“So, because some men have managed to sexualize stretchy yoga pants, that means stretchy yoga pants are now inappropriate/slutty/cause for “alarm.” Because the standards for what it’s okay for women to wear should be dictated by men’s libidos. Nearly every woman I have talked to about this — in the office, on Facebook, on Twitter — has echoed the sentiments of the women commenting on the GMP piece: we wear yoga pants because they are comfortable. Period. The suggestion that we A) wear them because we want sexual attention from men and B) that therefore they shouldn’t be worn in scenarios in which that attention would be “inappropriate” takes all the responsibility for controlling male lust off men and places it on women. And that is some bullshit.”

 The Soapbox: Women Wear Yoga Pants Because They Are Comfortable, Not Because They Apparently Give You A Boner

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Intern Blog: Dating While Feminist

thefeministpress:

After three years as an undergrad, I am used to getting funny looks when I tell people I’m majoring in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies. The citizens of my suburban Connecticut hometown are particularly flustered by my academic interests. ‘But what will you do with that?’ a skeptical Wall Street exec demands at the train station as we wait for the 8:52am express to Grand Central. ‘Maybe porn,’ I respond flippantly, already aware that explaining my interest in feminist publishing is a conversation doomed from the start. Predictably, the exec stutters before retreating further down the platform. I bite back a smirk.

My major is a source of less consternation at my small liberal arts college. Most of my fellow students openly identify as feminist or at least drop ‘heteronormative’ and ‘socially constructed’ into conversation on a regular basis. That being said, there is still a stigma to choosing to study feminism full time. The stereotype that women’s studies is dominated by humorless, ugly lesbians persists on even the most liberal of campuses.

As one of the only straight women in a predominantly queer major, telling a guy I’m FGSS can provide a perverse boost to my desirability: it makes me exotic and something of a challenge as long as I assure them I am not like the other FGSS majors (which it itself is messed up). It helps as well as hurts that last fall I became the editor of my school’s art and sexuality magazine, refuting any doubt that I am anti-sex or anti-men. Running a sex magazine also carries implications, sexualizing me before I even introduce myself. It tethers me to my school’s rampant hookup culture, for better or for worse. Identifying as a loud and proud sex-positive feminist can make starting anything more permanent than a one night stand an uphill battle.

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Hacker who outed Steubenville rapists could get more jail time than Steubenville rapists

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matthewkeys:

Meet Deric Lostutter, a 26-year-old cybersecurity consultant who also goes by the moniker “KYAnonymous.” Lostutter obtained and published tweets and Instagram photos in which members of the Steubenville High School football team joked about an incident in which a 16-year-old girl was raped.

Lostutter’s actions inspired a group of people to take justice into their own hands. A hacker called “Bobcat” vandalized the Facebook page of the Steubenville football team. Other hackers took similar action.

It’s unclear if Lostutter participated in any hacking shenanigans, but if he’s indicted and found guilty of any, he faces 10 years in jail. By comparison, the Steubenville rapists received one- and two-year sentences each.

Just outrageous

What in the actual fuck?