Results for: no fucks to give
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The Time I Wanted to Hug a TERF
A middle-aged transmasculine butch person meets a trans-exclusionary radical feminist in the vast forest of Tumblr. What happens next is both predictable and unexpected.
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In “Body Horror,” Anne Elizabeth Moore Examines How Consumer Feminism Is Failing Us — and Is Itself Failing
“So, are menstrual bags good, or are they bad? Do they empower women, or further constrict them? It becomes obvious that this is not a zero-sum game, and Moore illuminates the coexistence of multiple conflicting truths.”
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Rebel Girls: 33 Badass Women Leading the Resistance (On Twitter)
Come for the snark. Stay for the real-ass news and advice about how to take back our country.
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Rebel Girls: 16 Women and Girls Who Shook the World in 2016
Here’s 16 women or groups of women who gave me and you and everyone we know some life in this, the darkest of years.
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Shut Up And Take My Money: 15 Super Queer Etsy Stores
There are so many things you can queer your life with: chokers, buttons, zines, prints, coffee mugs, shirts! Everything you can’t find at a thrift store, you can find on Etsy.
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Fool’s Journey: What Makes a ‘Feminist’ Tarot?
“Feminism is about unlocking the bonds of separation. Seeing everyone as equals and raising up those who have been most oppressed by patriarchy. Tarot and oracle decks support this work because they give us a tool to connect to our atomic memory. A memory that knows the equality of all beings.”
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Rebel Girls: How Quota Systems Across the Globe Count Women Into Politics
“Whereas some political systems are centered around equality of opportunity for women in politics — basically, the system we have in the US that (in theory) gives women the chance to run for office and be elected to office just like men, nothing different and nothing more — a growing number of nations and political parties have opted instead to make broader representation of women in their governments an explicit political goal using quota systems.”
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Rebel Girls: What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Intersectionality
In which we explore the history and impact of intersectionality theory on the feminist movement – and what it truly means for its future.
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What Planned Parenthood Means to LGBT Women: The Roundtable
Autostraddle and A-Camp staff and family members are here to talk about what PP means to us as LGBT folks, and why we need it to be around for a very, very long time.
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Rebel Girls: 20 Autostraddle Community Members Who Are Changing the World
Documentary films. Policy initiatives. Direct action. These 20 activists are doing it all to save the world — and they’re Autostraddle readers just like you!
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Rebel Girls: The 5 Moments in Feminist History That Jump-Started The Second Wave
The nearly half a decade that passed between the first and second waves of feminism was a period of great transition for what hadn’t even yet been named the “feminist movement.”
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Rebel Girls: Mapping Power, Privilege, and Oppression
In which we learn about matrices, intersectionality, and why oppression only works in one direction.
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Confused Cats Against Feminism Saves Me From Defenestrating Myself
This whole “women against feminism” thing makes me want to launch myself into the sun. This makes it a little better.
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It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting
“When will white feminists take collective responsibility for educating themselves? When will they understand the power at play that sings in their skins? We don’t exist in a vacuum and women of colour don’t exist to hold their hands and explain in painful detail why their behaviour continues to hurt us. Intersectional feminist politics are not for white women to co-opt as their own.”
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We Have Lots of Noise, We Need Lots of Solutions: Preventing Sexual Assault at (Every) American University
The recent scandal surrounding the disturbing messages leaked from American University’s Epsilon Iota is a national story, and sheds light on a national problem. The response of AU students shows us something, too — how students can organize as a community to force their administrations to take action against campus sexual assault.
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Also.Also.Also: Kathleen Hanna, Ellen Degeneres, and The San Antonio Four Walk Into a Pantene Commercial and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Feminist, gamers, and Bound 2 parody fans had a lot to rejoice about this week.
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More Than Words: The F-Word (Pt. 1) — Féministes
The first self-defined feminists, boobs, and a lemonade ocean.
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6 Kids’ Clothing Lines That Know Your Daughter is More Than Just a Pink Princess Glitterbomb Who Can’t Do Math
Now that back to school sales are in full swing, it’s hard to look through clothing catalogs without becoming irate. Here are some retailers that don’t think your kids are damsels in distress.
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Hello Flo’s Adorable Tampon Ad Is Cute and Funny, Free of White Yoga Pants
“For these campers, I was their Joan of Arc. It’s like, I’m Joan, and their vag is the ark.”