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“Really, conservatives just hate women. They resent the fact that we work, go to school, vote, everything. Their entire stance on birth control, abortions and social programs is a thinly veiled attempt to take us back to a time when we had less rights. Take away our birth control and we get pregnant. Take away our abortions and we have to keep the baby (in their minds, anyway). Take away certain social programs to help support ourselves (mainly food stamps, WIC and housing assistance) and they think that will force us to get married to a man who can support us. Take away other social programs like daycare subsidies and then we have no choice but to stay at home and take care of the kids because the cost of daycare eats into any additional income. Men who have always relied on their male privilege to get them through life cannot handle seeing a women succeed, or even exist, without them. They figure if you keep kicking them back down, they’ll eventually give up and settle for some loser who doesn’t deserve them but has been given all the opportunities in the world to succeed because he possesses a penis.”
- hunnichild (via brienne—of—tarth) (via unknowablewoman) ETA: As autumn-and-eve pointed out, it isn’t a penis or lack thereof that makes someone a man or a woman. It is, however, the view of far too many white cis men in power that the power structure should not be interrupted to benefit anyone who is not white, a man, or cis. (via stfusexists)
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Kellina Robertson-Reinhart
Aspiring writer, filmmaker and amateur everything. Perpetual adventurer trying to temper her mischief. Lover of coffee, cupcakes, books and silly dancing. Passionate about storytelling, cinema and coffee. Can be found in her natural habitat: espresso bars and bookstores in and around Toronto.
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