July 2010
7 posts
Ten Things You Should Know About International...
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1. One in three women die or are seriously injured as a result of gender-based violence. Violence against women results in more deaths among women ages 15 to 44 than the total number of women who die because of war, malaria and cancer.
2. An estimated four million women and girls are bought and sold...
“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism...”
– bell hooks ALL DAY EVERYDAY.
bell hooks (via revolutionnow) (via claudiacrayon) (via feistyfeminist)
That’s one of the most frustrating things about spreading the ideas of feminism; it’s so difficult to do, because people hear the f-word and are automatically informed by what patriarchy has told...
Dear Everyman,
thisbodysfabric:katoleary:femblr:
When we complain about men raping, abusing, harassing, and refusing us our human rights, and you come back angrily with “But some men aren’t like that! How dare you imply that I might be like that.” Do you not think that the problem might come from the very fact that you are angry at us for complaining, rather than angry at your fellow boys and men for this...
“I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and...”
– bell hooks (via skirtonfire) (via novazembla)
