Tag Archives: victim blaming

Because you know what? That’s just bullshit.

Angie Varona was a 14 year old girl who took pictures of herself on the internet. Somehow, the pics were leaked and now she is a bit of an internet celebrity due to numerous people sharing images of herself for … Continue reading

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Stop Internet Misogyny Week – Day 1

Today’s required reading: TigerBeatdown on #mencallmethings The good news? Because I hate online misogyny, I’m an “ALL-POWERFUL TOTALITARIAN OF THE SORT DESCRIBED BY GEORGE ORWELL” – pssht, as if you didn’t know that. Here at gynocrat central, we’re all about … Continue reading

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Stop Internet Misogyny Week

Like many other bloggers, I’ve decided to cover Stop Internet Misogyny Week. It’s a topic that needs more attention, and is a topic near and dear to my heart. Echidne has a great overview of some of the posts that … Continue reading

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Unless you’re involved in DV support and advocacy in some way, you might not know October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. You probably do know that it’s also breast cancer awareness month. If you go shopping, you won’t find stores … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Scarlett Johansson

Dear Ms. Johansson, I’m writing to you in regards to the despicable thing that happened to you recently on reddit. It seems that some garbage nightmare of a person stole your personal photos, and then a number of horrible human … Continue reading

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The sad truth

1. AIDS is a plague — numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health — though no one in authority has the guts to call it one. 2. Too many people hate the people that AIDS most … Continue reading

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Hahahah Wait, what?

Now, I like to think of myself as someone who can take a joke, laugh at it, and tell it again to someone else. So when I saw this, I giggle and tittered at the first two sections of the … Continue reading

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The mad world of victim blaming

It is not your fault you were mugged.  It is the mugger’s fault for deciding to mug you. It is not your fault that you’re treated poorly because of your skin color.  It is the racist’s fault for being a … Continue reading

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