Comment from Kali Dali, in the discussion on the post Some Thoughts on Secular Meditation and Depression/Anxiety: goddamn you are fucking ugly. Kill yourself. #mencallmethings A few notes: 1: Who the hell tells someone to kill themselves… as a comment on a post about clinical depression? 2: In the context of this weekend’s Women in …
Category Archive: Feminism
May 11 2013
Welcome Ally Fogg to Freethought Blogs!
We have a new blogger in the Freethought Blogs network! Please welcome Ally Fogg, and his blog, Heteronormative Patriarchy For Men. Tagline: “Splashed of mud from the trenches of the online gender wars.” Here’s what Ally has to say about his own bad self: Ally Fogg is a UK-based freelance writer and journalist, whose day …
May 09 2013
Victim of Murder-for-Hire Plot a “bitch,” “cunt,” “slut,” who “probably deserved it”
You can’t make this stuff up. And you wouldn’t want to. Via Public Shaming, which I found via FreakOutNation: Tim Lambesis, the lead singer and co-founder of the Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to murder his estranged wife. Many of his …
May 03 2013
Welcome Yemisi Ilesanmi to Freethought Blogs!
We have a new blogger in the Freethought Blogs network — Yemisi Ilesanmi, blogging at YEMMYnisting! The tagline of her blog is “Proudly Feminist, Proudly Bisexual and Proudly Atheist.” — you can see why we brought her on, right? Here’s what she says about herself in her bio: Yemisi Ilesanmi is a Nigerian woman, resident …
Apr 17 2013
Rewriting “Mystery Date”
In the conversation here in this blog about the “Mystery Date” game and how it served to enforce rigid gender roles and female passivity, one commenter, cubist, has proposed that we create a feminist version of the game. I’m intrigued by the idea of re-writing the game. I have now wasted waaaaay too much time …
Apr 17 2013
Mystery Date: Gender Indoctrination for Fun and Profit
Mystery Date Are you ready for your Mystery Date Don’t be late… An old friend of mine from grade school just shot me a Facebook message, with a “Do you remember when we used to play this?” link to an old TV ad for the board game “Mystery Date.” Boy, howdy, do I remember. It’s …
Apr 16 2013
How to Critique Harassment Policies — And How Really, Really Not To
If there’s a small problem with one part of a generally good rule or law or policy, is it best to modify that part of the rule/ law/ policy… or to scrap the entire thing? Or, indeed, to scrap the entire notion of rules and laws and policies? There’s been some recent conversation about sexual …
Apr 04 2013
My Body Is Mine: I Support Amina
Amina is a 19 year old Tunisian activist who posted a topless photo of herself saying, “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour” and “fuck your morals”. For this “crime,” she has been kidnapped by her family with the help of the police, and has been threatened with death. …
Mar 18 2013
Runway Recap: Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love
How do you make men look sexy? This week’s Project Runway challenge: Make performance wear for the Thunder From Down Under male stripper group. It was a difficult challenge for a lot of reasons: making men’s wear is always hard on designers who mostly make women’s wear, what with the different body shapes and all. …
Mar 05 2013
Protest U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Friday March 8
This is a guest post from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Servicemember Civil Rights Organization Blasts U.S. Air Force Academy for Circulating Offensive Anti-Gay and Sexist Religious Material. Protest to be held Friday, March 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM on the corner of Academy Blvd and Voyager Parkway, COLORADO SPRINGS. Food, beverages, signage, and security …
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