because i whine about #firstworldproblems too fucking much

[sugarlungs]

i'm often asked for book recs by friends and family, and on the whole i'm not bad at being able to gauge what people will like based on what they have liked in the past. however, if i could, i would sit everyone in my life down and convince them to read shakesville's feminism 101 entry. not only is it organized in a way that's manageable (who wants

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[everyforever]

omg i wish i like was intellectual enough to get into debates & deep conversations about this shit. just yesterday i read this article in the newspaper (lol i'm namedropping the nyt bc i never read the newspaper and this was like a Big, Grown-Up Deal to me I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH MYSELF I'M STILL PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK) about how like all of the movies coming out this summer are men-driven, for men, by men, about men, and the only women in them are sidenotes or only there to like... not even HELP the men but just as like a FUN ADDITION for the men and i tried to get into a convo about it with someone (probably my mom) but it just turned into "LIKE, BUT -- BUT WHY LIKE, -- BUT LIKE -- MEN ARE LIKE -- AND WOMEN LIKE -- AREN'T WE LIKE-- BUT -- THERE'S LIKE MORE AND LIKE -- BUT WE -- LIKE WE'RE --" and so i stopped.

it's something i'm interested in though so i'll read what you linked, because i never have before :)

this was an unhelpful comment oops. hi.