![Please excuse me while I vomit.
[For anyone who’s confused, Lindsey Vonn is a member of the US ski team who suffered a terrible crash and season ending injuries this week. But obviously the only thing that matters here is that Max Hulett gets to ogle her like a piece of meat.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/f547a4d4dd6cc09b941011402a49585e/tumblr_mht8rs8n1z1qcrvmpo1_400.png)
Please excuse me while I vomit.
[For anyone who’s confused, Lindsey Vonn is a member of the US ski team who suffered a terrible crash and season ending injuries this week. But obviously the only thing that matters here is that Max Hulett gets to ogle her like a piece of meat.]
Just found my diary from seventh grade.
This is an actual thing I wrote at thirteen - I was quite the charmer, as you can see.
The best part is later on when I struggle to reconcile this boy’s overt sexism with the fact that I have a crush on him. Also, the fact that I used the spelling “luv” and the word “excruciatingly” in the same sentence the previous entry. Hang in there, seventh grade me. It will all come together some day.HuffPo: Girls' Halloween Costumes, Then And Now: The Evolution From Silly To 'Sexy' [PHOTOS]
Rewind 20 years, and you’ll find that Halloween wasn’t always this way. Patterns for kids’ costumes sold in the 80s and early 90s, and currently available on sites like Etsy and Amazon, show longer hemlines, notably more coverage, and a marked absence of pleather. “Princesses” wore long dresses back then; “cats” were outfitted in full bodysuits.
Just to be clear - I am in full support of people who like revealing costumes. But sexualizing kids (rising hemlines, fishnet stockings, corset-like embellishment, etc.) is gross.
(Source: seriouslyamerica)
Too often the discourse of motherhood and pregnancy is shaped around a privileged lens. We discuss what it means for white middle class mothers in America to go through pregnancy, the pressures they feel to live up to a certain lifestyle, and the countless parenting resources marketed to them. We know that the middle class white mother is pressured to live up to being the best mother she could be. The black mother, on the other hand, has an entirely different reality. The black pregnant body is received by society in an entirely different way, more likely to be met with scorn than joy. It is assumed that the father is unknown or out of the picture.
To have a discussion about the implication of the First Lady calling herself the Mom-in-Chief without once bringing attention to her destruction of the “all black women are terrible mothers” notion is so intellectually dishonest it’s criminal. At best, it is disingenuous to the discourse. Yes, the First Lady is a smart woman who should never have her accomplishments minimized, but I reject the idea that she is not allowed to take pride in doing something that black women are told repeatedly that they are unable to do. Who is to say that her challenge to the negative stereotypes ascribed to black motherhood on a national stage isn’t just as big of an accomplishment as her awards and degrees?
”Michelle Obama and the Myths of Black Motherhood
This article was written by newwavefeminism, and it’s incredible. Seriously, you need to read the whole thing.
(via stfusexists)
Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion. Yet, as common (and legal) as this medical procedure is, it’s still radicalized - even considered shameful. It’s so important for us to tell our stories and stand together!
(Source: hollywoodreporter.com)
(Source: seriouslyamerica)
