new wave feminism

A quasi-academic look at Feminism, politics & race relations through the lens of a 20-something year old Nigerian American who was born & raised up in the (still) segregated south but has relocated to the "liberal" yet historic & traditional north.
This blog is my space for an interdisciplinary examination of race, gender, class, sexuality - all things intersectional & multi-dimensional.
Feminism the way I see it...

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setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain:

jellobatch:

Mmmhmm whatever. i still gotta pay rent.

Oh my god fuck this entire image

Money can buy you happiness

Happiness comes from the security of having a place to sleep, a computer to contact people, luxuries just be-fucking-cause, and a large amount of other shit.

WITH money you’ll fucking have piece of mind and maybe be better suited to love someone, be faithful, handle friends, better mental healthy maybe, all kinds of things.

Money CAN buy you happiness

Seeking money is NOT a breach of fucking moral ethics

It’s all a bullshit form of propaganda that serves to discourage upward mobility.

Fuck that shit

“having money isn’t everything, not having it IS”

(via welcomeaboardthestrugglebus)

apathes:

Some people are under the misconception that since I’m a little introvert, that I don’t like attention, when in actuality I do. I love attention, just not on a grand scale. I don’t avidly seek the attention of my peers or the general population, but I do enjoy the attention received from one person, maybe two. Knowing I have the undivided attention of the one person I want feels good. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

(via welcomeaboardthestrugglebus)

brujacore:

fuckyeahriotgrrrlsofcolor:

Based on this post

Latin@ is an ethnicity not a race

YES

Very appropriate given conversations/thoughts I’ve been having on race/ethnicity in general

(via stopwhitewashing)

worlddisentangled:

The Supreme Price, is a film about Hafsat Abiola struggle against a male dominated government in Nigeria. She advocates for the women who have no voice to be represented.

(via lagosphotos)

wordwarfare:

Southern Fried F*ckery: Talkin Bout Good & Bad Hair

My first YouTube video/rant. ^_^

a beautiful woman/intellectual i follow on twitter

support. listen. think

liberalsarecool:

The State dictates, not churches or the sanctimonious.

this has always annoyed me

Reproductive control of women has taken many forms. On plantations, slave owners and overseers wielded tremendous power over female slaves and their families by raping women and deciding whether to sell off their children. In the nineteenth century, all states passed laws making abortion a crime. Around the time criminalization was consolidated, campaigns against “vice” successfully restricted women’s access to birth control devices and information that might have reduced the need for abortion. The eugenics movement succeeded in institutionalizing and sterilizing masses of “unfit” persons, ranging from developmentally disabled individuals to sexually promiscuous women. The legacy of sterilization abuse continued throughout the twentieth century, shifting primarily to African American, Native American, and Puerto Rican women.

Rachel Roth, “Backlash and Continuity” (via wretchedoftheearth)

(via sociolab)

I believe wholeheartedly, and without apology, that we have a collective responsibility to the children of our communities even if we did not conceive and bear them. Of course, parents can and should raise their children with their own values. But they should be able to do so in a community that provides safe places to play, quality food to eat, terrific schools to attend, and economic opportunities to support them. No individual household can do that alone. We have to build that world together.

Melissa Harris-Perry, Why caring for children is not just a parent’s job (via msnbc)

(via mickyalexandria)

gaius-cassius-longinus:

fun prank; tell women they’re only good for romance, sex, and having children. and then laugh at them for wanting romance, shame them for having sex, and act like they have to give up all facets of their personalities if they become mothers

(via welcomeaboardthestrugglebus)

anazzon Asks:

Assumption- You are a kick-ass warrior using language as your weapon for social justice!!

newwavefeminism Said:

your nice words make my day

triangleman Asks:

You're a grad student? (If you actually mentioned this somewhere I never read it)

newwavefeminism Said:

I am not! Just graduated college in ‘12 though. I should go back to school…

Anonymous Asks:

Today, I got into an argument with my friend. I tried to explain to him the demeaning phrase of "I raped" (ex. I raped my exam). He continued to argue the fact that if that's the case, then we can't use the phrase "killin it" or "I killed my exam" either. He then said that my argument ultimately leads to a slippery slope, and that all terms that have negative connotations couldn't be used. I was just wondering how you would have responded. I got tongue tied, and ultimately frustrated.

newwavefeminism Said:

tell you’re friend if they think its more important to avoid a “slippery slope” than to be conscious of triggering rape victims and contributing to rape culture than that’s their prerogative (to be a smug asshole)

Anonymous Asks:

you never read homestuck

newwavefeminism Said:

The webcomic? No… should I??

True/False game. Make an assumption about me in my ask and I’ll tell you if its true or false. Go.

curious…

(via notesonascandal)

Anonymous Asks:

In response to the obesity map, I forgot which year it was, but the year the the map jumps a crazy amount, the cdc actually changed the standards for obesity that year, so it's actually super inaccurate.

newwavefeminism Said:

oh wow. thanks for the info (in reference to this post)