Because I am a Woman
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“All during the month of February, A Mighty Girl is celebrating Black History Month by focusing on the Black Herstory — the too-often forgotten female half of black history. We are all familiar with the names of famous and remarkable women like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, but, throughout this month, we’ll also be sharing the stories of lesser known, amazing girls and women of African descent such as Claudette Colvin, Wilma Rudolph, Viola Desmond, Effa Manley, or Molly Williams.” - A Mighty Girl
Though Catalogue - 10 Things You Should Never Say To A Woman In Her 20s | http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/10-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-woman-in-her-20s/
I had to post this. They took the words directly out of my brain. I always have to awkwardly avoid conversations with people who know I’m a feminist who want to immediately talk about 30 rock or parks and rec or the mindy project. Sorry, I can’t keep up with the latest middle class enlightened comedies out there. I respect the fact that women are taking a bigger portion of the comedy pie, but…
(via newwavefeminism)
Janelle Monáe performing Cold War at the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony (x)
(via susayouthvoices)
Seriously, the person I chatted with was knowledgeable, patient, and even ended up helping me with several issues I didn’t even sign on to discuss. That could not have gone any better.
So thank you Jill from Planned Parenthood, you managed to make an incredibly paranoid person calm down and feel a little bit better about life.
So glad you got the answers you needed!
http://www.plannedparenthoodchat.org/
It is awesome!
(via susayouthvoices)
Facts: Of all abortions, 88-92% occur in the first trimester (first 12 weeks). Early abortions (between 9-12 weeks) can be induced by Mifepristone and Misoprostol (pills) which means no surgical procedure at all. Surgical abortions which take place after about 9-12 weeks when you can no longer use the pills, are as invasive as a colonoscopy. The procedure itself takes about 5 minutes (although preparation takes longer) and the woman can go home afterwards. Fewer than .03% of women who have abortions experience complications that requires hospitalization. It is a very safe and fairly routine procedure.
(via choosechoice)
Four US servicewomen, including two who won Purple Hearts in Afghanistan, have sued the Pentagon over its policy barring women from ground combat.
Backed by rights watchdog the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), they slammed the policy as an “injustice to the women … who continue to put their lives on the line for their country.”
In practice women have served in combat roles for years, they said - but US military policy still bans them, resulting in a “brass ceiling” in which women cannot be promoted because of lack of recognized combat experience.
(via kungfucarrie)
Women of Protest: A Feminist History Refresher
It wasn’t until 1920 that women were granted suffrage, but it was 1917 when members of the National Women’s Party — Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and others — picketed outside the White House, burning copies of Woodrow Wilson’s speeches and demanding the right to vote. What resulted — mass arrests (most for “obstructing traffic”), unlawful imprisonment and bloody beatings — became known as the Night of Terror, though it’s fair to say most among my generation don’t know it.
The Night of Terror took place on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Workhouse Prison, in Occoquan, Virginia, ordered his guards to teach the suffragists a lesson. For weeks, the women’s only water had come from an open pail. Their food had been infested with worms. But on this night, some 40 prison guards wielding clubs beat the women senseless — grabbing, dragging, choking, kicking and pinching them, according to affidavits recounting the attacks.
