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“If you are a woman. If you are a Person of Colour. If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you’re a person of size, if you’re a person of intelligence, if you’re a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. And it’s gonna be really hard to find messages of self-love, and support anywhere, especially women’s and gay men’s culture. It’s all about how you have to look a certain way or else you’re worthless. You know when you look in the mirror, and you think, ‘Ugh, I’m so fat, I’m so old, I’m so ugly’, don’t you know that’s not your authentic self, but that is billions upon billions of dollars of advertising, magazines, movies, billboards, all geared to make you feel shitty about yourself so that you will take your hard-earned money and spend it on some turnaround cream that doesn’t turnaround shit.
When you don’t have self-esteem, you will hesitate before you do anything in your life. You will hesitate to go for the job you really wanna go for. You will hesitate to ask for a raise. You will hesitate to report a rape. You will hesitate to defend yourself when you are discriminated against because of your race, your sexuality, your size, your gender. You will hesitate to vote. You will hesitate to dream.
For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution. And our revolution is long-overdue.”
Inspirational Women I Love —> Margaret ChoHoly shit, I love this.
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I’m sending this petition out on behalf of Suzanne Chybli, the owner of Alena’s. I’ve been in contact with her for the past few days, and she asked me to create this petition and spread it on Tumblr.
Suzanne Chybli is the owner of Alena’s Boutique and Bridal, a store which caters to the needs of the women in Calgary’s Muslim community. In the past, Alena’s sold hijabs, abayas, and many other special and unique items - until the administration of the North Hill Shopping Centre ordered Chybli to remove all the hijabs and abayas in the store.
Chybli complied with the mall, removing over 40 boxes of stock from her boutique. After she had done so, the mall administration told her, “We have the right to throw you out in 24 hours. We won’t do that because you have removed all the unwanted items as we requested, but we will not be renewing your contract for January 1, 2013.”
Chybli and her customers are devastated at what is happening to one of the only Muslim clothing stores in Calgary.
Says Chybli, “This petition is not meant to help Alena’s in any way, but to increase awareness that comments and discrimination happen all the time.
“Going back in history, almost every culture, religion and race had women wearing a scarf but over time they have decided to remove it. Now, because most Muslims, have chosen to wear one, we are looked at like we are doing something wrong.
“Malls always have the upper hand, so unfortunately there’s nothing really that I can do. I cannot prove that their decision was based on prejudice or because we neglected to obey the terms of the lease. However; as the events have unfolded in the past two to three months regardless it looks like they don’t want us to stay there anyways.
“We’ve been getting dirty looks from the some of the other stores since we opened there. It made me feel like we didn’t belong as we stepped out of area of the city mostly reserved for cultural stores that are in the northeast sector of the city.
“All we want as Alena’s Boutique and Bridal is to have the right to sell very conservative clothing and hijabs to our customers, who thanked us so many times for opening the store on this side of the city.
“I love my store, I love the clothing, and I love the completeness of a woman in proper clothing. My customers are saddened by this tragic event.
“Hopefully we can find a location that is great for the store and customers and not offend anyone else.”
Please stand up for Suzanne Chybli, Alena’s, and the Muslim women of Calgary. Do not allow this discrimination to stand.
Sign the petition here, and reblog and spread the word.
Please, this is really important to me. It is so hard to find clothes that are affordable and islamically appropriate for muslim women to begin with. Please sign and reblog.
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“Accurate Stereotype”I chose this as the title because of two reasons. Besides the obvious fact that it is an oxymoron, first reason is that the typical stereotype of a fat person are as follows:Fat people have low self esteemFat people are unattractiveFat people are DESPERATE
Second reason: I am not an accurate stereotype
The reason we did the photo shoot was because after I wrote a blog called “Because I Am Fat, I Can’t Have An Attractive Boyfriend,” I wanted to show every single ignorant person in society that they are absolutely wrong. So in order to execute my idea, I went to my friend and amazing photographer, Ken Lew. He really liked the idea and wanted to make this work for me.
As we wall know, I am very shy when it comes to taking serious photos. Not because I have LOW SELF ESTEEM, but because I’m not used to actually posing. What I am used to is making goofy faces, and being silly all the time. Never in my life have I actually thought for one second I’d be doing what you usually only see “skinny” girls do.
I think a lot of big girls think that being confident means posting pictures of themselves half naked. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, I just feel there are ways to show your confidence with your clothes on which I think is fair to say. Being confident is a way of thinking rather than a way of doing. There will be times when you have down days, everyone has them, but the key to confidence is that knowing you are beautiful the way you are, no matter what shape or size your body is. Attractiveness isn’t a set concept, it varies from person to person, it is fluid, not restricted to a specific type of person.
Hopefully some of you think twice about the negativity you feel towards yourself and what you are capable of. Don’t feel limited because people are saying you shouldn’t be able to do what you want or be with who you love because of your size. These pictures were taken to show that you do NOT have to be skinny to be attractive. You do NOT have to be a skinny person to be with a fit person. You should NOT let society make you feel ugly, desperate, label you, or objectify you because being fat does not mean you are worth less than anyone else.Please visit my friend, and amazing photographer Ken Lew’s page, and LIKE IT! It’d mean so much to me and I’m sure he’d really appreciate it as well!
Do I even NEED more reasons to love this girl more?
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I am a Teenage Feminist: Yes, I’m a Feminist. No, I’m not Perfect
It seems like every time I get into a debate with a white dude, they have some expectation that I have to be a perfect feminist in order to be a feminist. If I’m not perfect, they automatically assume that I am hypocrite.
This is so ridiculous and it pisses me off to no end.
I’m not talking about being racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. I’m talking about being a fan of Glee or like Victoria Secret or wearing make-up or something like that.
White dudes like to use those things against me as “proof” that I’m a hypocrite and thus everything I say is invalid.
Like, I am a multifaceted person. I can like shit I know is fucked up, and I can do fucked up shit, and I can make mistakes, and I can still be a feminist.
I’m not a perfect person and I live in a patriarchy, I am going to buy into it from time to time. That doesn’t mean what I have to say isn’t valid.
emphasis mine.
feminism isn’t some monolithic 10 commandments rule book. feminists disagree with each other about things and change their minds about things and make mistakes and grow and learn. it’s not like you’re gonna find any two feminists that think EXACTLY the same. i mean damn, do we really have to explain to people that we are multi-faceted people with layer upon layer of other moral convictions?
feminism is a lens through which we can analyze the world we live in and guide our decisions by, but that doesn’t necessarily mean our interpretations of the world are the same. and it doesn’t necessarily mean that we will ALWAYS sacrifice the benefits of social conformity in a patriarchal society for our principles. bottom line: the label doesn’t define the person, the person defines the label.
Yes, this commentary because the majority of arguments I get in with other feminists are because we disagree on some aspect of feminism, and the other person thinks I am wrong/a bad feminist because of it. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO FEMINIST. There are radical feminists, liberal feminists, anarchist feminists, enviro-feminists, Muslim feminists, womenists, etc. We don’t all agree! And we don’t all have to agree! It’s okay that feminism isn’t monolithic, it’s one of the things that makes us great.
EXACTLY. Feminism is supposed to empower us (not just women btw, EVERYONE regardless of gender/orientation/identification) to make our own informed choices on how you want to live, and the dignity and respect to do so. Trying to force someone else to believe your “version” of feminism is just COMPLETELY MISSING THE POINT.
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this is great.
Yes yes yes. Thank you whoever wrote this for putting it in such a perfect way.
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“Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin” (The Sunflower in Our Garden)
Ma’am Det was my professor last year in Pan Pil 19: Kasarian, Seksuwalidad, at Literatura (Gender, Sexuality, and Literature). She is a great professor, an activist who fights for a cause, who cares about this country and its people, someone who fights oppression. She’s an all around awesome person. Also she loves cats.
Recently I discovered she’s a writer in Filipino, a professor for a Malikhaing Pagsulat class, and then just now I saw this, and wow. A children’s book in Filipino featuring a child with two mothers!
It will be out mid-July or August so be sure to get your copies! I’m gonna buy mine and try to get an autograph. XD
OMG I have never been more prouder to be a pinay when I read stuff like this. I wuold love to have this book!!!
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love you Sasha Grey
Oh my oh my… Her body and her mind are giving me an intense lady boner.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Lost in The Supermarket Zine
I am tired of the idea pushed to people, usually women, that food = calories, calories = evil, therefore food = evil. I want to talk about food in the context of memories and stories. SO I’M MAKING A ZINE.
HERE IS WHAT I NEED FROM YOU:
+STORIES/ESSAYS somehow related to food
Tell me about your first kiss and how you were super nervous because you just ate a bag of sour cream & onion chips and your breath really smelled. Talk about weird, late night encounters at the grocery store. Other ideas: memorable birthday cakes/baking experiments gone wrong/foods that you associate with your exes/strange cravings.
+RECIPES
Weird munchie concoctions accepted.
+POETRY/SONGS/ANY OTHER ARTWORK
If you submit, I will send you a copy of the zine/mix cd comprised of songs with food related lyrics/special surprise gift.
Email me at noonegabrielle@gmail.com or send things to my ask box. Include your first (and last, if you feel inclined) name, age, and address (just to send you things, not to publish)
DEADLINE: July 14th
PLEASE REBLOG AND HELP ME SMASH THE PASTRY-ARCHY
xo, Gabby
SOOOO going to do this.
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Sometimes I have the time and patience to get from an idea to a fully fleshed-out, penciled, inked and coloured comic.
Sometimes I don’t.
So much truth in allllll of this.
Really.
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