body positivity is a really great thing!!! but please remember that being thin is not a guarantee of self-confidence, or an excuse to insult someone.
I’m reblogging this on my “srs” blog because I’m sick of the skinny shaming I’ve been seeing trending on this poisonous, double standard-riddled site.
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Chris Person fixed TIME’s new magazine cover. Now it’s accurate. (TIME version #1, Person edit #2)
Update: And here’s another stellar contribution from @direlog
EXCELLENT
From @EARNEST_CYBORG9
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what to wear when…demolishing the imperialist assumption that a woman in a hijab or other head covering can’t be free, feminist, fashionable, flawed, feminine, funny, liberated, brave, badass, modern, innovative, assertive, smart, sexual, critical, cute, confident, complex, competent, or complete (requested by and dreamed up with akitron).
post 76 of an infinity-part series
BOOM!
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[TW: rape jokes] So here’s the real reason that rape jokes are troubled territory -
Because rape victims say so.
They get to say that. They get to feel that way. On this, they get to set the cultural rules.
It’s not about right or wrong, or logic versus emotion, or arguments of over sensitivity or hypocrisy - you have the free speech to make whatever jokes you want or talk about rape in whatever way you feel is illuminating. But they get to be upset about it. And call you on it. And be hurt by it.
But consider this:
You get to not be a rape victim.
They, however, are not afforded that luxury. Ever again.
"— Chuck Wendi (via lavenderlabia)
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14/04/2013: Measuring Up.
Oh my god. His stretchmarks are freakin’ rad!
I’m not sure you understand how important this is to me. I have literally never seen a man with stretchmarks before, so I’ve always been really self-conscious of mine.
so many men have stretchmarks, i know a few guys with deep marks like this persons. very common, dont feel insecure because they are no big deal at all. But, i am glad you got to see this photo because i know how comforting it is to find a photo of something you feel weird about that doesnt seem the norm. :)
These are the kind of stretchmarks that inspire me! When I was a teen I had these all over my boobs and I felt so self conscious.
so much yes
Keith’s stretchmarks are one of my most favourite things in the world. These photos are fucking rad.
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“I think a lot about what makes a strong female character. You know, movies and TV shows, these things have influence, my own website. So I think the question of “What makes a strong female character?”, often goes misinterpreted. And instead we get these two-dimensional superwomen, who maybe have one quality that’s played up a lot. Like, you know, a Catwoman type, or she plays her sexuality up a lot and it’s seen as power. But they’re not strong characters who happen to be female, they’re completely flat and they’re basically cardboard characters.
The problem with this is that then people expect women to be that easy to understand, and women are mad at themselves for not being that simple. When in actuality, women are complicated. Women are multifaceted. Not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy. And women happen to be people!”-Tavi Gevinson for TEDTalks [x]
If you haven’t seen this video yet, you should go look for it. It’s really cool.
I’m gonna have to watch this
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How the bloody hell do you allow someone who thinks pregnant women with eating disorders should be charged with child abuse to become a counsellor? Seriously. What. The. Hell?
I feel like this should be obvious. But every time I see someone say “yes means yes; no means no” I cringe a little. Consent isn’t always that simple.
exactly
Reblogging every time I see this on my dash because it bears repeating, always
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It needed to be put out there. My weight does not define my worth.
I really need to remind myself of this more. It really sucks having shitty body image issues :(
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Something’s been bothering me for a long time. It’s the posts I see that assign blame to the women in the body positive community for not making the body pos movement more accessible to men. I have a problem with this criticism and I couldn’t quite place my finger on why for a while but I have…
its annoying to me the men only give a shit if it is their “sister daughter or girlfriend” ie men only give a shit if it happens to something that is “their’s”
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When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.
mermaids don’t have thigh gaps but they can still lure men to their deaths
welp
I HAVE A THIGH GAP
YOU HAVE A THIGH GAP
WE ALL HAVE A THIGH GAP
LET’S THIGH GAP TOGETHER YA CUNTS
There is too much perfection in this! I need a teleporting device!!
