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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. […]

By: Not a Whisper

Not a Whisper — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:00:16 +0000

I’ve only just seen this. You are the most awesome person alive.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:50:10 +0000

This blog entry rings so true to me. I hate it so much when I inaverdently (yet it’s getting rarer and rarer) start to smile and nod “Making smiling, head-tilting concessions”
Actually, I stop just before the head-tilting..
I refuse to let any man make me feel this way.
It’s not that easy for me..being the “radical feminist” that I am in my relative’s eyes (family too).
Let me just say I’m a first generation American and that my family hails from a country where it is unthinkable to feel this way. Oh and throw in a bit of misinformed Christian fundamentalism (I believe that Jesus was a feminist and that the Church corrupted everything…priests/prophets/etc., male of course, tried to shut down female equality since the middle ages, and everything is so skewed up that people actually believe that Christians should never be feminists and that Jesus (for some reason) hates them too.) No one has the RIGHT to make me feel ashamed as a woman, I claim the right to believe I am fearfully and wonderfully made, NO less than a man..and NO FPA shall make me feel inferior with his stupid arguments anymore.

By: Feminist Avatar

Feminist Avatar — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Men’s Right Activist. It got me for ages too.

By: TwissB

TwissB — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:08:47 +0000

I have always found it useful to reply before turning away, “You are telling more about your sexual anxieties than I really care to hear.”

I hate to admit it, but I have not been able to figure out what “MRA” means.