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And then you’ll see that it’s really men who are the irrational and hyper-emotional ones (p.s., anger is an emotion and males with an entitlement complex excel at expressing it, especially towards women and girls who don’t succumb to their bullshit).

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If a woman wants to see the nature of a man, tell him “No.

gynocraticgrrl:

searchingforknowledge:

Fifteen rape victims have formed martial arts movement and are prepared to confront abusers if no one listens to their complaints…

A GROUP of women are fighting back against the sickening culture of rape which they say infects India. Fifteen determined females – all victims themselves – have trained in martial arts and are prepared to hand out rough justice if no one listens to their complaints. And the movement, called the Red Brigade, is growing rapidly following the gang rape and murder of medical student Jyoti Singh Pandey that horrified the world.

In a nation where a woman is reportedly raped every 20 minutes, the group’s leader Usha Vishwakarma said: “We are fighting back – and the boot is now on the other foot.” Member Sufia Hashmi, 17, said: “We’ve caught a lot of men recently. I joined because men always used to pass comments on me and touch my body but now we beat them and they run.”

Like the other members in the northern city of Lucknow, 25-year-old Usha has first-hand experience of the daily dangers women face in the huge nation – a teacher tried to rape her when she was 18. She said: “He grabbed me and tried to open my trousers. I kicked him in the crotch and ran.” Usha complained to staff but they told her to forget it and allowed her attacker to carry on teaching. She said: “Many parents tell girls to quit school so there will be no sexual violence. But we said no – this has to stop. We decided to form a group to fight for ourselves, not just complain.” MORE

The Red Brigade is up there with badass all female groups like the Ukrainian Asgarda and India’s Gulabi Gang.

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Japan - Kwon Yuri

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bluesumire:

gabriellelost:

“Herstory” animation on the comfort women

the testimony of Chung Seo Won

If you give a shit about rape being used as a weapon of war, you’ll watch this. Women were forced into sexual slavery and branded ”whores” for 50 years afterwards. They still haven’t had a proper apology. 

It’s a surprisingly uplifting video though. Watch it and then think about how lucky you are. 

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psdo:

nyakitapioka:

psdo:

SEXISM IS OVER

i feel uncomfortable seeing this o-o 

Good. Tell your buddies this is what oversexualization is and why it’s a problem when it happens to female characters.

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wolves-only:

by Jane Baribeau

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dickochet:

Have you ever regretted a decision you made so much that you think about it all the time and you imagine all of the different ways the situation could have turned out if you didn’t mess up so bad

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annijade:

sugaredvenom:

Just thought I’d share this charming piece of graffiti from near my home.

By the way, this is the ONLY women’s library in the country, it has only women’s work in it and also serves as a sort of feminist museum. They’re affiliated with a university close by and hold regular events such as workshops and talks on subjects like the poetry of immigrant women of colour or the representation of mental health in women’s literature. Its also due to be closed down by the Conservatives.

Can men go in and borrow books written by women?

Yeah, totally, they even do events for men by women on intro to feminism, rape culture stuff sometimes!

god forbid women have a single fucking thing without men getting jealous like fucking children

Ugh

Men ruin everything. They’re furious and dissatisfied if anything less than 100% of the world’s institutions and organisations cater to them. Whoever vandalised that library wall should be flayed like the greedy little sexist dickhead he is.