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Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)
youtube.comThere is nothing novel or comedic or righteous about men using the threat of sexual violence to control noncompliant women. This is how society has always functioned. Stay indoors, women. Stay safe. Stay quiet. Stay in the kitchen. Stay pregnant. Stay out of the world. If you want to talk about silencing, censorship, placing limits and consequences
... See moreLindy West • Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
As awful as all this is, the workarounds themselves are often delightful and clever, testaments to the wit and grace of marginalized communities. For example, sex-workers call themselves "accountants." Homophobia is called "cornucopia" and "LGBTQ" becomes "Leg Booty."
This creativity isn't limited to people I admire or agree with: anti-vaxers have a... See more
This creativity isn't limited to people I admire or agree with: anti-vaxers have a... See more
Cory Doctorow • Pluralistic: 11 Apr 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Velez’s clothes are thrashed, harsh, and even imply some kind of violence. She isn’t interested in “beauty” in the old-fashioned sense of the fashion industry, but in the chaotic multiplicities contained within femininity, even as women are portrayed exclusively as victims in the media.
Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?
Misogyny isn’t about hating or discriminating against women because they are women and thus attract suspicion and consternation. Misogyny is about exposing women to harm because our gender makes us beneath full consideration. Misogyny is primarily something we face, not something people feel in their hearts.
Kate Manne • Broken Bones: America’s Violent Indifference toward Women
Emma Goldman.
Nell Irvin Painter • The History of White People
This is a remarkable vision of equal opportunity domination: one that asks ordinary people, in the name of feminism, to be grateful that it is a woman, not a man, who busts their union, orders a drone to kill their parent, or locks their child in a cage at the border.