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This blog focuses on many human equality issues and positivity: i.e. gender ideals, sexual identity issues, gender rolls, racial issues, cultural issues, intersectionality, body/sex positivity, sex and masturbation, zines, literature, activism, age discrimination, classism, politics and all the in betweens, the good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful. Questions and comments are welcome. Hatred is not.

I am a 21 year old queer pansexual female-identifying feminist/humanist/lover living in the Southwest region of the states. I am passionate, I create fire with words, and I believe that speaking up and making peaceful change is something that always fuels my human need to communicate. Perhaps you feel the same; if you do submit something! Speak up! Rant! Tell me your story! Together, let's make some noise.

Do you think that your 16 year old daughter hasn’t masturbated already? Like, do you really think there’s anything in that scene that this chick hasn’t already tried when the lights go out at night, or in the bathroom, or in the tub, or with the shower head or something like that? I’m telling you, man, I’m not teaching this broad anything new. If I were to create a rating system, I wouldn’t even put murder right at the top of the chief offenses. I would put rape right at the top, and assault against women. Because it’s so insanely overused and insulting how much it’s overused in movies as a plot device, a woman in peril. That, to me, is offensive, yet that shit skates.
- Kevin Smith (director) on the ridiculousness of movies about sex receiving NC-17 ratings while extremely violent movies get by with R ratings.


Sex is used so often every day in the media. I mean, we use it to sell sneakers. And microwave meals. And at the same time we’re taught to kind of keep to ourselves… There’s this weird thing where we’re allowed to be sexy, but we’re not allowed to be sexual. So to me, it’s a veil of safety. So it’s okay to show your tits but it’s not okay to talk about what your kinks are, when you’re a woman.
Sasha Grey


I HAVE SEX.

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco

Alright Dave, let’s see here: Why do women complain about getting raped? Let’s start off with saying that your ridiculous metaphors are anything but intelligent. They make you sound like a complete idiot. How can you say being raped is like being forced to accept free money? One of them is a harmless acceptance; the other, a lifelong, harmful struggle to say the very least. Womyn do have many awesome options when it comes to their sexual lives. WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SEX LIVES. WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SEX LIVES. Being forced against your will is not your sex life. It is an attack; a brutal, cruel, heartless, cowardly attack by a brutal, cruel, heartless coward. Consent, consent, consent is what is sexy and if there is no consent between the two or three or more parties involved, then it is not consensual sex. It is called rape, and rape is not a choice. I’ve been raped before, and never have I thought I was “complaining” about it when I finally spoke up about it. I felt relieved, like a huge weight had been lifted but there was so much more pain to come. Why? Because it ruined me for a long time. You, Dave, will probably never know what rape victims have to go through because you’re an ignorant douchebag. Complain about free oxygen… let that one soak through your brainless head once more. So, we’ve covered the basics here, Dave. To you, rape is free sex. The part that you’re missing is… rape isn’t even about sex. Rape is about power, about rendering the victim helpless, about taking control of something you are not supposed to have control over. Rape is not a joke. Rape is not positive. Rape is a disgusting power-hungry trip done only by cowards. And ladies and gentlemen, if you’ve ever been raped, had a friend who has been raped, a mother, an aunt, a sister, or even heard stories about people you don’t know who have been raped, speak up about it. This rape culture we live in is a terribly sad excuse, like Dave here. Keep speaking up, keep advocating, keep being an activist and together, let’s make some noise about it. Photo submitted by MarshmellowDoom

Alright Dave, let’s see here: Why do women complain about getting raped?

Let’s start off with saying that your ridiculous metaphors are anything but intelligent. They make you sound like a complete idiot. How can you say being raped is like being forced to accept free money? One of them is a harmless acceptance; the other, a lifelong, harmful struggle to say the very least.

Womyn do have many awesome options when it comes to their sexual lives. WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SEX LIVES. WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SEX LIVES. Being forced against your will is not your sex life. It is an attack; a brutal, cruel, heartless, cowardly attack by a brutal, cruel, heartless coward. Consent, consent, consent is what is sexy and if there is no consent between the two or three or more parties involved, then it is not consensual sex. It is called rape, and rape is not a choice.

I’ve been raped before, and never have I thought I was “complaining” about it when I finally spoke up about it. I felt relieved, like a huge weight had been lifted but there was so much more pain to come. Why? Because it ruined me for a long time. You, Dave, will probably never know what rape victims have to go through because you’re an ignorant douchebag. Complain about free oxygen… let that one soak through your brainless head once more.

So, we’ve covered the basics here, Dave. To you, rape is free sex. The part that you’re missing is… rape isn’t even about sex. Rape is about power, about rendering the victim helpless, about taking control of something you are not supposed to have control over. Rape is not a joke. Rape is not positive. Rape is a disgusting power-hungry trip done only by cowards. And ladies and gentlemen, if you’ve ever been raped, had a friend who has been raped, a mother, an aunt, a sister, or even heard stories about people you don’t know who have been raped, speak up about it. This rape culture we live in is a terribly sad excuse, like Dave here. Keep speaking up, keep advocating, keep being an activist and together, let’s make some noise about it.

Photo submitted by MarshmellowDoom

Good Porn: A woman’s guide (click photo for more)

Good Porn: A woman’s guide (click photo for more)

The History of Her Life Women’s contributions run the gamut, from success with everyday matters to advancements in laboratories, but oftentimes their achievements are left in the endnotes of history. In March, women’s lives are the main story. (Click through photo to scroll through more MSN.com facts on women in history.)

The History of Her Life

Women’s contributions run the gamut, from success with everyday matters to advancements in laboratories, but oftentimes their achievements are left in the endnotes of history. In March, women’s lives are the main story. (Click through photo to scroll through more MSN.com facts on women in history.)

Emboy Your Body: loving our imperfect, perfect bodies... be a part of a movement (Thanks AmyLee for the submission!) ↘

That’s what men can’t stand. It’s why they’ve tried to lock up women in all eras, in all places under every latitude. To protect us from ourselves they say. To break the spell of women. They’re afraid women don’t belong to them.

Anatomie de l’enfer

Thanks to WatchMyHeartGrow


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