October 2011
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The Hub is under construction
We haven’t written here in a while mainly because what the Hub started out as isn’t what we believe in anymore. We decided we need to change our entire outlook, theme, layout, style and purpose and such re-fashioning of ideas takes time!
We’re shutting down for a while — which means no asks or submissions till we fire back up.
Hope to see you soon.
~The Feminist Hub.
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Wanna know what discourse is harming women's...
Trigger warning for mention of being raped and domestic violence
I see this rhetoric a lot within the blogging community. It is commonly used when discussing statistics and atrocitys that happen to the majorty of women, such as being raped or experiencing domestic violence. These are situations that, unfortunately, many women will find themselves experiencing in their lifetime. Although...
September 2011
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jaded16india:
transsexualferox:
Hi everyone,
I held off as long as I could, but I finally put a donation button up on my Tumblr. Tomorrow I go in for what is probably going to amount to some serious dental work, all of which is necessary, but none of which I can afford right now. My housemate has offered to help out with that, but at some point I’m going to need to pay him back because he’s...
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Why an International Women's Brass Conference?
kungfucarrie:
International Women’s Brass Conference
Why IWBC 2012?
compiled by Lin Foulk, co-host “The arts, including music, allow us to work through many of life’s issues and conflicts in symbolic yet real ways.” —Anthony Kemp in The Musical Temperament Think about your local university or conservatory: how many female brass players are music majors? Now think about the brass...
Anonymous asked: No matter how secure you think your relationship is, be careful. I was engaged to my partner of six years, we talked about having a threesome, he suggested a coworker that I hadn't even met, tried to get me and her to be friends/hang out/cuddle, and then I found out he was cheating on me with her. Thankfully I thought she was rather unattractive so the threesome never happened, but yeah, try...
antidotalevidence asked: For the anon; OkCupid is a great resource for finding casual hookups. I find Craigslist to be a little sketchy but I've been contacted to be a 3rd by numerous couples on OkCupid and they always felt respectful and safe. Upload some pictures of the two of you, fill out the profile in full, and send messages to any cute, open-minded girls you find. You'll be surprised how many there are!
progressive-insanities asked: To your anon looking for threesome advice, Generally it's through the net (dating websites, craigslist is also a good place to advertise for that) Be clear on what you want, what your boundaries are. Be secure in your relationship. I have been the woman coming in a couple of times and it an be awkward if there is relationship concerns. Sometimes you can find the third through acquaintances...
Anonymous asked: Hello. I wasn't sure where or who to ask about this, so maybe redirect me to someone else. My partner and I are thinking of maybe having a threesome, hes male and a man, I'm female and genderqueer, and we'd be looking for a female person. Any advice on how to go about finding someone?
Anonymous asked: what happened to feministilicious?
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You aren't entitled to touch me.
gkayy:
Two weeks ago I took the train from Leeds (where I study nursing) back to Cumbria (where I’m from). It’s my summer holidays, so I’d died my hair bright pink for going home. It’s 3 and a half hour long journey, so I had a couple of books with me and my Ipod charged full with Jurassic 5 on my ipod (I’m addicted to Quality Control at the moment). So I got my self settled in my seat reading...
August 2011
4 posts
Anonymous asked: I've seen a lot of people say that sexism, heterosexism, racism, cissexism, etc. in music/movies/TV/books shouldn't be criticized because it's "art" and the point of art is to "sometimes be offensive" and I was wondering what your opinion on that is? Something else I've read was that music, specifically, shouldn't be criticized because the artist is...
Anonymous asked: A feminist blog that uses the word "retarded." It's an offensive, ableist word.
am- asked: yikes - looks like you've been trolled.
Abortion: faith-based pregnancy counselling... →
A ciscentric article on faith based abortion advice services. Although I am ashamed by the ciscentrism displayed here, there are some really good important points brought up, especially in light of Britain handing over it’s care to independent charitys.
Women receiving advice from pregnancy counselling centres run by faith-based organisations are subjected to scaremongering, emotive...
July 2011
9 posts
xthread asked: the hub's response to the person writing about gender brain differences. i just finished reading delusions of gender and it was totally incredible in the way it dismantled the whole idea of hard-wired "brain differences". there's a lot of discussion about stereotype threat and how badly people perform when a stereotype about their gender (or race or any other factor) is...
Anonymous asked: Being a feminist, I often use the disappointing statistics about women in traditionally male dominated careers as evidence that women still have a while to go before becoming 'equal' in the workforce, especially in careers that rely heavily on intellect and intelligence and 'using our brains,' like the scientific fields for example.
So I find it difficult when I have to...
So I find it difficult when I have to...
Anonymous asked: Do you think that there is ever a situation where protecting human rights is more important than respecting culture and heritage?
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Today in stuff that upsets me
transsexualferox:
jaded16india:
[Trigger warning for rape and PTSD]
am-:
jaded16india:
redlightpolitics:
Articles like this: How Violent Sex Helped Ease My PTSD (it’s a long read, but do check it out so as not to take my word for it).
Here’s this journalist, visiting some of the worst conflict areas in the world and coming back home with an understandable case of PTSD. Now, the way...
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“We don’t know what we don’t know. But what we do know is that women who lie on...”
– DSK and the “only good girls get justice” narrative at Hugo Schwyzer (via clarityandchaos)
Right on, with the caveat that cis women are not the only ones who are raped. Every survivor deserves justice.
(via stfurapeculture)
Shit’s really topical and on point in light of the Strauss-Kahn case.
...
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Open letter to western feminists
jaded16india:
Reading posts about the horrid DSK trial – about who is “believed” and who isn’t, how rape intersects so closely with race, a “satiric” list of “eve-teasing” in India, all within six-seven hours of each other, has made one thing abundantly clear – My/our rape culture is not like your rape culture. While each post is different and can only be read in its own context and space —-...
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Anti-Abortion Extremist Flip Benham–Guilty! →
I know I’m a couple of days late sharing this news. This is surrounding the clinics where I do defense and legal work. Every Saturday, Operation Save America/Operation Rescue terorizes the patients and doctors at these clinics. Now, their leader can not get even close to the clinics or even enter the doctor’s community. Before the verdict, he had to keep a 300’ distance...
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“Why are people so mean to feminists? Because so much of feminism is the fine art...”
– It’s a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments, Amanda Marcotte (via petitefeministe)
LOL IRONY
amanda marcotte is a racist privilege denying douchebag who can’t deal with being called out on her bullshit.
the book quoted from, has a ton of racist...
June 2011
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alistr:
SEXIST COMMENT SPARKS TAMPON-THROWING PROTEST: Alasdair Thompson - the sexist EMA chief executive who sparked controversy when he said that women are ‘less productive because of their periods’ - has had his association’s headquarters become the target for tampon-throwing protesters.
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Just $150 more!
shawtygotskillz:
Hey all!
The AMC starts today! We didn’t get anywhere near our ambition $6k goal but we made almost enough to get all our folks here!
We are short $150. If you’ve got some loose change and can help us reach this small goal we would so greatly appreciate it!!!
If you’ve got it, please pay pal moyazb[at]gmail.com!
xoxo,
Shawty Got Skillz Crew!
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TW: mention of sexual abuse. Female students must... →
Leaving home to go to university is an exciting time. Often, the taste of freedom can be intoxicating. It can also be one of the most dangerous times in a woman’s life. Young women are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault. Studies have found that females aged 16-24 are at high risk of sexual violence and harassment. However, policy on violence against women during this and the...
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Please help.
thespitfireemporium:
badlandspolaroid:
I would appreciate it if all of my friends who work hard to promote a positive image of our Native Cultures could call or e-mail Free People clothing. Their inspiration wall is beyond heinous and it breaks my heart in more ways than one.
To me, this “wall of inspiration” hits too close to home. I see that wall of inspiration and it’s not just nameless...
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Duke Nukem Forever should not exist →
I wrote this angry rant about Duke Nukem and rape culture over on my blog; I usually talk about Video Games and Doctor Who and Linux and board games over there, but in this post, the topic strayed into Feminism much more than usual, so I thought I’d share it with the Hub. Enjoy!
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Help the Cheerleader! Please, spread the word! →
TW: rape
A while back, we shared this story about a high school cheerleader who was forced to cheer for her rapist and about her family who is now expected to pay $45,000 in legal fees. Now, there is a way to help her!
Here’s the situation:
A Silsbee High School cheerleader took her school to court when they kicked her off the squad for refusing to cheer her own rapist.
The week of May 5,...
iamateenagefeminist asked: For the anon who was looking for abortion services, I recommend this site: http://www.gynpages.com. You can search by state and type of abortion, it's rather useful.
Anonymous asked: I was wondering if you had any resources for a person seeking an abortion? I'm not even sure I'm pregnant yet, I might just be late but I want to have all my bases covered if I am... I don't know how much it would cost, are there any places that could help me find the money? I'm in college and I don't have a job of my own, I don't know anyone who's pro-choice. I...
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Dear Privileged Person
jaded16india:
I see you’ve resurfaced again. This time you’re a white American man pretending to be a lesbian Syrian blogger Amina Asraf — must be really nice to slip into personas at will like that, being secure in your safe little bubble that nothing *really* could happen to you.
You could write about nervousness and anxiety about illicit meetings with your lover — who doesn’t exist, at least...
Anonymous asked: Can you explain the difference between sex and gender? I know there's a debate about the connotation of each but I haven't found a really good explanation of their proper uses.
Anonymous asked: Hi! I've been following a feminist blog for a while, but I've never really gotten into feminism until now... Anyways, I'm fourteen, and I'm starting to see a lot wrong with the world, and I'd really like to learn more about feminism (and everything that comes with it - privilege, social justice, appropriation, homophobia, xenophobia, heterosexism, etc), where is a good...
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handingoutstars:
A Radical’s View of the Weiner Scandal
To be honest, at first I didn’t think much of the brouhaha surrounding Congressman Anthony Weiner. Unlike Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Weiner seems to have made no physically threatening moves toward women, unless you count his thumbs working overtime on a Qwerty keypad.
Though liberals were gaga over him for his pugnacious partisanship,...
stuckatwarpspeed asked: Have you seen this? I don't even... I mean...
http://thegirltips.tumblr.com/post/5843059098 (trigger warning for slut shaming?)
But she says she's not "anti-feminist or whatever" but it's all gender-enforcing anti-woman crap!
Am I correct in being angry?
http://thegirltips.tumblr.com/post/5843059098 (trigger warning for slut shaming?)
But she says she's not "anti-feminist or whatever" but it's all gender-enforcing anti-woman crap!
Am I correct in being angry?
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North Carolina House passes 24-hour waiting...
There was an amendment offered up to allow a “Respect Choice” license plate to pair the CPC-funding “Choose Life” plates, but the amendment failed. It’s a difficult time in North Carolina. We had a Democratic, pro-choice General Assembly (both House and Senate) for 112 years until this past election cycle. Now, Republicans run the show outside of our governor.
And...
Anonymous asked: have you seen my big fat gypsy wedding? it's horrifying. there is a tradition in which males approach females (females are not allowed to approach males) and the male is allowed to "grab" or essentially manhandle the female until the agrees to give him a kiss. no matter how much she says no, he keeps persisting. it's horrible
Anonymous asked: I live in Manila and there are no feminist organizations in my area (that I know of, at least). Filipino movies reek of sexism and victim blaming. It saddens me that a lot of women here seem to be willing to accept whatever's thrown at them, and even blame themselves for it. It seems whatever way I seem to voice my opinion, I'm met with a confused stare. I'm 15 and only now starting...
lookoutsideyourself asked: For the anon who asked about being labeled things when she tells people she's a feminist--one thing that I've found useful in this situation is to calmly (and not condescendingly) say, "Actually, that's a common misconception about feminists" and explain that what they're trying to label you as doesn't apply to you, or that you don't identify that way. This...
imanassspankme asked: I was wondering if you could post this so your followers can see. In Vegas we're trying to organize a SlutWalk and we need as much support as we can get.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SlutWalk-Vegas/204942992877019
http://twitter.com/#!/SlutWalkVegas
Those are our Facebook and Twitter links. We're in the early stages of organizing but we need all the help we...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SlutWalk-Vegas/204942992877019
http://twitter.com/#!/SlutWalkVegas
Those are our Facebook and Twitter links. We're in the early stages of organizing but we need all the help we...
Anonymous asked: Do you have suggestions for other good feminist tumblrs? Thank you :)
Anonymous asked: Okay....this is probably a weird questions. I consider myself a feminist in that I want equal rights for men & women and for women to be accepted for who they are and what they are capable of, and not objectified/stereotyped/etc...but because I'm just getting into feminism this is all kinda confusing :x I say I'm a feminist and people assume I hate guys, or that I'm bi. I...
thezombiesaid asked: Re: Cultural Appropriation
So, something becomes a negative form of cultural appropriation when combined with a certain context and privilege. Just as an example I've seen around to make sure I'm kind of getting it, it would therefore be 'acceptable' for say, a white American to have an interest in Native American spirituality, but what would be unacceptable is...
So, something becomes a negative form of cultural appropriation when combined with a certain context and privilege. Just as an example I've seen around to make sure I'm kind of getting it, it would therefore be 'acceptable' for say, a white American to have an interest in Native American spirituality, but what would be unacceptable is...
lookoutsideyourself asked: Do you think you could explain a little bit about different types of triggers? It's not a concept I'm very familiar with, so I'd just like to know more about what sorts of things people find triggering so I can put those warnings on my own posts. Thanks.
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Muslim women's group launches 'jihad against... →
A British Muslim women’s group has launched a “jihad against violence”, in a bid to reclaim the term jihad from extremists.
The campaign, launched by Inspire at City Hall in central London on Sunday, aims to combat all forms of violence but with an emphasis on crimes, including terrorism, domestic abuse and female genital mutilation, that some perpetrators attempt to justify...