An excerpt from this article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/women-against-womenagainstfeminism/article19970342/ Do we still need feminism? According to many younger women, we do not. For the past few weeks, a Tumblr hashtag campaign called #WomenAgainstFeminism has been stirring up a lot of angst in the Twitter/blogosphere. As part of the campaign, young women submit selfies with handwritten signs that say: “I…
Read moreBacklash: College men challenge ‘guilty until proven innocent’ standard for sex assault cases
An excerpt from this article: http://washingtonexaminer.com/backlash-college-men-challenge-guilty-until-proven-innocent-standard-for-sex-assault-cases/article/2551863 Kevin Parisi is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and barely weighs 120 pounds. He’s hunched over and walking with a cane after back surgery earlier this year. He suffers from severe anxiety and digestive disorders, along with extreme allergies and panic attacks. But in his junior year at Drew…
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I AM THE WORLD’S WORST LESBIAN
I wish all feminist thought like this. From this post: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/55453552.html It’s true. I don’t do anything like a normal feminist lesbian would. And I AM A FEMINIST LESBIAN. First: I like men. I like men so much it’s pathetic. I like how they smell. I like how they feel when they’re next to you. I…
Read moreVerizon’s Inspire Her Mind ad and the facts they didn’t tell you
Do girls fall behind in science and engineering because our society tells them they should be pretty, rather than, “pretty brilliant?” That’s the message of a new viral Verizon campaign. But the Factual Feminist shows that many inconvenient facts were held back to construct the the misleading narrative.
Read moreMothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed
An excerpt from this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158490/Mothers-deny-fathers-access-couple-s-children-break-jailed.html Separated parents who fail to allow their partners to maintain a proper relationship with their children could be stripped of driving licenses or passports, hit with curfews, ordered to do a period of unpaid work or even jailed. Ministers will today propose a dramatic extension of punishments for breaches of…
Read moreThe Myth of the Empowered Working Class Single Mother
An excerpt from this article: http://www.the-spearhead.com/2014/07/16/the-myth-of-the-empowered-working-class-single-mother/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSpearhead+%28The+Spearhead%29 I’ve been coming across a lot of articles about how working and lower middle class women are better off raising their kids “alone.” It’s a bit baffling, really, because taking care of a baby alone is a special kind of hell — even for women: you’re practically guaranteed sleep…
Read moreYour husband doesn’t have to earn your respect
This used to be me…that is until I learned how to “man up” and kick a woman to the curb at any point. I have no time for women that treat men like this: “I can’t tell you where I was or who was there or when it happened. I don’t want to add to…
Read moreStephen Pinker – The Blank Slate
A must read book: However imperfect society may be, we should measure it against the cruelty and deprivation of the actual past, not the harmony and affluence of an imagined future. We are fortunate enough to live in a society that more or less works, and our first priority should be not to screw it…
Read moreThe Feminist Leader Who Became a Men’s-Rights Activist
An excerpt from this article: http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-now-president-who-became-a-mens-rights-activist/372742/ DeCrow raised eyebrows in 1981 when she served as defense counsel to Frank Serpico, the former New York detective and whistleblower, in a paternity suit. Serpico claimed the plaintiff had used him as a “sperm bank” and lied about being on the Pill while knowingly trying to conceive, and…
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