Frida Kahlo
Until male violence toward women stops and women feel safe with (and safe from) men, it is impossible to say whether women’s femininity, love for men, and heterosexual identity are anything other than survival responses.

— Dee L. R. Graham, Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror, Men’s Violence, and Women’s Lives (via feministninja)

“survival responses” and conditioned behavior.

(via gynocraticgrrl)

figurants:

altering your vocabulary to exclude harmful terms makes the world a more enjoyable and safe place for you and the people around you and also it is not very hard trust me i did it and i don’t do much

friendlyangryfeminist:

but how much must men hate women, to see a woman’s difficult or unhealthy or absent relationship with her father

and then sexualize her for that pain?

men violently hate women.

alexwoodsaystoomuch:

if mainstream movie critics are talking about how “bold” and “edgy” the humor is that’s generally a good sign that it’s problematic

chekhov:

In health class we were given sheets of paper and told to write a message we would want someone of the opposite sex to know

She read some examples

The girls were like: “Hey can you please not treat me like shit”

The boys were like: “Spray tans look ugly I hate when girls wear too much makeup and don’t lead me on.”

velvetlovepocket:

“If You Know Someone Who Doesn’t Believe Sexism Exists, Show Them This
Link here: [x]

Most of the pain you’re dealing with are really just thoughts.. ever think of that?
Buddhist Bootcamp  (via elige)