HBO’s series Westworld is a pretty trope-heavy show. Not in a lazy way, though. The park – the aforementioned “WestWorld” – is literally a mass of tropes upon […]
discrimination / feminism / rant / structural discrimination
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It’s Still Okay To Be Upset About The Small Stuff
I sighed when I saw the title: “Why this radical leftist is tired of leftist culture.” I was afraid that I would know what the blog was talking […]
feminism / rape culture / sexism / sexist
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It’s Not Just A Shirt: What The Logic of The Responses to Critiquing A Sexist Shirt Tell Us
Small note: I used donotlink.com for linking to the sexist crap, but as always, watch out for the comments on those sites. Originally, I didn’t think there was […]
emotion / feminism / privilege
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The Difference Between Acknowledging and Triaging: Things the Men’s Right Movement (and many of the rest of us) Haven’t Learned
There is a difference between acknowledgement and triage. Acknowledging someone’s subjective pain or difficulty is completely different from triaging (assigning the priority needed) to fix that pain. Again, […]
feminism / rape / rape culture
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In Which I Get Hate Mail From A Rape Apologist
Tipped off to check my “Other” mail in Facebook, I found a very… puzzling rant. (I’ve only redacted one person’s name and the cursing; I will note that […]
feminism / writing
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They All Listen To The Smiths: A Brief History of the Corruption of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Advice for Writers)
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a stereotype of the quirky (yet strangely helpless) female character that serves to enable a male character to grow and change. You’ll […]