Posts by Danielle
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that was the whole quote Danielle
Yeah, but it's not as if you said in that post 'it's not a label that works FOR ME'. You said it seemed to you that it 'no longer functions'. In general. If you didn't mean that, then hooray.
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feminist is a label that no longer functions
Yeah, I... kind of have a wee bit of a problem with being told that.
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I... hesitate to be all 'where's the evidence?' on what you're saying here, Ben, but as someone who spends quite a *lot* of time reading feminist blogs, I do find these assertions that 'feminists are now all about reverse discrimination!' to be kind of... total fucking bullshit, actually. :)
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And I think, I don't want no part of that feminism.
And yet I think that you know many more perfectly reasonable feminists, yes? So can we just chalk Maia up to the 'some people use theory to bludgeon others into submission, because they are bullies' problem with any movement, rather than turning this into an xkcd comic about how all girls suck at math? :)
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As a result I see feminists pushing for what is obviously an imbalanced position
O RLY?
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I don’t take on any label to make someone else’s life easier
I don’t even know what this means. How would it make my life easier if you identified as a feminist?
ETA Ah, Ben:
Actually, I like them to do their thing, whatever that thing is, even if I’m not into that thing.
This is a feminist philosophy I believe we can all appropriate for our own purposes. :)
Also, it gives me an excuse to post this:
Which is my favourite sex-positive feminist anthem recorded by men! Fuck it's awesome.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Works for me.
I was just saying to Gio privately that I get why he doesn't identify as a feminist - because he doesn't believe that a dude can *be* a feminist, only a feminist ally - and I do respect that position (even if I think it's kinda bullshit, fundamentally. :) ).
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to recordari,
Ahem. Can I get a witness on the other side of the coin, please?
Oh, I'm sure there are also right-wing feminist peeps - I just think it's slightly more likely that the tenets of feminism are problematic for, say, social conservatives who fall under the right-wing banner.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I’m not a feminist
Is that because you don't believe men can be feminists (I totally disagree with this, but realise that some people think it) or because you don't believe in equal rights and opportunities for men and women?
(Sorry Bart, not picking on you, but I am slightly frustrated by this oft-repeated statement, because I think the entire leftist world should be explicitly feminist. :) )
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to sally jones,
Danielle, she has some useful things to say about your interesting – and useful – comments made on PA a year ago on the subject of women’s fear (349-358).
Eeep. I basically have the long-term memory of a mayfly. It’s quite fun to try and imagine what on earth I was going on about a year ago… I wonder if the search function will help? Bueller?
‘Lifestyle feminists’ in scare quotes is… a bit of a dodgy way to characterise people, though. I wouldn’t be happy to be described that way. You *can* actually have a bob each way, in that you can believe in kyriarchal social structures and *also* believe in not slut-shaming people. (Yes, I find this fence-post quite comfortable, why do you ask?)