because i whine about #firstworldproblems too fucking much
i'm often asked for book recs by friends and family, and on the whole i'm not bad at being able to gauge what people will like based on what they have liked in the past. however, if i could, i would sit everyone in my life down and convince them to read shakesville's feminism 101 entry. not only is it organized in a way that's manageable (who wants to read pages & pages of WORDS? about WOMEN?) but mcewan's linked entries for her separate points are just as interesting, thoughtful, and informative.
i'll be honest. i, too, like many of you (lol, just kidding. no one sane does this), enjoy sitting around and reading scum manifesto angrily every time i feel spited by a penis. but i'm well aware that valerie solanas was crazy (thanks for shooting warhol, though!) and her pamphlet is ridiculous in most if not all senses/thoroughly unhelpful to the cause. it'd be easy to argue that solanas was not a feminist, but actually just sitting on the opposite end of the sexism spectrum.
what i'm trying to get at is this is something i do. other things i do include: watch the bachlorette, read trashy magazines, and throw the f-word (the other f-word) around. i don't think it's easy or mandatory to shut out every patriarchal influence in our lives (actually, i think it might be impossible), but i also believe that awareness is the first step toward change, whether political or social.
so fuck yes. shakespeare's sister and a post that isn't an entire refrigerator's worth of emotion/total nonsense. fine, fresh, fierce. and since this is an issue that's actually a huge part of my "real life" i'm always game for any sort of discussion focused on fem/gender issues, if you feel like biting.
i'll be honest. i, too, like many of you (lol, just kidding. no one sane does this), enjoy sitting around and reading scum manifesto angrily every time i feel spited by a penis. but i'm well aware that valerie solanas was crazy (thanks for shooting warhol, though!) and her pamphlet is ridiculous in most if not all senses/thoroughly unhelpful to the cause. it'd be easy to argue that solanas was not a feminist, but actually just sitting on the opposite end of the sexism spectrum.
what i'm trying to get at is this is something i do. other things i do include: watch the bachlorette, read trashy magazines, and throw the f-word (the other f-word) around. i don't think it's easy or mandatory to shut out every patriarchal influence in our lives (actually, i think it might be impossible), but i also believe that awareness is the first step toward change, whether political or social.
so fuck yes. shakespeare's sister and a post that isn't an entire refrigerator's worth of emotion/total nonsense. fine, fresh, fierce. and since this is an issue that's actually a huge part of my "real life" i'm always game for any sort of discussion focused on fem/gender issues, if you feel like biting.