Tag: sexism
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Don't Call Women "Girls"
“Shit like calling women girls pigeonholes grown women as all of the negative things society implies about very young women 24/7 – annoying, irrational, flighty, overly emotional.”
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Chris Hedges on the Rise of American Fascism
College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now they are being made to pay.
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How Girls Learn Emotional Reciprocity (and Why Boys Don't)
From that same Metafilter discussion: “Adolescent female friendships are LEGENDARILY difficult and drama-prone. And they are! Being an adolescent girl and navigating the emotional landscape of female friendship is hella hard! It’s not just media hype to sell Mean Girls narratives! But I think the narrative the media wants to attach to it is “girls […]
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Dating an Emotional Charlatan
From a Metafilter discussion about modern dating and emotional labor: “A few years ago, one of my friends began dating an accomplished lawyer who made good money. He was charming and generous. He 100% seemed like he had his shit together and could keep up with her. He cooked for her occasionally and his home […]
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Listen to What Women Say
A guy writes in Road & Track magazine article, ‘When I Quit Cutting My Hair, I Learned How Men Treat Women On American Roads.’ He grows his hair out so when he wears a helmet when he motorcylces, drives mistake him for a woman – and lash out: The fifty-something man in the aging Lexus SUV was […]
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Shonda Rhimes on the Glass Ceiling
“I picked my spot in the glass and called it my target. And I ran.”
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Let’s Ruin Video Games
“Guns that shoot kisses!”
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Title for a Blog Post About the Wonder Woman Movie
“Why Is It So Hard For You To Make A Wonder Woman or Black Widow Origins Movie You Pieces Of Shit”
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Revenge Porn and Systemic Misogyny
“It it ”works’ to its evil ends because of systemic/assumed/unquestioned misogyny within our society.”
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Frames, Feminism and Men's Rights Advocates
“The MRA view men’s and women’s rights as being in opposition to each other, while mainstream feminists see gender equality as a net good to everyone.”