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Male Superheroes See How The Other Side Lives
Nothing is going to convince me that the top panel did not actually happen.
Only thing missing from these are the PACKAGES. 8D
I have literally seen/tasted/felt numbers while high, reminds me of that… anyhow, I like this comic.
(Source: beatingthebinary)
To properly understand feminism...
To properly understand feminism (which you don’t), you first have to understand power and privilege. The current structure is set up to privilege and empower men, specifically white, upper class men. That isn’t opinion, it’s fact. By the power of privileging a group based on gender, class, or race you oppress others. By benefitting from this structure, as a man, you are oppressing women. This doesn’t inherently make you a bad person, mind you. It was your point here that the only way you would respect us as women is if you could beat us, as women? Alone in that point you are using your male privilege to reinforce misogynistic values. As a feminist, particularly a lesbian feminist, I don’t want you to treat me as a “queen,” I don’t want you to treat me as anything but a fucking human being.
Fuck that. Fuck you treating us as “queens.” We don’t need you to take care of us. We want to make the same dollar for every dollar you make. We want to make up more than 16% of congress because we represent 51% of the population. We want you to get your laws off our bodies. Fuck your chivalry. You don’t have to open my door, you don’t have to say ladies first but how about you stop raping women? How about you worry less about treating us like “queens” and worry more that your mother, daughters, sisters are being raised in a culture where we have to put keys in between our fingers as we walk to our car at night because us occupying this space called woman is inherently dangerous. How about the next time a woman tells you she is a feminist you actually listen to her instead of telling her to man up? You fucking woman up. You live one day where walking down the street means you get honked at, whistled at, disrespected and treated as if your sole existence is for the male gaze.
How about the next time a member of an oppressed group tells you something, you stop being defensive, you stop talking, and you listen.
It is not my job to educate you about your privilege, but it is your job to act like a human being. It is YOUR job to examine your privilege and what it means for the people around you. It is YOUR job to educate YOURSELF about the realities of the world.
The next time you want to talk about feminism how about you actually know something about it.
I am a feminist and I define what that means. I will never man up.
(In solidarity with 24ribs and in response to this post, which infuriated both of us)
(Source: loveyourchaos)
The whole thing with Starfire and Catwoman makes me really sad. For those not in the know, DC decided to do a reboot of the super heroine Starfire. It is loosely based off of her original concept BEFORE Teen Titans. Someone made the point that the original Starfire actually WAS sexified, which is why the reboot isn’t that offensive. I can totally get behind that, but more of the point is that the TV series drew in a completely different generation of people who were conditioned to the goofier, younger Starfire with more clothes. Switching away from that so late in the game after getting such a large NEW audience is still alienating because it’s not the original they fell in love with it’s the fun TV version, and I think we all know what a huge demographic was actually reached by that show.
I think DC had lot of potential to draw in readers that grew up with the Teen Titans universe. The problem that they are going to encounter, is that they’ve totally alienated part of their fan-base. Little girls growing up to be nothing more than “boobs and poses” isn’t what most women want to see I think.
I read in that article some guy arguing that the difference was that the new Starfire was for adults. That doesn’t make any sense, though. Sure, her costume and demeanor is for adults, but don’t adult women have passion.. aspirations.. drive.. strength? Is posing in a scanty bikini all that adult women actually “do” or could DC have made an effort to shape her into a mature person with an actual set of personality traits and beliefs. I know for some people, the boobs are enough to keep our attention, but it certainly isn’t for ME and I know a lot of other people that it won’t do the trick for either.
PS: If you want a super long but wonderfully thought out and in-depth opinion on the subject, you should check out this blog by Ms. Snarky. She breaks everything down into some really interesting and concise points: http://mssnarky.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/a-response-from-a-female-comic-book-fan/
Feminist Disney: CIL: paint chips for femiphobia
(pointed out first by susurrat-tempestivus)
here is the facebook site…seems to be sponsored by the Home Depot!
“The colors she’ll want with a name he’ll agree to”
“Introducing colors men can say outloud”
-implying that a man’s masculinity can be threatened by repeating COLOR…
“ You can say a Gothic church is a phallic symbol, but if I say the nave of the church is really a big vagina, people are offended. ”
Hannah Wilke (via fuckyeahfeministartandliterature)
“ To many male gamers, feminist just means ‘someone who will not tolerate the only jokes I know how to make.’ ”
the patriarchy phrasebook
Patriarchy: ‘He loved women’
Translation: ‘He fucked a lot of women’Patriarchy: ‘You’re a feminazi/ bitch/ dyke/ delusional woman/ whore/ desperate for a fuck’
Translation: ‘I am threatened by your argument and am scared of you and it’Patriarchy: ‘Smile, love!’
Translation: ‘Why are you not deferential to my masculinity?’Patriarchy: ‘I’m not being racist/ sexist/ hetrosexist/ agist, but…’
Translation: ‘I’m about to say something racist/ sexist/ hetrosexist/ agist and I don’t want to be called on it’Patriarchy: ‘feminists are humourless’
Translation: ‘feminists don’t laugh at my jokes about rape and violence’Patriarchy: ‘you’re delusional’
Translation: ‘I can’t attack your argument, so I’ll have to attack you’Patriarchy: ‘if we didn’t have prostitution/ pornography there’d be more rape’
Translation: ‘if we don’t get exactly what we want, you’ll pay for it’Patriarchy: ‘you’re too emotional’
Translation: ‘this issue only hurts women, so why get upset?’Patriarchy: ‘it’s natural’
Translation: ‘if I say it enough times, that makes it true!’
(Source: octagon-surgeon)
