this particular issue gets me so fucking livid. i guess it’s because of how pervasive it is lately. every fucking guy and their dog is on some MRA/redpill/incel shit now to some degree.
i’m seeing redpill rhetoric be adopted by acquaintances, friends, etc. in real time. i constantly have to fight it. CONSTANTLY. it’s driving me fucking crazy.
i have to be on high alert with every guy who isn’t already well versed in this subject, and hell even guys who really should know better are still falling for it. i’ve seen it on this site, although i’m glad action is actually taken against that here, unlike .world which is currently having a misogynistic hissy fit while the mods are just sitting back and watching i guess
sorry for how poorly written this is. i’m so tired. like, both in the sense that i’m sleepy and in the sense that i’m fucking exhausted with this shit.
Few days ago, my very misogynistic uncle told me to stop using big words like ‘feminism’ and ‘liberalism’ and that he didn’t spend 8 years studying for competitive exams to have a ‘debate’ with me. (he’s still unemployed tho cuz I live in a shit country)
His words - ‘what do you know about “feminism”? How many authors have you read on this? If you think you are knowledgeable about this, write 20 pages on feminism and then we’ll talk’
He also believes hell is populated by women (he’s religious) and thus there’s something inherently wrong with them.
Still don’t know how i feel about all this
This reminds me of a running joke a friend and I have.
“You like ___? Name 10”
Example, seeing a cute corgi
“Man, I love corgi’s.”
“Oh yeah? Name 10”
We love trashing this particular cliché. It’s probably my most hated thought terminator, it’s just a way of smugly turning the debate around when you realize how outclassed you are in the material. I highly doubt he would be able to do a fraction of what he asks of you.
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Wollstonecraft Sr.
bell hooks
Betty Friedan
Angela Davis
Peaches
Kurt Cobaine
Alison Bechdel
Malala
uhhhhh…shit. oh God o fugg I’m running out and I already had to look up a few first names I’m going to get dumpster’d by the racist uncle noooooooooo I’ve been owned like a lib 😩
EZ
Margaret Thatcher
Theresa May
Liz Truss
Hillary Clinton
Kamala Harris
Dianne Feinstein
Claudia Sheinbaum
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Jeanine Anez
This list makes me want to puke
Yeah, sorry for choosing 8 horrible politicians and 2 women (Xiomara and Claudia) who shouldn’t be associated with them
That being said, I fulfilled the list.
Why are you like dis?
Just to show it ain’t that hard to list 10 women, as long as you find another category to list them from. (Politicians)
Idk why, but my first thoughts were Kolontai and the lady that wrote The Yellow Wallpaper.