Oct 31
People who are/were shocked by the Montreal Massacre don’t know women’s history. Men have been killing us for centuries. Simply because we’re women. They kill each other too, but in that case, it’s mostly because of their target’s sexual orientation, tribal affiliation, or skin color. They kill us because of our sex.
Is it more …
Oct 08
A while ago, I saw a post by a woman bragging about her bruises … (should’ve saved the link, but I was just so … appalled …)
In 1976, Women Against Violence Against women (WAVAW) protested and got the Stones’ billboard taken down (it showed a woman bound and bruised saying ‘I’m ‘”Black and Blue” …
Sep 29
Men are the ones who rape, so why is rape a women’s issue? Because men see nothing wrong with rape.
Men: the sooner you recognize this, the sooner you’ll see rape as a men’s issue.
Jun 11
Poverty is not the cause of crime. Because even when men have enough, they steal more, kill for more.
(Think of all those rich white CEOs running our planet, managing the banks, the oil companies, the logging companies …)
(And given that well over 90% of crime is committed by men, well, the cause …
Dec 07
I was recently surprised to discover that in the U.S., men are required by law to register for the “selective service system”.
Only men. I thought women were allowed in their military now.
And required. I didn’t think they had ‘the draft’ anymore.
When I expressed my surprise, hoping to engage someone in conversation, the …
Aug 22
Read this (takes a couple minutes) and your perceptions will be forever changed:
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/GrammarofMaleViolence_9-10-2004.pdf
May 02
Thought I’d start reposting some of Twisty’s pieces (because, really, they need to be read again and again) (sigh).
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2014/02/01/that-cant-be-sexual-assault-because-its-normal/
Mar 07
You’re so – different. Not such an –
Yeah. It’s like before I was so – driven. It’s like I was in a car, no, I was the car. And it was always in high gear, in screaming high gear. I had to get somewhere, I always had to get somewhere. I couldn’t …
Oct 15
This just posted at feminist philosophers:
Terroristic threats against Utah State University regarding feminist Anita Sarkeesian
An email sent to Utah State University officials threatens to terrorize the school with a deadly shooting over a talk to be delivered by feminist critic and Tropes vs. Women in Video Games creator Anita Sarkeesian, Polygon confirmed with the school’s …
Jul 30
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/01/15/parents-furious-after-young-boys-suspended-after-playing-with-imaginary-weapon/
I’d be uncomfortable around any child who enjoyed pretending to kill–anything.
Especially if that child was going to grow up to be a man, was going to be flooded with testosterone for several years.
I’d also be uncomfortable around any adult who considered that behavior “a game”.
