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Why Might a Man Be a Feminist?
Here’s part of a great answer: I am a feminist because I do not want that right, because I never want to stand on the same side as my abusers; I am a feminist because, if I am honest with myself, I...
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How Do You Do It?
People sometimes ask me this question. As in, How do you maintain your sanity whilst steeped in the most troubling elements of our society? How do you live your values in a racist, capitalist,...
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“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”
“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” is the title of a book by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum. In it she discusses the development of racial identity, focusing predominantly on...
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Manufacturing Consent – Changes in the Labor Process under Monopoly Capitalism
Not to be confused with the book of the same title by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky, I recently read the Manufacturing Consent by Michael Burawoy. Burawoy spent time working in a machine shop in the...
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Normal Life by Dean Spade
Everybody should probably go and get a copy of this book right now. The long title is Normal Life – Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. Spade criticizes mainstream...
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Feminist Theory from margin to center
I finally read this 1984 classic by bell hooks. A fundamental text on intersectional feminism, stating clearly why race and gender cannot be divided into separate spheres of concern. I was struck by...
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Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
Whipping Girl is an outstanding book on transsexual women, feminism and trans-misogyny. Serano draws well thought-out lines from general societal misogyny to the hatred and fear of gay men, feminine...
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MISANDRY: my definition
Misandry is like “reverse racism”… an intellectual concept for an imaginary society where men (in this case) are actually oppressed by a centuries-old birth-privilege gained and used only by women to...
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No to Anti-Semitism, No to Islamophobia
“ATTENTION: PLEASE refrain from using anti-semitic language when expressing support for Palestine and Palestinians. It is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable and I will call you out on it. The Palestinian cause...
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“Easily Offended”
It seems rather flippant and vacuous for white men, when asked to treat people who are *not* white men as fully human, to dismiss it as “censorship” or being “too easily offended”. To dismiss our...
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Freedom of Speech, But for Whom?
Loud defenses of the Freedom of Speech, when made by the dominant classes, usually point to their concern that the underclasses are getting too uppity. Asking not to be publicly dehumanized is...
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The Misogynist’s Conundrum
The Misogynist’s Conundrum: I hate women, but I’m attracted to women!!! Aaaaaaa! [*trolls internet distributing rape threats*]
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The Sapiosexual Agenda
Arrogant fucks have developed a helpful new tool so that I may better avoid them: describing themselves as “sapiosexual”. What they aspire for this word to mean is “sexually attracted to intelligence”....
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White Men Say The Darndest Things
White male capitalists are going to have an uphill battle convincing me that the actions of impoverished third world women are what’s ruining the planet. A little side-by-side comparison of resource...
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Proof Racism Is Over
Anecdotally, another white person told me they didn’t get something because AFFIRMATIVE ACTION and REVERSE RACISM, and a Black person got the job/assistance/placement instead, and that is why I believe...
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My Vision for the Place of Art in Society
We all have an artistic side and we all need creativity in our lives. I want to dream of a world, not of career artists who earn a generous living for expressing themselves, but where EVERYONE can earn...
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You Are Probably Richer Than You Think
Reality check: those in America who make $200k a year or more are in the TOP 3% of income earners. Did you think $200k makes you middle class? Wrong- it makes you RICH. I think somehow most of us got...
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Pedophile Entitlement
I fucking hate the entitlement that so many pedophiles express. “But I loooooovvvvveee her” or some such shit. As though their sexual feelings for a CHILD entitle them to do whatever the fuck they want...
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A Terrible Calculus of Toxic Masaculinity
When men in my life get pumped over pro football, systemic shit like what is outlined here is all I can think of. Short version: if a violent man is good enough at a sport, thereby bringing in the big...
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