithic era. Some girl in my class brought up the point that when male figurines with giant phalli were discovered, they were interpreted by academics as symbols of power. When female figures with giant vulvas were discovered, they were interpreted by academics as symbols of fertility. “Why can’t the giant vulva be a symbol of power too?” she asked.

It blew my mind and reaffirmed my decision to study anthropology and art history.

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Always seek knowledge

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“Eve was framed” Vintage photo of a rally for women’s rights

“Eve was framed”

Vintage photo of a rally for women’s rights

I hate that people had to come up with the term “lipstick feminist”.  As if wearing lipstick has anything to do with wanting equal rights.

I hate that people had to come up with the term “lipstick feminist”.  As if wearing lipstick has anything to do with wanting equal rights.

“This is not an invitation to rape me” campaign

moderngirlblitz:

sun-sol-ra:

We need to learn

thank-you.

THIS

(Source: thisisnotaninvitationtorapeme.co.uk)

EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION

EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION

grrrlpower: This.

grrrlpower:

This.

pikitis: hotelsongs | carecub | xekstrin | wrathofprawn: for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge. their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured. how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever New favorite fun fact!

pikitis:

hotelsongs | carecub | xekstrin | wrathofprawn:

for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.

their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.

how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever

New favorite fun fact!

(Source: sovietico)