J.K. Rockin' on the microphone

wowyouresodeep:

If a woman likes to wear dresses and heels, it oppresses another who likes to wear flannel and boots?

I think too many ‘feminists’ have a secret war against girly shit. Some of them make me wanna be like, “Don’t hate me ‘cuz I’m beautiful” not because I don’t support them,…

Yaaaaaaaaay, gender normative oppression! GUESS WHAT, MOTHERFUCKER: I’m not oppressing anyone by wearing boots and flannel. Wearing a dress and heels doesn’t make me an oppressor either. TELLING WOMEN THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO BE FEMININE IS OPPRESSIVE. Calling traditionally feminine activities “girly shit” IS OPPRESSIVE, because it belittles femininity.

I don’t hate you because you’re beautiful. I hate you because you’re kind of an asshole, and because you’re yelling at people for “acting oppressed” WHILE PROMOTING THINKING THAT SYSTEMATICALLY OPPRESSES WOMEN.

veganlove:

theforthrightfeminist:

This is what my pepper spray looks like. For the record, I didn’t buy it for myself, my parents got it for me. As I was walking out of Wal Mart tonight, without it, it donned on me on how fucked up it is. Not only the fact that I need the weapon itself, but it’s color.

It’s like, we’re trying to make rape culture cutesy. Same goes for pink tazers. Pink handguns. We’re trying to make these weapons adorable in order to distract ourselves from the reason we carry them: to prevent ourselves from attackers. 

Not only that, but the pink is geared toward women (or people who identify as women). There isn’t any blue, masculine mace. Why? Because men aren’t the ones who carry it around. How fucking terrible is that? “Here you go, you cute little girls, here’s a pink weapon to protect yourself from potential rapists and/or murderers.” It’s furthering the idea that rape and violence towards women is acceptable. It’s saying because our ways of protecting ourselves are cute and stylish, we’re harmless. Weapons should never make a fashion statement.

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(via thegoddamnfishmouse)