This Is Not “iconic”, This Is Sad.

"Much like the US and the western European nations, the standards of living in the Nordic countries are based not on having invented a wonderful system that can provide for everyone’s needs, but based on the exploitation of resources and labor of the global south. Lenin described one of the key tendencies of imperialism as 'the exploitation of oppressed nations—which is inseparably connected with annexations—and especially the exploitation of colonies by a handful of 'Great' Powers, increasingly transforms the 'civilised' world into a parasite on the body of hundreds of millions in the uncivilised nations.' While the large colonial empires of Lenin’s time have largely dispersed, the relationships have not so much disappeared as they have changed form. The global south is exploited, and the western powers profit."

the asuka kinnie urge to think your life is completely meaningless and your own self is worthless whenever you can’t achieve excellent academic results

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i literally do not care if some men will get wrongfully accused of raping someone and jailed if it means that the system will be more effective in prosecuting actual rapists. abused women are sent to prison for their entire life for killing their abusers.

lol @ the insinuation that men “turn to” the patriarchy as if it’s a weed strain rather than a violent system of oppression created to make women second-class citizens

men created it, it benefits them, they don’t commit unspeakable acts every second of every day because they’re “lonely and alienated” they do it because they want to and the systems they created allow them to with no consequences

when people kinda disappear from tumblr that means they’re either doing really well or really bad

You shouldn’t have to convince someone to say “yes.” 

Me walking out of Across the Spider-verse like

In Barbie (2023), directed by Greta Gerwig, Ken says he wants to spend the night with Barbie because they're boyfriend and girlfriend and when she asks him "to do what?", he replies "I'm actually not sure". This is a perfect analogy to kids playing with Barbie dolls, as they know that couples "do things" but are too young to know exactly what. In this essay I will

Feminism has become far too watered down. It’s purpose has been shifted, it’s focus moved . Feminism is now about “equality” when the purpose was always meant to be advancement and rights for WOMEN. The kind of weak feminism that caters to men is not real feminism, but something else entirely. The cause of giving women rights must focus on women. Real feminism ALWAYS puts WOMEN FIRST. It doesn’t allow the exploitation and commodification of women for men’s pleasure, pander to men who invade women’s spaces, or justify oppression of and violence towards women by men.

If you support porn and "sex work"- the sale of women’s bodies and the exploitation of vulnerable women- you are not a feminist.

If you believe that not wearing makeup and skirts makes you not a woman, or that a man wearing makeup and skirts makes him a woman, or in general that gender presentation= gender, you are not a feminist.

If you think men or "non-women" can be lesbians, you are not a feminist.

If you think it is empowering to make yourself into a sexual object for men, or to let men use you sexually without insisting they put your pleasure first, you are not a feminist.

If you believe that oppression-based gender roles and religious codes can be a "choice" and empowering, you are not a feminist.

If you continually adjust your language to erase women, and refuse to acknowledge that it is women who birth and menstruate, you are not a feminist.

If you use misogynistic slurs like "b*ch" "sl*t" and "h*", you are not a feminist.

If your feminism does not believe in putting women first in the cause, you are not a feminist.