Comments on: You thought I was just kidding

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:45:50 +0000

The comment above should read “dare to be interested” not “date”

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:44:39 +0000

And I think your psychic powers are slipping Felicity. Otherwise you would know that I am about to bring a grievance against some very senior people where I work for sex discrimination and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. Speak truth to power indeed.

Of course this post has been popular in a lot of circles. Probably the circles it wasn’t intended to be popular in. The reason for that is that Pisaquari has handily told women that if they dare to refuse male bodies for a sexual reason, as opposed to some high flown political one, ie they date to be interested in sex, without a male present to make it ok, they are, far from exercising sexual autonomy, the same as men.

A view that is popular with misogynists and most major world religions last time I checked. Women are there to be f*ck t*ys for men, not to have creepy, creepy autonomous sexual desires of their own.

Believe me Felicity, there are plenty of radical feminists who have no reason to love me, or I them, who agree with me on this one.

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:40:35 +0000

Because it most certainly is an expression of heterosexual privilege as far as I’m concerned, for a woman who is not a lesbian to describe women who are physically attracted to other women as having a ‘creepy, creepy fixation’ with women’s genitals, and saying they are the same as male pornographers.

Certainly I’m angry, but it’s not misplaced. It is being directed quite appropriately thank you for your (psychic) advice, Felicity.

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:36:31 +0000

And since I know nothing about you, you could have male privilege for all I know.

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:34:02 +0000

I don’t know if you touched anyone’s nerve or not,you tell me, since you’ve got psychic powers. I asked you a question which is how you know stuff about what privileges people you’ve never met have, and how you know how people on the internet behave. I’ve made my views on Pisaquari’s post crystal clear. And I’ve made it crystal clear why I think them. Of course Pisaquari might have certain types of privilege. Like heterosexual privilege for instance, which allows her to be homophobic.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:52:25 +0000

Feminists might have privilege, but they do tend to be the under dog and certain radical feminists can be scape- goated with displaced rage. Did I touch a nerve?

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:22:05 +0000

“These feminists don’t take the same tone with privileged folk, funny that.”

Because no-one who frequents feminist blogs is privileged? And how exactly do you know what tone feminists on blogs take with people in non blog situations? Psychic powers?

By: nobodyinparticular

nobodyinparticular — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:06:33 +0000

Delphyne,

Females *as such* simply don’t exist to these people.

You’re whistling into the wind, but I love it.

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:09:31 +0000

Does that mean that all lesbians will stop being lesbian in a post-patriarchy because sex will only exist in a test tube

I think that’s the theory yes. We will all stop worrying and learn to love the p*n*s. As we should of course, what kind of unnatural pervy women are we otherwise?

By: polly styrene

polly styrene — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:56:05 +0000

Well it’s still awaiting moderation Hedgepig, but I have also commented on the other thread in similar terms.