February 2012
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Application To Write For UniLad: Chris Coltrane's... →
You know UniLad. The website that was shut down after they posted a “joke” suggesting that men should rape women if they can’t pull them, because rape conviction rates are so low that they’ll probably get away with it. UniLad took some time off to think about their actions (or more accurately, in the hope that the controversy would somehow magic itself away). And now,...
January 2012
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Diane Abbott racism non-story →
bitterbuffalo:
MP Diane Abbott has been forced to apologise for a tweet she sent yesterday during a discussion with journalist Bim Adewunmi about the use of the terms “the black community” and “black community leaders” in the media. The offending tweet read: White people love playing ‘divide & rule’. We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism Cue outrage about this apparent...
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Racism vs “racism”: why Diane Abbott was right... →
I can imagine a world in which Diane Abbott’s tweet that “White people love playing ‘divide and rule’ We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism” would be racist. In this parallel universe Britain is dominated, politically and economically, by an unshakeable clique of black, working-class women and two black men have just been convicted, several years too late thanks to an...
December 2011
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“Men have called me a man-hater, a feminazi, frigid, a bitch… but in my mind it...”
– Heartless Bitches International (via warrioroftheleft)
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Men Get Raped Too - A response. (TW) →
bitterbuffalo:
stfusexists:
This is an incredible piece of writing on the phenomenon that has become a meme of sorts, “What about teh menz?”. I really enjoyed this, instant follow.
sexistculture:
You know, I just checked back in on this post, and something about this last response rubbed me the wrong way. Not because I disagree with anything it said on its own, just because I think it...
Also, on the topic of Lads' Mags
bitterbuffalo:
Remember when Danny Dyer advised a Zoo magazine reader to “cut your ex’s face, so no one will want her”.
And remember how shit like that actually really happens all the time.
Oh but Lads’ mags are just harmless fun! National institution! Men are visual creatures! Post-feminist society! Piffle piffle poff poff!
Bleurgh.
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http://bitterbuffalo.tumblr.com/post/14129203290/tw... →
bitterbuffalo:
“[TW: rape jokes] “I think it’s odd that you can’t joke about rape, when people joke about murder all the time. A lot more people are dying than getting raped. I think it’s a comedian’s job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.””
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- Donald Glover
For the people wondering what Donald Glover had to say about jokes involving rape.
(via feistyfeminist)
Reblogging so...
“Oh my god! Will you be my new gay best friend? We can go shopping for clothes!”
– A straight, female coworker to me upon learning that I, a male, had a boyfriend. I said, “No” and walked away, confused. I don’t have any interest in shopping or clothing, much less being a “gay best friend.” It makes me angry that just by coming out, I can instantly be transformed into a romantic...
November 2011
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Myths That Make It Hard To Stop Campus Rape →
There’s a common assumption about men who commit sexual assault on a college campus: That they made a one-time, bad decision. But psychologist David Lisak says this assumption is wrong —-and dangerously so.
Lisak started with a simple observation. Most of what we know about men who commit rape comes from studying the ones who are in prison. But most rapes are never reported or prosecuted....
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Vaginal corona Myths surrounding virginity and... →
Gloria Steinem: 'I think we need to get much... →
Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken figure on behalf of women’s rights and the pro-choice movement for half a century. Here, she talks about her opposition to cosmetic surgery and her ambivalence about President Obama
““Once I walked into a chick’s apartment and saw a sink full of red water with a...”
– http://thingsilearnedfromcosmo.tumblr.com/
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Why Wuthering Heights gives me hope →
I expect most actors would admit to a touch of jealousy, or healthy envy, if they see fellow actors in an excellent piece of work on TV or in the theatre. But the green-eyed monster is further fed when you are a black actor and see all the costume dramas this country is so masterful at producing, and realise that neither you nor any of your black contemporaries have been on such an exalted cast...
October 2011
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bitterbuffalo:
“In 2008 a group of Norwegian researchers ran an experiment to better understand how police investigators come to a judgment about the credibility of rape claims. Sixty-nine investigators were played video-recorded versions of a rape victim’s statement, with the role of victim played by an actress. The wording of the statement in each version was exactly the same, but the actress...
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Twitter →
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To all those men who don't think the rape jokes...
(via) This post in particular is addressed to men, not because women don’t rape and women don’t make/laugh at rape jokes and not because men can’t be raped, but because, by nature of the existing gender disparity, men are in a unique position to be taken seriously when they raise objections to casual language and humor regarding rape. Men are also in a unique position to prove to...
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Another "Hilarious" T-shirt. →
Wow, has it really been a whole MONTH since the Topman t-shirt shitstorm? You remember - they compared women to dogs and blamed them for being victims of abuse then hastily pulled the t-shirts and issued a swift “Oh, we’re sorry you don’t have a misogynist sense of humour”? Oh, what’s that? It’s not even been a month? Well fuckdamn, look what’s...
“Even the nicest of guys has some nasty within ‘em, You don’t have to be backlit to be the villain, Whether it be greed lust or just plain vindictiveness, There’s a level of malevolence inside of all of us.”
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September 2011
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August 2011
10 posts
“Always do what you want, and say what you feel, because those who mind...”
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“I’ve been doing this solidly since I was 21 years old, which is seven and a half...”
– Josie Long (via bitterbuffalo)
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People don’t care about shitting on their own doorstep if their doorstep is already covered in shit. #poignant political metaphor
“When somebody says, “I don’t think women should be raped for wearing short...”
– Harriet J (via bitterbuffalo)