A great deal of my posts are about or related to feminism and feminist issues. I'm a fan of music and art. I'm a musician. I'm liberal. I'm accepting.
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So today’s my birthday. So far to celebrate: on Tuesday C & I went out to a nice-ish Italian dinner & saw Silver Linings Playbook (which was good, but not as great as everyone said), I’m expecting my gym/overnight bag I ordered for myself to arrive today, one of my employees surprised me with red velvet cupcakes at work & tonight at band rehearsal we’ll be having Jameson.
Other than having to go out on some sales calls today for work - pretty darn good day.
Already hit Asian Fest & Arts Fest
Rest of JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
+ ALL the Bike riding
…And THIS is why Summer is the best.
BUT I got everything caught up finally and that’s an accomplishment.
Want to go on a bike ride that’s happening tonight, but it starts at 9pm. And I have to get up for work a little before 6am. So I’ll probably just be responsible and go to bed at a decent hour.
Spent this afternoon in a meeting in which we had some serious disagreements about how to address a certain topic, but everyone can separate disagreeing how to do something with the actual people and still be very close friends.
THEN had alumni “ice cream wars” where we all went to local ice cream places and came back to just be social.
Early evening included a productive goal setting session.
And then randomly a few of us went to dinner, where we were surprised to discover we were watching WWE wrestling & became completely sucked in. And spent 90% of dinner laughing hysterically.
*If you didn’t know, I’m in/an alumnae of a professional fraternity which is co-ed. Hence the “fraternity” and the brothers and sisters.
Good decision?
Yes?
No?
Some feminist blogs help me out?
It’s a mixed bag. It was a couple years ago when I read it, but there are some serious issues with transmisogyny. And I think it’s been criticized as anti-sex, although I disagree. I think it does examine the concept of female empowerment and what that means (and should mean) - and what it means when it’s repackaged and sold back to women.
DAY 1: Your view today
for the February photo challenge
Interesting little bit of information here. I just found the February photo a day challenge… looked up the tag and saw this photo. How odd I thought. I took a picture of the sunset this evening as well and it was VERY similar, however taken possibly 15-20 minutes… if even that… sooner than this one.. Then I saw the tags. This person is also in Columbus! Well, I was in Columbus at the time that I took the photo anyways.
I’ll post the picture I took here shortly. Small world. So interesting to see the exact same sky I saw, and took a picture of, just randomly come up on a search in tumblr.
Sometimes I really love how cosmic my days can be. :)
All right more Columbus tumblrs!
****TRIGGER WARNING FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND MISOGYNY****
“I was 12, and this car pulled up alongside me as I was walking home from school … the driver looked a little older than my dad, at least 40. He leaned out, and I thought he was going to ask me for directions, but instead he asked me how old I was. When I told him, he laughed. ‘Damn, you got some big titties for such a little girl.’ He made this gross smacking sound with his lips, and sped away. I ran all the way home.”
"What young women are really looking for from older men — Hugo Schwyzer — The Good Men Project
This is my whole life after age 9. It is not funny or fun or cute. It doesn’t make you feel special or wanted or desired. It scares and confuses you and men need to stop.
(via anothergirlontheirt)
I was maybe 10 when it started & I still remember feeling so ashamed & scared. It’s a disgusting thing to do in general, & a terrible thing to do to children. Sure, it’s technically not a crime, but it should be.
(via karnythia)
When I was 12 I would catch older men (at least 40) sticking their phones up my skirt to take photos……
(via brazenbitch)
Ever since I was eleven, men would shout at me from across the street, make inappropriate hand gestures, or follow me around and try to take pictures. It was really confusing and scary, and I never knew what to do because I couldn’t tell my mother because she would blame it on me according to whatever I was wearing, even though I very well could have been wearing something extremely conservative. And seriously, I’m not going to cover up in hundred degree weather.
I remember this one time when I was thirteen, I was sitting in the front seat of my dad’s car, and while we were sitting at a red light and he was talking on his phone, another car pulled up next to us, and the driver saw me looking out of my window, so they rolled down their window and started sucking on their fingers to imitate a blowjob. And for some odd reason, I was more scared that my dad would notice than anything because I was afraid that I would get yelled at because it was somehow my fault that these people felt that they had permission to do that shit.
(via thatsocialjusticebitch)
But women and girls - they’re overacting or being too dramatic and should appreciate all of this attention, right? Sickening.
Random story.
At work the other day, there was this young lady in my line. She had just over $55 worth of groceries, and realized she could only spend $40. She dug through her groceries and pulled out item after item for me to take off until her total got cut down to $39.85. Some of it was essential items, like milk and bread. But she just couldn’t afford it all, and had to get baby food and formula instead.
She paid after apologizing several times, like she had done something wrong. She apologized to me and several other people behind her for holding up the line, and then she pushed her cart out into the lobby.
The man behind her was middle aged. Probably old enough to be my dad, but too young to be my grandfather. I scanned his items through and gave him the total. For a second, he just stared at me like he was contemplating something. Then he said, “Ring that stuff up for me too.”
“Oh, this stuff the customer before you left behind?”
“Yes, please. And bag it separate from mine.”
So, I did. He thanked me and paid. I watched as he walked out of the doors into the lobby where the young lady was still standing fumbling with her purse. He tapped her on the shoulder and placed the things she couldn’t afford in her cart. He smiled and said, “Now you dont have to get back out later. Have a good day.”
It was probably the most decent act I’ve ever seen in that store. I’ve seen people pick up a buck or two off of someone elses tab if they were short, but never anything over $5. Much less a whole $15 worth of groceries. Most people I get gripe and complain instead.
He was so kind.
This is just too nice of a story to not reblog. And, also, people shouldn’t have to choose between bread & milk or baby food. Ever.
For me, the Women’s Liberation Movement was and is about white women not being treated as second class citizens while the Womanist movement and movements for WOC (women of Color) is about being considered a citizen, ie. human.
The feminist movement has had a history riddled with white and class privilege. The circles I am most active in usually do a good job of being aware of this and working to change it, but it’s most definitely not perfect. As a white feminist, I obviously have the privilege with being able to ID as feminist and be comfortable working to change it.
I just really wanted to reblog this because it’s an important distinction - recognizing feminism’s issues with race - while fighting for justice, which we’re all doing.
![This is a photo of a bunch of junk in the bag I’m currently hauling around. I’ve got a bit of a thing for bags (bookbags, messenger bags, satchels, just about anything that’s not a purse, although I have some of those I like, too).
There’s this flickr group dedicated to posting the contents of your bag, which is oddly fascinating.
[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a bookbag on a couch. Contents are laid out, and are: 2 Harry Potter books, a camera case, a laptop with stickers, a planner, a zine, flyers, pens, benadryl, business card holder, sunglass case, ipod, small bag, paystub, and external harddrive]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldju3ywWmO1qat3wpo1_400.jpg)
This is a photo of a bunch of junk in the bag I’m currently hauling around. I’ve got a bit of a thing for bags (bookbags, messenger bags, satchels, just about anything that’s not a purse, although I have some of those I like, too).
There’s this flickr group dedicated to posting the contents of your bag, which is oddly fascinating.
[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a bookbag on a couch. Contents are laid out, and are: 2 Harry Potter books, a camera case, a laptop with stickers, a planner, a zine, flyers, pens, benadryl, business card holder, sunglass case, ipod, small bag, paystub, and external harddrive]
