May 2013
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We've extended our deadline for SPARKteam... →
due to overwhelming demand (we love you, too!!) we’ve extended our deadline for SPARKteam apps until this Friday, May 24th, at Midnight EST!
As a reminder, here’s what we’re looking for from applicants:
be between the ages of 13 and 22.
have great writing skills and an interest in blogging and organizing.
be passionate about fighting back against sexualization of girls and...
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“A popular star willing to talk about gender inequity, as Beyoncé has, is...”
– Tamara Winfrey Harris, All Hail the Queen?
chamberhearts:
put adores all the fictional women you hate on my tombstone
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SPARKteam Applications are OPEN! →
sparkamovement:
Y’all have been asking us for MONTHS and the time is finally here! From today until May 19th, we’ll be accepting apps to join the SPARKteam. We are looking for:
girls (including trans girls!) between the ages of 13 and 22
who are into blogging, activism, and organizing
who want to join a team of activists making local and national change
who are located anywhere on this...
Watch17teenvoguechallenge:
Talkin to myself/you about SPARK applications! Sorry the audio is messed up iMovie is truly a mess.
DOWNLOAD YOUR APPLICATION HERE
SEND IT IN ON SUNDAY MAY 19TH
OK? OK.
HAVE U APPLIED YET
AND IF NOT
WHY??????
“Things that might seem outdated for popular feminism may actually be points of...”
– Jalondra A. Davis in an absolutely fantastic post on A Practical Wedding (via rachelwilkerson)
“So remember this: that shy girl in your English class isn’t passive, or weak, or...”
– Julia Bluhm, Guess What? I’m Still Shy.
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WE'RE LOOKING FOR POC CREATORS IN FILM, FASHION,...
poc-creators:
theblackdripsgold:
poc-creators:
WE NEED YOU!
Contribute to a great platform!
Apply here to be a content contributor!
booost
Have you applied yet? WE’RE CURRENTLY TAKING APPLICATIONS!
“I’m wary of anything that smacks of “making feminism sexy.” Sex-positivity...”
– The Pervocracy: What I Mean When I Say I’m Sex-Positive. (via sexisnottheenemy)
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bonapartist:
so i was looking up stuff about birth control throughout history and
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them”
– Assata Shakur (via ethiopienne)
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sonicsea:
men who pass around/publicize naked photos sent to them by someone who trusted them are shitty people. & if you shame the girl for sending those photos which they thought were going to be kept private, instead of blaming the guy for being an asshole and betraying his partner, you suck too.
SPARKteam Applications are OPEN! →
sparkamovement:
Y’all have been asking us for MONTHS and the time is finally here! From today until May 19th, we’ll be accepting apps to join the SPARKteam. We are looking for:
girls (including trans girls!) between the ages of 13 and 22
who are into blogging, activism, and organizing
who want to join a team of activists making local and national change
who are located anywhere on this...
Interested in learning how to get your story/cause...
fuckyeahfeminists:
Fill out this form to let me know!
There’s an opportunity to get a training by Jenn Pozner at a much reduced rate. This is a great opportunity for activists and feminists who have been feeling ignored.
This is in no way a commitment. Just a way to gauge interest and see if it is affordable. It would be on a sliding-scale basis, depending on how many people sign up.
More...
society: *criticizes girls for being fat, ugly and slutty*
girls: *criticize other girls for being fat, ugly and slutty*
society: what is Up with this Epidemic of Girl Bullying. Girls are just so catty and mean! when I was a Young Lass we never had to worry about this but now with the Tweeter and the My Face, these Real Life Mean Girls can Run Rampant! Golly gee, when boys fight they just hit each other and it's over, but girls are So Horrible.
“I, too, look back on my years in high school and wonder how I would have looked...”
– Carmen via Autostraddle — Ontario’s New High School Gender Studies Class Will Probs Change The World (via autostraddle)
An Open Letter to Eve Ensler
chiefelk:
Dear Eve Ensler,
I want to start off by saying thank you. I appreciate the time you took to reach out to me, because I know you’re incredibly busy. I know there are much more important people in this world than myself, so I appreciate you engaging in dialogue with me and my colleague Kelleigh Driscoll.
This all started because on Twitter, I addressed some issues that I had with...
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SPARKteam Applications are OPEN! →
Y’all have been asking us for MONTHS and the time is finally here! From today until May 19th, we’ll be accepting apps to join the SPARKteam. We are looking for:
girls (including trans girls!) between the ages of 13 and 22
who are into blogging, activism, and organizing
who want to join a team of activists making local and national change
who are located anywhere on this beautiful...
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April 2013
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“It was when I got really ill and had to be hospitalized that I realized how much...”
– Emily Gordon
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Anonymous asked: Hi, I was wondering if SPARK is just based in the USA, or do you have positions for people outside of America?
“There’s a medicine that, in half a century of use, has been linked to a grand...”
– Anya Josephs, Girls of All Ages Need Access to Emergency Contraception
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Anonymous asked: sexist legos?! you are a fucking idiot.
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Anonymous asked: Hi! I was just wondering how does one become part of the SPARKteam? Are there still positions available? Thanks xx
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I don't want to have to compromise my morals in...
actuallygrimes:
i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized
i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction
i dont want to live in a world where im gonna have to start employing body guards because this kind of behavior is so commonplace...
“When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed...”
– Stevie Nicks (via sister-bell)
eversincenow replied to your quote: It’s not that Dove actually cares about our…
I didn’t like the video either, but this is over thinking it. Companies manipulate you all the time. YOU have to be strong enough to not give in if you really don’t want their product. They’re selling you soap godamnit they don’t care about your feelings
“companies manipulate you all the time”
we...
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“It’s not that Dove actually cares about our feelings, it’s that addressing our...”
– Celeste Dafne on Dove’s new “beauty sketches” campaign
Strategies that don't work
proletariantheory:
What’s missing in our movement is the understanding that if we are to radically transform social relations and the way we meet our needs as a society, we shouldn’t focus on mitigating the system’s terrible effects, but must rupture the economic cycle at its very core.
We’ve written about this: “Telling people to “vote with their pocketbooks” reinforces the idea...
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mccarthyist:
wow. that woman isnt a role model. she did drugs. she slept with people. wtf why would you idolize her. my hero is john lennon.
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“A girl whose mind and knowledge have been expanded will no longer able to live...”
– Kartini, women’s rights activist and national hero of Indonesia. April 21st is Hari Kartini (Kartini Day). 