Jul 06
Excellent and clarifying summary and review of Lecona’s book (and gender and sex and why it’s such an issue …).
We Just Can’t Shut Up About Gender: A Review of Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers, by Laura Lecuona
“…sex is a biological fact while gender is patriarchal fiction; the gender system is a hierarchy, not …
Jul 06
None of these quotes (all from The Unmade Bed by Stephen Marche) are representative of what the book’s about, but they do reveal, perhaps unintentionally, Marche’s subtitle, “The messy truth about men and women in the 21st century”.
“Eventually, David Granger, the editor-in-chief of Esquire, read something I’d written for the Toronto Star and called …
Jul 01
In In Our Time, Susan Brownmiller, the author of the ground-breaking Against Our Will tell what it was like, the second-wave feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Highly recommended.
p2 re jobs for men and women
p5-6 what it was like before abortion was legal
“Women the world over are required to modify their …
Jun 03
“The question of why it is men, and most often fathers or step-fathers, who sexually abuse children is not addressed [in recent books on fathering].” p55
“And far from criticizing women for failing to satisfy men’s needs, feminists … question whence these ‘needs’ derive, and whether these needs themselves should not be seen as the …
Jun 02
“That song [“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by Carole King) is the most true song that’s ever been written.” p175
“Speaking so loudly [about football] and with such arrogant authority that everyone else sort of had to listen.” p219
“Is it just me or is it crazy that football chat is taken seriously when …
Feb 23
When we talk to/about men and condoms, we say ‘Use protection’, but when we talk to/about women about various options, we say ‘Use contraception’. The difference is NOT insignificant.
In the second case, we’re talking about preventing conception, about not becoming pregnant, about not becoming a parent.
In the first case, we’re talking about protection …
Jan 08
BE AWARE!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/your-body-my-choice-movement-election/index.html
Jan 08
https://clovenhooves.org/showthread.php?tid=447
A great and courageous post. I was the same way and at the fork in the road left the guy who wanted kids. Haven’t looked back. (Never had them and am wonderfully happy doing and having done all the stuff I wanted.)
I wonder if this woman had a Caesarean. I’ve heard that that …
Jan 08
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/16/4b-movement-america-political-protest-00189314
Good article, great movement, but does anyone else see the disjunct with the second picture?
Oct 22
Highly recommended!
A few impressive bits:
“I’m minded to pursue the current approach, given the sensitivities in this area, and reassess once we have greater visibility over how the strategy has been received,” Will spoke, baritone and authoritative.
“Urrrr,” Genevieve’s voice grumbled, … “is your Grand Plan of Action that you will carry on as …
