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Who Needs Feminism?: I need feminism because the wife of a potential presidential candidate said the following
“Why should women be paid equal to men? Men have been in the working world a lot longer and deserve to be paid at a higher rate. Heck, I’m a working mom and I’m not paid a dime. I depend on my husband to provide for me and my family, as should most women… and if a woman does work, she should be…
Star Wars Day Giveaway!
Two weeks from today is May 4th, also known as Star Wars Day. On that day I will be randomly selecting THREE winners from a list randomizer, which will contain the URLs of whoever reblogs this post. There will be three categories of items to choose from:
Category 1
Star Wars AT-AT American Apparel T Dress (Size Large)
Boba Fett Tunic Tee (Size Large)
Category 2
R2-D2 iPhone 4 Decal Skin
Boba Fett iPhone 4 Decal Skin
Category 3
Vintage Star Wars Episode I Pinback Buttons
The Jedi Path (Hardcover book)
The first person picked will get to choose one item from each category (giving them three items). The second person will get to choose two items from what is left. The third person will receive the last item (sorry if you end up disliking it, but free Star Wars stuff is better than no Star Wars stuff!)
**To keep things fair and from getting crazy, I will only count your name FIVE different times (if you choose to reblog it that many times), and no more than that.** You do NOT have to be following me to win. This giveaway is just for fun, to support our favorite franchise, and to add some extra happiness to Star Wars Day! If you are confused or have any questions, feel free to message me.
May the fourth be with you! :3
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Asking For It: 6%
It is estimated that only 6% of rapes and sexual assaults are actually reported, which is a frightfully low number. I have started a new project aiming to explore the reasons behind this, which started from the #ididnotreport hashtag on twitter - where survivors or rape/sexual abuse tell of their numerous reasons why they didn’t report it to anyone. This is the first series of images - numerous things that victims are told time and time again whenever they do actually report their abuse to someone - be it a friend, parent, family member, stranger or the authorities. We live in a society of rape culture where the victim is almost constantly blamed - told that they drank too much, wore too little, were out too late by themselves, flirted too much, are too “slutty”, are too “frigid”, are making a big deal out of “nothing”, the rapist was their partner so it obviously wasn’t rape because you can’t be raped by someone you’re in a relationship with. The things that victims constantly get told by the media, the people they know, rape “jokes”, songs, the authorities…they are painted on them so that they can never forget. To remind them that it is all “their fault” - if they hadn’t gone there/drank alcohol/wore that skirt/flirted etc, it wouldn’t have happened. Obviously.
I intend to expand on this series of photographs in the near future, and there is a lot more to come from this project, this is only the very starting point. My aim is to bring the idea of rape culture, slut-shaming, and victim-blaming to the attention of more people. To try and examine why 94% of rapes/assaults/abuse are never reported to the police, and to try and make that number decrease.
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