I'm in. I've been getting all offended about all the stupid gender roles lately. Have you seen the ad on television for some men's big and tall line (somethingsomethingXL), and it has scenes like a shorter guy approaching the table of a lovely woman in a coffee place, and getting intercepted by a tall guy, with the v/o "Which is the *obvious* choice?", and two tall guys in a business environment talking, with a short guy hopping around in the background, trying to be noticed, and the v/o along the lines of, "Who takes charge?" It is THE MOST PENIS-DRIVEN COMMERCIAL I have ever seen. It's really low-budget, too, which gives it an extra-weird feeling.
I like your feminist rants, though. I was on the feminist rage community over a year ago, and ended up ducking out after two particularly moronic fights (one in which I ended defending men as a race from the accusation of all being dirty public masturbators, the other in which tampon-users were accused of being bad feminists), and I know you've said it's cool now and god knows communities go through phases, but I always fear I'll peek back in right before a downswing. That has nothing to do with feminism and everything to do with the intarweb, though, so I digress.
I get tired of being an apologist for my movement, because, hey, while I might not agree with every little tiny bit of feminist thought out there, I think that the basic cause is still worth identifying with, and fighting for.
that's a point so many people miss. There's room for some intellectual debate, of course, but when you fight about details, you want to grab some people and shake them and scream at them for rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. I know I run into the same thing as the virulent screaming pro-choice (negative population growth) activist I am. Details are a problem for so many left-ish movements in the US at this point - so much dawdling, and no clarity. Do you believe women should be treated as equals (not that they're the *same*, because that's a point of debate)? Bam, you're a feminist. Abortion on demand, even if only in the first trimester? Voila, you're pro-choice.
wow, I got sort of ranty on your page. it's been a rough day at work.
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I like your feminist rants, though. I was on the feminist rage community over a year ago, and ended up ducking out after two particularly moronic fights (one in which I ended defending men as a race from the accusation of all being dirty public masturbators, the other in which tampon-users were accused of being bad feminists), and I know you've said it's cool now and god knows communities go through phases, but I always fear I'll peek back in right before a downswing. That has nothing to do with feminism and everything to do with the intarweb, though, so I digress.
I get tired of being an apologist for my movement, because, hey, while I might not agree with every little tiny bit of feminist thought out there, I think that the basic cause is still worth identifying with, and fighting for.
that's a point so many people miss. There's room for some intellectual debate, of course, but when you fight about details, you want to grab some people and shake them and scream at them for rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. I know I run into the same thing as the virulent screaming pro-choice (negative population growth) activist I am. Details are a problem for so many left-ish movements in the US at this point - so much dawdling, and no clarity. Do you believe women should be treated as equals (not that they're the *same*, because that's a point of debate)? Bam, you're a feminist. Abortion on demand, even if only in the first trimester? Voila, you're pro-choice.
wow, I got sort of ranty on your page. it's been a rough day at work.