Aug 10

If women completed work based on their percentage of wages compared to men

This is hilarious. And enraging.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-women-completed-work-based-on-their-percentage-of-wages-compared-to-men

Aug 07

Tubal Ligation vs. Vasectomy. Hm.

Read Kacey Merced’s post here:

The Primary Axis of Oppression is Based on Sex

Imagine.

Aug 05

If men aren’t doing it, it’s probably not ’empowering’ or powerful.

Excellent point. Read Davina Squirrel’s whole piece here:

If the men are not doing it, probably not ’empowering’ or powerful

Aug 04

Porn for Women

Check out her list of insightful observations:

https://xtan.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/porn-for-women-a-false-notion/

Aug 03

GREAT BUTTON!!

And sorry, can’t remember its source (and forgot to note it).

Aug 01

What if all news were written this way?

From the RadFem News Service

the news, without the male-supremacist spin

(LOVE that!)

“Today, one Dr. Frank Ochberg, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University and former Associate Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, reports for CNN that boys and men are responsible for almost all school shootings, consistently, around the world. …”

Read the rest and more here:

CNN contributor names the agent: males reponsible for school shootings

Jul 31

Why is it they can’t even SAY ‘rape’?

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

Like night and day indeed.

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:

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/witchsy-founders-created-fictional-male-cofounder-2017-8?amp&r=US&IR=T

Jul 23

MacKinnon on street harassment …

“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

Davina Squirrel on needing male allies

“‘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/

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