crimson and clover

the simple fact is that christianity is a very deeply and inherently paternalistic and patriarchal religion, and no matter how progressively any particular sect or church or individual tries to spin their particular version of it, nothing can change that. claiming christianity isn't inherently misogynistic is as willful and disingenuous a distortion of its very fundamentals as prosperity gospel.

i mean i think it's telling that in this age of callout posts and your fav is problematic and harry potter panic nothing ever gets cancelled for being misogynistic. women's dignity is simply not seen as worthy of public outrage

They DO see the power imbalance lol... they like the power imbalance, it is a large part of the appeal. Even your dad uses the words "respect" and "subservient" interchangeably when he is describing what is appealing about barely adult women, as well as admitting that they are essentially a blank slate you can train up to be an ideal wife.

my professor called andrea dworkin “anti-fun” and i feel like that is an accurate depiction of where liberal feminism is at right now

According to my grandmother, who met her in person, she in fact had a wicked sense of humour.

Reminds me of what @savingseeds23’s has written about. Queer theory is all about being playful. It evades any serious discourse, and criticizes any serious discourse. It’s not meant to be a tool that challenges oppression. It functions as a toy.

i wonder if liberalism is so nihilistic because there is a sense of powerlessness in in our culture right now, like we are too poor to fight the rich, to fight our bosses, to fight global warming, etc. almost like, ‘there’s no point trying to change anything, so may as well have fun while we can!’

^^^^YES, I ate this discourse so much

Just saw a video where this guy was talking about his wife’s abusive ex. And he says he has the urge to say “at least I don’t hit you” whenever she reminds him of something he promised to do but didn’t. Men are trash.

All men benefit from abusive men. In this case, the bar has been so lowered that not inflicting physical harm is seen by this man as something his partner should thank him for.

I love how tumblr as a whole has done a 180 on the not like other girls phenomenon and somehow created an entirely new and completely antiquated form of misogyny that states that women who don’t enjoy conforming to gender roles are the real sexists because women who don’t naturally enjoy the roles placed upon them and refuse to submit it’s because of internalized misogyny and not because gender roles are restrictive bullshit

"A good woman should always be submissive and obedient to her husband" God just buy a collar and some handcuffs and live your truth already, be free, it's OK to be kinky you don't have to disguise it as religion.

So you agree? Bdsm/dom-sub kinks are classical misogyny with a coat of paint?

Poverty is a construct created and maintained by policies like criminalizing abortion.

Women's oppression cannot exist separately. These people always treat it like some sort of tack on where there are always classes of women who are able to use their privilege (rich, white, straight) to escape it. Too bad that that's not how axis of oppression work. It's just another way to shift the conversation and blame back to women instead of pointing the finger at the oppressor class, men.

Gender is all fun and games until you’re actually a woman

christ this is one of those posts that sounds like it could be a good take until you look at op’s blog

When you agree that women are oppressed but recoil at the idea of recognizing why they are

Canada should just post a “ i hate the female sex” banner at all their entrance

some men…sexually harass women…,,,to cope,.,, 😭

Women are so devalued in Canada that they’re willing to sacrifice the privacy and dignity of an untold number of us, just so one man can enjoy the freedom to express his fetish in public.

It's always such a teehee joke that 'hysteria' was 'treated' with vibrators but like.... that's fucking sexual assault by a medical professional

look, if you cannot be in public barefaced without being self-conscious & feeling like shit, then your decision to wear makeup is not a choice freely made

Shut up

it’s actually too late for that, I already wrote this and you already read it and it’s in your head now! you’re welcome btw

It is so fascinating that every time someone breathes a whisper of criticism about makeup being mandatory for half the population, hordes of y'all will pile in to tell them to eat glass and die in a fire. Really interesting how y'all will walk over hot coals to defend it no matter how terrible it makes you feel without it. Shockingly, criticism of a societal phenomenon is not necessarily “hatred”. If it’s so important to you that your self esteem is demolished without it, maybe think about why that’s not really much of a choice

This is hanging in the middle of my imaginary restaurant.

That’s like Art Nouveau ecopunk right there.

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