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ronweasley:

Simone Veil, the woman who fought for and managed to legalize abortion in France, died this morning shortly before her 90th birthday.
She was Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor (she lost her parents and brother there), as well as definitely pro-European Union.
She was a wonderful woman who went through so much and gave French women so much more. She had so many insults hurled at her when she was fighting for abortion but she never backed down. She was an inspiration to me and my first step into feminism. I will miss her forever.

(via vulvapeople)

Hello lovies! I’ve been on an unplanned tumblr hiatus, but am working on cleaning up this blog (or starting a new one if xkit keeps mucking around). Either way I should return to regular posting within the next week or so. 

In the interim! Please head over to the sparkly new youtube channel Ms.Mojo and subscribe please! Watch Mojo is a good channel if you’re into top 10′s (why are these so addicting?) but you do have to wade through the male-centric muck. Ms.Mojo was just launched last week to address this issue and the whiny shit babies are out in force. Brace yourself and look at the comments on this innocuous vid featuring feminist icons! So please check Ms.Mojo out, make suggestions for lists you would like to see and let the producers know we are here for more woman-centric media :) 

importantwomensbirthdays:

Dr. Mazlan Othman was born on December 11, 1951 in Seremban, Malaysia. She was Malaysia’s first astrophysicist, and was the founding director of the Malaysian National Space Agency. She has made numerous contributions to science education in her home country, including the establishment of Malaysia’s first planetarium. In 1999, she was appointed Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, a position she held for several years.

Happy birthday, Mazlan Othman!

transcynical:

ofwhichiamtheworst:

a male feminist walks into a bar

because it was set so low

DYING. YESSSSS.

(via isohels)

importantwomensbirthdays:

Hülya Koçyiğit was born on December 12, 1947 in Istanbul, Turkey. She appeared in over 100 films, many of which won awards at international film festivals. She also starred in the film Derman, the first Turkish film to play on five continents. In 1991, the government of Turkey named her a State Artist for her contributions to Turkish culture.

Happy birthday, Hülya Koçyiğit!

Photo (cropped from original) from the Dutch National Archives, shared under a creative commons license.

uglyuglytruths:

exiting a mindset that ignored and/or excused the reality of female oppression will leave you reeling. the misogyny that you weren’t allowed to name will creep up and crowd around you. we have been through so much. this is the beginning of a long, slow healing and there are many of us in many different stages. know even as your pain grows that it will not be ignored this time, and that you are not alone in it.

(via redressalert)