profeminist:

TW for sexual assault, rape culture

IF YOU READ ONE THING TODAY, READ THIS COMIC! THEN SHARE IT. 

IT IS AN INCREDIBLY WELL DONE EXPLANATION OF AN OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD TOPIC.

The Impossible Demands of Dating Under the Pressures of Rape Culture 

“When you’re dating, you may get lots of advice on keeping yourself safe. At the same time, you can get pressure to be carefree. And if something bad happens, you’re blamed for not properly calculating the risks! So what gives?

You shouldn’t have to carry the demand to be both available and super capable of preventing your own assault. This comic says it all.”

roseaposey:

“Judgments”

I took this last year, but in retrospect, I think it’s my strongest piece from high school.

Working on this project really made me examine my own opinions, preconceptions and prejudices about “slutty” women and women who choose to cover all of their skin alike. I used to assume that all women who wore Hijabs were being oppressed, slut-shame, and look down on and judge any woman who didn’t express her sexuality in a way that I found appropriate.

I’d like to think I’m more open now.

This amazing statement has been misused, misappropriated, mistaken in intent and used by folks who missed the point entirely.

You can tell a good statement by the way people try to make it not matter.

(via roseaposey-blog)