Jul 31
Why is it they can’t even SAY ‘rape’? Ya gotta wonder.
And here’s an interesting answer: https://radfemworldnews.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/cnn-terminally-allergic-to-the-rape-word-even-when-reporting-on-rape-rape-slavery-rape-trafficking-and-child-rape/
Jul 30
2 women entrepreneurs who invented a fake male cofounder say acting through him was ‘like night and day’
“It was like night and day,” Dwyer told Titlow of working through Mann. “It would take me days to get a response, but Keith could not only get a response and a status update, but also be asked if he wanted anything else or if there was anything else that Keith needed help with.”
Read the whole piece here:
Jul 23
“Unwelcome sex talk is an unwelcome sex act. When threatening, severe, or pervasive enough, it works to exclude and segregate and denigrate and subordinate and dehumanize, violating human dignity and denying equality of opportunity.” Only Words, Catharine MacKinnon, p45
So good to put into words what’s so problematic about it! (It’s not just annoying, it’s not just bothersome, it’s not just we can’t take a compliment, and on and on…)
Jul 22
“‘But we need male allies’ you cry in defence. Nope! We don’t. … ‘Male allies’ have had six thousand years or longer to get their shit together. They are from the ruling class after all, so have more impact than females. …”
from https://davinasquirrel.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/inclusive-is-bullshit/
Jul 16
“Men worry that their date won’t measure up to their aesthetic preferences. Women worry that they’re going to wind up dead.”
Read the rest here: https://deadwildroses.com/2016/03/28/date-preparation-for-females-and-males/
Jul 14
“Words and images are how people are placed in hierarchies, how social stratification is made to seem inevitable and right, how feelings of inferiority and superiority are engendered, and how indifference to violence against those on the bottom is rationalized and normalized.” Only Words, p.31
Jul 03
What if there was an app that could cloak you in a cross-gendered hologram? And it had a voice modulation module? Women could present as men and get better-paying jobs. Men could present as women and get groped in the subway. Cool.
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Jun 29
Read this:
Men have no idea how hard daily life is for women. Women have no idea how hard daily life is for them either because they don’t know how easy it is for men. Everyone should reverse for a week. At least online. If you’re male, use a female name; and if you’re female, use a male name. See what happens.
