February 2012
136 posts
223) Learning there was something called...
“I am a “sex-positive” Black woman, and I believe that the sexual empowerment of...”
– The Sex-Positive Black Woman by Arielle Loren
A wonderful piece on the sex positivity movement, and how it can be embraced by all.
(via sexpositive)
“For the most part, the feminist movement did not change female obsession with...”
– bell hooks, Communion: The Female Search for Love (via eclecticalexandria)
“For the lesbian of color, the ultimate rebellion she can make against her native...”
– Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, 3rd Edition, p. 41 (via agradschoolbreakup)
Feminist Care Packages: A Feminist Care Package... →
feministcarepackages:
Dear Too $hort, We are a collective of people of color who are angered and saddened by your comments in a video for XXL magazine. We are angry because no one at the magazine thought to pull the plug on the interview and we are sad because you seem unaware that you were advocating the…
Because I am a Woman: Green Your Period: DivaCup... →
becauseiamawoman:
I finally did it! I used my DivaCup, and let me tell you- there is no going back. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what it is, a DivaCup is a menstrual cup that you insert when you have your period. It catches all your menstrual blood, and when it is full you simply dump it in…
just a note on the sis-sexist language. i am not a woman and i use a menstrual cup...
Because your pandan cake left you dissatisfied:... →
thesexuneducated:
fuckthedisabled:
Welcome to the MyPleasure Sex & Disability Guide, your complete resource for education, information and sexual enhancement products and sex toys for people who have various disabilities or health-related conditions that might otherwise limit their…
“What is sexual in a high heel is the arch of the foot, because it is exactly the...”
– Christian Louboutin (via erikangstrom)
Ingredients of Love →
guerrillamamamedicine:
juniper glass How would you define love?
bell hooks Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. I found that a lot of people just felt really confused about what love is, so I said, here, take these six ingredients and as you go about your life, you can ask: the action I’m taking, does it have these six...
“11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. I think part of the reason we have trouble...”
– Holly over at The Pervocracy with an excellent 101 post on Consent Culture. Read the whole thing.
(via a-bayani)
Even out of the micro-“lunch table” type examples, the idea of non-consent is so pervasively intertwined in western/north american culture. it is cousins to the “i know, better than...
asexual POC blog update
queerandpresentdanger:
fivelettered:
yay 14 likes/reblogs!
i’ll make one if i can at least get another contributor on board.
please signal boost, i don’t like doing things on my lonesome.
Signal boost! Idk if any other ace POC follow me?
Because I am a Woman: Green Your Period: DivaCup... →
sapphrikah:
a-dodger:
becauseiamawoman:
I finally did it! I used my DivaCup, and let me tell you- there is no going back. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what it is, a DivaCup is a menstrual cup that you insert when you have your period. It catches all your menstrual blood, and when it is full you simply dump it in…
i need this in my life !
Using mine for the first time...
“When I started making those weird voices, a lot of people told me how whack it...”
– Nicki Minaj (BlackBook Magazine)
THAT’S. WHAT. I’VE. BEEN. SAYING. y’al be letting your anti-femmeness fool you. just cause she’s wearing pink don’t mean she ain’t fucking with shit in some supercreative and intelligent ways.
(via so-treu)
Boom shot
(via blackamazon)
Thanks for reminding me I...
guerrilla mama medicine: I'm going to lay this out... →
kiriamaya:
whatfreshhellisthis:
Cis women are not being targeted by the anti-choice, anti-reproductive rights lobby.
For cis women to be targeted by the anti-choice lobby, they would have to allow that non-cis men, non-men and non-cis women exist.
And. they. do. not.
You seem to…
I really want this calendar
femmesandfamily:
[click pic for link]
I really love this calendar. One, because my girl kittyboomboom4u is in it, and she is a super babe. PLUS it goes to an awesome cause. But I don’t have $20 right now :(
If anyone wants to buy this for me, I would be SO GRATEFUL. Let a femme know :P
And signal boost! This is amazing.