July 2012
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“It saddens me to see girls proudly declaring they’re not like other girls –...”
– “I’m not like the other girls”, Claudia Gray
Excellent article. I always end up thinking this when I see reblogs like that. Female competition is a horrible, poisonous thing (that I’ve only recently gotten over engaging in, and I am much happier for it).
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June 2012
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“Merida’s sexuality is a non-issue in the film, and the fact that this topic is...”
– Autostraddle, “Brave’s Unconventional Heroine: What Doesn’t Queer You Makes You Stronger” [x] (via mswyrr)
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(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧: How was the fun-vee: A Tony... →
pensanddragons:
Yeah, so I just read all 44 fics tagged for Tony Stark/Rhodey on AO3
and here are the best!
Missed Connections (miss-synph)-drunken Tony/Rhodey escapades
takes a lot of love and compliance (gyzym)-Antonia Stark/Rhodey, spans pre-Iron Man to Avengers
elevate a little higher (teskodanceparty)-really cute Tony/Rhodey scenes
lose myself on the burning sands...
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“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is...”
– anon (via bornvilliany)
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dumber than advertised: Is it only empowerment... →
eshusplayground:
Here’s something I wanted to talk about every time a movie comes out that shows us an “empowered” White girl and says how she’s some sort of role model for all women because she shows that women don’t have to be fragile or delicate.
As much as I loved Brave and despised Snow White and the Huntsman, people saying this sort of thing really, really irritates me.
Know why it...
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“I think the major problem here is that women were clamoring for “strong female...”
– http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/08/18/why-strong-female-characters-are-bad-for-women/ (via ungoodpirate)
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“If you don’t communicate, you’re going to have lame sex. Perhaps the most...”
– from 10 Things They Should Have Taught Us in Sex Ed by Chelsea Fagan —> Thought Catalog (via rumblefishx) Minus the ableism, communication does make for good sex (via transformfeminism)
*substitute “lame” with “bad” since lame is ableist but yes, communication is majorly important!
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Relavant Shakarian EC spoilers if anyone is...
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Because I am a Woman: Follower Appreciation Week:... →
becauseiamawoman:
I have decided that it is Follower Appreciation Week here at Because I am a Woman! To all of the lovely people who read this blog, submit content to it, leave questions for me to answer, and reblog everything I write I want to THANK YOU. It has been a fabulous two years I have spent here on…
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The Mass Effect fandom if the Extended Cut turns...
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“Women are socialized to make men feel good. We’re socialized to “let you down...”
– The art of “no.” « CaptainAwkward.com (via delascielo)
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When your favorite writer from one fandom joins...
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♪ rubato。: can we please stop with all these... →
rubato:
can we please stop with all these avengers headcanons where natasha takes comfort in doing something traditionally seen as feminine as some sort of ironic expression of her femininity?
like, oh, natasha does this, and she pretends she doesn’t like it, but actually she really does enjoy ~*being a girl*~ sometimes!!
because that seriously just
reeks of fauxminism, where women are only...
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Bisexuality in Doctor Who and the Queerbaiting...
orbitingasupernova:
Let’s talk about sex.
Specifically bisexuality. Okay, so there’s more to sexuality than just mashing genitalia together—and what genitalia—which may come as a surprise to you if you’ve just graduated from the Steven Moffat School of Sexxyyyy Ed.
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