Oh no I meant that's just a feature of tumblr! Only the first five tags get accessed via the regular "search" dashboard feature. All the other tags are searchable within your blog though. I think the full description of what happens is in the tagging FAQ!
OH. So Tumblr just decided to limit its most useful networking feature. That's cool. Thank you for letting us know, we've started to be more discerning with our tags. We appreciate it
raise your boys so that they understand no means no, raise your boys so they realize that women are people and not either a matron or a whore, raise your boys and punish them when they do something that a girl doesnt like, if your son is pulling pigtails don’t laugh its bullying. its not cute its not adorable, its bullying. raise your goddamn boys so that they treat women like people and not fuck machines they can stick kindness coins into
Some of the tweets that struck me from #yesallwomen
To the anon with the dad: yes, men are killed in shootings, but why do you think shootings even happen in the first place? Men are taught to externalize everything, while women are taught to internalize everything. This leads to anger and violence for men, and depression and suicide for women. Even when it's not readily apparent that something is caused by misogyny/patriarchy, it still has a big effect on everybody's lives. (I don't mean to lecture you, just vicariously lecturing your dad.)
1000% over men needing to clarify that “real men” don’t enact violence against women. then who are these men shooting and killing us?? aliens?? why is your priority protecting masculinity?
When a defunct medium tries to get attention on Facebook, it posts patriarchal trash. When somebody has been brainwashed already by patriarchy, they repost the trash. This is called Uphold of Bullshit.
Elliot Rodger Was Not the Last
Just a week ago, it was being argued that Elliot Rodger was an isolated incident, not reflective of our culture, let alone the world. While the sensation of the case is dying down, I would like to remind everyone (nightly) that he's not the last, or the only. Violence is painfully common, especially against women.
The story of the day takes place in China: a woman was beaten to death for refusing to give a group of men her phone number. The men were members of an extremist church, and were trying to recruit her.
And, as to not be accused of blind misandry, a woman beat the daughter of a family enemy in a school bathroom with a hammer. None of these things are typos.
Neither of these cases are direct misogyny; however, it seems in both cases that the victims were targeted for their perceived weakness within patriarchy. That why it's so important for us, as feminists, to begin to take on further direct actions.
let a guy down easy and 9 times out of 10 he won’t take the hint and will keep harassing you
be blunt and tell him straight up that you’re not interested and suddenly you’re a prude bitch
awesome
bringing this back to add in that either option now comes with the chance of being murdered.
awesome
100th-ish Episode Special | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios (via mediarama)
One thing we can all agree on about Rodger or Lanza or the many other under- or unreported mass murders is this: Anger is the common factor.
The common issue between mass murders is not necessarily misogyny. It is anger, definitely. But I 'd argue that it still makes the root of the United States' ongoing affair with violence patriarchy. We teach men that femininity is weakness, to deviate as far as possible from femininity, to be as masculine as possible. Then we teach them that anger and force is masculine, that warriors are masculine.
My pal A.J. drops the goddamn mic on male entitlement, rejection, the defenders of the UCSB shooter, and the fallacy of “involuntary celibate” men. (via cognitivedissonance)
how the fuck did we get from there to where we are today
Can we PLEASE stop saying that Elliot Rodger did what he did because he was “rejected”?
He was not rejected because he never made any moves to indicate to any women that he was interested in them.
He literally posted on online forums that it’s pointless to ask women out because rejection is inevitable, so you should just preemptively hate women without interacting with them.
He did the equivalent of someone walking into a food court and then immediately throwing a tantrum when the workers don’t start handing them food.
He expected women to throw themselves at him with no effort on his part, and took it as rejection when they didn’t.
This was not rejection.
This was entitlement and misogyny to the extreme.
This is entirely accurate. I have too many friends who play this dumb game, and I’m sick of responding to it. It’s always the same and it’s always pointless.
(via ubermichael)
I am not here for your devil’s advocate bullshit.
(via cognitivedissonance)
I always liked my dad’s take: There’s a time and place for devil’s advocate—among close friends, when figuring out how you’ll respond to the inevitable shit people will try to ‘debate’ with you.
(via aka14kgold)
I always say I don’t trust anyone who comes up with “let me play devil’s advocate.”
(via cornerstorepress)
not only exacerbated, but 99 times out of 100 actually created
(via angrybabysitter)
*slowly deteriorates into a half melted blob* this is why we can’t have nice things
men proving that theyre not That Man by acting exactly like That Man
im literally in disbelief
How can rape by giving a drug or intoxicant to a person that renders them unable to give consent have a minimum sentence of 0-15 years but possession of drugs without being used for rape has a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years to life?
its almost like we have legalized the systematic oppression of women and people of color
