“THIS IS WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING; HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MUSCULAR; HE DESERVES NOT TO BE PHOTOSHOPPED. HE IS HUMAN, AND HE HAS BLEMISHES. HERE HE STANDS, VISIBLE. HE SEES YOU ALL, COUNTLESS INVISIBLE OTHERS LIKE HIM. THIS BODY IS ACCEPTABLE — PUBESCENT, AWKWARD, MARRED. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE INVISIBLE. WE ARE ALL GOOD ENOUGH. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR BODIES.” BodyRealityFeminismPrideHumanShameEqualityHappyInvisibleManLgbtAwkwardMasculinityTransgenderTransMaleImagePubertyVisibilityPhotoshopMale BeautyMuscleBody ShameBlemish Author:Agnostic Zetetic
“It’s the process of being minimized, invalidated, silenced. It’s the process of being subjected to whatever someone else thinks I owe them. It’s the process of being used, examined, explored, and thrown away. It’s the process of being convinced to comply with the orders of someone who does not see me as their equal, someone who sees nothing wrong with the notion that I’m somehow lesser than they are. Rape isn’t about sex; it’s about all those other things. It’s about power.” WomenPowerViolenceFeminismInjusticeInequalityControlRapeRape CultureSouthern Women Author:Agnostic Zetetic
“Let’s be very clear about this, asshole: I’ve been a woman in Arkansas. I know damn well what it means when a man says to me 'Calm down.' Being raped comes next, and that’s a fact I’m never going to forget.” ViolenceFeminismSurvivalSouthCalmRapeViolence Against WomenSexual AssaultRape CultureArkansasSouthern Women Author:Agnostic Zetetic