Estrogen and Tonic

notastraightalien:

Listen,,,,Miss Congeniality isn’t about Grace getting a makeover and ~learning to love herself~ it’s about Grace learning to overcome internalized misogyny and realizing that the “airhead beauty queens” are real, important, and brilliant people and that their interest in fashion and makeup doesn’t make them idiots. Grace loved herself the entire movie, with or without the make over; the makeover helped her learn to respect other women.

lanotteseneva:

i understand the whole “it’s offensive to ask a woman if she’s on her period just because she’s nervous” thing but i also think we should start saying more that yes, periods can in fact make you tired and nervous (and you’d be nervous too if you were going on about your daily activities while bleeding and battling with cramps) and maybe instead of making an unfunny joke about it you should try to be more sympathetic towards someone who’s clearly having a difficult day for reasons outside their control. like idk i think i should be able to say “yeah today i’m super tired because my period just started” the same way i’d say “yeah i’m super off today because i slept badly / have a headache / whatever” and have guys just go “okay fair” instead of acting either like i said the most icky and disgusting thing ever or like it’s okay to make an unfunny sexist joke about it

luvdrunk:

can we talk about the way we encourage women to enter stem fields but then do nothing to change what makes stem environments hostile to women

straightwhiteboystexting:

badarzewska-deserves-the-world 

mysharona1987:

yardsards:

thedyke:

also i literally do not care whether you prefer pads or tampons but the fact that in almost every situation where free period supplies are available, they’re tampons, and this is just assumed to be fine (or people like campaigning for “free tampons” rather than “free menstrual products”) upsets me bc there are a lot of people who use pads who cannot use tampons and i don’t understand why tampons are considered not just the default but the only option worth mentioning

also how pad users are seen as unhygienic or childish or less capable/active

i-was-today-years-old-when:

i learned that researchers historically have avoided using female animals in medical studies specifically so they don’t have to account for influences from hormonal cycles. This may explain why women often don’t respond to available medications or treatments in the same way as men do (x)

guccixcucci:

adimu:

IF YOU SEE YOUR HOMEBOY HARASSING A WOMAN WHO IS CLEARLY UNCOMFORTABLE, SAY SOMETHING BITCH BOY.

Not only that but that should no longer be your homeboy

(Source: thefinefriend1)

thenextmaryshelley:

I think it’s very telling how much fanboys loved Harley Quinn when she was a ‘fun, quirky psycho’ and thought of her as one of the sexiest female comic characters while she was stuck in a toxic relationship where she was abused constantly but still loved and defended her abuser, but now that she’s away from the Joker and no longer loves him, and is making important relationships with other women, she’s been ‘ruined’.