Wednesday, October 27, 2010

There's No Place Like Home

The Wizard of Oz attempted to make me feel all warm and fuzzy about family and going home after being gone.  But this is not the case for me.  As a feminist and a lesbian going home is not the most pleasant thing in the world.  Not to mention my parents being on my ass about my weight.  So why should I go home for Thanksgiving? I will be trapped in my parents house, where they think they can control me, criticized over every bite that goes into my mouth and consistantly questioned or glared at. 
Recently as well I have gotten a couple facial piercings which I know my parents will not approve of.  I feel that I need to not go to avoid the bad experiences but I also really miss seeing my aunts and some of my cousins.  I think I'll go if B is going just because we can be the outcasts together, but I dont know if I am ready to take the amount of criticism, that is waiting for me.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Misogynistic Men on Monday: How do you know?

It can be hard at times to spot these types of men. There are a few things that can let you know but they are not always present.
The Basics:
-Hunter: any man who feels he has the right to kill anything he deems less than him is bound to have at least misogynistic tendancies. He may not try to hit or kill you but his respect for you will not be where it should be.
-Naked Woman Pictures: now there is a difference between having one or two playboys and having your walls plastered with grotesque pictures of surgically altered porn stars. This kind of guy will not appriciate natural beauty.
-MRA- the most basic. If he believes that feminism is evil and that it punishes 'good' men. RUN!!!!!!!!!

The Challenging:
-Football players: football is a sport that often encourages alpha male behavior and violence.  Not all men exhibit these symptoms of football but be cautious.
-Lifers: I believe in not getting tangled up with lifers at all because they are likely to not respect your body and your space. So before you ever have sex with a lifer, find out why they think that way and then make the decision based on that. If you are a lifer, why are you reading this?!
-Criminals: You would think this one would be easy, but its not.  Crime comes in so many levels. Never go near a sex offender but if they have a record for possession and are clean, there really is no problem. Do your research.

Good Luck:
-Cocky guys: this really depends.  A guy(or girl) may be cocky to cover up insecurities, this is not problematic.  If the guy is truly arrogant this is where the problem lies. Arrogance shows that he cares only for himself and not for you.

Feminist Crack!

At SCSU there is one word that acts like crack to feminists and that is "intersectionality."  You say that word around the feminists here and they go balistic.  Everything they do is about this or relating in some way back to it.  I find this thoroughly messed up. Feminism used to be about women, women's issues, being female, that stuff. Now we have to go out of our way to help men and all peoples(even the ones who take our rights away) WTF! Last time I checked each oppressed group had their own movement and none of them were focusing on 'women' as a special interest.  Why should we be taking away from our movement to help others when they are not helping us. 
I can accept being aware of touchy feminist issues within other minority groups such as ability/fetal health-selected abortions will not go well with the disability activist groups. But along with that shouldn't a woman from a feminist-only perspective have the right to abort her fetus for ANY reason? Feminist crack makes these intelligent women not only go on a sped up rampage but it clouds their feminist minds in a way that does not support a full feminist agenda.  And fuck anyone who thinks religion has a place in feminism! I've said it a million times, if you are pro-life(LIFER) you are NOT a feminist! But under the grounds of intersectionality this is acceptable. Men can be feminists apparently. I got and burned that memo. 
People look down at the radical feminist movements and I want to know why.  Radicals get shit done. Its just a fact; yes, they may seem less caring but they are not supposed to be touchy feelly.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Basic Bigotry

I was in evironmental sociology class today and we watched a film about Evangelical Environmentalism, which alone is enough to make me laugh. But my tipping point was when he talked about stewardship over the environment and animals while being surrounded by deer heads.  I find that this attitude is similar to that of pro-life feminists.  We want to help women, or in that case, animals, but we are still taking away their rights. How does this make any sense?
By the way, there are few things that piss me off more than pro-life feminists and really its just men and anti-feminists.  But in my book being pro-life makes you ARE an anti-feminist.
More importantly, she defended the hunters when I pointed that out, saying that you can be a conservationist and a hunter? HOW????? Is that like being a pacifist in the military?