So first off...... I am a hairy, queer, somewhat angry radical feminist--- SO WHAT!? We need to stop saying "I'm a feminist....but.. I'm not like, hairy or gay" because that creates problems for those of us who are. Secondly, there (posted to "Yes, I'm a feminist...")
Uhhh.... voting does NOTHING! Don't you see, my friends? No matter who we vote for, things won't change. Rape won't end, war won't end, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... you could have 100% Women of Color in office in America and (posted to Boycott/Mancott)
Wow, y'all seriously think this is sexist and therefore bad? it's not SEXIST of her to for example, not be pro-choice, or not want to talk about her daughter's pregnancy in a positive way, or use her disabled son to (posted to sexist cover, accurate headline)
Later on in her life, Valerie claimed it was a "satirical literary device" (much like Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal") but there are SOME truths to it, for example the part about how true love can only exist between two (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
I suppose my reaction would depend somewhat on the intent of the author. I can't quite tell if this is intended as satire -- or whether the author is simply a seething misandrist. Even as satire, it is somewhat clumsy (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
It makes me uncomfortable in all sorts of ways. Immediately because I am a man and thus right in the cross-hairs, secondarily because if taken literally it advances a kind of willing hatred and violence, and thirdly because it has (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
Kind of scary but interesting seeing men so cruelly misrepresented for a change. I was particularly put off by the comment about men as fathers. My ex-husband is a wonderful father, very patient with our sons. He is a better (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
How can anyone compare this to A Modest Proposal except in the vaguest of terms? A Modest Proposal was easily identified as satirical because of how plainly it stated its facts and how despite the plainness, the straight-forwardness, it was (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
Liberal republican = Exist. Bigfoot = Doesn't exist. You might want to do a little more reading before you shoot you mouth off. (posted to sexist cover, accurate headline)
