December 2011
149 posts
“I’m really scared for my generation, you know. The thing that scares me most is...”
– Drake (via somethingchanged)
“Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I...”
– Haruki Murakami, interviewed in The Guardian. (via robotnic)
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.”
(via andyouhavetogivethemhope)
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of ‘Blue Valentine’. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene, in which he performs cunnilingus on Michelle Williams. (via agarfields)
I love this man. I really do.
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feminism and pornography
I’ve been invited to speak at an academic conference on feminism and pornography in contemporary culture. This sparked some issues that I’ve been mulling over and discussing with friends and colleagues. Basically, as a feminist and an academic, I’ve been noticing this trend of feminist backlash which suggests that feminists are ‘anti-pleasure’ because many of them...
feminist historian: [TW: Rape] →
feministhistorian:
vinegarwilliams replied to your post: vinegarwilliams replied to your post: Is it…
Men are often painted as predators. We are often treated as though all we want is sex. We’re not trusted by a lot of women. I’m not going to rape anyone, but I can’t buy a woman a drink without…
feminist historian: Because a White Guy Said It →
stfusexists:
uhuh-she-said:
Listen,
It does not matter what you say. As a woman, as a woman of color, as a woman of size, as a woman with large breasts or no breasts and a lifetime of experience with bucket loads of passion. It does not fucking matter.*
Because unless there is a…
“Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals.”
– Charles Baudelaire (via balletime)
