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Straddle your Feminism 11 years, 10 months ago
I am wondering has anyone here read, “The Mermaid and the Minataur” by Dorothy Dinnerstein? She is rather controversial with a basic thesis that men act threatening, women just wait them out and also encourage such testostone fed rantings preferring to defer power to men, while actually retaining power through patience. It could be summarized in…[Read more]
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Butch Straddlers 11 years, 11 months ago
hey kids–i’m putting together a new blog, trying to catalog and disperse butch/stud/AG/genderqueer etc info and resources and i’d love to hear what you would want to see included in there. you know, fashion, girls, books, communities, etc.
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guys. i’m leading a meeting for my university’s gsa on feminism and the lgbt community. i’m really excited but i’m also feeling overwhelmed. anyone have any suggestions for talking points??
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(If this isn’t too late, then good luck! If it is–well, I hope it went well!)
Maybe a quick Feminism 101 lesson–intersectionality, feminism actually means everyone’s rights not just women’s, etc?-
YAY. yes, this is a very good point. i should bring this up. ALSO, this meeting won’t happen until next spring, so i have PLENTY of time for suggestions. CAPSLOCK.
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It’s interesting but I don’t buy it because often that testosterone fueled power turns to violence (not necessarily physical) and it’s frequently directed at those weaker. The person in power isn’t abused typically.
It’s fun to think about how women are actually the power behind the thrones as it were but it’s fantasy.