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loving-womyn · 2 years

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Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 - November 26, 1883)

Born Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth was a slave in Ulster County, New York. Enslaved by Dutch sellers, Dutch was her first language. She was sold many times until 1826 when she escaped slavery (Truth ran away with her infant Sophia to a nearby abolitionist family, the Van Wageners, who bought her and freed her).

In 1829 she moved to New York City and began to support herself through domestic employment. In 1843 she left NY and changed her name to Sojourner Truth. She travelled and preached, sang, debated, and eventually was more formally introduced to the concept of abolitionism in a Northampton Massachusetts community, and spoke for the movement around the state. This movement also promoted women’s rights. She met with abolitionists such as Frederick Douglas, David Ruggles, and William Lloyd Garrison.

In 1850, Truth was beginning to participate more in the women’s rights movements, continuing to appear at Suffragette gatherings the rest of her life. While attending an Ohio Women’s Rights convention, she gave her famous “Ain’t I a woman?” speech, which was, unfortunately, altered by Frances Gage 12 years later. Gage giving her a southern slave dialect. In her speech she challenged the notions of racial, and sex based inferiority and inequality by reminding listeners of her strength and female status. Her involvement with the Women’s Rights movement caused a split between her and Douglas, who believed suffrage for black male slaves should come before women’s rights, while Truth believed they could be done simultaneously.

At the beginning of the civil war, Truth aided black men involved in the war. After the war, she was invited to the White House, and became involved in the Freedmen’s Bureau, where she helped former slaves gain employment. While in DC, she was involved in movements that opposed segregation, and in 1860 she won a lawsuit after a streetcar conductor violently tried to keep her from riding.

If you would like to learn more about the life of Sojourner Truth, here are some links below:

#i love women #loving women #women #loving womyn #celebrating women #herstorical women #women in herstory #women in history #herstory #herstorical black women #black women in herstory #historical black women #black feminism #herstorical black womyn #black womyn in herstory #ain’t i a woman #sojourner truth #womanism

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pussyvanpussy · 11 months

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#lesbian collage art #lesbian pride #womyn #god i love being a womyn #lesbian #lesbians

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burningtheroots · 1 year

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It‘s heartbreaking to see liberal feminist underestimate and downplay male violence against women & girls similarly to how men do it.

The only thing that keeps me sane in this mess is reading the posts from other radfems who see through the gaslighting, manipulation and social conditioning. :‘)

#radfem #radfems do touch #feminism #radical feminism #radfems do interact #radblr #radfems please touch #women deserve better #womens rights #sex based rights #male violence #fuck the patriarchy #I love womyn

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chlorinatedpopsicle · 4 months

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your idea about female separatism or superiority is delusional. Women are not inferior but you’re not superior either. put all feminists on an island on their own for a year. See what happens. There was a show actually, the women and men were put on the other sides of an island. All the women had to do was find the men and they quit after one day while the men made spears, houses and had a great time dancing and singing. And don’t just dismiss it saying it’s only a few women blah blah bc you know damn well if it was the other way round you’d be using it as proof women generally are better or superior in some ways.

Female separatism isn't a hypothetical thing lol. It has happened, is happening, and will continue to happen. There's larger-scale examples like Umoja, the famous village in Kenya where men are strictly forbidden, and Jinwar in Syria, another female separatist village inspired by Umoja that began construction/planning in 2016. If you're looking for more local examples, womyn's land and off-the-grid women's communes have been a thing ever since the peak of second-wave feminism in the '70s. These communities are/were self-sustaining, growing their own produce and constructing their own buildings. You can find the tag “womyn's land” on my page if you're interested (there's also Wikipedia).

I wish you provided the name and details of this show you saw – not knowing the context means I can't comment on its validity lol. I guess that was intentional on your part.

Regardless, female separatism doesn't harm or affect men in any way, so there's no reason for you (assuming you are a man) to concern yourself with it. If we are delusional, incompetent, and unable to survive on our own, that's entirely our own problem. Shouldn't you guys just be grateful that us feminist types want to separate ourselves from mainstream society?

#mine #asks #female separatism #womyn's land #this has to be the same person who sent the last ask im pretty sure #ive never gotten two asks this close to each other #i love it though

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sealwomyn · 5 months

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People’s approval ain’t nothin’ you need.

Half the time it ain’t true.

Just be sure you think you’re right;

and that you’re comfortable in your own skin;

you’re all you can count on.

-- The Cowboy Hávamál stanza 8, tr. Jackson Crawford

#seal womyn reads #idk really whether to credit him as author or translator for this #would really love to find a translation by a woman but i cannot lie i do like this interpretation #the cowboy hávamál

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the-sappho-of-lesbos · 2 years

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Source: Out In America; A Portrait Of Gay and Lesbian Life , by Michael Goff and the staff of OUT magazine

#womyn’s festival #lgbt history #lesbian history #feminist history #lesbian love #lesbian fashion #image #photo #lgbt #lesbian #personal

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azukilynn · 2 years

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reverie

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summer whispers in the wind

i remember the taste of ocean-salted skin

i remember her fingers digging into wet sand

her moans in rhythm with the tide

as i ride her with my hand

i remember stars filling her eyes

ecstasy by moonlight

staying up throughout the night

so as not to miss the break of dawn

glorious hues painted across our horizon

a moment of time

an eternity

softly, summer touches my cheek

i awaken from my reverie

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azuki lynn

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vamprincess333 · 11 months

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Hello everyone ! Ive had this blog for a while now but i didnt know what to do with it. im interested in many things but mainly radical feminism, i have been informing myself about it for about 4 years already :p im also interested in astrology, witchcraft and i enjoy watching animes from time to time

im not very sure how tumblr works yet (like, why reblog something instead of just commenting??) but im getting the hang of it, idk what else to say but have a good day 😁

#radblr #i enjoy easy vegan recipes too #someone help me understand tumblr #im a lesbian lol #i love womyn #i also like fictional animals such as snoopy garfield moomin and the sanrio family #is that cliche #gardening beginner #green witch #book enjoyer

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grrrlsoverdramas · 1 year

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Did I tear up for the last ep of New Life Begins? Absolutely.

Women creating opportunities for women. Women recognizing each others’ value. Women having lifelong friends. Women having power. Women growing up and becoming the best version of themselves.

But also, the way I’m supposed to be glad that Li Wei 2.0 doesn’t get to become the queen like Li Wei and instead she’s glad to have JOB? Down with job propaganda

#the way the moral of this story is somehow SOOOO capitalism and yet also Chinese Communist Value System #like how it was just how womyn wanted to work together to DO ACCOUNTING and OWN BUSINESSES #but like they're doing it as a COLLECTIVE of womyn for the GOOD of STATE #like talk about media as propaganda #buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut It's MY kind of propaganda babbyyyyyy #i love it #new life begins

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blacklezrage · 2 years

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every womon wants to be me (confident, unbothered, intellectually sexy, surrounded by womyn) but no womon wants to be me (a radfem)

#all my female friends love to be around me because i live as much a separatist life as i can and my main goal is uplifting womyn #they love to listen to me talk about womyn's history and feminist ideology as long as i don't say the forbidden word: feminism #it's so strange

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loving-womyn · 2 years

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Madam CJ Walker (December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919)

Sarah Breedlove, known by the name Madam CJ Walker, was born in Delta, Louisiana on a plantation to which her parents were enslaved before the end of the Civil War. She was their 5th child, but the first child born free after the Emancipation Proclamation. Becoming an orphan at 7 years old, her and her sister Louvenia worked in the cotton fields of Delta and the nearby Vicksburg, Mississippi.

At age 14, to escape abuse from her brother-in-law, she married to a man named Moses McWilliams (having a daughter with him, A’Lelia, in 1885) and eventually became a widow at age 20. She moved with her daughter back with her brothers who had become barbers making $1.50 a day, and made enough to send her daughter to school. In the 1890s, Sarah began to suffer from an ailment that caused her to begin losing her hair. After consulting her brothers, she used many products to try and help her situation, and her brothers gave her products made by one Annie Malone, a black entrepreneur.

Moving to Denver Colorado to become a sales agent for Miss Malone, she married one Charles Joseph Walker. Afterwards she changed her name to “Madam” CJ Walker, and started selling her own line of hair products for American black women. Her husband, working in newspaper advertisements, helped promote her products, though eventually the two divorced. After the divorce, she moved to Indianapolis and opened a manufacturing factory for her products, employing 40,000 black women and men in the US, central America, and the Caribbean, founding the “National Negro Cosmetics Manufacturers association” in 1917.

Fun facts

Upon moving to Indianapolis, she donated $1,000 (about $30,000 in today’s amount) to the first YMCA open to black Americans, and funded scholarships for women to attend Tuskegee Institute

She is the first black woman millionaire in the US

She established clubs for her employees so they could give to their communities

You can learn more about Madam CJ Walker through the following sources:

https://madamcjwalker.com/about/

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker

#i love women #women #loving women #loving womyn #celebrating women #herstorical women #women in herstory #herstory #women in history #Madam CJ Walker #black women in herstory #black women in history #herstorical black women #historical black women

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toriroze · 2 years

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Repost from @rozewellness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Wellness Wednesday* Woman Crush Wednesday ❤️ #wcw Women make the world go round 🌍 These are THE most important women in MY life. I love them with ALL of my heart. I would not be who I am without their incessant support and understanding. THANK YOU to the incredible women who continue to make my life possible, who are my biggest cheerleaders, and who are the very definition of what a good friend is. I love you hard ❤️ Thank the women in your life every single day, they/we need to hear it. Be Well🌱Stay Well Not Pictured here because they only allow 10 photos here, is one of my dearest @laurenderose 😎 #RozeWellness #WellnessWednesday #wellness #healing #women #womban #womyn #womxn #thefutureisfemale #womancrushwednesday #love #familia #feeldealheal #friends #chosenfamily #bewellstaywell #bewell #staywell #takegoodcareofyourself #takegoodcareofothers https://www.instagram.com/p/CiNTgNULrJg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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gatheringbones · 7 months

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I love the history of incorrect lesbian sex, it goes back so far, there’s so many layers to the bullying. incorrect sex and sexual presentation was grounds to treat other lesbians like radioactive filth. a lesbian who used a dildo was a predator. a lesbian who smacked her partner’s ass was an abuser. a lesbian sex worker who had male clients was a traitor. a lesbian who wore high heels and makeup hated other lesbians. a lesbian who slicked her hair back in a d.a. and lit cigarettes and held doors open for other lesbians was a male-identified misogynist. a lesbian who penetrated other lesbians was a rapist. a lesbian who allowed herself to be penetrated was a victim. none of these people were real lesbians— real lesbians were Wombyn who had soft respectful appropriate morally correct sex with other Womyn-identified-Wymyn.

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xxconnection · 6 months

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What’s the hardest thing about living on womyn's land

ok i gotta come clean. my instinct was to lie and say the hardest thing is like, the amount of manual labor or idk, staying warm in the winter. but this an easy question. we've asked this question at other wimmins lands and their answer is usually the same as ours: getting along. ive only been on tumbler a couple of weeks and i already see that this problem is here on radblr too.

here on the land right now we're really really lucky because we residents get along. we have our disagreements and bad moments but we love each other and enjoy spending time together. that wasnt always the case here! this used to be a place wimmin didnt even want to visit because it was so unfriendly. now after much hard work, we have more visitors than ever. and the vast majority of our visitors are kind and reasonable wimmin who come here to enjoy the land and socialize with other wimmin. but nobody is perfect yall. kind and reasonable wimmin also do and say rude and unreasonable little things. these kinds of little things can turn into feuds if the wimmin involved dont have the conflict resolution skills to handle it. also, not all wimmin are kind and reasonable! some wimmin are totally unlikable! some wimmin come here with no intention of getting along at all! some wimmin come here to get drunk and throw things! some wimmin attend events just to start arguments! and all of those wimmin still deserve female only space.

so how do we deal with difficult wimmin? how do we deal with difficult moments? we do our best but sometimes there's nothing we can do. sometimes we make it worse. and sometimes we are the difficult ones. me, i have chronic pain and was raised with a "eat or be eaten" mindset. being difficult comes plenty natural to me! but puttin in the extra effort to have compassion even when u feel like being mean is worth it. and so we try and we try again.

we have a great little community here. i really believe that every womon who comes here wants the best for the land. but we all show it in different ways, and some wimmin are perhaps more passionate than others. some have more self control than others. some have more hurt than others. and some had never once been in a space where they could express themselves freely until they came here. even the most calm and collected womon can fall apart if she finds herself in a safe enough space. it's important for wimmin to have space to be ugly and difficult. it's hard to hold that space, but not as hard as not having that space at all.

anyways, thank you for your excellent question. i guess what im trying to say is that being nice can be really hard, but it's important to try. we can practice on each other!

#asks #women's land #female separatism #intentional community #personal #you remind me of who i am #thank you for the women

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blessingsofthemother · 1 year

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I will never fill my home with icons of m*n. I will never kneel before a lord, I will never pray to a father. My house will one day be filled with images of the Mother Earth and Grandmother Sky and our Sister Moon. Spirals and circles and stars and yonis will be my symbols, womyn will be my religion. There will be no penances, no hell to fear nor heaven focused upon as distant reward. Life will be celebrated in all facets. The body will be held as the most sacred thing, as the small version of our vast world. The Goddess blesses all who love Her as She is pure Love.

#dianic wicca #goddess worship #deanism #great goddess #mother goddess #mother earth

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azukilynn · 1 year

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104 Degrees

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I remember my white flannel

nightgown with the little

pink rosebuds on it

How I burned with fever

How I ached for you

How I begged for you to touch me

How gently you held me

(You were so afraid you’d break me)

How you came to understand

How very much I needed you

To validate me

To help me lose myself in

something besides pain

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I remember the precise moment

when your hands said yes

Your eyes, your mouth

Affirmations of the flesh

The flannel whispered as

you drew it above my thighs

The little rosebuds bloomed

I clasped you tightly to me as

we trembled with release

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I remember how you rocked

me as I branded these

words into your skin:

See, my sweet baby?

I did not break

~

Azuki Lynn

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