Nice to have a clear definition, no? Notice not a word about equality or making choices because both those strains of feminism are functionally equivalent to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Neither foster the systemic change necessary to challenge patriarchy and change society. The word “radical” literally
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Dead Wild Roses: When is Speech Violence? – Wittgenstein’s Language Game
Interesting article from the folks over at JSTOR. “According to Willinsky, “The schooled representation of meaning sets language in the hands of those who hold the proper definitions.” In other words, appeals to the dictionary serve a political purpose; they preserve existing power structures, and fortify the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Radical Feminist Quote of the Day: Queer Theory vs Feminism
So many discussion centre around this notion. It would be nice if we could agree on a basic set of facts rather than arguing from completely different frameworks. [Source] Filed under: Feminism, Gender Issues Tagged: Definitions, Feminism, Gender, Queer Theory
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Radical Feminism – Defining Sex and Gender.
One of the problems while debating misguided 3rd wavers, or gender/qu**r activists is that lack of definitional rigour when it comes to the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’. What is chilling is that these activists often refuse to define their terms, yet as demonstrated here in Canada want these same
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Intersectionality is.
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why Defining Your Terms is Important – Sex and Gender
How weird is it that such basic concepts can cause so much furor? It is almost like a certain category of men have decided they strongly dislike a particular objective fact, and expect the rest of the world to fall in line with their new orthodoxy (because they say so).
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Definitions for Indefinite Times – Transracial?
We can file this under ‘words have meanings’ and meanings are important. Sex: a binary that refers to which reproductive organs you have (males have sperm, females have eggs) Race: a system that organizes people based on melanin levels in the skin and place of origin (labeling varies, but
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rebecca Reilly-Cooper: What I believe about Sex and Gender (Part 2)
Rebecca Reilly-Cooper continues her examination of sex and gender in part 2. (Did you miss part 1?) Gender 10. The oppression linked to sex begins at birth, operating through the social imposition of gender. Gender is the label that feminists use to describe the value system that prescribes and proscribes forms of behaviour and appearance for […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Meghan Murphy – Defining the “F” word.
Wow. Meghan Murphy simply and clearly posits what Feminism is about. Check out her blog here. “There are various ways the divide between “feminisms” is articulated: liberal vs radical, third wave vs second wave, sex-positive vs sex-negative, but none of those have ever seemed wholly accurate to me. (In particular, challenging male-centred or coercive […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gaslighting: Know it when you see it.
A big hearty frack you goes out to the mind games and other assorted BS that goes on society. If you see it, acknowledge it and name it for what it is. You won’t make friends, but life too short to hang around people who deviously manipulate other people. Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Definitions, […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Welcome to the Friend Zone – Definitions
Just in case you were not clear on what the friend zone is. Many thanks to Angels and Angles for the definition. —— As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is… “When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rape Culture – We live it.
Oh pish-posh! What is Arb going on about now? You see bro’s it kinda goes like this. You dudes, especially the liberal progressive privileged ones, often don’t have a fucking clue about what feminism is or why it has come about or some of the neat things that LWD never
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‘Nuff said. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Definitions, Feminism, Infographic
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Frumpy, Lesbian Man-Haters? – Defining Feminism
It is interesting to watch the mainstream media wrestle with feminism and the backlash from the perceived violations of cultural norms. The Guardian blogged a piece called Why is ‘feminism’ such a tough badge to wear?‘ Then the Blogsphere reacted and some thoughtful writing took place and was captured by Slendermeans and thus appeared […]
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Rebranding: Not Interested in Scraps
The goal is government. I’m interested in a party that wants into government. Anything else is a waste of time. It’s a waste of time to just complain and oppose, along with it being fundamentally unnatural and strange. I want a value-based and focused support of ideas. Bottom feeding and walking by
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