tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post115885215356896366..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Fuck.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158938355453296332006-09-22T11:19:00.000-04:002006-09-22T11:19:00.000-04:00Bless her heart.Ha! And how.Andrea, I know what yo...<I>Bless her heart.</I><BR/><BR/>Ha! And how.<BR/><BR/>Andrea, I know what you mean about it seeming like people are "following you around" to harass you on the internet. Maybe that sounds like hyperbole but I don't know of better wording. And, as Belledame said wrt my blog... (and this is currently my header quote), "You do seem to have a handful of particularly fuckwitacious people who have Amber Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109708537597646450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158924260893427352006-09-22T07:24:00.000-04:002006-09-22T07:24:00.000-04:00What do you mean, Andrea - are they trolling your ...What do you mean, Andrea - are they trolling your comments? Are they hounding you on other blogs?<BR/><BR/>Maybe radfems are just different from the fanatics I know, who tend to get bored after a while and leave.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158915433241218672006-09-22T04:57:00.000-04:002006-09-22T04:57:00.000-04:00Why am I not surprised?Been there, done that... an...Why am I not surprised?<BR/>Been there, done that... and learned a couple of things about the radfemosphere... namely that I am better off outside of it.<BR/><BR/>The tactiques of bullying everyone who disagrees with the generally accepted points- see Delphyne, remind me fondly of my youth under communism.<BR/><BR/>Do not get me wrong, I am a radical feminist because I choose to identify myself soopermousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266304739028473267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158899628084312542006-09-22T00:33:00.001-04:002006-09-22T00:33:00.001-04:00Jack: there're still some parrot feathers on yer s...Jack: there're still some parrot feathers on yer shoulder...belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158899593621112722006-09-22T00:33:00.000-04:002006-09-22T00:33:00.000-04:00Oh, I'm not abandoning anything. And Andrea has v...Oh, I'm not abandoning anything. And Andrea has very good personal reasons for putting her blogging on hold, besides her fed-upness.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158899197704934012006-09-22T00:26:00.000-04:002006-09-22T00:26:00.000-04:00Yeah, I know what you mean, Belledame. I don't kno...Yeah, I know what you mean, Belledame. I don't know the specific people you're talking about, but I understand the general point.<BR/><BR/>Still, if you're pissed about a segment of the blogosphere, it makes a lot more sense to go to another segment than to abandon the blogosphere.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158896688830437542006-09-21T23:44:00.000-04:002006-09-21T23:44:00.000-04:00...tbh, there are a number of "libfems" I'm far le......tbh, there are a number of "libfems" I'm far less enamored with than I am with certain radfems. For example. For a number of reasons.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158896589662528192006-09-21T23:43:00.000-04:002006-09-21T23:43:00.000-04:00-sigh-. Alon, thanks, but I'm good here, really. ...-sigh-. Alon, thanks, but I'm good here, really. "Radfems" aren't a monolith, point o' fact. I don't deal with monoliths. The people who DO act like a monolith, well, that's where i say sayonara; but at the end of the day, the label really doesn't matter much. Either the light's on or it's not; the rest is commentary. Or gravy. What you will.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158896021330380992006-09-21T23:33:00.000-04:002006-09-21T23:33:00.000-04:00I know I'm going to come off as smug again, but if...I know I'm going to come off as smug again, but if you want to get radfems to compromise, you can't talk about compromising all the time. The side that keeps wanting to compromise is usually the side that ends up looking weaker.<BR/><BR/>There are several things you can do. One is pack up and make a conscious decision to ignore the radfems. That's what I did. A few shrill anti-trans comments Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158893154641584752006-09-21T22:45:00.000-04:002006-09-21T22:45:00.000-04:00O, okay, I hadn't realized that FF (the author of ...O, okay, I hadn't realized that FF (the author of the above comment) and this one were (apparently?) the same person. <BR/><BR/>http://pippiblog.wordpress.com/about-2/<BR/><BR/>Well, then, I'm not surprised she's disgruntled about other peoples' lax standards (in allowing the likes of me to post). Bless her heart.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158891753315305772006-09-21T22:22:00.000-04:002006-09-21T22:22:00.000-04:00DUMBELLE 222*blinks**blinks harder*I keep repeatin...DUMBELLE 222<BR/><BR/>*blinks*<BR/>*blinks harder*<BR/><BR/><BR/>I keep repeating I am young and therefore prone to being a bit on teh hair trigger side but <BR/><BR/>Is she out her mind<BR/><BR/>and and<BR/><BR/><BR/>*searches for machete*Blackamazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726019544296849558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158883497193718992006-09-21T20:04:00.000-04:002006-09-21T20:04:00.000-04:00And WB, delphyne in that thread said pretty much w...And WB, delphyne in that thread said pretty much what BL has been saying all along: that radical feminism takes the position that male sexual abuse of women is the heart of the problem, "pornstitution" is a part of that abuse, and therefore no quarter can be asked or given.<BR/><BR/>Obviously not everyone who calls herself a radical feminist buys this, and I think even a lot of other people who belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158875676864233912006-09-21T17:54:00.000-04:002006-09-21T17:54:00.000-04:00Well, now that that's cleared up...Well, now that that's cleared up...Spikyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309177197580109879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158870847205249972006-09-21T16:34:00.000-04:002006-09-21T16:34:00.000-04:00The idea of ’safe spaces for women’ is frequently ...<I>The idea of ’safe spaces for women’ is frequently a joke too, since all too often what this actually means is ’safe for women who agree with me, unsafe for women who don’t’.</I><BR/><BR/>Unacceptable that ANYONE feels this way. Totally unacceptable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158867563488532712006-09-21T15:39:00.000-04:002006-09-21T15:39:00.000-04:00Once again we all come together as a team to perpe...Once again we all come together as a team to perpetuate the myth that feminism is a thing of the past, that we are now hostile martyrs divided into 10K camps by excruciating minutiae. Basic Human Decency 101 courses for everyone. I'll be in the bar.Bimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556787733394516695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158863495079404242006-09-21T14:31:00.000-04:002006-09-21T14:31:00.000-04:00And I agree wrt Ann but also more in line with wha...And I agree wrt Ann but also more in line with what zan said: Althouse's claims of being a feminist are risible not even because of the policies and people she supports but because, as she has just revealed, she is an utter fuckstain. Feminist=cares about making womens' lives better; Althouse just completely gratutitously did her utmost to make life really shitty for another woman, using belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158863058919836562006-09-21T14:24:00.000-04:002006-09-21T14:24:00.000-04:00SE: how weird. I know people can take over old d...SE: how weird. I know people can take over old domains, but I'd think they'd change the name...<BR/><BR/>I get that she wanted to stop doing that blog, but I dunno why she wanted to nuke the whole thing.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158862984515668542006-09-21T14:23:00.000-04:002006-09-21T14:23:00.000-04:00WB:As a neighbor of ours when I was a kid in India...WB:<BR/><BR/>As a neighbor of ours when I was a kid in Indiana (for a few years) would say about her no-account husband, whenever he'd uttered something particularly boorish:<BR/><BR/>"Consider the source."<BR/><BR/>Really, it is to laugh.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158861256829329302006-09-21T13:54:00.000-04:002006-09-21T13:54:00.000-04:00I had a false moment of joy, I went to Kaka's old ...I had a false moment of joy, I went to Kaka's old site, and there was a blog there! Turns out it's someone in NZ who deleted my comment asking if it was our Kaka. (How could there be 2 Kaka Maks?)<BR/><BR/>I know Kim wanted to stop being Kaka Mak, but I hope she returns as Kim. I really miss her.spotted elephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681544565260222585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158859527623182222006-09-21T13:25:00.000-04:002006-09-21T13:25:00.000-04:00Heh, it took me a while to figure out who she was ...Heh, it took me a while to figure out who she was talking about because well, Belle's not dumb ;)<BR/><BR/>You know, I'm a bit loathe to comment on a lot of the 'bigger' blogs in the FemmeO'Shire because I'm always afraid of being ignored or insulted. I tend to view everything through a very person-oriented lens -- which is to say, what does this do to the actual people living this experience? Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086497481509929875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158859111643694112006-09-21T13:18:00.000-04:002006-09-21T13:18:00.000-04:00I swear, there is not enough hairspray, eyeliner, ...I swear, there is not enough hairspray, eyeliner, and strawberry glitter lip gloss IN THE WORLD that would armor me adequately for this battle.antiprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675693687192822141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158858154377559032006-09-21T13:02:00.000-04:002006-09-21T13:02:00.000-04:00dumbbell222?I just had a flashback to grade school...<I>dumbbell222?</I><BR/><BR/>I just had a flashback to grade school.Amber Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109708537597646450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158857657393145002006-09-21T12:54:00.000-04:002006-09-21T12:54:00.000-04:00And also, uh:dumbbell222?What the fuck? I wouldn't...And also, uh:<BR/><BR/>dumbbell222?<BR/><BR/>What the fuck? I wouldn't say something that glib and dismissive about my worst political enemies, much less someone whose main intellectual project seems to be trying to get women to stop hurting each other.<BR/><BR/>I should add that it's pretty clear I have no commerce with the Interfeminist Squabbles. You're a brave one, BD.A White Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378226135352153241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158857470592765202006-09-21T12:51:00.000-04:002006-09-21T12:51:00.000-04:00Yikes. Perhaps one of the problems with the online...Yikes. Perhaps one of the problems with the online feminist community is the other side of its virtue; we finally get a space where it's safe and normal and valued to talk about women's issues and suddenly we feel the narcissism of small differences. I know they don't seem like small differences within such nasty comment threads, but compared to the community I live in IRL, the online feminist A White Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378226135352153241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1158857162178179552006-09-21T12:46:00.000-04:002006-09-21T12:46:00.000-04:00heh. -sigh-. yeah. You know, and I get peoples'...heh. -sigh-. yeah. <BR/><BR/>You know, and I get peoples' knee jerking and so on; it's just, finally, can you -ever- turn it off? Some people can, even people i've had serious contretemps with, and for that i respect them. Others may not ever raise their voice or swear or say outright slurs (or in some cases, then again, they might), but in my book their -utter- rigidity, their utter belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.com