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By The Arbourist, on May 25, 2013, at 8:07 am *sigh* Like the gender binary needs more reinforcement…
Thanks to Dr. Lisa Wade over at Sociological Images for the pic and commentary.
“Dieting is for women.
I mean we all know that dieting and women go together like peas and carrots. We know this — collectively and together, even if we don’t agree that it should be this way – not because it’s inevitable or natural, but because we constantly get reminded that women should be on diets and dieting is a feminine activity.”
Filed under: Feminism, Social Science Tagged: Cheese, Gender binary, Gender Cheese!, Sociological Images
. . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Gendered Cheese!
By The Arbourist, on May 23, 2013, at 8:08 am Democracy promotion abroad. Funny how it seem to only happen in locals of geopolitical importance. I’m sure we’ll get around to distributing freedom for everyone eventually. Afghanistan, on the other hand, is geopolitically important to the West for possible energy reserves and pipe lines that could be a significant boon to our adversaries thus in Afghanistan we remain, murdering people merrily with our drones and wondering why…oh why… do they hate us so.
Of course, hating the West is nothing new in Afghanistan (or even here in North America as those without sufficient enthusiasm (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on May 13, 2013, at 8:08 am Just in case you were not clear on what the friend zone is. Many thanks to Angels and Angles for the definition.
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As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…
“When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more handsome boyfriend. There is little you can do without feeling like a dick. All in all, one of the meanest things a girl can do, whether they mean it or not.”
and ”The perennial location of nice guys everywhere.”
Although this hypothetical situation could work (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on May 11, 2013, at 10:36 am The first step to understanding privilege is recognizing the various forms and flavours it comes in. If you happen to be Asian and female, well, the fun(?) doubles as you get to deal with not only the misogyny, but the racism as well. Woo-haa! (Go to the tumblr Creepy White Guys for more examples.)
Just a few snippets of what women have to deal with:
And then of course, just to establish what a fine upstanding dude he really is…
Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Creepy White Guys, Misogyny, Patriarchy
By Donna Thomson, on May 10, 2013, at 7:44 pm My mother is, well, unique. When I was in kindergarten, I walked to school – alone. All the other children were dropped off by their parents, but my Mom just woke me up, left a bowl of cereal at the end of my bed (who doesn’t love breakfast in bed?) and after we both got dressed, she left for work and we parted ways at the front door. Mom was the only woman in our neighborhood to be employed outside the home. She had no interest whatsoever in cooking (“Here, eat this peanut butter sandwich so you won’t be (Read more…)
By Donna Thomson, on May 10, 2013, at 7:44 pm My mother is, well, unique. When I was in kindergarten, I walked to school – alone. All the other children were dropped off by their parents, but my Mom just woke me up, left a bowl of cereal at the end of my bed (who doesn’t love breakfast in bed?) and after we both got dressed, she left for work and we parted ways at the front door. Mom was the only woman in our neighborhood to be employed outside the home. She had no interest whatsoever in cooking (“Here, eat this peanut butter sandwich so you won’t be (Read more…)
By The Ranting Canadian, on May 10, 2013, at 1:02 am
Canada’s annual protest against women’s rights was held at Parliament Hill on May 9, 2013, drawing thousands of right-wing busybodies who can’t keep their authoritarianism in their pants.
The name of the yearly “March For Life” is misleading, because most of the religious fanatics who attend these events are very selective about their concern for life. They almost exclusively focus on unborn fetuses, and spare almost no thought for actual human beings who have left the womb. Causes of premature death such as war, capital punishment, poverty, pollution, depression and unsafe working conditions are barely on their radar, if at (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on May 1, 2013, at 8:01 am The vast amount of shit the forced brith advocates spew into the interwebs lends new meaning to the word grotesque. Our anti-choice friends have been faffing on long and hard about Dr. Kermit Gosnell conveniently forgetting about Savita Halappanavar’s terminal experience with their fetid dogma .
Let me spell it out, you antediluvian, dim-witted, anti-choice bastion of fuckwitttery.
Cases like Dr.Gosnell’s are exactly what happens when you limit women’s access to abortion. His practice was under-regulated and in clear violation of any sort of reasonable set of medical expectations. We need less of what Dr.Gosnell did, not (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on April 27, 2013, at 8:19 am Anita Sarkeesian at TEDxWomen 2012 lets the world see that there are people willing to stand up and fight against the misogynistic status-quo.
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Anita Sakeesian, Feminism, Patriarchal Backlash, Video Games
By The Arbourist, on April 25, 2013, at 8:02 am Today let us look at Science Fiction and examine the experiences of two individuals. Then think about your ‘objective truths’ and notions that ‘good arguments are judged on their merit alone’ and other liberal white dude fappery, and then try and tell me I’m wrong.
It’s like this…
You’re fourteen and you’re reading Larry Niven’s “The Protector” because it’s your father’s favorite book and you like your father and you think he has good taste and the creature on the cover of the book looks interesting and you want to know what it’s about. And in it the female (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on April 24, 2013, at 8:16 am Popularity? Posting “too much” on the feminism tag? Do I give two shits? Things don’t change if people don’t know about it, so off we go – a few things that feminism is actually fighting for. Oh and go read the whole post on “If I Admit That “Hating Men” is a Thing, Will You Stop Turing It Into A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?”.
(ed. Italics mine for highlighting the theme of what feminism is actually fighting.)
”Feminists do not want you to lose custody of your children. The assumption that women are naturally better caregivers (Read more…) part of patriarchy.
Feminists do not like commercials in which bumbling dads mess up the laundry and competent wives have to bustle in and fix it. The assumption that women are naturally better housekeepers is part of patriarchy.
Feminists do not want you to have to make alimony payments. Alimony is set up to . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Setting the Straw Arguments Against Feminism Ablaze
By The Arbourist, on April 24, 2013, at 8:16 am Popularity? Posting “too much” on the feminism tag? Do I give two shits? Things don’t change if people don’t know about it, so off we go – a few things that feminism is actually fighting for. Oh and go read the whole post on “If I Admit That “Hating Men” is a Thing, Will You Stop Turing It Into A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?”.
(ed. Italics mine for highlighting the theme of what feminism is actually fighting.)
”Feminists do not want you to lose custody of your children. The assumption that women are naturally better caregivers (Read more…) part of patriarchy.
Feminists do not like commercials in which bumbling dads mess up the laundry and competent wives have to bustle in and fix it. The assumption that women are naturally better housekeepers is part of patriarchy.
Feminists do not want you to have to make alimony payments. Alimony is set up to . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Setting the Straw Arguments Against Feminism Ablaze
By Alex Tse, on April 20, 2013, at 1:37 pm There’s a moment of fear that all women come to know. I know it well. I was once the only female member of a music band. One time at practice, a male band member joked that “We should get blowjobs for all the band members.”
What did I do? Everyone else in the room thought this was funny so I tried to laugh along.
People will hate you for calling them out on sexism, and I didn’t want to be disliked for rocking the boat. I wanted to be accepted as a member of the group, but I shouldn’t (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on April 20, 2013, at 8:03 am If we are all over regulating women’s bodies, I’m thinking guns should not be a frakking problem.
What if gun rights were regulated like abortion rights? Here’s a list of just some of the hoops you’d have to jump through before you could own a gun:
Only one store in the entire state would sell guns. (See: Mississippi, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming for states with only one abortion provider.) You’d have to fill out an enormous personal background check including intrusive personal information that has nothing to do with your ability to own or use (Read more…)
By The Arbourist, on April 19, 2013, at 3:46 pm
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Abortion
By The Arbourist, on April 17, 2013, at 8:06 am Wow, ran across the Feminist Current and Meghan Murphy is knocking them out of the park with great articles such as this one tearing into one of Canada’s national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, for taking the well travelled low road of misogyny. I just have the highlights here, but you should go read Megan’s entire post, it is well worth your time.
“One of the things we’ve learned from feminism is that, while men have long enjoyed arguing that biology accounts for misogyny, having used scientific arguments to “prove” that, for example, male dominance, rape,
. . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: The Male Gaze – Meghan Murphy slams the Globe and Mail
By The Arbourist, on April 15, 2013, at 3:41 pm On the experience of women in society:
“Like most women, I currently live in a society where violence, harassment and scary shit can break out at any moment, just because I told some random asshole “no” without bothering to be nice about it. Doing that is so dangerous that most women don’t dare; after a few scary incidents, they learn to make up excuses, to smile, to be sweet and welcoming, to act as if every single random asshole on the street is a precious new friend that they would just LOVE to stand outside of the Chipotle and
. . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Quotes of the Day – Clues for Liberal White Dudes – On Experiences
By The Arbourist, on April 15, 2013, at 12:12 pm Reblogged from man boobz:
And so the MRAs have found yet another woman to hate.
Earlier this month, as many of you no doubt know, a Men’s Rights group sponsored a lecture at the University of Toronto. The event drew protesters, and the protesters drew MRAs with video cameras. One of the MRAs filmed a confrontation between a red-haired feminist activist and a number of MRAs who continually interrupted her as she tried to read a brief statement.
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Evidence of the ugly side (is there a good side?) of the MRA movement. This . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Canadian feminist activist receives death threats and other abuse after being targeted by Men’s Rights Activists
By The Arbourist, on April 15, 2013, at 8:07 am The Feminist Current is a great site for understanding and staying up to date with feminism in Canada. This quote is from the conclusion of an article about the Vancouver Slutwalk, but addresses what many feminists find problematic about what Slutwalks are about. The italics are mine.
“Despite numerous criticisms, it appears as thought nothing changed for Slutwalk in Vancouver. Except for, according to Charlie Smith, the author of the Georgia Straight article, a more overt message advocating for the legalization of prostitution.
The fact that an event that could have addressed male violence against women
. . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Feminist Quote of the Day – On Slutwalks
By The Arbourist, on April 13, 2013, at 8:02 am No objectification going on here Ms.Facetitsass. None at all.
Embedding in wordpress sucks.
Thus, I am only able to provide the link to the video I would like you to watch. Jimquisition, featured on the pop culture gaming site The Escapist, puts crass behaviour and bombast squarely in the centre ring. Jim’s style is crude, but in the case of female protagonists in the gaming industry, serves to succinctly make the point about the blatant sexism in the gaming industry (and yet another reflection on the inherent misogyny in the culture).
So go watch the video
. . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: The Creepy Cull of Female Protagonists – Jimquisition
By Stephanie Ross, on April 12, 2013, at 9:24 am Over its 50 years, Canadian Dimension featured some of Canada’s most well-known and thought provoking feminists, activists and scholars, the majority of whom straddled the line between academia and activism. This was fitting for a magazine that has made such a dedicated effort to mobilize knowledge in ways that activists can use in their struggles. Historian Joan Sangster credited CD with being one of a handful of magazines emerging in the 1960s that provided a space for socialist feminists in the face of a labour movement only very slowly beginning to embrace basic principles of gender equality, and a feminist (Read more…) often dominated by the concerns of middle-class women. CD’s coverage of feminism was most vibrant when the movement itself was vital, engaged in concrete struggles and actively debating the best strategic ways forward. CD’s coverage and framing of feminist issues over the years provides a fascinating chronicle of . . . → Read More: Canadian Dimension Feed: CD and Feminism: Chronicle of a Movement Defining Itself
By The Arbourist, on April 11, 2013, at 4:01 pm Now we get to play catch the subtext…
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Contraception, Feminism, Hard RIght Logic in Action, Rape, Rape Culture
By The Arbourist, on April 9, 2013, at 8:07 am If you missed out of what Rape Culture is, I suggest you go back and look at yesterdays post. Today, lets enumerate a small sample of what is going on in our society. Specifically, lets look at some of posts from the tumblr “I Once Had A Guy Tell Me…” Liberal White Dudes I thought I would provide some evidence that your experiences are NOT some sort of platonic baseline that everyone shares. It is a touch different for others: (be aware these posts contain triggering material about rape, violence against women and sexual
. . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Rape Culture – We Live it – Part II
By laura k, on April 9, 2013, at 7:00 am Today, April 9, is Equal Pay Day in Ontario. Please watch this short video to learn why we are still fighting for pay equity. Then visit the Equal Pay Coalition to learn how you can raise your voice for pay equity in this province.
“This is not something we should still be fighting for.Students today should be reading about this in their textbooks.”
By Admin CP, on April 8, 2013, at 9:13 pm View on YouTube website How can we build a united movement that respects difference and autonomy, and also advances common struggles against oppression and exploitation? What are the linkages, and tensions, between feminism and queer politics? And how can we understand women’s liberation in the context of other movements against oppression? [...]
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