The context

[serene]

"Once I first really understood what the patriarchy was, it became the Framework. The Context. Everything fell into place and finally began to make sense. Once I was at that place, there was no going back to when I didn’t see and hear and feel a seething hatred of femaleness all around me. Feminism became the lens through which I viewed the world. And that’s that."

(You will hate this link if you think feminism is boring, bad, stupid, or about hating men. Of course, if you think any of those things, you should probably read it twice.)

(Thanks to tenacious_snail for the link.)

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

yes, well, my chihuahua is *also* a feminist, so that guy should *extra* fuck off.

[ptor.livejournal.com]

I thought that was an interesting link...

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Love it.

Although my favorite was really the commenter who responds to misogynistic comments and arguments with "That was a remarkably stupid thing to say." I may have to borrow that.

[ptor.livejournal.com]

That made me laugh too.

I wish I could remember and have the nerve to say that when appropriate.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

*grin* I think it takes practice to be ready with good comebacks. I plan to start practicing at the first opportunity.

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

It never ceases to amaze me how some people can be presumptuous, heavy-handed, patronizing boors. Keeriste.

[tesseract26.livejournal.com]

thanks for sharing this. :)