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Category: men
May 28
Man or Bear?
A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear” Read esp from “I need to get away …”
May 01
8 Handy Tricks Women Can Use To Beat Trans Athletes
Delightful post at the Babylon Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/8-handy-tricks-women-can-use-to-beat-trans-athletes
Apr 27
Of Boys and Men, Richard. V. Reeves – Quotes and Notes
Reeves quotes Kristof and WuDunn about the recent trend (which started in the 2010s): “Men in particular felt the loss not only of income but also of dignity that accompanied a good job.” from Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (p62)
Poor babies. Need I point out that women would not …
Mar 01
sexual assault in the military
from “Dishonorable Behavior” Elizabeth D. Samet
Dishonorable Behavior
Some good bits:
“Among the linguistic tics cadets most quickly acquire is the use of the noun female in lieu of woman. They see it in formal briefings and official documents, and they hear it in everyday conversation. Woman is by far the more usual choice in …
Aug 27
from Dale Spender’s Nattering on the Net — quotes and notes
According to 19th C feminist scholar Matilda Joslyn Gage, 9 million women were executed or burned for having knowledge—i.e., for being witches (p163)
Wow. Did not know it was that many.
“Had women ever contributed to the design of roads and vehicles, there is no doubt that the entire system would look very different. The …
Mar 02
aurora linnea on Ekman’s “On the Meaning of Sex”
An excellent review of an excellent book here.
And because a link isn’t anywhere near sufficient …
“On the Meaning of Sex reads like a forensic dissection, its forty concise chapters taking apart the corpus of transgender ideology piece by piece. No fallacy-wrapped riddle of a paradox is spared the nick of Ekman’s scalpel as …
Feb 19
Homophobia – great quote
“Homophobia is not actually straight men being afraid of gay men. It’s straight men afraid of any man treating them like they treat a woman.” quoted in Manifest: Transitional Wisdom on Male Privilege as a viral cartoon
Dec 04
barely tongue-in-cheek bit from Grant Naylor
“The GAS (Genetic Alternative Sports) … Sports fans were no longer interested in seeing a conventional boxing match, when they could witness two genetically engineered pugilists — who were created with their brains in their shorts, and all their other major organs crammed into their legs and feet, leaving their heads solid blocks of unthinking …
Nov 11
from Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus
Just read this first novel by Bonnie Garmus. It’s great! Unapologetically feminist and funny! Here are some of my favourite lines (not counting Six-Thirty’s quips about German Shepherds):
“Idiots make it into every company. Then tend to interview well.” (p111)
And the bit about Dr. Spock (p144) and the bit ending with “Never seen a …
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