Comments on: [BONERS], For Fun and Profit: The Extent To Which You Don’t Care About [BONERS], Revealed!

By: This one is all about me. « This Wicked Day

This one is all about me. « This Wicked Day — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:12:51 +0000

[...] incredibly subversive and hence gives them a kind of power of their own. Sady of Tiger Beatdown said it already and far better than I could, so I’ll just quote her saying it: … I have accordingly been taught my entire life to [...]

By: Like rain on your wedding day « Birthday Bread Horse

Like rain on your wedding day « Birthday Bread Horse — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:25:14 +0000

[...] the racist one! And in other discussions: If you try to carve out a space for women or refuse to be sufficiently impressed by [BONERS], truly, the sexist is YOU! It’s not just the “the real discrimination is you [...]

By: Powerful Beyond Measure: Our Collective SuperPower at SuperForest

Powerful Beyond Measure: Our Collective SuperPower at SuperForest — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:37:09 +0000

[...] f***king Doyle” … so far, so… arrogant? self-aggrandizing? But here’s some explanation: “Because I’m a woman, and I have accordingly been taught my entire life to view myself as [...]

By: Parenting in public « From the desk of Miss Minx…

Parenting in public « From the desk of Miss Minx… — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:46:56 +0000

[...] internalized the whole be-invisible-woman thing, and how this relates to my total inability to be Miss Fucking Minx, no matter how much I would like to be, for both my own sake as well as my [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:36:49 +0000

Some very good friends of mine happen to be male, and leaders of an organization called “The Feminist Majority” on my campus. I’m glad they’re progressive, I’m glad they’re pro-women, don’t misinterpret, but there’s something horribly off about a group run by men running female masturbation workshops.

By: Say Something Good « Raising My Boychick

Say Something Good « Raising My Boychick — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:50:42 +0000

[...] an excellent reason for this: when we do, we are, invariably, attacked. We are women, and although we are apparently supposed to do all the work that runs the world [...]

By: Sady

Sady — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:39:22 +0000

@biomuse: OK. There’s a weird spam thing going on where the spammers repost comments by previous users. I skim, I see that they look reasonable, and then I click and let them through. DAMN IT. Just means we need to spend more time moderating the comment section. They all use one male first name as screen names, so I am just going to have to be PREJUDICED AGAINST THE DUDES, some more, as I do my morning comment-approvals.

By: biomuse

biomuse — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:15:30 +0000

@Stella Omega:

LOL. Sort of.

@Dave:

Are you reposting TheDeviante’s helpful clueing-in? Or were you intending to respond to TheDeviante in some way and messed up?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:35:50 +0000

Hey biomuse, as a man who is transgender, could we not put “transgendered” in a whole other category than “men” and “women” and as a noun (adjective fine: “trans men can be awesome feminists!” noun bad: “the transgendereds seem uppity today”)?

I mean, if you want to acknowledge that there are more than 2 genders that’s awesome (because there totally are)! But “transgendered” is not the way to do it. Might I suggest a term actually used by people who identify outside of the spectrum, such as “genderqueer?”

By: Stella Omega

Stella Omega — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:19:55 +0000

@biomuse #83

Your admonishment reminds me of Garrison Keillor’s description of the Lutheran Church’s stage proscenium, featuring frolicking nymphs and satyrs, feasting, wine and song — and the legend; “BUT NOT TOO MUCH.”

Your point may be pertinent elsewhere, however.