"The idea of the humourless feminist is an incredibly potent and effective silencer. It is used to..."

“The idea of the humourless feminist is an incredibly potent and effective silencer. It is used to isolate and alienate young girls; to ridicule and dismiss older women, to force women in the workplace to ‘join in the joke’ and, in the media, to castigate protest to the point of obliteration.”

- Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism (via lovethyfemaleself)