Pussy Riot tweeted on Sunday that the two activists had fled Russia and are “recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new protest actions.” No mention was made of where they went.

I, for one, am in favor of a Pussy Riot Art Hooligans World Tour.

melloncholera:

meganpicturetaker:

reallyfoxnews:

Good morning, Tumblr.

I love the internet. I really do. I defend it all the time and appreciate the ability to share information, say what you’re thinking, and sometimes even say the things you may be hesitant to share in a face to face conversation. So this morning, I have an apology.

I am sorry, Tumblr, I am sorry that I feel homophobia, sexism, and misogyny do not deserve MTV music awards. I am sorry that lyrics like “Starve her til I carve her and shove her in the Rover, cut her like a barber with Parkinson’s disorder,” “fuck coke because I’m snorting Hitler’s ashes,” and “I’m not weird, you’re just a faggot” are offensive to me. I’m sorry I don’t understand the “satire.” I’m sorry that I don’t find him tweeting “If Tegan or Sara need a hard dick hit me up” funny, satirical, or anything less than insulting, disgusting, and offensive. I’m sorry that I don’t think this person is a role model. I’m sorry that everyone on Tumblr is psychic and automatically knows that I have only listened to one Tyler the Creator song, and that I love Eminem and Chis Brown and they win awards and no one cares. Actually, I’m sorry that I didn’t include the long list of other people whose music I find too offensive to be winning televised music awards, Eminem included, in that post. I should have also probably mentioned how distasteful I find Chris Brown’s performance and career in general. But thanks, Tumblr, for clearing that up for me, and for your insightful suggestions. 

I’m sorry that I don’t see the pleasure, humor, or sense in telling random people in the internet to “go fuck themselves” or that they are “worthless piece of shit bloggers” over a disagreement of musical taste. Actually, over anything. I’m sure everyone is proud of themselves, sitting at their computers, offering this wonderful commentary on what has turned out to be, surprisingly, and interesting reblog discussion about the intent and context of Tyler the Creator’s music.

I never post anything on this blog expecting everyone to agree with me. If that were the case, what would be the point of blogging? Tumblr is a fascinating, fast-paced community, and disagreement often spurs intellectual conversation and I find that I usually learn something. I get messages, telling me that I’m wrong, I’m a liberal, I’m stupid, whatever but this, however, this is different. What are you going to achieve, telling someone they are a fucking idiot because they don’t agree with you? How can you blatantly be so sure that you fucking hate someone you don’t know? 

Before I go on a tangent cyber-bullying rant, I’ll end this here. We live in a rape culture. We live in a world where people - young women especially - idolize men who continually talk about - and do - rape, kill, and abuse women. And we live in a world where men do it to each other, too. If the intent is satirical, it is misguided. If the lyrics of a song are too vulgar, too offensive to play on the radio or be performed on television, if the audience of a show is mostly young people, if the acceptance speech is going to be a curse-ridden tirade directed towards children, what does giving that “artist” and award say to the world? What does it say to women, to children, to homosexuals, to anyone who lives below the privilege line? 

Rappers can rap about whatever they want. Singers can sing about whatever they want. You can stand on your corner with your protest sign, and everyone can tell you what they think. However, that doesn’t mean that you should be getting any awards for your twisted, disgusting, hate-ridden words. 

I’m taking a few days Tumblr break. The responses to the Tyler the Creator post have sickened and disgusted me to a point where I don’t want to be anywhere near my computer. The messages I have received have reminded me what a cruel lover the Internet can be, and how quickly the hateful commentary and overuse of profanity that I try to keep off my blog has surfaced. So me and my worthless piece of shit blogger ass will drink some tea, catch up on some sleep, and see you all in a little while for regularly scheduled RFN programming. 

Let the inbox overflow commence. 

I bet you most of the responses she got were from people too stupid to understand this well written response. But I back this 100%.

I wouldn’t be surprised if people that like Tyler the Whatever liked BOTDF a few years back. Give em hell, kid.

meltzer:

partywitch:

THE PANEL IS ONE WEEK AWAY! EVERYONE COME! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

email wozq@smith.edu if you have any questions!

So psyched. My love for Northampton is eternal. Please come. Should I wear my Smith College botanic garden “women on topsoil” t-shirt?

miseryxchord:

spectralradiance:

saibashahar:

cowl:

lettersfromtheattic:

essdubbs:

Everyone following me needs to watch this video. It is a short video about Male Entitlement in North American culture. It is absolutley disgusting and shocking. I can’t believe that these things have happened in such public spaces and no one stepped in to stop them.

(via captaincadet, atoxique)

same.

this is a terrible thing, but this is the reason that sometimes i’m really glad i’m not pretty. but that doesn’t mean i think any of this is okay, it just means that i would probably be faster to step in than to hang back for fear of that being turned on me. there is one woman who actively fights back (until she realizes how outnumbered she is). if only one person had joined her, maybe it would have made others realize how wrong this was.

i hope every woman who has had to experience this has someone near her to remind her that this is not okay, and that she shouldn’t have to put up with abuse like that. i can’t imagine being alone and experiencing that…

edit: i’m canadian and have never seen anything as severe as this in person, but i don’t think that canada is immune to this sort of thing. fyi.

I’d never seen this video or heard of these incidents, but this is appalling.

I am horrified and disgusted. I hope everyone of those men who participated get shot in the fucking face, and this is coming from someone who doesn’t promote violence. 

 Disgusting.

It’s important to note that the effects of Western Male Entitlement issues aren’t confined to the west. I experience the effects of it when I walk around as a Western woman in India,  where many men’s exposure to Western girls is through Hollywood’s bullshit macho fantasies about us and so I am expected to behave similarly. We have no one but sexist culture, those who propagate it, and our enforcement of it upon other peoples to blame.

You know what really upsets me?  That we need to have videos made to draw attention to this.  Because stuff like this DOES happen every day, women ARE treated like this all the time.  And the fact that something needs to be done to tell people this is a bad thing is just sad.

And I feel the need to point out: it’s not just hip hop videos and music that this idea is espoused in.  Other forms of music, especially rock, do more than their fair share to re-enforce this behavior.

I’m not a girl in a music video.  I DON’T exist just as a nameless random body you can get off to.  I don’t want to be treated like that.  And when I TELL YOU not to treat me like that, I want some damn respect from you, not comments on what a bitch I am. 

If demanding to be seen as a person is being a bitch?  Then yes, world.  I am a bitch.

meltzer:

Strong women are hot women, it’s true. I still love the idea of a show/self-defense workshop. Have I mentioned that my high school offered Model Mugging as PE for girls? I took it, obvs.

Rape is bad.

Seems straightforward enough, right? Violating a person sexually is not a good thing. Performing sexual acts on their body when they haven’t consented to them is double plus ungood, comrade. Most sane, healthy people in society recognize this fact.

So why does our society not only fail to condemn, but in fact has been known to glamorize date rape?

— Joan Jett talks guitars, The Runaways and Broadway in an interview with Gibson.com.

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Joan Jett on what has changed for women in music in the past 35 years.  Read the entire interview here.

The Runaways, which Jett co-produced, is currently playing in select theaters and will release nationwide on April 9th, 2010.

— Dakota Fanning talks about the gift she gave Cherie Currie, who she plays in the new biopic The Runaways, opening this Friday.