womenofcolorandsize:

The desexualization of women of size, especially those of color, has been a part of American media for a long time. Her body is supposed to represent motherhood, but not sexual femininity, as if those things were not connected. Her size is a sign of her authority, so she is thought to be “masculine.” Though she holds authority, she is not to be seen as competition of the delicate white female. Her bosom is a place to rest not to caress. Her “excess” weight is supposedly an indication of her intelligence, adding a factor of ableism and sanism in the mix.

Curvy WoC are reclaming there bodies. They see neither thinness nor thickness as the definition of femininity or intellgence. Their bodies are rebelion against mainstream white culture. They embrace motherhood without questioning the existence of their sexuality.

(via stophatingyourbody)

One good thing about the Blight is how it brings people together.

(Source: samgurl775, via the-fake-commander-shepard)

alaskaisnotlost:

Favourite Disney-Pixar film ever (:

(Source: nortonings, via lumnhex)

whatsaweekend:

ladysybil:

while we’re on the topic of first-person historical fiction novels from our past can we talk about these please

i got the top two as a tenth birthday present from my aunt and for a while they just sat on my shelf and then one day i happened to pull out the one about anne and started reading and that’s essentially how i got interested in her and this whole time period pretty much

and they’re very historically accurate and extremely well-written and if you haven’t read them you should probably get on that shit

I’ve read Mary, Bloody Mary and did a book report on it in eighth grade (got an A+ aw yiss). I didn’t know there were others! I’ll probably have to read them.

SO GOOD

I probably need to add these to my reread list.

roza-belikova:

fangirl challenge : [5/10] friendships - Sarah and Morgan

love this friendship. love that high five!

(via sarahwalkerftw)

gingerhaze:

feminspire:

alyssakorea:

Tumbling over the past year and a half has made me see the problems of gender roles that exist in media, but sometimes it gets to the point where I over analyze every single piece of television or film that I come across. (However this in no way means that I think feminist media criticism is wrong, or should be avoided!) Mostly I just over think everything.

I’ve thought about this a lot and I think the answer is MORE, and MORE DIVERSE female characters.

We’re used to having one or two female characters in a cast of mostly men, and hold them to a higher standard because of that. So all of feminism is resting on the shoulders of one female character - and that DOESN’T WORK. Because there isn’t one right way to be a woman.

If casts had more diversity of gender, we could have warrior women and non-warrior women, sexual women and non-sexual women, feminine and non-feminine, and mixtures of all of the above…all are completely legitimate ways to be a woman.

We’re used to seeing a lot of hypersexualized, scantily clad, one-dimensional stereotypes of women without stories or motives of their own. We respond by asking for characters that AREN’T THAT, but we may end up pushing too far in the opposite direction, and demonize traits like sexuality, conventional attractiveness, and traditional femininity as “sexist.” That’s why the most popular female characters are the ones that are most similar to male heroes - the Arya Starks - emotionally distant, unattached, solve their problems with violence, not remotely sexual. That’s fine too of course. I love Arya. It’s just not…the only way to be.

(via oodlyenough)