Art is never singular

And I don't need to call myself an artist to appreciate, admire, and occasionally create it.

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I need feminism because I began transitioning to male simply so I could be valued for the “contents” rather than the “packaging.” One year later, I realize I’m fine being female. But I’ve never been feminine.And people seem to have a problem with that.

I need feminism because I used to equate “fairness” with “being male.” And that is not okay.

I need feminism because I should not have to dress like a man to be treated with the same respect by other women. I am feminine, and that’s okay too.

You don’t want to talk about tax stuff. You want to talk about being pregnant and babies.

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Said to a very pregnant legislative reporter by a state representative when asked about his tax bill

(Submitter’s note: It sounds like I made it up, but I really didn’t.)

(Source: saidtoladyjournos)

Threats of sexual assault now seem to take place online regularly. In late 2011, British columnist Laurie Penny wrote, “An opinion, it seems, is the short skirt of the Internet. Having one and flaunting it is somehow asking an amorphous mass of almost-entirely male keyboard-bashers to tell you how they’d like to rape, kill, and urinate on you. This week, after a particularly ugly slew of threats, I decided to make just a few of those messages public on Twitter, and the response I received was overwhelming. Many could not believe the hate I received, and many more began to share their own stories of harassment, intimidation, and abuse.