Comments on: The Fucking Pedantic Asshole Chronicles

By: Comrade Svilova

Comrade Svilova — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:00:16 +0000

But Jill, is it not your duty to listen to men and win them over to feminism with your winsome ways? Just make sure you are confident in your daintiness first!

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:20:55 +0000

I do not imply it, I state it categorically. Why does nobody grasp the meaning of the word “imply” anymore?

By: tinyweasel

tinyweasel — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:32:28 +0000

Are you implying that men’s opinions on feminism don’t matter? You say that feminists aren’t obligated to convince and win over anti-feminist men, but surely that is entirely the point of feminism. If women are being oppressed by misogynistic men, is it not the duty of the feminist movement to change the minds of these men so that they will change their anti-feminist ways?

By: Jaffee

Jaffee — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:51:01 +0000

I have been taking a class with a FPA (didn’t realize he was one till I’d already signed up and paid my money)…and coming across your fucking perfect article…well, it was so inspiring…there’s no telling what will happen now…I feel like I am Tootsie in that old movie when he was about to give it to them, and the cameras were rolling, and the peeps in the booths and behind the cameras were beginning to shit in their pants wondering what Toots would say next.

I just can’t wait. To hear. What. Will come out of my mouth. THANKS FOR A TRULY GREAT PIECE. As the saying goes:

The revolution

now.

And I am once again, ecstatically happy.

By: Save Bitch « Eat.Sleep.Fuck.Destroy.

Save Bitch « Eat.Sleep.Fuck.Destroy. — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:52:01 +0000

[...] Bitch is one of my favorite magazines, if not my favorite one. Its witty and sharp critical analysis helped me blaze through those rocky first years of publicly-declared feminism. You know what I’m talking about: where you’re all gung ho to fight the power but you’re so green it’s difficult to effectively argue your stance to others. Those virgin years are frustrating because it’s pretty easy to lose a fight with a mysogynist if you’re not armed to the bone with tons of irrefutable facts n’ knowledge – all the other side has to do is say something ridiculous like “well if you want equality, shouldn’t I be able to hit a woman? ” and you’re off, mentally stumbling through your Women’s Studies 101 notes to effectively explain why your debater is an idiot. Feminists have a very uphill battle to fight because it’s so much easier to argue for the dominant paradigm from within the dominant paradigm. [...]

By: FM

FM — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:26:31 +0000

Camipco says that the Pedantic Assholes never try to argue feminism with him, since he is a “feminist man”.

That is untrue. The Patriarchy opposes feminism, no matter what gender the speaker is. I’ve always had people look askance at my Patriarchy-blaming. The difference is, when you’re male, the P will try to nicely BRIBE you away from feminism with the benefits of misogyny, while cooing to your ego*. And when you’re female, they’ll THREATEN you with disapproval, condescension, and violence. Yet another example of male privilege under the awful Patriarchy.

* Actual reply to a recent blaming post of mine: “you seem like you’re a good man. Don’t beat yourself up just b/c some girls want you to—you don’t deserve it.” I don’t ‘deserve’ to give a damn about my female loved ones when they live under a constant threat of violence, because I am a ‘good’ man? I guess I need to look up ‘good’ in the dictionary again, because the definition must have changed since last time I checked.

By: To the MRAs who would comment on my blog « Rage Against the Man-chine

To the MRAs who would comment on my blog « Rage Against the Man-chine — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:08:12 +0000

[...] and you can’t seem to carry on logical discussions. READ MY COMMENT POLICY (and read this and this). If any of you can see past your anger for long enough to conduct a reasonable discussion, I’ll [...]

By: Men who explain things « Eat.Sleep.Fuck.Destroy.

Men who explain things « Eat.Sleep.Fuck.Destroy. — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:28:31 +0000

[...] The fact that the previous paragraph took me almost an hour to write and just barely makes sense is indicative of part of the problem. Trying to analyze, verbalize, and expose sexism is extremely challenging because oppression is so invisible, intertwined, and ingrained in our culture. The majority of women that I know, feminist or not, often feel oppressed and have had experiences in which they know were jam-packed with sexist shit, but they just can’t put their finger on what that shit is and why, exactly, it’s sexist. It’s fucking hard, I tell you, and it’s the reason that even the dumbest misogynist will “win” a debate with a feminist who’s on top of it: it’s much easier to argue for the dominant paradigm from within the dominant paradigm. [...]

By: Ell

Ell — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:25:48 +0000

Fucking THANK YOU for this post!

By: I Go All Fangirl « Not a Whisper

I Go All Fangirl « Not a Whisper — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:15:35 +0000

[...] May 23, 2008 I know this I’m seriously late to the party (nothing new there), but this post from IBTP has thwapped me over the head like a chorus of golden hallelujahs topped with chocolate sprinkles. [...]