tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post6760110507208433164..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Feminism 101Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-60989548310797885072007-03-11T12:54:00.000-04:002007-03-11T12:54:00.000-04:00Cassandra said,And that's why I stopped educating,...Cassandra said,<BR/><I>And that's why I stopped educating, because some people seem to have their ears sealed up with wax to such an extent that it's pointless, really.</I><BR/><BR/>That's exactly why I <I>don't</I> stop. They need to hear it over and over and over again before they really get it. So, I'm willing to say it over and over and over. <BR/><BR/>It's just like giving instructions Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481252201307998355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-82918370555652089172007-03-10T02:56:00.000-05:002007-03-10T02:56:00.000-05:00It's a good theory, but did they ever call Hillary...<I>It's a good theory, but did they ever call Hillary a socialist/communist/progressive/far-left-loony?</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, no. They were all politically liberal; in the whole forum, there was only one person or two who voted Bush in 2004, out of around 20 regulars.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, the label only alerted me to what was going on. If they'd said I was a communist, I'd have scoffed at them. But Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-32449024783735758322007-03-09T22:46:00.000-05:002007-03-09T22:46:00.000-05:00"But damn, sometimes I wonder if someone superglue..."But damn, sometimes I wonder if someone superglued their switch in the off position... "<BR/>And that's why I stopped educating, because some people seem to have their ears sealed up with wax to such an extent that it's pointless, really.<BR/>I do kind of wish that there was a blog that was willing to take on the task, thankless as it is. Or multiple blogs, even.<BR/>"Feminism for Dumb People"<Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-49040105663685477772007-03-09T17:23:00.000-05:002007-03-09T17:23:00.000-05:00I don't mean to embarrass you with my mushy sappy ...I don't mean to embarrass you with my mushy sappy declarations and all, but I LOVE YOU R. Mildred! (You too Nanette for sending me over to read that post. I LOVE YOU!)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714518339153250453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-8892467676374685472007-03-09T17:15:00.000-05:002007-03-09T17:15:00.000-05:00It's an interesting question, though, to what exte...<I>It's an interesting question, though, to what extent feminists should be willing to educate. I get why so many people respond with "fuck that, get off your ass and go to the library", but on the other hand...there are a lot of negative stereotypes and distortions out there and if we don't counteract them who will?</I><BR/><BR/>I still feel obligated to educate on racism. Maybe I'm naive, but IDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714518339153250453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-45698612982890171412007-03-09T17:11:00.000-05:002007-03-09T17:11:00.000-05:00I always described my grandmother as a passionatel...<I>I always described my grandmother as a passionately wounded authoritarian propelled by an unnamed desperation. It seems appropriate here.</I><BR/><BR/>Your grandmother is my father???Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714518339153250453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-13491265949398942602007-03-09T15:43:00.000-05:002007-03-09T15:43:00.000-05:00RM: sorry. I make ze leetle yoke.oh, bum. I still ...<I>RM: sorry. I make ze leetle yoke.</I><BR/><BR/>oh, bum. I still haven't broken cuntensquirten in with a proper blog war.R. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-61321049863472609812007-03-09T14:56:00.000-05:002007-03-09T14:56:00.000-05:00Ack, belle... it never even occurred to me that I ...Ack, belle... it never even occurred to me that I might not be welcome here ;). I was just thinking yesterday (or so) that I found this one of the more comfortable sites for me to read daily and to (very occasionally) comment at. And, of course, ask questions. I am a champion lurker, though, most everywhere. <BR/><BR/><I>sometimes we talk about things other than feminist-related drama, really.</INanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369833497224107828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-61477785044062436892007-03-09T11:58:00.001-05:002007-03-09T11:58:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-67203420643973010662007-03-09T11:58:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:58:00.000-05:00Jeebus. I mean, nothing against sex and pleasure a...<I><BR/>Jeebus. I mean, nothing against sex and pleasure and no shame, I'm all for it. But if that is the biggest issue facing young feminists today... sigh.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Well, yeah, exactly.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-20892518852391207072007-03-09T11:56:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:56:00.000-05:00Hey, Nanette, you're always welcome here, you know...Hey, Nanette, you're always welcome here, you know. sometimes we talk about things other than feminist-related drama, really.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-68095220404421224562007-03-09T11:47:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:47:00.000-05:00sage: de nada.sage: de nada.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-16329905053692146152007-03-09T11:46:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:46:00.000-05:00Mandos: I'm too generic to really get it, I think....Mandos: I'm too generic to really get it, I think. I like pork sausages. (OO ER MISSUS) I like religious progressives. I like vegans who don't cast me into a eternal damnation for my sinful animal-carcass gnawing ways. I like the photo of the dog with teh pig outfit even though it really does constitute cruelty to animals to dress 'em up in costumes. The T-shirt: kind of "eh." The idea that belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-85305013379012972002007-03-09T11:37:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:37:00.000-05:00i.e. it dragged a third party into it by implicati...i.e. it dragged a third party into it by implication, and i decided it just wasn't worth it for a whole bunch of reasons.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-52176265458263202432007-03-09T11:35:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:35:00.000-05:00--oh, the comment you're referring to: I wrote som...--oh, the comment you're referring to: I wrote something about the Vomit Monster and then thought better of it. reasons having nothing to do with you. I didn't wish to attract the attention of the Vomit Monster any further or give her anything to latch onto (there was something rather specific in it); i'd cleaned up quite enough puke this week already.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-34162794573151612832007-03-09T11:33:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:33:00.000-05:00RM: sorry. I make ze leetle yoke. i just kind o...RM: sorry. I make ze leetle yoke. i just kind of dug the idea of you doing unspeakable things to Cabbage Patch Dolls; I didn't speak 'em because then they wouldn't, you know, be unspeakable. Nothing more meant by it, really.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-70884429112212823722007-03-09T11:12:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:12:00.000-05:00Hi Belledame222! I have decided that you're going...Hi Belledame222! I have decided that you're going to be today's Generic American Jewish Person. What do you think of this short thread?<BR/><BR/>http://politblogo.typepad.com/politblogo/2007/03/pork_peace_and_.html<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>--Generic Canadian Muslim Person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-68359760865381635462007-03-09T10:47:00.000-05:002007-03-09T10:47:00.000-05:00Hey Belledame, thanks for the mention! I'm so fla...Hey Belledame, thanks for the mention! I'm so flattered!Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481252201307998355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-79567834266587876932007-03-09T08:52:00.000-05:002007-03-09T08:52:00.000-05:00Heh. Thanks Alon.Actually, I'd considered myself a...Heh. Thanks Alon.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I'd considered myself a feminist of sorts for decades, but it was reading the various mainstream feminists online that caused me to rethink the label. It's just that my focus is so very different than many of theirs - by necessity and life experiences, no doubt. <BR/><BR/>At one of the largest "liberal" (but not feminist) blogs recently, one of their resident Nanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369833497224107828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-79704305681324795032007-03-09T08:18:00.000-05:002007-03-09T08:18:00.000-05:00part of her floor act involves shooting small expl...<I>part of her floor act involves shooting small exploited third world children across teh room using nothing more than her vagina.</I><BR/><BR/>the Aristocrats!antiprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675693687192822141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-62080745631648110522007-03-09T05:20:00.000-05:002007-03-09T05:20:00.000-05:00If that sounds too demanding, sorry.If that sounds too demanding, sorry.R. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-82606302337330169302007-03-09T05:08:00.000-05:002007-03-09T05:08:00.000-05:00I may not speak of them here.Well say them somewhe...<I>I may not speak of them here.</I><BR/><BR/>Well say them somewhere ffs, leaving a comment then deleting it just leaves me paranoid and scared that I've turned into a monster who's too scary for people to feel easy enough to tell. If you're seeing htat I've got a problem tell me about it NOW before it becomes more of one later.<BR/><BR/><I>If that was how the average unthinking person called meR. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-58443560783680828172007-03-09T02:22:00.000-05:002007-03-09T02:22:00.000-05:00I still waffle on the "am I a feminist" stuff.Drop...<I>I still waffle on the "am I a feminist" stuff.</I><BR/><BR/>Drop off the feminist blogosphere. Don't ever be tempted to go back here or even to softer feminist blogs like mine or Lindsay's or Echidne's. Ignore the feminists for a month and immerse yourself in mainstream culture. Join forums for ordinary men and women talking about their love lives. Talk to average people about their views on Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-86702914799166985382007-03-08T23:39:00.000-05:002007-03-08T23:39:00.000-05:00Yeah, I actually sort-of enjoyed the rant. It took...Yeah, I actually sort-of enjoyed the rant. It took me awhile to plod through it though.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, Hen...<BR/><BR/>She actually reminds me of my grandmother, so maybe the mother-hen thing is appropriate after all. <BR/><BR/>I always described my grandmother as a passionately wounded authoritarian propelled by an unnamed desperation. It seems appropriate here.Central Content Publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253155339560248960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-77749729154617798292007-03-08T23:10:00.000-05:002007-03-08T23:10:00.000-05:00Mother Hen. Mildred does other things with Cabbag...Mother Hen. Mildred does other things with Cabbage Patch Dolls. I may not speak of them here.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.com