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Teresa Jusino: Writer, producer, karaoke enthusiast. I tell the truth by making things up. I want to leave the world better than I found it. This is the Tumblr feed for my main blog, THE TERESA JUSINO EXPERIENCE (teresajusino.wordpress.com). Formerly, The Gender Blender. Don't worry - I still care about issues of gender, which is why I'm incorporating The Gender Blender into my main blog! :)
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November142012
12AM
THIS.
dear PETA,
this ad is really upsetting.
you’re implying that pubic hair that shows/grows “outside the pantyline” (which is normal/natural for the vast majority of us gals) is “unattractive”….this is the kind of shit Gillette and Nair would pull to hock product, and the sort of cultural beauty-standard malarkey that is contributing to a generally worrying trend…12 and 13 year old girls demanding full bikini waxes and all the shit that I think we can all basically agree is absurd.
fur, bad. yes. i’m with you.
but this ad is perpetuating really unhealthy attitudes. fear and unhappiness in the body-hair department is becoming more and more prevalent in young girls (and all women), because they feel they have no alternative. most feel like they’ll be judged if they don’t tow the party line, and an organization like PETA has more cred (you’re somewhat cool, right? you’re forward-thinking people fighting for a noble cause, right?) than a corporate hair-removal/razor company.
despite the strides of progress made by the generation of women who came before us, we’re slipping backwards. the beauty standard is presenting a more and more difficult struggle for young women. ads like this are part of the problem.
PETA, if you care about animals, and their health and overall happiness index, take your human animals into account alongside the rest of them.
compassion for all.
yours,
afp
(via neil-gaiman)
September262012
That Time When the Internet WASN'T a Sesspool of Awful!
I love every. Single. Thing about this story.
9PM
Dude Experiences Labor Pains. Film...um....Right Now!
I’ve gotta say, this is pretty damn cool. I hope this doctor’s wife LAUGHED IN HIS FACE when he got home. ;)
September42012
Because Women Don't Look Like Men (Nor Should They Have To)
A really interesting article by a female director/screenwriter about how Hollywood (and the general public) react to the visual of women in power.
3PM
The Assumption, Of Course, Is That the Woman Is Less Qualified
So, this dude actually tried to sue CBS for sexual discrimination. Because a job he applied for (waaaaaah!) was being reserved for a woman.
Of course, the assumption being that he was SO insanely qualified, that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to find a WOMAN as qualified to take the job. And that’s “unfair.”
*sigh*
1PM
{UnWinona}: I debated whether or not to share this story.
This kind of stuff happens all the time. Yes, it’s happened to me. One day, I might even write about it. But for now, read unwinona’s story…
And then I debated whether or not to put it on Tumblr…but I decided it was important. Because in my own way, I can (unfortunately) point out exactly what is wrong with men when they don’t realize how hard it is to be a woman. How we do not have equal opportunities and freedoms in everyday life….
September22012
Why We Should Show the WNBA Love (Go Liberty! Hey, I live in L.A. but I'm a New Yorker!)
Yes. Yes to the entirety of this article at Hello Giggles.
“The NBA has been around since 1946, so there’s the association with teams as a part of city pride that allow for a much more deep-rooted history than the newer WNBA founded in 1996. However, we’re coming down on something because it’s newer and less popular, yet earned and justifiably deserved as this country had a lack of female representation in professional sports. We asked for this kind of progress. They represent us as a nation and as women with the freedom to do what they love, and that’s as backward thinking as a suffragist saying she’d rather watch the men vote because they look all strong and serious punching in those little holes. We need these women.”
I’ve been to one Liberty game when I was living in New York and it was so much fun. Would’ve loved to go to more (much like I’d love to go see more roller derby), but I’m just that broke. What’s funny is that while I’m not “into sports,” I always am more into them when it’s women playing. I’m not a “soccer fan” but I love Women’s Soccer. I’m not a “basketball fan,” but I love the WNBA. I love roller derby. I think that says something huge. I think it says that there are probably many girls and women who aren’t “into sports” because they think there’s nothing for them there. They could be sports fans if they could see themselves in it, not necessarily because they want to play, but because they can see someone LIKE them play.
Support women’s sports.
August262012
The Work & Writing of Laurie Penny: It's Trigger Warning Week
I’m honored to have met this woman. Read this, please.
This post comes with a trigger warning for rape and sexual assault that should be visible from space.
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Rape. From the Latin, ‘rapere,’ to take or snatch. Usual meaning: to penetrate another person’s body sexually without their consent. From the Sexual Offences Act, 2003: “A is guilty…
August212012
sexgenderbody: Ann Coulter: Obama’s base is ‘stupid single women’
Oh, Ann Coulter. I think it’s so cute how you try so hard to stay relevant by saying any damn fool thing that comes into your head. It’s adorable, really.
Conservative columnist Ann Coulter on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama was campaigning with women’s rights activist Sandra Fluke because his base was “stupid single women.”
At an campaign event in Denver with the former Georgetown University Law School student
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