Comments on: All The News Over Which To Have Fits http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Shawn D. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-82250 Shawn D. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:51:50 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-82250 Man's point of view... I'm a guy with a full size truck (purchased for pulling our boat.) I would never put truck nuts on my truck. If my fiancée was with me, it would be an insult her and our relationship, if I was driving by myself I'd feel really stupid. Man’s point of view… I’m a guy with a full size truck (purchased for pulling our boat.) I would never put truck nuts on my truck. If my fiancée was with me, it would be an insult her and our relationship, if I was driving by myself I’d feel really stupid.

]]> By: Pony http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-16867 Pony Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:07:21 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-16867 Your mother sounds amazing. Your mother sounds amazing.

]]> By: Esme http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-16846 Esme Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:51:05 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-16846 My mother made her own set of car testicles. Two egg shaped jingly silvery balls, encased in a sturdy mesh, attached to each other by a length of shiny elastic silver cord. She hangs them from her rearview. My mother made her own set of car testicles. Two egg shaped jingly silvery balls, encased in a sturdy mesh, attached to each other by a length of shiny elastic silver cord. She hangs them from her rearview.

]]> By: cinder http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13313 cinder Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:59:48 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13313 Kathy, getting violent with godbags, wingnuts and especially ultra macho dudes is not sinking to thier level, it's is at times an effective and appropriate activity. Of course it all depends on context, but I am particularily in favour of women being physically violent towards aggressive/intimidating creeps because it breaks with status quo expectations and flips typical roles on thier asses. Sometimes wingnuts are such incredible wingnuts that they need to be prevented from grasping the power they seek, and physical violence is a necessary element to that prevention. Not always, but it's important not to write it off as "sinking to thier level." Being human isn't a lowering of oneself. Kathy, getting violent with godbags, wingnuts and especially ultra macho dudes is not sinking to thier level, it’s is at times an effective and appropriate activity. Of course it all depends on context, but I am particularily in favour of women being physically violent towards aggressive/intimidating creeps because it breaks with status quo expectations and flips typical roles on thier asses.

Sometimes wingnuts are such incredible wingnuts that they need to be prevented from grasping the power they seek, and physical violence is a necessary element to that prevention. Not always, but it’s important not to write it off as “sinking to thier level.” Being human isn’t a lowering of oneself.

]]> By: misspinkerton http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13090 misspinkerton Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:52:18 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13090 i'm particularly fond of the antenna-soldier right next to the antenna stripper. i’m particularly fond of the antenna-soldier right next to the antenna stripper.

]]> By: Q Grrl http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13088 Q Grrl Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:27:09 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13088 I'm ashamed that I even know this: I believe that the "pious" Calvin is in homage to the late Dale Earnhardt. I could be wrong though. I’m ashamed that I even know this: I believe that the “pious” Calvin is in homage to the late Dale Earnhardt. I could be wrong though.

]]> By: sunny in texas http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13083 sunny in texas Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:01:15 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13083 the only trucks i've seen these things on are huge. so not only do these guys think their dicks are too small, they feel they have been emasculated somehow and look to reattach their non existent manhood to their new diesel powered dicks. so they all make me laugh. alot. trucknuts: neuticles for cowboys. the only trucks i’ve seen these things on are huge. so not only do these guys think their dicks are too small, they feel they have been emasculated somehow and look to reattach their non existent manhood to their new diesel powered dicks.

so they all make me laugh. alot.

trucknuts: neuticles for cowboys.

]]> By: kathy McCarty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13037 kathy McCarty Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:51:25 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13037 I live in Austin Texas TOO, Twisty !!! THe BALLS made me LAFF (esp. the BLUE ones) at FIRST; but really, if I had to look at them ALL the TIME, like I have to look at those GODDAM "BUSH/CHENEY 04" stickers, I think I would eventually SNAP. I think that I ( and many others like me) are daily entering into the "physical violence" threshold....levels of frustration so intense that I feel like, I don't know, getting VIOLENT with Godbags and wingnuts, even though of course that only brings me down to their level. Sigh. Oh: How can we stop the NEXT election from being stolen, and, your blog looks so great, did you use Wordpress? I live in Austin Texas TOO, Twisty !!! THe BALLS made me LAFF (esp. the BLUE ones) at FIRST; but really, if I had to look at them ALL the TIME, like I have to look at those GODDAM “BUSH/CHENEY 04″ stickers, I think I would eventually SNAP. I think that I ( and many others like me) are daily entering into the “physical violence” threshold….levels of frustration so intense that I feel like, I don’t know, getting VIOLENT with Godbags and wingnuts, even though of course that only brings me down to their level. Sigh. Oh: How can we stop the NEXT election from being stolen, and, your blog looks so great, did you use Wordpress?

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13034 Ron Sullivan Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:01:20 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13034 <i>What an utter failure at conciousness raising</i> Hell's bells, FB., what an utter failure at <i>consciousness</i>! What an utter failure at conciousness raising

Hell’s bells, FB., what an utter failure at consciousness!

]]> By: Frumious B. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13026 Frumious B. Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:32:34 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/02/25/498/#comment-13026 Re: Nia I managed to miss Twisty's post from the 7th. What an appalling article. The composite of Nia as a young female is not so far from the mark. It is by making her appearance the central part of the article that the writers failed. I did a little medline searching on Olanzapine (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed). None of those stuides mention weight gain of more than about 30 pounds - way less than the number quoted by Prospect. One study did mention that weight gain peaked at 52 weeks, so it can take more than a couple months to find out exactly how much a given patient will gain. One interesting risk factor for weight gain was having a low BMI. Healthwise, it wouldn't seem like a big deal for a thin person to gain some weight (imagewise, to that person, it may be a big deal). But all that is beside the point. Side effects of psychiatric medications are frequently intolerable to the patient. Schizophrenia is a horrible disease, but sometimes patients find the treatment worse. This is a very real and very serious problem which, by making the side effect ostensibly about appearance, Prospect totally failed to address. The anecdote about the male patient sneaking into Nia's room sompletely fails to highlight another aspect of life as a mentally ill patient: sexual assault. The mentally ill are frequently victims of sexual assault, and it's not related to how hot they are. I love how the article said they were frequently found in her bed together but didn't even bring up the question of consensuality. What an utter failure at conciousness raising. Re: Nia

I managed to miss Twisty’s post from the 7th. What an appalling article. The composite of Nia as a young female is not so far from the mark. It is by making her appearance the central part of the article that the writers failed.

I did a little medline searching on Olanzapine (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed). None of those stuides mention weight gain of more than about 30 pounds - way less than the number quoted by Prospect. One study did mention that weight gain peaked at 52 weeks, so it can take more than a couple months to find out exactly how much a given patient will gain. One interesting risk factor for weight gain was having a low BMI. Healthwise, it wouldn’t seem like a big deal for a thin person to gain some weight (imagewise, to that person, it may be a big deal).

But all that is beside the point. Side effects of psychiatric medications are frequently intolerable to the patient. Schizophrenia is a horrible disease, but sometimes patients find the treatment worse. This is a very real and very serious problem which, by making the side effect ostensibly about appearance, Prospect totally failed to address.

The anecdote about the male patient sneaking into Nia’s room sompletely fails to highlight another aspect of life as a mentally ill patient: sexual assault. The mentally ill are frequently victims of sexual assault, and it’s not related to how hot they are. I love how the article said they were frequently found in her bed together but didn’t even bring up the question of consensuality.

What an utter failure at conciousness raising.

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