I support female anger. I support women being angry towards the gender wage gap, the glass ceiling, anti-choice views and legislation, the social standards of our gender performativity (femininity). I support women being angry towards unrealistic and harmful beauty standards, towards the virgin/whore dichotomy, towards the sexualization of female innocence and the cultural denying of female sexuality in our old age. I support women being angry at rape culture, at a society that ignores our power and discourages us from using it. I support women who are angry at racism, misogyny, classism and gender roles. I support women who are not afraid to express their anger despite constant cultural reminders that we should sit down and shut up and let the “big, smart, strong men” do the talking. I support women who are angry at the fetishization of lesbians and who realize that turning their sexuality into a fetish isn’t mainstream acceptance but just another manifestation of misogyny. I support women who are angry at the sexualization and glamorization of female pain and distress in porn and the mainstream media. I support women who are angry at the straight male gaze and who are angry at how it represents us. I support women who are angry at sexual harassment and all the women who have come out about their abuse and no one ever believed them. I support the women who are angry and tired of being victim-blamed, who are tired and angry of their choices being policed because clothing doesn’t make men rape, misogyny does.
—(via angrywomanistcritic)
(via deadfromdaisies)
