‎Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our cultural and political life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’

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Isaac Asimov [via]

I don’t really think that this is anti-intellectualism as a blanket thing, so much as valuation of certain kinds of knowledge over others / the idea that intellectuals are somehow disengaged from the world / anti-intellectualism as a shroud for other kinds of bigotry and groups you would like to marginalize or legitimize.

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But the price was, the price for fighting back was this perception of being evil, bad people of being that negative element. We became the fearful other. Instead of being the welcomed other, now we were the fearful other.

— The Young Lords and early Chicago Puerto Rican gangs

I get so frustrated when I see fauxgressive posts like “The truth about feminists!” with shit like “We DO shave and wear make-up! ah ha ha!”. Yes, obviously feminists express themselves in many different ways, but that isn’t what is being communicated to the dominant culture. To them, that pretty much says “Hey, don’t be afraid of me, I’m just like you, assimilated, safe, and normal! Eww to those other icky girls who don’t shave! They’re extremists! I am not! That is why you should give me rights!”. It panders to supremacist culture while throwing other women under the bus.

— When It Comes to the More Aggressive, Allegedly “Misandrist” or “Reverse Racist” Talk [#Feminist Friday]

If you care about not raping, because you care about not raping, then the only way to be sure you’re not raping is to be sure you’re not raping. This means not having sex when you’re not sure whether it’s rape or not. This means that if you’re asking the question, “Is it rape if I…?” then you may not know the answer, but you know what you should do. Here’s a radical point of view for you: If you don’t care whether or not you rape, then I don’t care whether or not you’re innocent.

— Under Duress: Agency, Power and Consent, Part One: “No”

I’m curious if most girls would see my dick and want it….kinda just want to show it to a few girls and get an honest answer on what they think and if they think it would be able to satisfy them

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need some girls for a question… - m4w - 24 (sw burbs)

As long as people keep posting stuff like this in strictly platonic I can’t tear myself away from craigslist

Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You [white women] fear your children will grow up to join the patriarchy and testify against you; we fear our children will be dragged from a car and shot down in the street, and you will turn your backs on the reasons they are dying.

— Audre Lorde, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” (via arewomenhuman)

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