#every man should be a feminist

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𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚣

𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 😑

Who knows why we were taught to fear the witches, and not those who burned them alive.

𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑:

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

ℍ𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕒 𝕕𝕪𝕜𝕖

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥

𝕀’𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕛𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕪𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕙

𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕖

𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥

𝕀’𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙

𝕀 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖

𝕊𝕠 𝕀’𝕞 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙

𝕊𝕠 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕞, 𝕤𝕠 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕓

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕖

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒 𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕜𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕖

𝕋𝕠 𝕒 𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥

𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕖

𝕎𝕖𝕒𝕡𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞’𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕘𝕠’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕

𝕆𝕙 𝕤𝕠 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕓 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣

𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥

𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣

𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥

𝕊𝕖𝕩 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕣𝕥

𝕀’𝕞 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕕

𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖

𝕀𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕖����

𝕊𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 ℂ𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕥

𝔾𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 ℂ𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕦𝕥, 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘

𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕠𝕟

𝕀𝕥 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕥

𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟

𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖

𝕃𝕖𝕥 𝕟𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕙𝕚𝕓𝕚𝕥

𝔻𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕒𝕪

𝕆𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖

𝕆𝕗 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣

𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤

𝕊𝕠 𝕥𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤

𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪

𝕋𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕖

ℍ𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕒 𝕕𝕪𝕜𝕖

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥

ℍ𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕒 𝕕𝕪𝕜𝕖

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖

𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥

𝕊𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗

ℂ𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕥

𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥

𝕃𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪

ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕀 𝕞𝕖𝕥 𝕒 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝

𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘

𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟

𝕊𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 „𝕆ℍ 𝔾𝕆𝔻“ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕪𝕞𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤

𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪

𝕋𝕙𝕦𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕕

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪

𝕊𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖, 𝕥𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖

𝕊𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕟𝕒𝕡𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝕊𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕪

𝔻𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠

𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥

𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦

𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥

𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥𝕤

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥

𝕊𝕖𝕩 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕣𝕥

𝕀’𝕞 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕕

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥

Equal Rights, Equal Lefts by Otep

@darksilenceinsuburbiareloaded @wetwicksdry @frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut

#every man should be a feminist #too #x-heesy #my art #artists on tumblr #8/2023 #where are my hashtags #i hate you #gender wars #veto #i Love witches #spirituality #wisdoom #knowledge #equality #qotd #quoteoftheday #quote of the day #artful quotes #text art #typography #iphone art #fucking favorite #music and art #contemporaryart #newcontemporary #new contemporary #new contemporary art #neo pop art #pop art

[magpie-rat-king]

look I love the "Hozier is possessed by the ghost of a lesbian" jokes as much as the next person, but also, men are Actually Capable of being that romantic and we should absolutely be holding them to that standard

#hozier #like i think sometimes when we collectively joke that a man cant possibly be a feminist or actually respect women #then we let shitty men off the hook culturally #and shitty men shouldnt be let off any hooks #im not saying you have to personally hold every man you meet to the Hozier Lyrics Standard #but as a broader culture yeah we should hold men to a high standard

[qkmlh]

Still ducking hilarious to me that Zoro & Sanji began their beef because they thought the other was misogynistic and it came to a head of no return when Zoro felt his title of ‘Luffy’s specialest boi’ threatened by Sanji’s comment

#MY DUDES PLEASE YOU’VE BOTH GOT THAT FEMINIST JUICE FLOWING YES THESE TWO THINGS IDEAS CAN BE TRUE AND EXIST BUT THEN!! BUT THEN!!!! #Zoro takes Sanji’s WE + NEED + HIM (Luffy) SO DUCKING P E R S O NA. L DEADASS STRUCK THE LOUDEST DAMN CORE IN ALL OF ZORO AND RAISED EVERY #DAMN ALARM POSSIBLE #Aaaaaand ‘You just got here /you/ don’t know what Luffy needs’ MY GOOD FIRST MATE OF A MAN C A L M D O W N N N IT IS /NOT/ THAT DEEP #‘I know he needs my cooking’ SANJII NOOOOO DON’T FALL FOR IT #‘Like what putting two slices of bread together’ Oh god. oh no. we are never coming back from this (pure hilarious joyous disaster) Ever! #Roronoa Zoro #Black Leg Sanji #Monkey D. Luffy #One Piece Live Action #OPLA #One Piece #All jokes aside tho Zoro was right to make sure they didn’t go inside to aid their captain #They would’ve been more of a distraction than help because Luffy wouldn’t have been able to let loose as much as he did #Zoro’s a good first mate but also buddy my guy my dude Sanji does NOT want your job bud ain’t nobody want your job especially when Luffy #made it very clear /you/ are worth more to him than /food/ #Somebody should tell Zoro that tho man could use the affirmation #But also…my guy…what were you so jealous so hissy so darn quick to b!tch for helpp ☕️🤧💀 #Zolu #Ani Rambles #Luzo

[gendercriticalthinking]

The way that my friend felt disappointed when he found out as a kid that an androgynous character he idolized was a woman because he quote "couldn't relate to the character anymore" and the way that the creator of Celeste """discovered he was non-binary""" because he wrote a female character that he was able to relate to are branches off of the same vein of misogyny I think

#gender critical #misogyny #it's all about the often-subconscious belief that women are subhuman or at least inherently lesser than men for being different from them #for the first dude: literally every woman on earth who consumes media relates to so fucking many male characters. they are our favorites. #some of them are so beloved by us that we believe we must actually be men because we can relate so hard to them. i went through this myself #(which is kind of what's going on with the second dude but i'll get to that) #yet for some reason a lot of men have a hard time relating to female characters in any way similar at all. there are zero men writing #obsessive (affectionate) thoughtful intelligent analyses of their favorite female charas' arcs and symbolism #(in part because so few media have any well-written and actually-humanized female charas to be able to do that with but also...) #because men see women as possibly-human fuck toys for them and nothing else #so when even self-proclaimed/usually feminist men relate to a female character outside of 'i want to fuck this' it makes them feel weird #bc male sexuality (this includes osa men i'm sorry to say but i've observed so many men like an anthropologist i see the same behavior #in all of them) is so centered around humilation/domination/aggression that it's not compatible with compassion/empathy #so for them to relate to a female (character or person) they get this weird-feeling psychological thing kinda similar to that joke of #'if you punch yourself and it hurts are you weak or strong?' but in this case it's 'if you relate to a sex object should you start thinking #you're also a sex object or should you let go of your momentary empathy for the sex object?' #and dude no. 1 took the latter path while dude no. 2 took the former #well in a way. his thing is more like 'if i am a human (bc i'm a man) and i can relate to a woman... does that mean women are human #or does it mean i am a woman?' and he picked the second route #i know agp vs hsts is (was?) the main grouping system radfems use(d?) to explain the different types of tims #and to some extent those labels do work especially since they're centered around sexuality which plays a huge role in trans identities #but i feel like it's either more accurate to just use the following labels or at least add them into the venn diagram: #some tims are trans because they see women as sex toys and enjoy the thought of being a sex toy themselves therefore they want to be women #while other tims are trans because they've othered the sex-object class of humans so hard that if they ever accidentally relate to a woman #it's a mindblowing discovery and makes them part of The Other (women are still of course treated as The Other for this to work) and #therefore super special (and of course more special than women because they're sex objects + The Other whereas #he is a man aka a human + The Other. this is especially true when men decide they're nb like guy no. 2 as opposed to trans women because #again women = sex toy to men so any men who do not want to be objectified are a different kind of Other to women [which to them consists of #females and trans women] but they still are The Other in some way and therefore must be both a man [human] and something else) #these concepts appeal to both osa and ssa men depending on what level/flavor of misogyny they cling to most and how gnc they are

[22degreehalo]

Okay so a LOT of people have responded to my Barbie post so I really should be reading through all that first (but scawy) but I finally put something into words in my head

Every single man in the Barbie movie is a comic relief character. A pitiable, at least slightly pathetic, idiot.

Now. That is exactly the sort of thing that conservative commentators would point to to say that the movie hates men. And the Barbie fan's response, of course, would be that men deserve to be ridiculed, and that the movie isn't coddling them, and that men are acting like whiny babies for not being taken seriously when women never get that.

But I have the opposite take. The men all fit into that 'loveable himbo bumbling dad' type archetype. The relatable ordinary everyday man. The dummy who somehow manages to bag a hyper-competent 10/10 girlfriend in every Adam Sandler movie.

Yes, in many ways the idea of men having emotions is mocked; but also, the men get to be funny. There's a reason everyone posts memes about Ken and Kenergy and stuff over anything Barbie says. He's the fun one!

In that sense... the movie doesn't feel like it's reversing or parodying or commentating on anything at all. It's just bog standard gender roles in television: women are Closer To Earth and don't need to change much, but are pretty static and boring, while men are weird and funny and likeable and changeable, able to be bad but able to be redeemed, at the cost of having their more nuanced and sensitive emotions cheapened.

I wondered if it was meant to relate to the commentary at the end: that women HAVE to be perfect, and aren't allowed to make mistakes and be forgiven. But then in that case... why don't the women get to be funny, too? To anywhere near the same degree? Why doesn't the Barbie movie show us a silly, ridiculous, loveable himbo of a woman?

Why doesn't any woman actually get to do bad things and have them taken seriously? They complain about having to act perfect all the time... but are they not? When do we actually see those faults and failures, aside from as a result of 'burdened by the expectations of society' which of course is actually society's fault and not theirs? Barbie complains in the end about not really being good at anything, and that's good! But she still doesn't seem bad at anything, either. And nobody ever so much as implies that the way she treated those societally considered Lesser to her was actually pretty shitty.

The biggest difference between the way we portray women vs men in media, to me, is the idea of internal conflict and change. Women tend to just exist as they are, only impacted by external forces. They don't make conscious decisions to do things, or have their minds change, or grow into something different. They just ARE, flat characters.

Men, meanwhile, get to be tormented. Get to decide to work harder and then ultimately prove themselves. Get to be tempted by bad people, and make bad decisions, but ultimately show that they are capable of trying and working hard and doing better. It's not so much that men are allowed to be bad, as that men are allowed to consist of multitudes. Women usually just have to be one thing, and that's it.

And who is it who changes the most over the course of the movie? Who gets the big internal shift? Who has their understanding of reality challenged, and is affected by it, and makes decisions based on that, and faces the consequences of those decisions, and then ultimately decides to reverse things? It's Ken. It's just Ken.

I don't think it's super bad or regressive that Barbie starts out in an existential crisis and then just sorta ends that way. I think that's actually insightful, that mental illness can't so easily be overcome, that sometimes you really are changed by something and then can never make things 'normal' again.

But it's often pointed out that the relationship between the real-world mother and daughter never really sorta... goes very far. They disagree, but then the daughter shows sympathy to her mother, and that's pretty much it. We don't see much real change or conflict or true acrimony between them. We don't get a sense for internal thought processes. Of course, they're just side characters. But it adds to the whole of the movie and what the writers are comfortable doing with male vs female characters.

That the men are treated like babies for having feelings (despite being the oppressed group, in most cases here) is... discomfiting. But the sympathetic ending really does feel like a result of us only really being comfortable telling stories about men acting badly and being redeemed. Seen another way, yeah: men are allowed to act like babies and be forgiven. Barbie doesn't have the courage to do the same for women, even while decrying that same ideology. Not even at the very end.

Surely there has to be a better way to do this? Surely we can tell a story about women being expected to be perfect without them all actually being mostly flawless and Normal? Surely we can tell a story about the things men really struggle with, their problems that aren't taken seriously, without mocking all of them but then sighing and shrugging and going 'welll but we should be nice anyway :)'

#like. idk man. i think we should care abt men's issues because mental health matters #and because gender isn't the only form of oppression #and quite a lot of 'punching up' actually just targets those forms of societally accepted punching bags #with the transparent hand-wave of a 'male' tag to make it all okay #like that all is. an actual important part of the message #and if you take it all out idk what's even being said anymore #but it sounds like what some feminists do claim about men's issues #that men are worse in every way and their feelings aren't real but we're supposed to be nice anyway just because #not that i think general kindness is a bad message. but it doesnt seem like barbie says that either #i don't know man #barbie 2023

[musical-chick-13]

*puts my head in my hands* The reason that so many of us say, "I don't trust people who say that all men are evil no exceptions you should never interact with any of them for any reason" ISN'T because we are coddling abusive men, it's because we a) don't want to get into bioessentialism territory, and b) are WELL aware of your history of using this rhetoric to blame women who are abused by men because "Well men are horrible, what did she expect, she brought this on herself."

#tw: abuse mention #'feminism focuses too much on men!! we forget about the women!!!' I mean. in some cases yeah probably but that is NOT what is #happening here when I express my distrust of this phenomenon. #like...no I don't think we should have to clarify every discussion of misogyny with 'not all men' and I am WELL aware that when most women #go 'ugh men' they are complaining about the patriarchal system in place and do not LITERALLY mean Every Single Man #and at the SAME TIME: saying that men are inherently [x] & that 'can't be helped' and women are inherently [x] & can do no wrong #is. bad. you get why saying that men are inherently violent and [insert bad quality here] doesn't ACTUALLY fight misogyny right #you get why telling people 'this is NOT based on a systemic issue or cultural factors that can change over time and is just an Unfortunate #Part of being born as [assigned gender] that no one can help' doesn't. bode well for your cause right. RIGHT. #'welp ALL men are like this it's just The Way Things Are!' congratulations you've horseshoed back around to the very argument #people use to absolve abusive men of violence against women. look at you. real feminist hero there. #ugh let's hope THIS post doesn't get picked up by the t---fs #actually I'm going to make this non-rebloggable #lmao watch me get labelled as 'not caring about women' on The Women Blog #watch me get called a straight person when the primary thing I do is talk about how attracted to women I am a;sdkfja;lsfjksdfl

[gender-euphowrya]

saying that as someone who once stood for it but the way the phrase "not all men" has been demonized has done irreparable damage to feminism

#actually Yes not all men. #you're never gonne live a healthy life and get society anywhere if you automatically distrust people for what gender they are #you can point out tendencies amongst groups and expected norms within these groups without acting like every person in that group is evil #besides you KNOW the pipeline goes men are bad -> males are bad -> all AMABs are bad #that's just a sentiment that leads to transphobia no matter how you twist it or insist that you're only targeting cis ppl with it #not all fucking men. nobody's part of a monolith. there is no community where all members are identical. #the problem was never the phrase 'not all men' the problem was the intent with which it was being said #as in often by antifeminists to try and dismiss feminist rhetoric or attempt to make it sound unreasonable #the phrase itself is fucking fine #don't give me the ol' ''some people say yes all men to cope'' 'scuse #i don't believe any therapist would encourage hating and being weary of an entire subset of people as a coping mechanism #hate patriarchy. fuck patriarchy. give everything you've got to dismantle it #but acting like every single man is inherently some kind of irredeemable demon one should stay away from is just #how the fuck do you live your daily life even. #it's so counterproductive. it gives shitty men a pass to be cunts because hey. ain't that just how all men are ? #don't 'all men are bad' do 'all men are capable of good which is why those who do bad should be scrutinized or punished' #'yes all men' is basically rephrased 'boys will be boys'. it's giving excuses to shitty men by framing shittiness as inherent to manhood. #stop it lmao idk what to tell you

[deanncastiel]

2024 Book #117

Title: Ithaca Author: Claire North Genre: Historical Fantasy Series: The Songs of Penelope, Book 1

‘The greatest power we women can own is that which we take in secret.’ Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the isle of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is strong enough to claim Odysseus’s empty throne – not yet. But as everyone waits for the balance of power to tip, Penelope knows that any choice she makes could plunge Ithaca into bloody civil war . . .

Rating: 4.5 ⭐

Quick thoughts: fuck men and them poets 🖕🖕🖕. feminist retellings of mythology my absolute beloved. scathing, laugh out loud funny, athena is a pick-me and that's fucking hilarious. the feminine rage 🤌🤌🤌

CW: SA (nothing explicit but very prevalent)

Similar Recs: 1) Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel 2) Circe by Madeline Miller* 3) Ariadne by Jennifer Saint*

*have not actually read these but from the sounds of them they are very similar

#Ithaca #The Songs of Penelope #Claire North #2024 reads #bri's adventures in literature #i have the second book on hold at the library but this really could have been a standalone #so i'm not sure if i'll read it or read it soon hmmmmmm #also every time i think about feminine rage in books #it reminds me of that one guy who said that the poppy war was not a good portrayal of feminine rage #and i'm just... the fucking audacity of him as a white man spouting ANY opinion on how feminine rage should be portrayed #i'm still bitter about it and it's been months ;asdlkjf;laksdjf #but i digress 😅😅😅 #also the reviews on these feminist mythology retellings are sooooooooooooo interesting 😶😶😶

[disaster-demon]

Yknow considering my mum was a self proclaimed socialist feminist who did work with the campaign for nuclear disarmament in the 80s and other related causes, you sure wouldn't guess it now. She loves keir starmer, casual transphobia and denial that trans people face anh issus ever, being vocally racist, especially against black and Asian folks, being pro Israel and devil's advocate when there's a GENOCIDE HAPPENING, she doesn't think disabled people including herself should have lives (my granddad who was in a powered wheelchair most of his life would hate her now I hate to say it but) she thinks black people are reverse racist when they call her out on her yt privilege instead of just yknow listening to what they have to say nd to top it all off she said the other day that the cass report is right, and earlier today said that she was probably going tk vote reform because 'we need to look after our own'

Like babe

You're a populist nationalist tiptoeing dangerously into fascist territory. No wonder none of your friends talk to you anymore

#it upsets me in a way cos i feel like my step dad has led her down this path #she never was like this til she met him #when i frist met him at 19 i said he was self absorbed; loved hismelf above all others #and was a skinhead thug #my mjm convjnced me tk give him s chance #which i did #and i regret that choice every single day #when i was 19 my mjm had s good friend circle that she used to go out with #she wasnt a purde - far from it - she was a proud feminist and socialist and i just #i feel sorry for HER really because she jsut can't/wont see it #shes changed so much from having friends of pakistani heritage who bring samosas and bhajis around #to being someone who uss the p slur to refer to the corner shop #even though one near me is run by a sikh family (i know this because they have the sikh decorations in the shop) #and the other is run by a man of asian descent but hes clearly british #but even if eithr of them were pakistani WHAT THE FUCK #shes knly done that recently #also caught her offhand referring to some trans news story when the cass report came out as 'that tra**y thing' which like #really #really this is the hill you want to die on when you have a trans son whose gender and name you refuse to use #ugh idk sorry i rambled more than i should in the tags i know #but its jsut so wearing and tiring tk see someone yiu loved be changed for the worse #racism cw #transphobia cw #ableism cw #nationalism cw #fascism cw #politics cw #reading my mum to filth cw lmao

[wordwovencackle]

Do any of you know why exactly diaphragms for contraception aren't used as much anymore? Or even easy to find and buy (depending on location)?

I have never heard of it even though I did have sex-ed at school. (Like, we were taught in a practical on a dummy how to put on a condom on men.)

I heard it's not 100% protection (from what I saw it's 80%-94% secure depending on correct placement and whether it's coated in spermicide,) but it sounds like a good option (potentially in combination with other methods) for women who are rightfully worried about the hormonal contraception options like the pill or IUDs that can be extremely painful.

I know three women in my life with IUDs and they all reported pain, or cramps, or feeling ill and bleeding. One is so traumatized by an anti-conception procedure she is scared to take it out even though she doesn't want it anymore.

They feel it is their only option because (when they were having casual sex) they couldn't trust the men to use a condom (and they indeed often refused but still pressured sex) or in a committed relationship the men didn't want to wear it anymore or they (the men or the women) felt it was "wrong" to use a condom even though they didn't want children yet OR the women themselves didn't like the feel.

And while one can give many forms of alternate advice to these women, ultimately their safety is more important, and it sounds like the diaphragms would be a good fit for them?

Of course not every women will be comfortable with inserting a diaphragm, but leaving that aside, where did they go? They appear more convenient than the female condom? Is there something about them that is bad for the woman's body? They say you're not supposed to feel it during sex but, well, they say a lot of messed up stuff about women and how we feel pain.

#and yes while every man should just wear the condom i'd like to have more agency available to women also you know? #or anti-conception for men but then uhh i wouldn't trust them to actually take it #radical feminist

[hauntingblue]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXECUTION DAY DECIDED NOOOOOOOOO

#new opening damn #very 2000 #also boa hello???? #ace in the intro AGAIN #but angsty this time. i cannot... considering seppuku. do not message me #alos garp must know ace is imprisoned and hes just gonna let it happen. old man i will end you #WHAT DO YOU MEAN TWO LEGENDS AT ONCE WHAT IS GOING ON #i hate this set up i am going to shed all my hairs like a cat #is this the worlds most boring auction or what. yodel a little #pick up the pace man!!! #sanji smoking three cigs out of stress lmaooo #he should self combust again #i love seeing him stressed riled up etc. its like a chihuahua #zoro is going to end up right where he needs to by going to the wrong place. amazing #did zoro use haki too or is he just super scary lmao #the crew are like: entering the human trafficking auction but shaking my head every time someone bids in #nami buying keimi.... hashtag feminism #SO THIS IS WHAT GARP WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU OLD FART ILL KILL YOU!!!!! #LUFFY MOOOOOOOOVE #sanji feminist moment lmao #also where tf is robin. wasnt she with nami #people in the comments saying they were surprised by nami paying for kaimi.... are we dumb are we stupid????? #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 395

[food4me-always]

We complained about the twitter users moving here, thinking no one can top that. Well guess what? I've found the worst one yet.

Instagram reel comments

#Seriously wtf is wrong with those people #You either get radical feminists or either white lives matter type people #i swear I just want to watch art vids #too many incels too man what the hell #At least Reddit is quirky bc its supposed to be like that #But Insta holds that standard of being humble and all that #Only to fumble hard lmao #I am aganst goverment watching over your every move #but lets be honest its already happening #People that coments with no care should get a instant ban #I'm sorry I dont make the rules :) #Ffs even Facebook racists are somewhat normal than these nutcases #instagram #wtf instagram #instagram reels #not a shitpost #Twitter #Reddit

[masterhallmark]

Rant incoming

I feel like the problem with a lot of Disney's live action remakes (and arguably Wish) is they're trying to appeal to a crowd that no longer exists, namely the people who used to claim that the Disney Princesses were sexist.

All the interviews tend to include, "Well she's not chasing a MAN anymore" which...almost no one sees the princesses like that, anymore. Virtually NO ONE still believes the princesses are man-chasing sexist caricatures of women.

Cinderella is now hailed as an abuse victim who stayed strong long enough to get help to get out of her situation. Anyone who says she should have saved herself is basically regarded as a victim blamer. And it's very clear in the film she wasn't looking to marry the prince, she just wanted a night off. She was the only one who wasn't in line to meet him. She didn't find out she met the prince until he went looking for her!

Snow White is now hailed for her negotiation skills, ability to calm down after extreme stress (she had a moment of panic and had to cry for a bit, but who wouldn't after finding out The Queen hired someone to kill you?), and ability to take charge of a house of adult men. And again, she was an abuse victim, this time trying to escape ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. While she dreamed of her prince, it was secondary to her main goal of SURVIVAL. There are also entire video essays about how Snow White gave hope to people during The Great Depression.

Everyone acknowledges that Ariel wanted to be human BEFORE meeting Eric. We all know she was a nerd hyperfixating on humans, and also standing up to her prejudiced father.

We understand Sleeping Beauty wasn't the main character, the Three Good Fairies were, AND PHILLIP WOULD NEVER HAVE BEATEN MALEFICENT WITHOUT THEM! He literally depended on them! WOMEN SAVED THE DAY! But even then, is it really such a sin for a girl to fantasize about romance and fall for someone with corny pickup lines?

We all understand Jasmine just wanted someone to treat her LIKE A PERSON. She rejected every Prince before Aladdin because they treated her like a prize. So why did they need her to want to be Sultan? How did that make her more feminist when she already wanted to be treated like an equal and have a say in her future? Is it only empowering if you want a career in politics?

We admire that Belle, despite living in a judgemental village, was kind to everyone (even though she found the village life dull), and her story teaches girls that the guy everyone else loves isn't always a good guy. What's sexist about teaching girls about red flags? And she didn't start being nice to The Beast until he started treating her with respect and kindness.

Do I really NEED to defend Mulan or Tiana? I think they speak for themselves.

Rapunzel was yet another abuse victim who just needed a little help to get out of her bad situation. In this case, she also needed to learn that she was an abuse victim, and that what Mother Gothel did WASN'T normal, much like many victims of gaslighting.

And don't get me started on the non-princess animals.

Perdita had a healthy relationship with Pongo to the point she was open to express her pregnancy fears to him, and was ready to TEAR APART Cruella's goons for daring to touch her puppies as well as adopting the other puppies. Like, she was so ferocious the goons mistook her for a hyena! She's basically that "I AM THAT GIRL'S MOTHER!" scene from SpyXFamily if Yor were a dog. She and her husband were a TEAM.....but they made a Cruella live action to turn her into a girlboss?! The literal animal abuser!? THAT'S the woman you wanted to put on a pedestal when Perdita was RIGHT THERE!?

Duchess kept her kittens calm after they had been catnapped and was classy as heck. Nice to everyone regardless of social class during a time period where that was uncommon.

Lady stood up to Tramp when she believed he had abandoned her and didn't really care about her. She found out he was a heartbreaker and was like, "Nuh uh. No. You are not doing that to me! You put me through enough."

Miss Bianca from The Rescuers was IN CHARGE the whole movie, and was willing to risk life and limb to save an innocent child. THAT TINY MOUSE TOOK ON ALLIGATORS! And she picked Bernard to accompany her because he was the only one who wasn't ogling her. And then in the sequel SHE DID IT ALL AGAIN! I wish I were as brave as her.

Like, the public haven't accused these ladies of being sexist caricatures since 2014 (Actresses and actors don't count, they're out of touch like the rest of Hollywood) yet Disney is operating under the assumption that the public still thinks that way, hence all the "sHe'S nOt AfTeR a MaN iN ThIs VeRsIOn" talk.

The live action remakes are trying to attract an audience that doesn't really exist much, anymore, and back when it did exist, was comprised mainly of people who didn't actually watch the films. The Disney princesses are no longer seen as sexist, and feminine qualities are no longer seen as weak or undesirable.

#the rescuers #disney #101 dalmatians #perdita #miss bianca #rapunzel #tangled #princess and the frog #tiana #the three good fairies #flora #merriweather #fauna #snow white #sleeping beauty #Cinderella #ariel #the little mermaid #beauty and the beast #belle #aristocats #duchess #lady and the tramp #jasmine #aladdin #long #wish

[genderkoolaid]

tbh my opinion isnt so much that trans men cannot have male privilege. its that the way we understand male privilege is based in cis women, specifically otherwise privileged (esp. otherwise-gendered privilege, i.e gender-conforming/straight/perisex) cis women's understanding of gender as something static and inherent to who you are, rather than something fluid which is, in part, constructed by society and placed onto you separately in every moment.

can a trans man experience (cis) male privilege? yes. can a trans woman? yes. and so can a cis woman! hell, a femme perisex cis woman with a gender neutral name could if she's assumed to be a cis man on a resume. male privilege is not an on/off switch. the idea that it is stems from cissexist understandings of male/female as entirely separate and static categories which everyone can and must be understood through. trans people in feminism are expected to constantly defend and deflect accusations of being Privileged Male Oppressors by promising cis perisex women that our experiences are just like theirs! we don't have any scary opinions that don't align with their worldview! we swear we won't ever make them have to reflect on how being cis+perisex has biased them and potentially made their analysis of gender at all inaccurate! trans experiences are only considered valuable to cisfeminism to the extent that they reaffirm what cisfeminists already hold true. thats why they only ever want to talk about a very simplistic narrative around wages pre/post-transition. its extremely unthreatening to cis people because it presents transness in patriarchy as just going from one cis role to another; it doesn't ask cis feminists to expand their paradigm to include the ways in which trans people are treated as a class and their own complicity in transphobic oppression.

which is why trans men have been getting fucked over by trans-affirmng cisfeminism. because by virtue of having our gender acknowledged, we are expected to forfeit our place in the feminist movement and adopt the role of outsider along cis men*. and its also why trans women and MTX people get fucked over the minute they cannot or refuse to describe their experiences through the one or two approved narratives. cisfeminism cannot tolerate transness-as-transness. it has to be compressed and reduced and diluted into something that fits within a cis-centric framework. we aren't allowed to have nuanced and intersectional conversations about trans men & other trans folks relationship with male privilege, the things we have to sacrifice to there, how fleeting it can be, the fact that for some of us being read as "biologically male" is actively more dangerous than being read as female... if it isn't familiar to cis women, then it means you aren't really oppressed.

*cis men should not be outsiders in feminism either btw but thats another post

#did not mean for this post to get this long but c'est la vie #m. #transandrophobia #transmisandry #anti transmasculinity #transunity #theory

[brookheimer]

not sure why people don't seem to understand that shiv being the victim of misogyny and vitriol from all the men in her life can and does coexist with the fact that she is not a feminist liberal hero fighting to save democracy. why is it that we never afford her any nuance? she's either the only good person on the show and deserves to kill every man in a ten foot radius (twitter) or a uniquely evil cruel sociopath with no heart fueled entirely by spite (reddit). is it not just so much more interesting for her to be a fascism aiding and abetting character like the rest of them who also views herself as more progressive in spite of everything else about her and who undergoes horrific treatment at the hands of the men around her yet has no interest in undoing the system that allows them to do so, only in ruling it herself? shiv is not any better than the others nor is she any worse than them. there's no Evil Olympics here guys, nor should there be. snook said it herself in the after credits sequence -- shiv was just lucky that her interests aligned with her sympathies. who knows what she would've done had mencken been her best personal option? yes she cares infinitely more about politics than roman, yes she is still very much interested in maintaining the capitalist, fascist structure and even strengthening it, so long as it ends with her on top (which either way would be a win for liberal causes bc Woman). fascism isn't one-size-fits-all. it's not just mencken and trump. it's also mattson. it's also logan. it's also roman and shiv and kendall. that's... kind of one of the main points of succession? but even so, that does not negate the fact that as a woman it is so hard to watch some of the scenes with her and tom/roman/kendall -- of course that misogyny will resonate with female viewers, as it should!!! but that resonance needs to coexist with a deeper understanding of her character -- if you want to root for a bad bitch fighting against misogyny go watch, i don't know, captain marvel or whatever. what makes shiv interesting is that she's so so so much more than that -- she is the product, victim, and perpetrator of misogyny and fascism, two concepts so heavily intertwined they're virtually inextricable from each other. tl;dr it's one thing to be like my god someone give shiv a gun and it's another entirely to say, entirely seriously, that shiv is the Good Liberal Feminist One and the rest are all evil. like i absolutely adore shiv but i would honest to god find her so fucking boring if she were actually the person these tweets make her out to be i'm sorry

#me: shiv isn't evil! \ everyone: oh so she's the only good one? #me: shiv isn't good! \ everyone: oh so she's the only evil one? #NUANCE GUYS. IT EXISTS. #honestly i just don't get it. how are you all not just like bored by the versions of these characters you've created #all this being said. every man that called shiv hysterical tonight should be shot and killed. #<3 #succession #succession spoilers #casey shut the fuck up about shiv roy #shiv roy #long post #100 #500 #1000 #dude if i thought this would get notes i would’ve proofread it first. LMAO #like this is literally a word vomit ramble that i didn’t even read before posting . embarrassing 4 me #this time on posts i didn’t expect to get notes

[angelsaxis]

Feminists pushed for women to be able to work because being totally financially dependent on and beholden to One Singular Man was extremely dangerous and quite literally killing women.

Capitalism gets worse but being able have and keep your own money is ideal over being totally financially dependent on One Man.

People who are anti capitalist (in a general sense of the term) rightfully say that the conditions under which we work totally suck (and should change).

Misogynists see that the working conditions are awful (and they see other things happening), but rather than using that fact to push for improvements in the work place for women and people of other gender minorities, they launch back to deeply sexist and dangerous rhetoric that, beyond glorifying a past for women that never existed, doesn't even understand the basics of child and home care that SAHMs have to go through.

So now we have women who thoroughly believe that a) working sucks (theyre right in some ways) and b) the "solution" to this is for women to be SAHMs or housewives because "all you have to do" is cook and clean. They glorify the man having to go out and make all the money--money which they presume will be handed over to them if they so much as ask. Money that they don't have real access to, money that they believe will be their compensation for fulfilling an archaic gender roles successfully. Meaning if they don't perform to the man's standards, they lose the money.

All day. Every day. It's very clear that the women who say this often do not, themselves, have to do all the cooking and cleaning for other people, and the fact that they think this is simple and easy work shows they devalue the real labor that goes into being a SAHM/housewife. I've done cooking and cleaning for a household of five people and I will tell you it's awful.

But these traditionalists and hypergamists and whatever else they wanna call themselves are leading people into believing that ultimately, it's men that should be in control of everything. Women not having to work is somehow a good thing.

#angel posts