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May 28
McSweeney’s List about the Birth Rate – brilliantly hilarious
Check it out!
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/americas-op-ed-columnists-brainstorm-future-headlines-about-the-birth-rate
May 28
experiences reported in Complaint, Sara Ahmed
“I took an off-the-record grievance pay-out (not massive) and a much-reduced pension to get out of academia two years ago after an unremitting fifteen years of sexist (and disablist) bullying. … I had to sign a gagging clause when I got my grievance pay-out which—as I’m sure you are aware—is how universities typically try …
May 26
Why aren’t more men insulted by the low standards we set for them?
If he changes a diaper, he’s father of the year.
If he cooks something, anything, he’s a chef.
If he marries, but otherwise continues to live pretty much as he has to that point, he’s suddenly respectable.
If he continues to pay a child’s ball game into adulthood, he gets paid …
May 15
Home for Old Hags
Struck by arthritis and its attendant mobility issues, the most worrisome being an increased risk of falling while walking in the forest or on her way down to the water, it hit her: her life would be shorter than most because she’d rather kill herself than live in a so-called retirement village.
It …
Apr 24
Suppose that worldwide …
Suppose that worldwide, women flood the military, soon comprising, say, 40% of the ranks (which will be perceived by men as a majority) (go figure).
Suppose then, as happened when women flooded the ranks of bank tellers, secretaries, and teachers, being a soldier became devalued, losing its prestige, its glory, its funding, its …
Apr 12
Suppose two married women …
Suppose two married women get jobs outside the home at the same time, forcing their husbands to hire someone to do the cooking, cleaning, and childcare. Ten hours/day, 5 days/week, at $20/hr. It’s a lot to afford, but the men have so-called ‘breadwinner’ salaries.
Suppose it turns out that Emma is hired by …
Apr 01
Suppose by some biochemical quirk
Suppose by some biochemical quirk, the hormones we’ve been feeding cows inhibits testosterone in humans, so the more meat men eat, the weaker they become.
Suppose that within a year, males lost their 30% physical strength advantage over women.
What would happen?
Mar 23
Naomi Alderman’s The Power meets Monty Python’s “Hell’s Grannies”
A man struts and huffs and puffs and expands like a blowfish, but all the old women close their eyes. Deny him the female gaze. Refuse to be a witness to his Almighty Greatness, let alone a cheerleader.
And not only does he deflate, he disappears in a puff of, well, nothingness. Existential …
Feb 01
“13 Microfeminism Hacks” by Robin Wilding
https://wildingout.substack.com/p/13-microfeminism-hacks-to-hilariously
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