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Female Olympians fight back against shamers and haters

The Olympics may have provided us with a global exhibition of some seriously retrograde ideas about athletes and femininity, but they have also provided us with something even more important, and that’s the sight of female athletes fighting back.

This entire article and all of its accompanying links makes me want to cheer and weep at the same time.

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[deadcellredux]

......WHOOPS NOT DONE RAMBLING

and part of this bullshit (which I just thought of because of the sexual harassment issue) is that men feel like they have a right to comment on and criticize women's bodies, as if our bodies exist solely *FOR THEM*. To men like that, we are nothing but objects that are supposed to be filling certain roles. But you already know that I'm sure. ONCE AGAIN-- MEN HAVING A RIGHT TO WOMEN'S BODIES-- HERE'S ANOTHER STORY FROM DCR! This happens to me all the time, but today for example-- I was walking home from the subway and some fucking douche barks like a neanderthal in my general direction "HEY SWEETIE LET ME SEE YOUR TATTOO!" I ignored him and kept walking... but like... what the fuck is that... no... NO... I AM NOT OBLIGATED TO OBEY YOU AND SPEAK TO YOU AND SHOW YOU MY BODY FOR YOU TO OGLE AND JUDGE BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN

SEE I'M GETTING CRAZY GONNA STOP NOW LOL

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DUDE PEOPLE COMMENT ON MY FUCKING HAIR ALL THE TIME AT WORK NOW. I have ~short hair!~ now and I can style it in a couple different awesome ways but it's like everyone fucking comments when I do something differently because obviously I am only here to be looked at and talked about and judged

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TUMBLR HOLD ME