Fuck you, penis! FUCK YOU

[frotu]

So.

I wouldn't say that I'm a proper feminist. I don't know enough of the particulars to be a proper feminist, and honestly I don't want to know the particulars when they just make me furious. Granted, I know a lot of people would say "But if you're angry, you should speak up! If you feel strongly about it, try to make a difference!", and that is

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[frotu]

*sigh* Well... it does help a little bit that somebody else doesn't really know what to say. There is pretty much this huge build up of frustration and confusion and hurt and there aren't coherent thoughts to go with those feelings.

So thank you for your support, at the very least *hug*

[spoofmaster]

On the one hand: Holy crap, it's a Frotu, I haven't talked to you in ages!

On the other: I refuse to 'accept' any of that crap, but that doesn't really stop other people from applying it to my life. I don't consider myself a hardcore feminist, either, though I think I should be - and that's because of a mixture of factors. It's partly because modern feminism is so fragmented and impenetrable difficult for someone not already familiar with all the issues and the factions to understand and participate in, and partly because mainstream society is doing its damndest to pretend that all civil rights battles are over and won and those of us still not satisfied are just whiners and attention seekers. Never mind that this is completely unsupported by the hard facts - if you're a feminist, you must only be in it because you hate men and want to give women special preference in everything. It's the same problem going on with queer rights, too - because the fact that you're (probably) not going to get fired anymore if you come out of the

[frotu]

Holy crap, it is indeed a Frotu! It's only been like... a year since I posted anything on lj. And yeah, maybe it'd be a good idea to e-mail and such again. Life has just been crazy crazy lately. Haha, maybe this time we'll actually accomplish that stuff with the cafepress shop that we discussed before. Whoops

[spoofmaster]

We really should do emails again. And...I have no idea what's going on with the Cafepress store. Do they owe us money? I bet they owe us money

[fiver]

This is a good (if angering) post and you should feel good (and angry).

The US is only at #19 on the global gender gap report?? JFC, in this day and age? That is beyond depressing D:

[frotu]

Well... your comment does make me feel a bit better. It was just me being furious and ranting, but if I was able to get something across that was worth reading, I feel like my anger might have served some purpose.

Uh, yeah... the position of the US has frequently upset me in those rankings. And the really sad thing is that, the last time I looked (so for the 2009 info, I think?), it was 12 spaces LOWER - at 31. Right behind Uzbekistan. I believe 2010 was the first time the US broke into the top 20. And yeah... it is beyond depressing. Perhaps more depressing is the fact that 19 is something to be impressed with, comparatively speaking.