[Anti-porn feminists] question a womans ability, not right, a womans ability to do informed sex work of any kind. For them, dirty pictures is such an over-riding issue that the feminist left is completely silent on anything to do with womens sexual freedom, because “women are such victims and men are such pigs”. This group of people think that women are oppressed as a class. Women are a gender, not a class. It’s insulting. Sex workers have been willing to talk to people for 35 years. I used to go to NOW conferences and there’d be a dozen sex workers of different kinds and they regarded [us] like we were goblins or trolls or hobbits. We’d be saying, ”As a woman, here is my experience in pornography,” and they didnt want to know.
—Nina Hartley on anti-porn feminism. (via prochoiceorfuckoff)
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First, remember that style comes in all sizes, so the bigger you are, the more style you have. And second, draw attention to your best features by pointing at them, and conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who mentions them.
—Miss Piggy (via beautilation)
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cherry bomb.: one thing i hate:
how just because i am a stripper, customers feel they have the right to comment on my physical appearance in quite rude terms, TO MY FACE or while i am standing right there, without any provocation whatsoever.
“to be honest, your body isn’t the greatest.”
“she’s not THAT hot!”
“you’re nothing…
word
Shit like “save the tatas” makes me cringe. While they may be doing some good in helping to fund cancer research, I am uncomfortable with the underlying tone of the slogan. It downplays that breast cancer is a deadly, awful disease. It becomes all about breasts which reinforces that what makes a woman’s life worth saving ( even though men get breast cancer too ) is the fact that she has breasts. It reinforces the idea that her body is what gives her value. Once again, it’s not about her life, her goals, her dreams. It’s about her breasts, which are objectified in the media, used to sell products, used to pander to the male gaze that runs throughout our society.
While it is often very very hard for survivors to lose one or both breasts, what’s important is that they survived. They are here.
Save lives. Save people. Save breasts too, but focus on the people those breasts belong to.
finally SOMEONE GETS IT! I hate the ‘I <3 boobies’ bracelets that were becoming popular a few months ago. I find it actually quite disrespectful to breast cancer survivors, and I think it hurts the campaign rather then help. Young people wear the bracelets since they think they are funny because “EVERYONE LOVES TITS”. It totally takes away from actual breast cancer awareness.
This. The “I love boobies” campaign has always made me uncomfortable. It’s about women, not breasts.
There was always something about it that I found weird but couldn’t put my finger on. This hit it on the head
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I made millions studying the math of mortgages and bonds and helping bankers pass the Chartered Financial Analyst Exam.
It isn’t fair that I have retired in comfort after a career working with financial instruments while people who worked as nurses, teachers, soldiers, etc are worried about paying for their future, their healthcare, and their children’s educations.
They are the backbone of this country that allowed me to succeed.
I am willing to pay more taxes so that everyone can look forward to a secure future like I do.
I am the 1%
I stand with the 99%
(Which equals 100% of America)
Tax me.
I love you.
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I couldn’t walk in platforms that high… I had issues with anything higher than a two inch one
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