May I suggest you learn what racism is.

Truth. And on that note, I’d like to add the reminder that this past week was International Clitoris Awareness Week. http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130503-910456.html The article ignores trans folks in its discussion, but it does supply fascinating info on this powerful organ, and this reminder: “Sexual expression brings self-esteem and inner balance, so let’s revere the clitoris in [...]

mainstream culture “let’s women go”??? are you effing kidding me. of course different genders are under different pressures and extremes. but do you have any idea what it’s like coming out as a woman? clearly not. please don’t be so quick to discount our experiences and apply blanket and misguided assumptions as to why and [...]

Respect and consideration is a given, if that’s what you’re pointing to here. But beyond that, we don’t owe the group that oppresses us anything else. As women we are so conditioned to accommodate men that it unsettles me when I hear us talking about making them feel more comfortable within this movement. We absolutely [...]

I agree it’s really important for men to a part of this movement, but why are we so concerned with making them feel comfortable? Certainly, shaming and hostility doesn’t help anyone. But do we work to help white people feel more comfortable in the anti-racism fight, just to bring them on board, for example? Hell [...]

I appreciate you asking these questions. I’m wondering, though what you mean by, “Women have the right and deserve to have our support even in cases where it’s a friend abusing a stranger, but they have no idea of what they ask of us”. What are we asking of you? To not rape us, not [...]

“But being ratchet is only cool when you do it for fun, not if those are valid practices from your lived experiences.” yes yes YES. Love this article. We need more of this. Thank you, Sesali.

No, she wasn’t actually. Read Woman Hating. A couple excerpts: “Hormone and chromosome research, attempts to develop new means of human reproduction (life created in, or considerably supported by, the scientist’s laboratory), work with transsexuals, and studies of formation of gender identity in children provide basic information which challenges the notion that there are two [...]

I just want to thank you again for what you did and are doing, Zerlina. Watching this video and hearing again about these threats towards you still brings tears to my eyes. But listening to you speak inspires and enlivens me as a survivor, in a place inside that so easily deflates and goes dead [...]

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite feminists. Thank you Syreeta!

Thank you for doing this, Zerlina! You were on fire in that interview and it means SO MUCH to survivors like myself and women everywhere. I’m so sorry this opened you up to these bat shit crazy threats and name-calling, but you did the right (and courageous) thing and I thank you for it!!! Watching [...]

I think what you’re missing here is what Zerlina pointed out at the end of the article, that the cycle of domestic violence is what allows a victim to return to the abuser. It is not a “mistake” the victim makes. It is a physiological and psychological bond to the abuser, also called a trauma [...]

Amen. Thank you for this!

Thank you for this. We still have so much to learn from her. RIP, Audre.

Actually, it is only when we exclude rape from the data that males are more likely to be the victims of violent crime. Why we would even conceive of excluding rape from violent crime statistics points to the larger problem. But I digress. The thought process of “how do I teach my son not to [...]

Well you say that you think the “larger structure of media images that promote unrealistic beauty standards, commodify women’s bodies, dehumanize women by reducing them to their sexuality, etc, etc, is sexist and bad”, but the name of this article is “Feminism is totally cool with Beyonce posing in her underwear”. Of course it’s cool [...]

Maya, you just wrote an article recently about the relationship between those ESPN announcers reaction to that football player’s girlfriend and rape culture. “now seems like a good time to point out that this bullshit is part of the rape culture that directly enables assaults like those in Steubenville and Notre Dame.” It is confusing [...]

There are so many layers to this but I will comment on two things. 1. This is not a stretch. This is a spectrum. Women as “rewards” is an example of the kind of thinking/belief/action that rape culture not only engenders, but becomes normalized and commonplace. The problem with a human being serving as a [...]

Read it and got the chills. Pretty amazing. However…2 things: 1. He didn’t mention sexism once. 2. This: “The fear is of a world in which white (mostly) evangelical Republicans lose power… forever. The country has moved on, but the safe Republican gerrymandered districts have not.” This sh*t makes my head spin. The country has [...]

The comments section on this page and especially the Washington Post’s is so disturbing, yet completely unsurprising. (Don’t read the WP’s if you’re already triggered like I was.)