1. wordscanbesexy: heatherbat: callmebliss: hellotailor: rubdown: lovelymoonbeams: stunningpicture: ‘Cause people seem to only post the 20-something Audrey Hepburn this is genuinely the first photo i’ve seen of her looking older I didn’t know Audrey Hepburn grew old into a bomb-ass old lady until like, last year. I thought she died young cuz that’s the only pictures I’ve ever seen.  omg <3 she was also the granddaughter of a baron, the daughter of a nazi sympathizer, spent her teens doing ballet to secretly raise money for the dutch resistance against the nazis, and spent her post-film career as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, winning the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts. and history remembers her as pretty. \o/ and history remembers her as pretty. and history remembers her as pretty. and history remembers her as pretty.

    wordscanbesexy:

    heatherbat:

    callmebliss:

    hellotailor:

    rubdown:

    lovelymoonbeams:

    stunningpicture:

    ‘Cause people seem to only post the 20-something Audrey Hepburn

    this is genuinely the first photo i’ve seen of her looking older

    I didn’t know Audrey Hepburn grew old into a bomb-ass old lady until like, last year. I thought she died young cuz that’s the only pictures I’ve ever seen. 

    omg

    <3

    she was also the granddaughter of a baron, the daughter of a nazi sympathizer, spent her teens doing ballet to secretly raise money for the dutch resistance against the nazis, and spent her post-film career as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, winning the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts.

    and history remembers her as pretty.

    \o/

    and history remembers her as pretty.

    and history remembers her as pretty.

    and history remembers her as pretty.

  3. yourgoodgirl: give to me.

    yourgoodgirl:

    give to me.

  4. andyispoesizing:

    tanacetum-vulgare:

    shortbreadsh:

    cloverholin:

    youngbadmanbrown:

    canisfamiliaris:

    Bras Do Not Work and Cause More Problems

    The findings from a 15-year, longitudinal study of more than 300 women in France, suggest that breasts would gain more tone, and would support themselves, if no bra was used. Why? Bras appear to limit the growth of supporting breast tissues, leaving the breast to wither and degrade more quickly. In fact, women who stopped wearing bras experienced a 7mm lift in their nipples each year that they did not wear a bra, and bra-less women developed firmer breasts, and stretch marks faded. And, in direct opposition to the myth that the bra eases back pain for women with larger breasts, not wearing a bra actually eased the pain, while wearing a bra did not.

    Hmmm

    is this true i don’t believe this at all

    but now I want to start going braless again

    I have to say I find this doubtful as well. 7mm a year??? Uh the average person would end up with nipples on their face eventually

    All I have to say about this is, honestly, how much of a pervert do you have to be to build your career as a scientist around measuring the breasts of 20-something women with calipers? The icing on the cake is his suggestion that women in their 40s should just keep wearing bras because they wouldn’t “benefit” from taking them off now. Oh, ok then. 

    Patriarchy is ruining bralessness for me by saying you mustn’t wear bras because they makes your breasts less perky, can’t women ever decide what they wear based on how much pain  / discomfort they’re in not on how men feel when they look at them? 

    this is better. good commentary and good no image. i didn’t think thoroughly about the original post, just the painful reality of bras.

  5. schakall: tazi16: brayness: riseaboveittoloveitletitgo: feminist-fury: canisfamiliaris: Bras Do Not Work and Cause More Problems The findings from a 15-year, longitudinal study of more than 300 women in France, suggest that breasts would gain more tone, and would support themselves, if no bra was used. Why? Bras appear to limit the growth of supporting breast tissues, leaving the breast to wither and degrade more quickly. In fact, women who stopped wearing bras experienced a 7mm lift in their nipples each year that they did not wear a bra, and bra-less women developed firmer breasts, and stretch marks faded. And, in direct opposition to the myth that the bra eases back pain for women with larger breasts, not wearing a bra actually eased the pain, while wearing a bra did not. LEAVE IT TO THE FRENCH! WELL WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO NOW? It’s too late for mine ;n; NOW I HAVE AN EXCUSE TO NOT WEAR BRAS ANYMORE. OR TO JUST WEAR THOSE THAT ARE JUST FABRICS WITHOUT THE METAL STUFF AND THE SHAPPEN CUPS. METAL STUFF AND SHAPPEN CUPS who dreamed this up? oh yeah men

    schakall:

    tazi16:

    brayness:

    riseaboveittoloveitletitgo:

    feminist-fury:

    canisfamiliaris:

    Bras Do Not Work and Cause More Problems

    The findings from a 15-year, longitudinal study of more than 300 women in France, suggest that breasts would gain more tone, and would support themselves, if no bra was used. Why? Bras appear to limit the growth of supporting breast tissues, leaving the breast to wither and degrade more quickly. In fact, women who stopped wearing bras experienced a 7mm lift in their nipples each year that they did not wear a bra, and bra-less women developed firmer breasts, and stretch marks faded. And, in direct opposition to the myth that the bra eases back pain for women with larger breasts, not wearing a bra actually eased the pain, while wearing a bra did not.

    LEAVE IT TO THE FRENCH!

    WELL WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO NOW?

    It’s too late for mine ;n;

    NOW I HAVE AN EXCUSE TO NOT WEAR BRAS ANYMORE.

    OR TO JUST WEAR THOSE THAT ARE JUST FABRICS WITHOUT THE METAL STUFF AND THE SHAPPEN CUPS.

    METAL STUFF AND SHAPPEN CUPS who dreamed this up? oh yeah men

  6. "When women speak truly, they speak subversively."
    Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World (via onedayillgotopless)
  7. "When women scream you wonder what’s wrong with them. When men yell you get afraid about what they’re going to do."

    A girl in my creative writing class said this in response to a story we read about witnessing intimate partner violence and it really fucked with my head because I’ve never, ever, ever, thought of it that way. (via youngbadmanbrown)

    whoa.

    (via weaklungz)

  8. aproposofthedumbsnow:

    aproposofthedumbsnow:

    sassygaynations:

    Thinking to teach me about men, worrying that I knew nothing, she wrote me a rule book of which I will list the first page.

    1. Men are easy to please but are not pleased for long before some new novelty must delight them
    2. Men are easy to make passionate but are unable to sustain it
    3. Men are always seeking soft women but find their lives in ruins without strong women
    4. Men must be occupied at all times otherwise they make mischief
    5. Men deem themselves weighty and women light. Therefore it is simple to tie a stone round their necks and drown them should they become too troublesome.
    6. Men are best left in groups by themselves where they will entirely wear themselves out in drunkenness and competition. While this is taking place a woman may carry on with her own life unhindered.
    7. Men are never never to be trusted with what is closest to your heart, and if it is they who are closest to your heart, do not tell them.
    8. If a man asks you for money, do not give it to him
    9. If you ask a man for money and he does not give it to you, sell his richest possession and leave at once.
    10. Your greatest strength is that every man believes he knows the sum and possibility of every woman.

    Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry.

    re-reblogging for Mouth

  9. feminishblog: bitterbuffalo: thiscuntsays: kiskex: Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization.  as highlighted by the image, Erving Goffman made it known that these poses were problematic because if we saw any reversal of the gender roles, we perceive it as weird or strange. this image shows a man posing in a feminine fashion… men are very rarely posing like this in professional photography. essentially, if our instincts tell us something is strange about a person in a photograph, it is representative of the demand of gender display in advertisements. This kind of thing is super interesting to me. Other ways women are photographed but men rarely are include; Standing on one leg/legs crossed and weight all on one leg/leaning on someone or something - The woman is vulnerable and incapable. She literally can’t stand (exist) alone.   With their head cropped out of the image or with their eyes down - This goes back to Madonna and Child and is totally entwined with the whole subject/object problem. The (male) viewer is the active subject, the woman is the passive object. You’re allowed to look because she sure as hell isn’t going to do anything, her body exists for you. (Hello rape culture.)  Not dressed - This isn’t such a big deal if the woman is photographed alone but often photos will depict naked women and fully dressed men, often in suits. The implications of this are pretty obvious.  Cut/Bruised - Vulnerability again. To be honest I’ve seen these kinds of images more on tumblr than I have anywhere else, they don’t seem to have made it into mainstream photography quite as much. But Tumblr is super fond of headless semi-dressed women with grazed knees. I guess in some way you could agrue that these photos show the strength of women, but I personally don’t buy that. For the same reason I don’t like this theme used domestic violence ads, I think it only serves to re-victimise the women. Obviously there are also some really great photographs of women that don’t do any of these things, and some photographs that use these themes for legitimate reasons.  Always reblog, because this is so damn provoking. I think it&#8217;d be cool for some guy to do these other poses too. I thought about trying it myself, but it&#8217;d just come off campy, and this is too important for that.

    feminishblog:

    bitterbuffalo:

    thiscuntsays:

    kiskex:

    Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization. 

    as highlighted by the image, Erving Goffman made it known that these poses were problematic because if we saw any reversal of the gender roles, we perceive it as weird or strange. this image shows a man posing in a feminine fashion… men are very rarely posing like this in professional photography.

    essentially, if our instincts tell us something is strange about a person in a photograph, it is representative of the demand of gender display in advertisements.

    This kind of thing is super interesting to me. Other ways women are photographed but men rarely are include;

    Standing on one leg/legs crossed and weight all on one leg/leaning on someone or something - The woman is vulnerable and incapable. She literally can’t stand (exist) alone.  

    With their head cropped out of the image or with their eyes down - This goes back to Madonna and Child and is totally entwined with the whole subject/object problem. The (male) viewer is the active subject, the woman is the passive object. You’re allowed to look because she sure as hell isn’t going to do anything, her body exists for you. (Hello rape culture.) 

    Not dressed - This isn’t such a big deal if the woman is photographed alone but often photos will depict naked women and fully dressed men, often in suits. The implications of this are pretty obvious. 

    Cut/Bruised - Vulnerability again. To be honest I’ve seen these kinds of images more on tumblr than I have anywhere else, they don’t seem to have made it into mainstream photography quite as much. But Tumblr is super fond of headless semi-dressed women with grazed knees. I guess in some way you could agrue that these photos show the strength of women, but I personally don’t buy that. For the same reason I don’t like this theme used domestic violence ads, I think it only serves to re-victimise the women.

    Obviously there are also some really great photographs of women that don’t do any of these things, and some photographs that use these themes for legitimate reasons. 

    Always reblog, because this is so damn provoking.

    I think it’d be cool for some guy to do these other poses too. I thought about trying it myself, but it’d just come off campy, and this is too important for that.

  10. »  The Male Gaze never wants to retreat from its intrusive examination of the female form--even when it is, by definition, excluded.

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