I almost stopped watching this movie because ‘men are selfish stupid dicks’ is so very tiresome, but the women at the dinner scene (about 20 minutes in) made me keep watching. Even so, men. I can’t believe how clueless they are. Do they really not know the difference between a vasectomy and castration? Do they …
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Mar 23 2023
reading Our Father, by Marilyn French
“I wanted to command attention the way he did, learned how to do it too, Clare said I had it down, but not the same, they don’t listen to me the same way, it’s different. They liked listening, looking up to him, elder statesman. They don’t like listening to me.” p22 “Oh, why didn’t I …
Mar 21 2023
“The Mad Whale” – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Watched The Mad Whale yesterday. The description was something like ‘Lunatics at a women’s asylum put on a performance of Moby Dick‘. I was hoping to see an expose of historical treatment of women vis-a-vis madness and was not disappointed. But I was delighted, further, to see a couple other unexpected (shame on me!) exposes …
Mar 20 2023
Leigh Anne Jasheway – brilliant!
I’ve recently discovered the brilliant and hilarious work of Leigh Anne Jasheway. Her’s a great starting point: “20 Headlines from an Alternate Universe” But take a look through (ALL OF) her other posts!
Mar 09 2023
To permit ignorance
“To permit ignorance is to empower it.” Edmond Kirsch in Origins, Dan Brown
Feb 16 2023
Well-put, Charlotte Knowles
“Women need to recognize that their husband refusing to do any childcare, cleaning, or cooking is not just a result of ‘cultural differences’, it’s a result of him being an arsehole.” “Living the Life of the Mind: General Strike? What About a Gendered Strike!?” Charlotte Knowles, The Philosophers’ Magazine 98 (2022)
Feb 05 2023
MacKinnon on free speech – so very astute
“The free speech of men silences the free speech of women.” from Feminism Unmodified (1987)
Feb 03 2023
10 Contradictions of Gender Ideology
repost from Dead Wild Roses James Esses :10 Contradictions of Gender Ideology
Feb 01 2023
from Ejaculating Responsibly: a whole new way to think about abortion, by Gabrielle Blair – A MUST-READ
from Ejaculate Responsibly: A whole new way to think about abortion, Gabrielle Blair [P]regnancy and abortion are not ‘a woman’s issue.’ men don’t play a minor or supporting role in pregnancy. Men’s lifelong continual fertility is the central driving force behind all unwanted pregnancies. [All.] p8 We treat ejaculation as something that happens at random, …
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