Friendly Fascism

[lilmissnever]

When two things happen at the same time, it's easy to get them all mixed up. You enter a fugue state where the issues interpolate and you're sure there are connections--and why hasn't anyone written a thesis about this

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[lorigami]

When people tell me to smile in that tone of ownership, I hiss at them.

[lorigami]

Also, is M a certain artist who likes to draw pigs?

[lilmissnever]

She seems to be especially fond of pigs. And cats. Allegorical animals, mostly. She also did a portrait of me once, which was very sweet of her.

When Bunker 3 was finally finished, I purchased a full-size sketch from her. It holds a place of great honor in my hallway.

[lorigami]

I would love to have an original, I regret not getting one when they were more affordable.

[ilcylic]

Did I mention how proud I am of being neither a rapist nor mass murderer? *buffs fingernails upon lapel*

No? That must be because that's somewhere below the baseline level for "acceptable human being". Whoops!

:D

[lilmissnever]

You are an exceptional human being. Also, being a very large and intimidating man, you may be more aware than most that the way you are treated by strangers on the street is significantly different from the way women are treated most of the time.

[frandroid]

The NSA conducts mass smileveillance so it can remind women to cheer up. True story.

[lilmissnever]

Both the surveillance state and the patriarchy defend themselves by insisting that they don't exist.

[elusis]

I wish we could arrange for a mass attack of Female Crazy all at once - a kind of dispersed flash mob cum sick out, where all over the world, on an appointed day, women just lose our shit and go feral on whoever offers up our daily dose of Your Body Belongs to All Men/The State/Someone Who Isn't You.

Women got shit to do, though.

[lilmissnever]

I'm in. Just send the signal.

[thewronghands]

I would totally participate in this. [cackling]

[thewronghands]

I've also had those experiences of conflation. [grin] It can make for really bizarre-to-other-people statements afterwards.