“Pornography has socialized a generation of men into watching sexual torture,” Dines said. “You are not born with that capacity. You have to be trained into it. Just like you train soldiers to kill. If you are going to carry out violence against a group you have to dehumanize them.
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Dead Wild Roses: On Commercial Rape – Jacqueline S. Homan
Listening to survivors prostitution is important. Their voices need to be heard. Jacqueline S. Homan shares her experiences with, as she describes it, the commercial rape industry. “Do you REALLY want the truth from real sex trafficking survivors? Because those of us sex trafficking victims/survivors who HAVE BEEN
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Robert Jensen on Patriarchy
Sometimes its hard to put your finger on what exactly this mysterious patriarchy is. Robert Jensen does a good job of offering an explanation. Patriarchy “This past year I have written about rape culture and trans ideology, in both cases anchoring an analysis in the problem of patriarchy. I’m
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: My Thought on 50 Shades…
‘Nuff said. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: 50 Shades of Fail, Feminism, Patriarchy
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Looking for Heroes?
I’ve been watching The Book of Negroes this week. I have no words. I only recognize justice, integrity, brutality, acknowledgement, witnessing, story telling and a myriad of other foggy responses. It’s easy to also ponder qualities of heroes. Then I read this from earlier this week, and nodded. Do you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Catcalling, and Payback.
Ah, another lesson on how to educate ‘dudes’. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Catcalling, Happy Ending, Street Harassment
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Pink Washing: Does This Pink Shirt Really Say Enough?
By Emily Griffiths Pink Shirt Day is almost upon us. The annual campaign to raise money and “awareness” on the issue of “bullying” takes place on February 25. As this date approaches, I’m sure you’ve noticed an inundation of bright pink. Even at this very moment, I am sipping my
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: 23 Questions About the SHOCKING New Renee and Uma
Who IS this anyway? Stop the presses. Two women who used to look a certain way, now look different. Renee Zellweger had the audacity to change her look. Now, Uma Thurman has done so! CTV put it this way: “Uma Thurman has Zellwegered her face.” And if you follow the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Street Harassment – Whistling at your Mother.
Watch dudes flail and fail as they are caught treating women like objects instead of people. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Lima, Street Harassment
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Meninism?
My very first thought was: “What foolishness is this?” Then I saw a blurb about Meninism on the Time website. The hashtags #Meninist and #Meninism have been around Twitter for more than a year, and the people who use them generally fall in two camps: people who use the term
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: You Deserve Better Wages and Benefits
Right wingers want to pay no tax. It’s hard to bleat about that in public without sounding like the greedy, selfish people they are. Instead, they say that public sector workers are paid too much, and that we should privatize everything. THAT way, governments get to starve themselves to the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why I am a Feminist – Evidence Based Feminism
Long video. Start at any point to see why feminism is necessary… Long video – transcript here. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: evidence based arguments, Feminism
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Heart of Whiteness – 2015 Oscars
I usually don’t pay attention to the Oscars and other such award shoes. Playing League of Legends, tweezing my eyebrows, cleaning the tiles in the bathroom all are significantly higher on my to do list that giving a frack about the Oscars. This story caught my attention though, provocatively
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: MORE Sexism Against Female Canadian Athletes!
THIS picture respects the dignity of a tennis player. Not, “give us a twirl” demeaning, sexist abuse. Today is a terrible day for gender equity in sports. What it looks like is either continued sexism, or increased anti-feminist backlash against women who have been asserting their human rights to safety
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Things I Notice…
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Not All Men, Radical Feminism, Structures of Oppression
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Logic: How to PWN an argument, without getting the RPOJ
If you want to take down somebody else’s argument, a certain familiarity with the nature of intellectual or philosophical (as opposed to playground) argument is required, so that you can construct your own counter-argument. In an intellectual argument, the person putting forth an argument sets out a number of premises
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Restricting Free Speech
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall I’m not so sure I agree with Ms. Hall’s famously misattributed line. People say some truly cruel things, and I’m not convinced we should have a right to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dictionary Definitions Are A Starting Point
I would like to take this time to edify and hopefully illuminate those with access to my very small part of the blogging community. Blogging community, if you care to listen please note that for future reference that if you intend to talk about a topic that you are
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Who Cares About Fixing Poverty in BC?
Well, it’s the Poverty Reduction Coalition! One of their many activities is to send recommendations to the government when the government deigns to ask people for their ideas. The Finance Committee is an all-party committee of the legislature, so the government usually ignores their recommendations. As citizens, we need to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: John vs. Jennifer – The Difference is about $4000 dollars.
From Yale Scientific Magazine: “The researchers created a fictional student and sent out the student’s application to science professors at top, research-intensive universities in the United States. The professors were asked to evaluate how competent this student was, how likely they would be to hire the student, how much they
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