Because I am a Woman

I am a college student studying in Worcester, MA. I'm a peer sex educator, reproductive rights activist, and feminist.

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Posts tagged "quotes"

When I have sex, I don’t just get off on my own kinks and my own pleasure. I also get off on my partner’s pleasure. The sight, the sound, the feel, of someone in my bed who’s getting excited and getting off… that’s hot. It’s not particularly selfless or noble of me — it’s just hot. The more I care about someone, the more true that is… And if you can’t get off on the sight and sound and feel of your partner’s pleasure — even if what you’re doing isn’t your particular favorite thing — then what the hell are you doing in a sexual / romantic relationship?

Greta Christina’s Blog: Broccoli or Tofu? Sexual Differences in Relationships (via sexisnottheenemy) (via thechocolatebrigade) (via sexular) (via scentsandsubtlesounds)

Well said. (via bedsider)

And most importantly, with regard to any and all activities, if it doesn’t taste delicious, don’t swallow.

Barb Stuckey, “Why Eating Should Be More Like Sex.” (Huffington Post)

And our second-favorite quote from the article:

Sex is, of course, a tactile experience. Yet our enjoyment of it comes from the combination of visual, sound, smell and taste inputs. If you have trouble imagining how our eyes impact our sensuality, all you have to do is consider that porn accounts for 30% of all internet traffic. We use visual images to stimulate ourselves. Having sex in the dark employs only 80% of our sensory apparatus. Maybe that’s why my earliest experiences were so unsatisfying.

We similarly stimulate ourselves with food. After watching a gorgeous, natural light-kissed cookbook video eight times in one day, I realized my behavior was veering dangerously close to a food porn addiction. You cookbook readers out there hanging your heads in shame know exactly what I’m talking about. Yet we also cheat ourselves with food. We eat while watching TV, which is somewhat worse than eating in the dark (which I’ve done and write about in my book) because it occupies the brain as well as the eyes. True food appreciation requires undistracted use of the brain in addition to all five of the senses.

Tuesday resolution: Lights on for sex, TV off for meals. Advice to live by.

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Yes, it was the hoodie’s fault. A hooded sweatshirt can make an innocent teen look like a criminal. Just like a suit and glasses can make Geraldo Rivera look like a journalist.

Stephen Colbert (via feminishblog)

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here.

Eve Ensler (via misswallflower)

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kungfucarrie:

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it.”

Nothing would make me happier than to be one of these people.

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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.

Marya Mannes (via thoughtsdetained)

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A survey of girls in Zimbabwean junior schools in 2000 reported by Amnesty International found 92 per cent had been sexually propositioned by an older man on their way to school, and half of them had experienced unsolicited sexual contact by strangers. Factors such as these mean that, simply by virtue of being born female, millions of children across the world are denied their right to an education. In fact, according to the charity Childline, in South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.”

—The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard

In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.

In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read.

Now bleat that feminism is no longer relevant. Go on. I fucking dare you.

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far too important to not re-blog.

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fuckin A.

this shit is not right. not even close.

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every person who supports no abortions for rape victims should be forced to donate a kidney. they don’t need it to live, it’s a lot less of a risk and a lot less time, energy, and health lost than pregnancy, and it saves a life. who cares if it’s their body and they should be able to do what they want with it? right?

similarly, anyone who says a woman/girl who was raped and can’t carry the child to term without dying herself should be forced to carry it anyways: let’s declare all of their vital organs public property. i mean, a nine year old pregnant rape victim would only be sacrificing themselves for one child, so there’s no net gain. but if we killed anyone who holds this horrible opinion and take their organs, so many lives will be saved! it’s only fair. by their own logic.

sxiz at LiveJournal, referring to Ron Paul’s support for a bill overturning Roe v Wade. (via celticthistle)

I agree.

Love,

Rabble

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My old lipcolor could barely keep up with my busy schedule. In the time that it took me to notice the wide discrepancy between my salary and that of my male peers, I’d have to reapply. In the seconds to count the number of women in high political offices, seated on corporate boards, or featured in film & television over the age of forty, my lipcolor would become as invisible as this glass ceiling just inches above my head. L’Oreal: because I’m worth it. And because holding myself to an impossible standard of beauty keeps me from starting a riot.

Maria Bamford, “How to WIN!” (via ammrva)

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Feminism taught me that it was okay to talk about sex, even perhaps if you were having or about to have sex! And that things worked out better that way! Because feminism taught me that ladies matter. Even the naked ones.

Even if they are you.

Sady Doyle (via gracetace)

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