About the article in general, I’m sorry to be the lone dissenter, but I can’t be offended by Salmon’s position that women bloggers are happier — especially given that most women bloggers that I’ve seen are feminists and activists. After seeing so much shit about how activism and women’s rights has made women ‘unhappy’ (Looking [...]

Yes. And good for them. Also, I pulled the Muslim argument because it would push buttons. Thank you for proving my point.

“Because a non-Muslim knows more about being a Muslim than millions of Muslims do? That’s why it’s NOT THE SAME THING. You could’ve used any example from western culture, such as the pay gap you just mentioned in your previous post, but you decided to show off your xenophobia and go for the OMG!MUSLIMS!11 angle. [...]

NO! Actually, it’s the EXACT same thing. She is literally making the argument that, because it is a private organization, it is TOTALLY cool for them to be discriminatory if they want to be. It’s none of our business to interfere if they want to discriminate. Oh, wait, except it totally is because discrimination is [...]

Yes, yes I am prepared to enforce changes — because that is discrimination.

Guess this guy slept through the part of sex-ed that talks about the delightful few days a woman has called “Menstruation”. Y’know — when she sheds her uterine lining and any unfertilized eggs (which stayed unfertilized and never became fetuses BECAUSE of the pill) and thus, has nothing in her uterus except the uterine cells.

…Dude? Are you HEARING yourself? That’s about the same as if you were to say “We shouldn’t tell Muslims not to oppress their women — it’s part of their CULTURE, and it’s none of our business. We shouldn’t interfere with their PRIVATE decisions and culture.” And, by the way, the Boy Scout Law is that [...]

“Diva is the female version of a hustla” WRONG!

Di-va: (dee-vah) n. 1. a principal female singer in an opera or concert organization 2. a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality, especially : a popular female singer

Guess what it DOESN’T say!

…Great post, though, aside from that.

Part of the problem might be that, from reading your description of the supposed scenario that would lead up to the app user pressing the button, I can’t help but envision a nameless, faceless stranger stalking a young woman or violently breaking into her house. Sad truth — that’s not the case for a majority [...]

I actually agree with Kimmel on his description of violence against women as “childish” — for the same reason I view violence in general as childish. I’m mostly pulling this argument out of “A Clockwork Orange”… and the full, unabridged UK version with the 21st chapter, at that… in that committing acts of violence shows [...]

In response to everyone who responded — I. Don’t. Care. Frankly, I’m of the opinion that we would be better off without an army, period. I think we would be better off without an armed forces, navy, marines, and what-have-you. So, celebrating the fact that women are now allowed to participate in such a degrading [...]

Hooray! Now, we’ll have families mourning the loss of daughters, moms, sisters, and wives as well as sons, fathers, brothers, and husbands, as well as casualties, PTSD, and body bags! Yeah, I know that this means I have no soul and I’m going to Hell and whatever, but I’ve never been a fan of “Insert-non-white-male-group-here” [...]

Cheer up! The way I understand, most thinking people have come to the conclusion that Twilight will no more mess up little girls than reading volumes of the Brothers’ Grimm fairy tales. Because, really, that’s what Twilight is — it’s a horribly, horribly written fairy tale. And, for the select fans of Twilight whom are [...]

In response to the article about Brazilian Bikini Waxing and pubic lice — I guess by this logic, we should all start waxing every inch of our bodies, including our eyebrows and heads, in order to drive all lice to extinction. Oh, wait — no, we really shouldn’t. You never hear anyone suggest that, because [...]

…Did we read the same book? When you say badly argued, are you referring to the facts she used to make her points, or just the language? Because that was another point — the double standard about women swearing versus men swearing. But, then again, I rarely care about how arguments are presented and just [...]

Start a feminist society and be sure that the first required reading before new members attend any events is Valetti’s “Full Frontal Feminism”. I’ll lay you good odds that you will have a turnover rate of less than one-percent because everyone will come in and realize that they WERE feminist all along — they just [...]

I’ve always been of the opinion that there is no “real” culture which requires the oppression of women — and, by that, I mean that there isn’t any culture out there whose true core is practicing traditions that oppress women. My basis for this comes from that popular poster which has all of the world’s [...]

IMHO — because, sometimes, people are jerks. Even we feminists aren’t perfect — chances are, “smash” is just… kind of a jerk. Or had a jerk-moment. But, either way, I can’t say I’m surprised. Though I am at least glad that there were other feminists who weren’t jerks and on their A-game willing to call [...]

Don’t look at the comments sections of the articles related to the Voco ads and the pro-life feminists — they will make you want to not live on this planet, anymore.