Feminism is for Everyone
a celebration of feminism at the university of virginia
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That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and women. It is subtle, insidious, and never more dangerous than when women passionately deny that they themselves are engaging in it. This abnormal obsession with women’s faces and bodies has become so normal that we (I include myself at times—I absolutely fall for it still) have internalized patriarchy almost seamlessly. We are unable at times to identify ourselves as our own denigrating abusers, or as abusing other girls and women.Ashley Judd
(Source: thedailybeast.com)
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Quote reblogged from Symbol SaladYou don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.’Erin McKean, A Dress A Day
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May 4th is No Diet Day at UVA!
For this occasion, will be a No Diet Day Lemonade Stand set up outside of Clark Library tomorrow from 11am to 2pm, so take a break from studying and stop by! Students affiliated with Hoos Open to Preventing Eating Disorders (HOPE), the Women’s Center, and UVA Health Promotion will be giving away free lemonade in our awesome “Celebrate Every Body” cups (complete with drink umbrellas) to anyone who signs our No Diet Day Pledge, agreeing to put aside all restrictive dieting for at least this one day and promote body positivity instead. :)
Click through to rsvp to the facebook event!
Why is this event important?
A 1995 study conducted by Ph.Ds Catherine Shisslak and Marjorie Crago has found that “35% of ‘normal dieters’ progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.” Thus, the aim of UVA No Diet Day is to raise awareness about the negative effects in the name of eating disorder prevention. The bottom line: evidence shows that women who avoid harmful restriction and dieting behaviors will be much less likely to develop eating disorders.
Interesting reads for more info:
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Photo reblogged from ATTN JERKS
