I get these great ideas and I say to myself, “Hey Arbourist, you should write a primer on feminism so you do not have to explain and reexplain 101 material until you turn blue”…then (as usual) someone else has already done it and done it better than I could do.
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April Reign: Devaluing Teenage Girls
April Reign This is so well said and needs said more often; “As soon as teenage girls start to profess love for something, everyone else becomes totally dismissive of it. Teenage girls are open season for the cruelest bullying that our society can dream up. Everyone’s vicious to them. They’re
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: When a Feminist Gets bumped for a Pornographer – Gail Dines
I’ve read Pornland by Gail Dines but was unaware of her online presence. Porn is not an easy topic for TV producers and it appears Ms.Dines had been down this road before as she relates her experience of almost getting on the Melissa Harris Perry Show to talk about the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tropes Vs Women – The Straw Feminist
More than any of the tropes discussed in the last month the Straw Feminist is the one that I run into the most. Making up an version of the issues that you’re trying to hate-on makes for easy, but dishonest arguments from those who oppose feminism (racism, socialism, equality rights
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Mental Gymnastics
I think Sinfest has promise. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Comix, Feminism, Sinfest
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: URGENT PETITION: Free Members of Feminist Punk Group Pussy Riot Now!
Recently, the Putin regime in Russia extended the pre-trial detention of 3 members of the feminist punk group “Pussy Riot” until January 2013. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich had been in detention since March after they were arrested for committing the ultimate crime in Vladmir Putin’s Russia: singing
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tropes vs Women – The Mystical Pregnancy
Amazing how a little pregnancy can spice up a show. Hollywood’s depiction of pregnancy, giving birth and the physiological and psychological strains associated with the ordeal are, of course, way off base. On the upside, it makes for a great episode… Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: DWR Feminist Wednesday Feature,
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Happy Birthday, Amelia.
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Gentleman! Step Up and Reclaim Your Wife! Pesky Newborns Be Damned!
Chattel. That’s all you are, women. The personal property of men. If you dare to turn your attention to something as trivial as…a newborn baby? YOU ARE LETTING YOUR KEEPER DOWN. Your breasts are ALL his. All. Stick some plastic in that kid’s cry-hole, STAT! Then get back to doing
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Revolutionary thought of the day: That’s a very American value right there: if you screw up in your early 20s, you — and your children — are on your own for life. . . . Why does it seem like a reasonable policy suggestion to tell Jessica she needs a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Lying for Fashion
I learned very early on that following The Fashion just wasn’t worth the hassle and that it just didn’t deliver what it promised. When I was three years old, I thought it would be super cool to have spiky hair. And for the first little while, it was cool. But
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tropes vs Women – The Evil Demon Seductress
Women getting squished into yet another trope that reflects poorly on our society. This time with help of the feminist frequency we observe how women are held up as objects of objectification and ridicule at the same time. Patriarchy is good at that giving women two choices both equally bad
Continue readingHow the Economy Will Bring an End to Housewives
This later movement is, in my opinion, going to be on the path of extinction though and not even because of the feminists at all. No, what will lead this retro trend to die out is our economy. Today’s economy and what it looks to be in the future does
Continue readingwmtc: vaginal discharge. now i’ve said it, too. (thanks, carefree.)
How can it be that an advertisement is considered controversial because it clearly states the intended use of its product? Strangely, it makes perfect sense, in a world where legislators are banned from their workplaces for uttering the word vagina, where breasts are used to sell everything in creation, but
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Miss Representation – The Documentary
I found the whole movie on youtube, lucky us. It is one hour and twenty six minutes long, so find some popcorn and a comfy chair. Learn and enjoy. Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Feminist Critique, Miss Representation
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Jadehawk on Anti-Feminism – The Deconstruction of Paula Kirby
Just some highlights from Paula Kirby’s essay on Feminism. I’ve read it and concluded that she really has missed the point of what feminism is all about. The original document is here, and of course the deconstruction is at Jadehawk’s blog from which this excerpt originates. [PK:}Let’s consider 1930s Germany
Continue readingWhy Women are Bitches!
Simply put, because men are bipolar! Now if you would like me to elaborate, well then, here we go. Men say and do things, then the next day say and do something completely opposite/different. In one sense guys are logical creatures. Each of their personalities make decisions logically based one
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Oh We’re Totally Post-Feminism…
I see and hear this little piece of dudely wisdom far, FAR, too often. It represents such an massive break from reality, and yet this harmful trope continues onward. The usual suspects make their appearances, privilege, misogyny the unexamined life – reasons but not excuses for not being in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A note to those who say they oppose sexism and misogyny in the atheist-skeptical movement
I keep finding good stuff to repost. This blog entry is by Salty Current with the original found here. “If you say I think sexism, misogyny, and harassment of women, including in this community, are real problems that need to be addressed, you should stop there and consider what
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tropes vs Women – The Smurfette Principle
Ah yes, tokenism at its best. Just imagine the dudely outrage when called out on this particular trope. See! See! We have a female character… oh wait. Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: DWR Feminist Wednesday Feature, Feminist Critique, Feminsim, Tropes vs Women, Understanding Feminism
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