Absolutely! And can I add: #4: MENTAL ILLNESS IS TEH EBUL!!!!!1111 #5: Way to completely disregard Victoria Beckam and treat her as a non-person. What do we call that? Sexism! I can't get over how terrible and potentially damaging #1 (posted to What We Missed)
No comments yet? Ok. That was a fantastic video! What a powerful poem. I shall be linking everyone I know to this vid! (posted to Equality Is.)
Where have I heard this argument before...? Oh, that's right, Why are you concentrating on x when y is so much more important? (posted to open letter to feministing)
I too am sick of seeing ableist language go about unchecked. I propose Feministing adopt a policy similar to that of Hoyden About Town. When offensive language is used, the comment is edited and either the offensive part is "disemvowelled" (posted to open letter to feministing)
I didn't read that as shaming, I read that as saying people would be chosen for their personality, not their looks. If this strategy is adopted there could potentially be a wide range of body types shown, including those co (posted to German women's magazine to ban professional models )
cmariemeyer: To make this as brief as possible. It seems to me the social stigma surrounding being overweight is a bad thing because it dehumanizes those who are overweight to a "fat person". They are immediately judged as someone who (posted to Me, My Weight and I: Tales from that skinny girl)
Could we not concentrate on every little spoken detail? Let's look at the overall point here: The magazine is trying to redefine beauty. This is not to say that thin women are not beautiful or real, however the beauty industry (posted to German women's magazine to ban professional models )
Get back at them and let them know what's up. That your preference of music should not be laughed at and that regardless of what bullshit they gotta say, it isn't going to change your love for the RIOT GRRRLS. (posted to "Riot Grrl" a serious form of music?)
I had a LEEP done last week. It wasn't a good experience for me at all. I had the local anesthetic and it didn't work. I felt everything, the heat, the pain... After two "swipes" and me practically jumping off (posted to Personal Story: Get Your Pap Done!)
