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justinspoliticalcorner: Help end the ban on gay leadership and...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:05:36 -0400

justinspoliticalcorner:

Help end the ban on gay leadership and troops in the Boy Scouts

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Fri, 24 May 2013 00:56:43 -0400

jennyfromthesock: is it your birthday 2day? yez :D

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:11:51 -0400

jennyfromthesock:

is it your birthday 2day?

yez :D

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Thu, 23 May 2013 18:24:40 -0400

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Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:10 -0400

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Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:14 -0400

big-booty-itches: when your parents ask you to help them with technology

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:03 -0400

big-booty-itches:

when your parents ask you to help them with technology

uhm want

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:04 -0400

uhm want

riotingfeminist: notyrqueer: thefrogman: I believe that there...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:50 -0400

riotingfeminist:

notyrqueer:

thefrogman:

I believe that there are a small group of women who hate men just for being men. I believe that the textbook definition of the word misandry fits that description. I believe there are bad things that happen to men. I believe those issues should be addressed. I do not believe that a fringe group of women who hate men can be blamed for those issues.

Misandry was a dead word until recently. A group of men who feared the progress of feminism revived the word and used it to undercut the movement. They like having the power being a man provides and they don’t want to lose that. So they created a movement, found a bunch of legitimate issues that affect men, and tried to blame women for those issues. They called this misandry. It’s like conservatives using buzzwords like “death panels” to make people fear health care. They let people assume it meant Obama wanted to kill your grandma. They let their cute little phrase infect the minds of good people and convince them of falsehoods.

People are telling me that men cannot report rape without getting laughed at. They say this is misandry. It is the fault of women who hate men. But that just doesn’t make any sense to me. When I seek a logical explanation, it seems more likely that this is because men are supposed to be strong and women are supposed to be weak. And rape has been viewed as something that happens mostly to women. So if it does happen to a man, they must be weak. How did this idea of men=strong and women=weak start? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t because of misandry. It is an ancient patriarchy collapsing in on itself.

Feminism is about fighting inequality. It’s about erasing the strong/weak perception ingrained into our society. Misandry, as the term is often used today, is about trying to blame women for anything bad that happens to men.

If you want to fight to fix issues that affect men, go for it. But I would really consider distancing yourself from this term. It is used to evangelize folks into a movement that is very problematic. A group that can’t handle scrutiny of their comic books and video games, so they send death and rape threats. A group that calls women sluts and think they ask for rape if they show too much cleavage. Those are the people who coined this term, and you should want nothing to do with them or their language.

Every fucking day I love you more, Frogman.

I would go so straight for thefrogman.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:55:35 -0400

"The thing about cultural appropriation is that the appropriator does not have to face the same..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:11:31 -0400

“The thing about cultural appropriation is that the appropriator does not have to face the same consequences that we do for practicing our culture or faith. For them, it is an accessory that can be taken on or off at will, while for us, it is a way of life. …in a society where immigrants and communities of color are marginalized at every level, we can’t pretend that power relations do not exist when we have this conversation about appropriation. Sharing and exchanging cultural and spiritual practices is great, but it gets more complicated when we’re not all on equal footing. It gets more complicated when meaningful things are taken, commodified, and exploited for a profit, with little respect shown to the community they were taken from.”

- Turbans on the Runway: What does it mean for Sikhs? by Sonny Singh Brooklynwala (July 10th, 2012)