Milk of the Word

Another Feminist Blog: Feminist: The Label

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:08:51 -0500

Another Feminist Blog: Feminist: The Label :

I’ve noticed that when I am not in a progressive atmosphere (or even sometimes when I am) and I label myself as a “feminist”, I almost always lose all of my credibility.

I am no longer an educated young adult, I am a “crazy feminist”. People stop taking me seriously….

yes yes yes me too me too! I hear you sister!

oh yes, yes indeed.

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:55:52 -0500

oh yes, yes indeed.

What I do with my spare time. Make adorable cushion covers! the...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:25:40 -0500

What I do with my spare time. Make adorable cushion covers! the screen prints were done earlier this year, and i”ve been itching for a chance to turn them into something. You like?

She’s fallen asleep on top of anough fem-lit to have...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:15:43 -0500

She’s fallen asleep on top of anough fem-lit to have absorbed a little of its content, so im gonna say yes she does. <3 Mowgli

FREEDOM (and what to do with it.)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:17:41 -0500

Exams are over. Schoolies is over. So what to do? I KNOW! Sew! bought a pattenr for a 1950’s day dress this morning, and its nearly finished by dinner time. two-tone with florals and a lilac contrast. Very cute.

although, because i am special, i managed to cut out the size 8 not the size 10, so now i am having to make adjustments and add bits in to make the darn thing fit me! grrrr. I’m too keen for my own good sometimes. Nevertheless, I’m sure it will look just dandy when it’s done, and i promies to follow up with photos. Its a really easy pattern, and when i’m done with this floral one I plan on making a little sailor-themed one with navy blue and red ric-rac on the hem. Oh, sweet freedom!!!

this pretty much sums up how i feel now that exams are over.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:58:25 -0500

this pretty much sums up how i feel now that exams are over.

wise words the morning before my final exam for year 12. After...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:26:27 -0500

wise words the morning before my final exam for year 12. After this, no more school forever. excluding uni. but thats fun school. sigh….sip…breathe…..

Revolutions and Women...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:19:35 -0500

last exam to go! History: revolutions.

Its funny, learning about communism in Russia and China and how brutal the society was that came out of it. But despite this, especially in China, they were way ahead of Western society in terms of womens rights. Really interesting. Mao caused so much death and pain, and suppression, but he granted women all these fundamental rights. I find it kind weird to learn about. How did a society so full of destruction and restriction deem to give women rights like this? it shoudnt make sense. I guess it might just be lost in translation somewhere between East and West. hmmm…..

Also, our history teacher who is a fabulous man, pointed out something. The very spelling of Histoty. His(story.) it so is too. the only time you hear about women is when they;re married to revolutionaries or famous men. Its frustrating. And the ones you do hear about are written so unforgivingly (for all i know they could have been aweful) but it seems odd. Dowager Empress Cixi and Jung Qing, Mao’s wife. maybe a bit backward, but the way historians write about them is so unforgiving.

Hmmm anyway! back to the books! ill be a free woman by Wednesday!

yes for hedgehogs. even more yes for woolly ones!

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:58:46 -0500

yes for hedgehogs. even more yes for woolly ones!

oh Carson Ellis, how beautiful you are.

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:39:35 -0500

oh Carson Ellis, how beautiful you are.

My paint skills, expressing how i feel in regards to History...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:04:34 -0500

My paint skills, expressing how i feel in regards to History Revolutions revision. rather avant-garde i think,

Feminist Poetry...and exams

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:10:06 -0500

I have my Literature Exam in two hours. I am rather nervous. BUT im fairly certain that i will get to spend at least half of it writing about one of the coolest Feminist poets ever: Gwen Harwood. (by the way, if anyone knows any feminist poets, message me! I want more!)

Anyway, Gwen Harwood is an Australian poet who wrote the bulk of her work in the 1950’s. as a housewife, her life was very much devoted to her children, but also to her poetry. She was critical of the institution of marriage and in particular the implications of theman ‘owning’ the woman. She also looked at religion, subverting the assumption that man was at the center of creation, placing instead mothers and their role of nurture. Her work is beautiful to read, even if you’re not into poetry. i wasnt until we studied her.

Feminist Poems to reccommend:

The Lion’s bride
A Kitchen Poem
Mother Who Gave me Life
Impromptu for Anne Jennings

Wish me luck!

Seriously?

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:38:22 -0500

Why is it that whenever I open my mouth and make an intelligent comment about sexism/gender roles I get attacked? I mean seriously. Its like there’s this knee jerk rection from every guy on facebook to just ‘retalliate’ against this oh-so-threatening feminist who is insulting their gender. Yeah never mind the fact that I just pointed out to you how damaging sexism is to guys AS WELL as girls. Never mind that I’m educating you about something that could potentially make you a better person. Yeah, casue what the fuck would I know, being a feminist and all.

What the fuck would I know.

Photo

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:23:15 -0500

Exams: Two down and two to go. HALFWAY, PEOPLE!

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:35:50 -0500

So.Unbelievably.Keen.

I have now officially joined the realm of optically challenged...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:59:00 -0500

I have now officially joined the realm of optically challenged people. now i look even more like “that pretentious fucking feminist who thinks she’s better than us.” Well. Then so be it. Cause the truth is all those dickwads who feel the need to hate on me, are just threatened by me. I realise that now.

So I’m cool with it. And if it means I’m “pretentious” then alrighty. I very much doubt the person who used that word even knows what it means anyway, so uh…idk. And just personally, I think i look quite dapper (if i do say so myself.)

Toxic Tumblr

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:25:00 -0500

I did a bit of reasearch today. I typed in ‘anorexia’ to the search tag bit here on tumblr. I did this because lately a whole lot of tragedy has hit my family, in various different places, but most recently in the form of eating disorders. And it shocked me. So i wanted to see what this blogosphere had to offer in terms of support for those with eating disorders. And instead of finding support blogs from women and young girls who were dealing with thier problems, i was inundated with posts saying stuff like “fuck recovery. I’m gonna die, and I’m gonna die beautiful and thin i dont care what doctors or my parents say!”

And it broke my heart. I was literally sitting there crying for about half an hour. I guess it was ignorant of me to think that victims of eating disorders would want to recover. It is a mental problem as well as a physical one after all….the majority of posts that I trawled through encouraged anorexia and bulimia. Infact, they rejoiced in fasting for three days. In callorie counting. In cutting, because they felt so disgusted with themselves. These beautiful women and girls….

My mum is a GP and she sees alot of women with eating disorders, and whilst talking about it she told me that a lot of it is about taking control of something in thier lives. About having control over your body. But…its just so terrible. And this person in my family…this stunning, beautiful, gentle person…i just wish that she could truly see how she looks to the world. How everyone who sees her is enchanted by her. How graceful and feminine she is. I can’t understand it….I only understand that eating disorders are complex things, that can reap havoc on someones life for years. unless they take their life because it is too unbearable.

The internet has done wonderful things in regards to support groups for those suffering from all sorts of illnesses, but when i read some of these blogs, all i could think about was how toxic a community it is for someone who would have a disorder. It encourages all the things that will eventually kill you. that will send you into a downward spiral of self destruction. So, because it is too painful and awkward to talk about this with you my darling girl, and because you are so ashamed, Here is an anonymous message that you will probably never read.

Please accept the help that is offered to you. And even though it might be impossible for you to believe it in that confused mind of yours, you are beautiful. You are genuine, graceful, loving and kind, body and soul. Please work as hard as you can to turn yourself around. Life is worth living, i promise. You just cant see that right now. Dont give up on living. There are so many people who love you. There are other ways of living, that dont involve self torture. However long it takes, and however hard, you are supported. I want to save you from this toxic community of self harmers and destructors, who are telling you you are too fat. I want to take away all the pain…but I cant. all i can say is that i love you. I.LOVE.YOU.

please dont leave us. and please, please get through this.

xxxxalways

Dear year 12 students of Victoria...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:35:58 -0400

Good luck on your English exam tomorrow people! Weeehooooo! lets do this!

basically, this is the exam that will get me into Melbourne Uni. Because I’m good at english. Really quite good. And I’m nervous. And i needed to vent via Tumblr because I see so many interesting intelligent people on here, and getting into Melbourne Uni is one of many steps of me realising my potential and enjoying life.

So good luck everyone (but not too much….lets face it, this is one big competition!)

now this is just flipping adorable.

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:34:33 -0400

now this is just flipping adorable.

10 Questions for Those Who Want Abortion Made Illegal

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:25:18 -0400

10 Questions for Those Who Want Abortion Made Illegal:

canisfamiliaris:

1. How many years do you consider to be a fair prison term for a woman who has an abortion?

2. How many years for a doctor who performs one?

3. What other punishments would be suitable for such a breach of law: a fine, community service, submission to regular pregnancy tests, for instance?

4. Will the punishments be greater the second time around? How else will you handle recidivism?

5. Where will the state get the money necessary to prosecute one-third of all American women for this crime?

6. 42% of women who have an abortion have incomes below the federal poverty level (that’s $10,830 for a single woman with no children, for those of who are counting). When women are forced to have children they cannot afford to raise, will those children become wards of the state or new Medicaid recipients? Where will the state find the money necessary to support them?

7. Will you be willing to watch your wife die in front of you when her life is threatened by an unsafe pregnancy that no one is allowed to do anything about? Your daughter?

8. Will rapists have to pay child support to women who are forced to have their children?

9. Will the child of incest be in the custody of its rapist father or the father’s teenaged daughter, his mother? In fact, 18% of women who have an abortion in America are teenagers. Will they be required to drop out of high school to raise their children or will the state provide free childcare?

10. Will upper-class white women be prosecuted as vigorously as other women who have abortions? (You are aware that upper-class white women have abortions, aren’t you?)

(via andythenerd)