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I'm Not Sorry [Feminism]

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited March 2015
    We need feminism because I shouldn't have to pay five bucks to play as a woman in a game that has five guy characters available for free.

    I always always always play a female character if there's a choice.

    And yet on average I end up having a male character more than half the time because the choice isn't there, and guess which gender I'm forced into.

    More games like Beyond Good and Evil, please. More characters like Jade that kick ass because of (not despite) the fact that they're a woman, and without them having to be masculine or play into male sex/power fantasies in the process.

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  • FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    Please make apologising for things a crime and then lock me up because I will never stop apologising for everything.

    EVERY. THING.

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    I totally stole feminazgul from an awesome friend on twitter, but I couldn't be happier with how it's taken off here

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    We need feminism because a woman becoming a grandmother raises questions about her running for president that weren't raised for the man who is grandfather several times over.

    I... I'm having a real hard time processing this one.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I live in the midwest. Every transaction I make is like a "thank you," war. It's ridiculous.

  • Bé ChuilleBé Chuille Registered User regular
    http://www.buzzfeed.com/imaansheikh/no-dignity-no-doubt

    At what fucking point will the world stop thinking up ways for women to "maintain their dignity" and start thinking up ways to stop the actual problems of rape and assault on women and men?

  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    http://www.buzzfeed.com/imaansheikh/no-dignity-no-doubt

    At what fucking point will the world stop thinking up ways for women to "maintain their dignity" and start thinking up ways to stop the actual problems of rape and assault on women and men?

    The same time that virginity is no longer an asset.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    I live in the midwest. Every transaction I make is like a "thank you," war. It's ridiculous.

    Haha I have this all the time when ending phone calls at work.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    What am I even thanking these people for! I'm like "thanks!" when I hand them my debit card. I haven't even gotten my terrible food yet! What am I even doing

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    We need feminism because I shouldn't have to pay five bucks to play as a woman in a game that has five guy characters available for free.

    I always always always play a female character if there's a choice.

    And yet on average I end up having a male character more than half the time because the choice isn't there, and guess which gender I'm forced into.

    More games like Beyond Good and Evil, please. More characters like Jade that kick ass because of (not despite) the fact that they're a woman, and without them having to be masculine or play into male sex/power fantasies in the process.

    I used to always play as a woman in games too but I did it because I was still ashamed of being gay. (well and the cooler outfits) It felt "ok" to like guys in the game when I played as a woman.

    I don't do that anymore. Now I usually play as guys and then give them lots of makeup. And horns! Except in helldivers, the female marine is just too too awesome.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Tox wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Today in class I got the highest grade by a large amount and I decided not to be shy about it but be proud of my hard work paying off. Thanks, feminism!

    If it's not too personal to ask, what class was it?

    Late reply, was in a lecture sorry! Landscape architecture. I got an A+ which is 80+%, didn't specify had to convert. The highest grade you can get here is a first, which is 70% and above so I smashed it. No one else got more than 65%.

    :?

    Hahaha oh no!!

    At the risk of being just another man telling a woman how to "better" herself, might I suggest that you embrace the attitude displayed by Dignam and Ellerby in The Departed a little more?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTaVxTmB5k4

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Tox wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Today in class I got the highest grade by a large amount and I decided not to be shy about it but be proud of my hard work paying off. Thanks, feminism!

    If it's not too personal to ask, what class was it?

    Late reply, was in a lecture sorry! Landscape architecture. I got an A+ which is 80+%, didn't specify had to convert. The highest grade you can get here is a first, which is 70% and above so I smashed it. No one else got more than 65%.

    :?

    Hahaha oh no!!

    I didn't even notice. I'm from the American midwest, where polite apologies are practically filler words.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    What am I even thanking these people for! I'm like "thanks!" when I hand them my debit card. I haven't even gotten my terrible food yet! What am I even doing

    Personally, I justify it as thanking them for having to deal with me in any way. I've done crappy service jobs, and some days I resented the customers for simply existing. Also because when I fail to needlessly thank something I feel this bizarre twinge of guilt. It's sick, when you really think about it.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    This explains why I'm always hungry after sex

  • Bé ChuilleBé Chuille Registered User regular
    ...what

  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What.

    How does he function?

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    We need feminism because I shouldn't have to pay five bucks to play as a woman in a game that has five guy characters available for free.

    I always always always play a female character if there's a choice.

    And yet on average I end up having a male character more than half the time because the choice isn't there, and guess which gender I'm forced into.

    More games like Beyond Good and Evil, please. More characters like Jade that kick ass because of (not despite) the fact that they're a woman, and without them having to be masculine or play into male sex/power fantasies in the process.

    I used to always play as a woman in games too but I did it because I was still ashamed of being gay. It felt "ok" to like guys in the game when I played as a woman.

    I don't do that anymore. Now I usually play as guys and then give them lots of makeup. And horns! Except in helldivers, the female marine is just too too awesome.

    Luckily there are games with actual gay characters in them nowadays! Not enough, but still!

    In Dragon Age Inquisition (character spoilers)
    I played a female elf and tried to get it on with Dorian pretty much the whole game. Then his character quest revealed that he's gay and I was blown away that he wasn't made bisexual just in case fans wanted him to swing their particular way; like, he was legit gay and nothing my character did was going to make him go for a woman.

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Sheri wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    This explains why I'm always hungry after sex

    wouldn't you be less hungry then?

    also ew

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular

    At the risk of being just another man telling a woman how to "better" herself, might I suggest that you embrace the attitude displayed by Dignam and Ellerby in The Departed a little more?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTaVxTmB5k4

    I ripped into my classmate last week for using homophobic terms when no one else would. Fuck you guy, I care not for you slinging those terms around.

    And today my girl classmate told me she thought I was awesome for not putting up with his shit, so hooray!

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    I need feminism because women fucking rock

  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Sheri wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    This explains why I'm always hungry after sex

    wouldn't you be less hungry then?

    also ew

    I don't know

    But I'm hungry

    :winky:

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    In some places, people fucking celebrate their ignorance. Not knowing a damn thing about the subject you're regulating is practically a requirement for being a politician, in any given subject. It's sickening.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    Yukira wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What.

    How does he function?

    There was a tv show about his unique biology back in the 70s called Mork & Mindy

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Positive feminism: I am very glad to have so many good female role models. My mother instilled feminist values from a young age even when I didn't always get it, I have a sister who I'm close to who is smart and strong, I have you guys who I can talk to this thing about, and the smartest/most qualified female tutors I have are female and fantastic.

    So hooray.

    I use so hooray a lot.

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    We need feminism because I shouldn't have to pay five bucks to play as a woman in a game that has five guy characters available for free.

    I always always always play a female character if there's a choice.

    And yet on average I end up having a male character more than half the time because the choice isn't there, and guess which gender I'm forced into.

    More games like Beyond Good and Evil, please. More characters like Jade that kick ass because of (not despite) the fact that they're a woman, and without them having to be masculine or play into male sex/power fantasies in the process.

    I used to always play as a woman in games too but I did it because I was still ashamed of being gay. It felt "ok" to like guys in the game when I played as a woman.

    I don't do that anymore. Now I usually play as guys and then give them lots of makeup. And horns! Except in helldivers, the female marine is just too too awesome.

    Luckily there are games with actual gay characters in them nowadays!

    I know, it absolutely blows my mind! Never thought I would see the day but then I never thought I'd see the day homosexuals could get married either.

    I guess that goes to show maybe my faith in humanity is a little low.

  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Sheri wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Sheri wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    This explains why I'm always hungry after sex

    wouldn't you be less hungry then?

    also ew

    I don't know

    But I'm hungry

    :winky:

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  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    MURIKA!

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    In some places, people fucking celebrate their ignorance. Not knowing a damn thing about the subject you're regulating is practically a requirement for being a politician, in any given subject. It's sickening.

    The vicious protection and lauding of stupidity is something I really hope the US is alone in but I'm sadly sure I'm wrong.

  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Yukira wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What.

    How does he function?

    by eating through his butt I guess

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    We need feminism because the wage gap is even lower for women of color.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    In some places, people fucking celebrate their ignorance. Not knowing a damn thing about the subject you're regulating is practically a requirement for being a politician, in any given subject. It's sickening.

    The vicious protection and lauding of stupidity is something I really hope the US is alone in but I'm sadly sure I'm wrong.

    There's a term I can't remember that deals with accuracy of news reporting. The gist is, if you're particularly knowledgeable about a subject, it's really obvious to you when news reports about that subject get it incredibly wrong. And that's most of the time. You can assume, then, that if they're this inaccurate about stuff you know, they're probably equally inaccurate about stuff you don't know. The lesson is, don't trust the analyses given in news reports because the person who wrote it probably doesn't know what they're talking about. I wish we could teach this lesson to people about both journalism and politics, because it applies equally there.

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  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    In some places, people fucking celebrate their ignorance. Not knowing a damn thing about the subject you're regulating is practically a requirement for being a politician, in any given subject. It's sickening.

    The vicious protection and lauding of stupidity is something I really hope the US is alone in but I'm sadly sure I'm wrong.

    There's a term I can't remember that deals with accuracy of news reporting. The gist is, if you're particularly knowledgeable about a subject, it's really obvious to you when news reports about that subject get it incredibly wrong. And that's most of the time. You can assume, then, that if they're this inaccurate about stuff you know, they're probably equally inaccurate about stuff you don't know. The lesson is, don't trust the analyses given in news reports because the person who wrote it probably doesn't know what they're talking about. I wish we could teach this lesson to people about both journalism and politics, because it applies equally there.

    That's like how medical professionals cannot watch the show House, MD, right?

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Tox wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    In some places, people fucking celebrate their ignorance. Not knowing a damn thing about the subject you're regulating is practically a requirement for being a politician, in any given subject. It's sickening.

    The vicious protection and lauding of stupidity is something I really hope the US is alone in but I'm sadly sure I'm wrong.

    There's a term I can't remember that deals with accuracy of news reporting. The gist is, if you're particularly knowledgeable about a subject, it's really obvious to you when news reports about that subject get it incredibly wrong. And that's most of the time. You can assume, then, that if they're this inaccurate about stuff you know, they're probably equally inaccurate about stuff you don't know. The lesson is, don't trust the analyses given in news reports because the person who wrote it probably doesn't know what they're talking about. I wish we could teach this lesson to people about both journalism and politics, because it applies equally there.

    That's like how medical professionals cannot watch the show House, MD, right?

    Exactly. Or why I cringe whenever computer tech comes up as a plot point in a show.

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    One of the related videos is "Women React to Dick Pics". I don't know how to feel about that.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Sheri wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    Now I feel all period-shamed because my period apparently isn't as easy and carefree as other people's

    *cries and hides*

    I feel period shamed because I don't get a period and some people think that makes me less of a woman.

    This is straight up BULLSHIT

    Like it makes me angry, it's such bullshit

    Having my period is my least favorite part of being a woman, I certainly wouldn't imply that it's what MAKES me one

    I'd be happy to get rid of it honestly :|

    Usually you can - I mean I'm not a doctor but as far as I know there's no reason most people can't just take their birth control straight through without the placebo week (ymmv of course). That 7 days off is just bullshit convention, people in the 70s thought it was 'weird' not to have a period.

  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    Tox wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    We need feminism because a lawmaker who thinks the vagina is connected to the stomach wants to legislate women's bodies.

    What the fuck kind of country do we live in where there's no education requirement to be a politician?

    In some places, people fucking celebrate their ignorance. Not knowing a damn thing about the subject you're regulating is practically a requirement for being a politician, in any given subject. It's sickening.

    The vicious protection and lauding of stupidity is something I really hope the US is alone in but I'm sadly sure I'm wrong.

    There's a term I can't remember that deals with accuracy of news reporting. The gist is, if you're particularly knowledgeable about a subject, it's really obvious to you when news reports about that subject get it incredibly wrong. And that's most of the time. You can assume, then, that if they're this inaccurate about stuff you know, they're probably equally inaccurate about stuff you don't know. The lesson is, don't trust the analyses given in news reports because the person who wrote it probably doesn't know what they're talking about. I wish we could teach this lesson to people about both journalism and politics, because it applies equally there.

    That's like how medical professionals cannot watch the show House, MD, right?

    This explains my love hate relationship with Mythbusters

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