Beyond Bound Journals

It’s International Women’s Day tomorrow. Let’s celebrate women’s achievements and continue to fight patriarchy across the globe. Holler.

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Posted at 11:35 PM 07 March 2012

If mugging were treated the same way as rape…(courtesy of Buzzfeed.com).

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Posted at 4:15 PM 24 February 2012

(via golden-bopit-deactivated2012092)

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Posted at 11:52 AM 09 February 2012

Pants!

Excerpt from a book I am reading about applying for jobs…

“For those women who are still convinced that pants are acceptable interview attire, listen to the worse of one career counselor from a prestigious New England college:

I had a student who told me that since she knew women in her industry often wore pants to work, she was going to wear pants to her interviews. Almost every recruiter commented that her pants were ‘too casual’ and even referred to her as ‘the one with the pants.’ “

Surprisingly, it was published in 2010 and not 1950. Ridiculous. And for the record, I’ve worn pants to every job interview I’ve ever had, and I’ve been hired quite a few times, thanks.

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Posted at 11:58 AM 02 February 2012

we-named-the-dog-indiana:

“The Year of the Girl is only a beginning. We can’t transform American leadership in a year, but we can transform expectations in a year. We can transform awareness in a year. We can set in motion a generational change, and make certain that a baby girl born in 2012 will experience her life in a new and vastly different world. If not us, who? If not now, when? When girls succeed, so does society.”

-GSUSA Chief Executive Officer Anna Maria Chávez.

(Source: redrahloo)

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Posted at 11:06 AM 20 January 2012

Obama calls the GOP out for being a bunch of fuckheads. Yes, that’s proper political terminology.

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Posted at 12:08 PM 17 January 2012

Best Marriage Equality Video EVER.

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Posted at 3:11 PM 09 December 2011

(Source: postmodernismruinedme)

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Posted at 4:06 PM 13 November 2011

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.

— bell hooks

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Posted at 10:42 AM 07 November 2011

It's Not Your Fault You're a Mean Girl →

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Posted at 2:04 PM 27 October 2011

USA Today reports young people don't care about feminism →

jessicavalenti:

Prove them different. Comment at the article, tweet at the reporter, or write a letter to the editor. Don’t let the tired “feminism is dead” bullshit fly!

“I think people think it’s a bit unattractive for a girl to be talking about things like that all the time,” says Szal, of New Hope, Pa. “You get a little stigmatized, like ‘pushy’ or ‘problematic’ or ‘troublesome’ or ‘a lot to handle.’” — I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m happy being called any of these things. Better than passive, meek or proper. Women who behave rarely make history, people.

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Posted at 11:17 AM 27 October 2011