psychetimelapse:

wheretheruffaloroam:

A comment made by a man about the Hawkeye Initiative. 

Not only did he say the poses were acceptable for women because we could, “bend that way.” but he also managed to slip in a Kitchen joke as well. 

Congratulations on being a misogynistic asshole. 

OUR BONES STRETCH

OUR BONES STRETCH

OUR BONES

STRETCH

If women can be in these poses because their “bones stretch” or whatever, why don’t we see Mr. Fantastic or Plastic Man in hyper-sexual poses all the time, too?

Goddamn it. Goddamn it goddamn it goddamn it. 

I hate gamers. No, seriously. I hate gamers, plain and simple. I love video games, I love playing them, I’m always up for defending the medium and arguing them as an art form, and whole-heartedly believe in their significance in our culture and AS that art form.

But I refuse to call myself a gamer anymore, nor will I ever be proud to if I do. Because gamer culture is full of angry, moronic, horrible dicks (literally and figuratively) who seek out ways to be disgustingly bigoted—whether it be through the endlessly stupid “console wars” crap, the way people get treated gaming online, or bullshit like this. 

The person who makes the Feminist Frequency videos has always done really smart, well-written work that’s rarely (if ever) outwardly argumentative or offensive, but still manages to make good points for the sole sake of analyzing or improving our entertainment. Her criticisms are always backed-up and open for discourse, and aren’t snarky or condescending. This is the LAST person that should be getting attacked.

There’s people like this for every medium out there, but I’ve never seen it happen with the consistency and prominence that it does in the gaming industry. And if it’s really a minority like we’ve all tried to excuse it as, it’s a REALLY REALLY loud and influential minority. I’m done bothering to defend or excuse gamers. You’re bad, and you should feel bad.

willcolbykettles:

Joyonce

I’ve said this before, but bearded men satirizing sexualized feminine poses is basically my kryptonite.

Hmm.  Okay.  Maybe we’re on to something here.

Or maybe not.  My back, like, really really hurts now.  And I didn’t even bend over that much.  Maybe I was just wearing too many clothes.

alljustanothername:

After yesterday’s foaming-at-the-mouth rant, I got a few requests to actually explain why I was so incensed. So, I’ve come up with a summary about what’srotten in the state of Denmark here.

Basically, we’re seeing a flurry of legislation trying to get pushed through at the state and federal level that affects women’s reproductive rights, and the dialogue is…terrifying.

At the Federal Level

A few weeks ago, there was the whole hubbub about Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown Law student who testified at a House meeting about why religious-affiliated organizations who receive tax dollars should provide birth control coverage to their employees and students. Several Catholic-affiliated organizations (universities, hospitals) were especially against this, so this sparked a  debate about religious freedoms vs. women’s health and reproductive rights, and while the committee invited several male religious leaders to testify, the Republicans in the House tried to ban Sandra Fluke from coming to share her two cents.

In the end, there was enough of an outcry, so Fluke got her time to testify. Basically, Fluke’s argument is that there are other health benefits to birth control (ovarian cysts, etc.), and paying for expensive treatments can be a burden on students like herself. She wasn’t arguing that she should have taxpayers pay for her bc so she can have sex, but rather that health care plans should provide it so that it’s more affordable for people who need it for a variety of reasons.

Nonetheless, shortly afterwards, high profile conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh jumped on her back and issued no less than 20 slanderous remarks about Fluke. He called Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute”, and suggested that women who get bc through taxpayer dollars (misinterpreted Fluke’s point along the way) need to find some way of repayment:

“So, Ms. Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it, and I’ll tell you what it is. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch.” ~The Honorable Mr. Limbaugh.

A few weeks later, Foster Friess, one of Santorum’s main campaign donors, made a tasteless joke about contraception about how women should just hold a Bayer aspirin between their knees because its cheaper. He made this joke on MSNBC to a female anchor.

So, we have high-profile radio hosts and campaign donors – people with a ton of influence over the next election – saying things that don’t belong in the 21^stCentury  19th Century…but wait, there’s more.

At the State Level

At the state level, things are even worse. We’re getting wave after wave of state legislatures trying to pass laws that essentially shame women out of getting an abortion. Now, that’s a whole new debate in itself, but I think that most could agree that these tactics are pretty sleazy.

• Virginia: A few weeks ago, a bill was circulating to require invasive transvaginal ultrasounds before having an abortion. This drew fire and accusations of state-sponsored rape, so the bill was amended to include simply conventional ultrasounds.

• Alaska: Representative Alan Dick is pushing for requirements for a woman to get a permission slip by the man who impregnated her before getting an abortion. There is also a mandate for forcing ultrasounds before the procedure, regardless of medical necessity.

• Arizona: GOP legislator (Terri Proud) wants a mandate that forces women to watch abortions before going through with the procedure. Arizona is also considering defunding Planned Parenthood and allowing doctors to withhold information from patients to prevent abortions. Best of all, Arizona is working on a bill that requires women to prove to their boss that they need birth control for a medical condition if they want it to be covered by the insurer.

• Texas: Governor Rick Perry passed a law that excluded Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid Women’s health program. This means that there won’t be any funding not just for Planned Parenthood, but any clinics with any sort of affiliation to the provider. This includes things like cancer screenings and basic healthcare.

• Georgia: The state house is debating a law that would make it necessary for some women to carry a stillborn or dying fetus until they naturally go into labor. Representative Terry England made his case by comparing women to pregnant cows and pigs and chickens.

Whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice, I think that most people understand that having an abortion is one of the most emotionally scarring medical procedures you can have. I can’t think of a single woman who would take such a decision lightly or remain unaffected after it was finished. But, there are circumstances where it is a painful necessity.

I feel that our state and federal government is abusing their time and our resources through their compulsion to police women’s bodies. We have so many other issues to focus on, and I feel like this morality kick that many of our elected officials has gotten on is detracting from things that are much more important to the livelihood of this country.

Darn it…I started ranting again. Can’t help myself.

But of course, there’s no point in just ranting in a blog and not doing anything about it. If you have any interest in expressing yourself in this debate, there are a few options:

Write your Congressmen/women. It’s simple, and you may just get an automated response, but enough volume of activity would eventually get through to our representatives.

• Contact Your Senator
• Contact Your House Representative

Or, you could check out advocacy groups like the Center for Reproductive Rights. They have mailing lists that can keep you informed of the latest legislation and activity on the Hill.

Like I mentioned in my last post, I sincerely believe that this activity isn’t going to fly in the next election. Even though the parties mentioned above are somewhat tone deaf now, if we get enough people to recognize their power as voting citizens, we should be able to silence such nonsense. Well, here’s hoping.

alljustanothername:

OK. So. I’m going to whip out my soap box, so please feel free to stop if you don’t want to punish yourself by reading yet another political rant. I just need to get a few things off my chest before some of our Congressmen decide I don’t have the right to decide what happens to my own breasts as well.

Now, some women are just fine with (or ignorant of) the dialogue going on behind the closed doors of our lawmaking bodies. But I’m going to hazard a guess that I’m not the only one who feels a bitdisgusted by the slut-shaming, by the misogynistic jokes told by major campaign contributors, by being compared with livestock, or by being told that as a Girl Scout I helped foster the “destruction of traditional American family values”.

I’ve only been on this earth for a bit over two decades, but in my modest lifetime I can never remember a time where I felt such overarching disregard for women and their personal issues.  Now, I don’t see  this as a male vs. female thing. The vast majority of guys I’ve discussed this with are empathetic and open-minded, and I’ve met a number of women who really don’t give a hoot about their rights. The problem is that a number of high-profile politicians and talking heads are tainting the water supply with their own special brand of Kool-Aid.

And, I have one major problem with that:They want to put our money where their mouth is.

Let’s face it; the housing market is still a bit of a basket case. Who knows what Iran or North Korea is up to, and we have systemic problems with our tax system, Social Security and other entitlement programs. We still haven’t figured out a sustainable energy plan that would last us more than a century. Oh wait, we still have a multi-trillion dollar federal budget deficit. These are big, scary problems.

So, our male and female politicians alike, instead of growing a pair and buckling down to find bipartisan solutions to these problems, are spending hours (HOURS) talking about my lady parts.

Excuuuse me? I beg your pardon? Last time I checked, I was shelling out a good portion of my paycheck to pay your salary. Last time I checked, we live in the United States of America, which was set up as a paradigm of upholding civil liberties and individual freedoms. Oh, but apparently talking about female reproductive rights holds your attention better.

Well, guess what? If there’s any integrity left in our electoral process, come this next election cycle…you’re fired. Because you can’t expect to put down over 50% of voting Americans and escape with your political career intact. I get it. You think you’re invincible and that your moral compass points due north…you must guide the poor unwashed masses to a higher plane of enlightenment.

And, you’re welcome to do that. But, not on my dime.

Now, I know that my vote doesn’t count towards the local and state representatives outside of Maryland, but to those who live in Virginia…Ohio…Missouri: Please take a hard look at what your representatives are saying. These issues may not seem that big right now, but incremental changes like these could snowball and permanently change our status in society years down the road.

OK, rant out. I feel the need to eat some chocolate now.

cakesandhippyshakes:

squishy-bo-jangles:

Birth Control 101 by *TomPreston

this was TOO good to not reblog.

nefariousnewt:

maxiandapril:

In our ongoing mission to prove to the world… . or tumblr that women are accurately portrayed in comics and naturally contort themselves into pretzels on a daily basis, we present to you another one of our daily life photos. 

Here is what we normally look like when we pay our bills.

*Guffaw*

I see no problems here at all.

If male superhero costumes were designed like female costumes.  

YES.

newwavefeminism:

no one sells movies like female body parts.

Someone needs to be ironic and remake this pose but with a big hairy guy’s legs and ass.  Maybe I will.

In the original Superman movies, Superman has to stop the maniacal Lex Luthor from destroying the world with missles and stuff because he’s evil.

In the Supergirl movie, a ditzy witch gets mad that a hot guy falls in love with Supergirl, so she attacks her with a magical thunderstorm and ruins her carnival ride.

Yeah…