a-room-of-my-own:

enter-at-a:

auntiewanda:

anarcha–fem:

de beauvoir told us that the reason women cant see our oppression is because unlike other minority groups, we live lives entirely entwined with our oppressors and it all seems normal.

this is why female only spaces are important. we need to be alone together when we speak so we hear more “yes!! that’s exactly what happened to me too!!!” and less “shut up, that never happens”.

This is why women speaking to each other and gathering together is belittled and mocked and characterized as frivolity. 

True tho. I’ve talked to guy friends about what they THINK women talk about when we go out together. They think we talk about makeup, hair, babies, etc. Meanwhile, on my last “ladies night out” we talked about being assaulted, triggers, and the overwhelming pressure to stay stick-skinny in a world where pizza is so delicious. 

That night, all six of us decided we needed more girl time because it was the first time any of us had been able to open up about those topics without our boyfriends, partners, brothers, and fathers saying, “you’re exaggerating!” “It isn’t really like that.” “You’re the one putting pressure on yourself.” etc. 

It’s nice to talk with the men in our lives too, but I know many women (myself included) censor ourselves when certain topics come up. That’s why female-only spaces are so important– to validate our feelings and experiences. 

My problem is that the older I get the more bored I am with men explaining me life, especially mine.