Media says to Mom's 'when the chips are down just become a prostitute' *feminist snarl*
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7.19.2010
Sarah Palin Tweeting Her Muslim Hatred
Will this woman eat a freaking pretzel without water fer chrissakes?
Amplify’d from blogs.alternet.org
Sunday afternoon, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin decided she would finally weigh in on the whole “building-a-mosque-near-Ground-Zero” debate. The result, as one might expect, could best be described as a diarrhea bomb of offensive remarks.
Sarah Palin Launches Offensive Twitter Attack on Muslims, Makes Up Word
The fun begins with Palin calling on “peaceful” Muslims (because the ones who want the mosque are surely the most violent individuals on the face of the planet, right?) to “refudiate” the construction of their holy building (via TPM):
Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate
Refudiate, in case you were wondering, is not a word. She then nixed the first tweet in exchange for this one:
Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real.
Again, there’s no room in Palin’s mind to be both a supporter of religious freedom and “peaceful.” Sorry Muslims! Then there’s yet another tweet, this one calling on Muslims to reject the mosque “in the interest of healing:”
Peace-seeking Muslims pls understand. Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing
Oh, and she offered this excuse for the grammar:
“Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!
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FEMINIST OUTLAW: First Installment of SERIES: We Don't Need Feminism Anymore? (WDNFA)
First Installment of SERIES: We Don't Need Feminism Anymore? (WDNFA)
WDNFA?
Gibson's Misogyny Drowned Out by Mass Media
It's funny how people assign primacy to things.
On YouTube, this particular 2 minute phonecall from Mel Gibson to Oksana Gregorieva is consistently titled with the words: racist, racism, but no sexism? No misogyny?
There's even a video trying to appease the masses by reminding all of us that the reason Mel gets angry (battering not mentioned, abuse not mentioned) is because he is spiritually hurting. Cry me a fucking river.
Better yet, why don't we look at other women in Mel's life who've had a similar experience of him. Violet Kowal, one of Mel's ex-girlfriends, told the Australian press that he was violent and abusive. The funny thing is that the article was keen on focusing on Gibson's racist language. Kowal also explained that Gibson would scream racist obscenities at her. She said she got very close to calling the police. Well, we know why so many women don't call the police but that's another blog post. The point is, this guy has a fucking track record of violence against women but again, the racist angle is getting much more media attention.
It seems trying to find Mel's misogyny in today's media is like wearing red tinted glasses to look at red text. Why isn't his misogyny given primacy?
I propose that the reason has to do with *ho hum* the invisibility of male privilege. It's a bigger crime to be a racist than it is to be a misogynist because well, hey, it's just hatred of women right? No big deal eh? Especially since women lurve being called bitches and getting breast implants.
What. The. Fuck.
In the phonecalls that were recorded and published there was one racist comment. One. Let's not forget that the comment was a rape threat. Am I the only one who heard that comment as more of a misogynistic comment and less about race? Prior to that comment he was belittling her for her appearance and how she dresses. He was calling her a slut.
Whatever you think about racism you should also think about sexism. Neither one should be given primacy over the other. Again, it's up to the feminists to point this out and refuse to be silent about it. Be prepared though; there's an entire media mouth that will shout you down.
hint: We still need feminism
Gibson's Misogyny Drowned Out by Mass Media
It's funny how people assign primacy to things.
On YouTube, this particular 2 minute phonecall from Mel Gibson to Oksana Gregorieva is consistently titled with the words: racist, racism, but no sexism? No misogyny?
There's even a video trying to appease the masses by reminding all of us that the reason Mel gets angry (battering not mentioned, abuse not mentioned) is because he is spiritually hurting. Cry me a fucking river.
Better yet, why don't we look at other women in Mel's life who've had a similar experience of him. Violet Kowal, one of Mel's ex-girlfriends, told the Australian press that he was violent and abusive. The funny thing is that the article was keen on focusing on Gibson's racist language. Kowal also explained that Gibson would scream racist obscenities at her. She said she got very close to calling the police. Well, we know why so many women don't call the police but that's another blog post. The point is, this guy has a fucking track record of violence against women but again, the racist angle is getting much more media attention.
It seems trying to find Mel's misogyny in today's media is like wearing red tinted glasses to look at red text. Why isn't his misogyny given primacy?
I propose that the reason has to do with *ho hum* the invisibility of male privilege. It's a bigger crime to be a racist than it is to be a misogynist because well, hey, it's just hatred of women right? No big deal eh? Especially since women lurve being called bitches and getting breast implants.
What. The. Fuck.
In the phonecalls that were recorded and published there was one racist comment. One. Let's not forget that the comment was a rape threat. Am I the only one who heard that comment as more of a misogynistic comment and less about race? Prior to that comment he was belittling her for her appearance and how she dresses. He was calling her a slut.
Whatever you think about racism you should also think about sexism. Neither one should be given primacy over the other. Again, it's up to the feminists to point this out and refuse to be silent about it. Be prepared though; there's an entire media mouth that will shout you down.
hint: We still need feminism
7.18.2010
Menareangrynow Needs Facts On Haiti Earthquake
This video is a perfect example of wearing blinders so that MRA's can continue ringing the 'misandry' bell.
Reuters reported fairly early on that men were forcefully taking food from women in the food lines.
So SOME food distribution agencies, started having women-only sites. The fact is that women in Haiti are the primary caregivers of the family. They are responsible for feeding the family. So it's LOGICAL to give them a better chance of getting the food aid.
However, this MRA wants to paint these women as greedy bitches who STOLE from men. Do we see the complete lack of perspective here? MRA's go on and on about traditional roles for families and in Haiti, those roles exists and are pretty rigid.
Hell, I've BEEN to Haiti and the women are responsible for gathering food and cooking it for the family! What I observed was women with 50 pounds of foods in baskets on their heads. Not much has changed.
Menareangrynow seems to think that if some agencies give the food to women only that men are screaming in the street starving. This is the problem that feminist Michael Kimmel call the 'Zero Sum Game' that men seem to play when women are given help in ANYTHING.
The 'Zero Sum' attitude is this: If women are getting ahead in X then men are falling behind in X. Kimmel shows how illogical that is.
Applying this to the Haitian women having some food distribution sites exclusively for them means that it's probably MORE likely that MORE people will get fed since this is the role Haitian women play in their society.
It appears MRA's need to stop using the 'Zero Sum' game and closely examining the contextual information instead of using the shortcut diatribe: misandry.
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