callingoutbigotry:

• A Rolex watch or a fancy car in a bad neighborhood. I am not the basis for a ridiculous victim-blaming metaphor based on theft. I am a person, not an object.
• Your sister or daughter or wife. I exist independently of my relationships with and importance to men. It is…

socialismartnature:

Historian Mary Louise Roberts’ new book explores the interactions between soldiers and French women after the U.S. liberated France. She found that American soldiers horrified some towns by having sex with prostitutes in public places, and 1944 saw a wave of rape accusations against GIs.

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 … On a wave of rape accusations in the summer of 1944, and how the U.S. Army’s response was to frame it as a race problem:

“What happened was the American Army and the [Judge Advocate General] office disproportionately blamed African-American soldiers. Seventy-seven percent of the court-martial prosecutions in the European theater were for African-Americans. They were only 10 percent of the troops. …

“[Trials took place] sometimes three days afterwards. … Many of the men were [hanged] in the towns where the rape, alleged rape, occurred. And the hanging was a difficult thing to do in the land of the guillotine, so the U.S. Army actually brought in their own hangman from Texas. I found a file in the National Archives which dealt with this. … Grisly, very grisly.”

gaywrites:

The Association of Transgender Professionals is a newly established group to support acceptance and inclusion of transgender people in the workplace. 

In a recent survey, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality found that 90% of trans people have felt somehow harassed at work. This group will work to educate people about the issues their trans coworkers might face and provide resources so trans professionals can succeed in their fields.

“ATP’s vision is to create inclusion for gender expression for all employees,” the association’s founding director, Denise Norris, said in a statement released on the organization’s Facebook page. “Our belief is that in the setting of the workplace it should not matter why or how an employee expresses their gender. What ultimately matters is that the employee can fulfill the duties of the job for which they were hired.”

The new association will focus on three main goals: acceptance, talent, and placement, or A.T.P. It will help promote the inclusion of gender-expression diversity in the workplace to increase awareness and equality, provide professional development and networking opportunities for transgender individuals, and help develop better recruitment methods so employers can tap the talent of this community.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Why wasn’t this already a thing?! 

sluteverbabe:

activist-hat:

topsidepress:

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Cathy Brennan, radical “feminist” terrorist, has set her sights on a young black activist in Baltimore County, MD. Phylicia Sampson is being taken to court by Brennan, a notorious harasser of trans women and their supporters. Sampson is a recent college grad with few resources, no car and no way to fight back without your help.

As a community, we’ve suffered Brennan’s assaults for a long time—her blog is the best known for outing trans women’s personal information. She believes trans women are men who are infiltrating the feminist community and expends her resources fighting them. The idea that she is now taking her harassment to a legal venue is horrifying. That she has selected a young black woman with few resources to fight back is repugnant.

We can’t let Cathy Brennan get away with this! Share Phylicia’s campaign on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram.  Here are some things you can do TODAY to help:

• Tell your friends why it is important that they donate to this campaign. 
• Donate what you can.
• Write to your favorite feminist blog and ask them to cover this campaign

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It’s pretty awesome to have allies and supporters.

Help my girl out, DONATE if you can and Signal Boost! If you’re tired of Cathy Brennan attacking people for calling her out on her bullshit, support Phylicia in her defense! 

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The movement is nothing if it’s not inclusive.

votethemout2014:

Five Reasons to Vote Out Virginia Rep Eric Cantor

1- He is anti-Worker. 

• Voted No to raising the national minimum wage
• Wants to end overtime pay for hourly workers
• Wouldn’t allow vote (or even a debate) on jobs bill

2- He is anti-American.

• He puts politics before country
• Would rather America suffer than give Obama a political win
• He proudly takes credit for the Sequester

3- He is anti-Woman.

• Voted to restrict women’s access to abortion
• Voted against the Fair Pay act & Employment descrimination act
• Violence Against Women Act

4- He is anti-Morality.

• While claiming a moral high ground as his main reasoning for being anti-choice, morality doesn’t seem to play a roll in any of his other decisions. He admits he was driving force behind the sequester which put furloughs on almost 90,000 jobs in his home state of Virginia alone. Nothing says morality like putting people out of work over a political agenda.
• Voted No on Iraq troop withdrawal, continuing unemployment benefits and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act

5- Eric Cantor isn’t a racist but…

• Key issue with VAWA: Protects Native women 
• Proud supporter of Redmap: Targeting Black voters
• Voted No on the Housing Foreclosure Assistance Program for those who were unlawfully targeted with sub-prime loans: Biggest effect on Black and Latino citizens.
• During the last election between Rep Cantor and Wayne Powell, N*gger Lover was spray painted on one of Powell’s offices. Cantor didn’t see any reason to speak out against the actions.