Sigh. I’m not going to write about the Spitzer mess at present, it requires more concentration and I am sick and swamped with work, but this quote in particular stuck out at me: I suspect that the rampant willingness among young feminists to deny this grim truth stems from the wholly untenable position into whichContinue reading “Shorter Twisty Faster: “It’s OK to be condescending to women… as long as you’re a woman””
Category Archives: The F-Word
Ukrainian women react against Yushchenko’s sexist and silly 8th of March speech
Signatures are no longer being collected, but if you can read Ukrainian, this open letter to the President is useful to browse nonetheless. Basically, people are outraged that on the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, the President launched into a saccharine speech about how the ladiez are so lovely and admired by men… inContinue reading “Ukrainian women react against Yushchenko’s sexist and silly 8th of March speech”
“Real Women” vs… What? Soulless Cyborgs? No, really.
I’ve been writing about beautiful boys, and linden trees, and women who live inside green, grassy hills. Fairy tales, in short. However, the spectacle of what passes for radical feminism these days continues to distract me from my work. “Avert thine eyes, Natalia.” I can’t. Consider this post from Mary at Beyond Feminism. I’ve readContinue reading ““Real Women” vs… What? Soulless Cyborgs? No, really.”
If the Comments on the Alternet Piece About Sex-Worker Rights Represent Feminism, It Isn’t Any Branch That I Associate With
The piece itself is good. But do scroll down to view your typical slut-shaming disguised as feminism. Just in case you’re prone to yelling “strawfeminist!!!” whenever someone points out that there are serious divisions and, yes, problems within the feminist community. On her blog, Renegade mentions a man who referred to the body of aContinue reading “If the Comments on the Alternet Piece About Sex-Worker Rights Represent Feminism, It Isn’t Any Branch That I Associate With”
Shorter danaseilhan: “Sexual assault and harrassment are bad things. Unless they happen to a mouthy stripper.”
This LJ user recently showed up on a Pandagon thread of doom with a few things to say about Renegade Evolution’s bad day at work (for the sake of context: Ren Ev is a stripper who cut a performance short when the drunk rednecks who hired her became dangerously aggressive – not to mention theContinue reading “Shorter danaseilhan: “Sexual assault and harrassment are bad things. Unless they happen to a mouthy stripper.””
Natalia A. 