A Crash Course in Feminism Mk. II (or, why everyone should be a feminist)

[Mr Mystery]

Apparently, some South African Lady Rapper who is quite popular can no longer safely crowd surf.

Rock chick Peaches (very feminist, very angry) said the Rapper should just do as she does when crowd surfing, and break the offendes fingers.

Lovely.

[eldargal]

I approve.

[Mr Mystery]

Of the latter one assumes

I guess lady crowd surfing does come with the 'wrong hand wrong place' genuine risk - It's kind of hard to make sure appropriateness is maintained given the activity. But the thought that some just go for broke? That's pretty vile.

[eldargal]

[URL="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/29/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-jennifer-aniston-engagement"]Really good article on how the media treats the engagement of an older male celebrity[/URL] (George Clooney) and an older female celebrity (Jennifer Aniston).

Poor George Clooney. Poor tragic, oldster, childless, longterm singleton George Clooney. Did you know he's over 50? Did you know he got divorced over 20 years ago and has not been married since? Instead, he has lurched pathetically, hopelessly from one failed relationship to the next, his biological clock going tick-tock-tick-tock. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, Talia Balsam, who was clearly too good for him, remarried sexy John Slattery from Mad Men and had a son. A family. Ouch! That must have hurt.

But now, lucky George has finally found a woman in the nick of time, and has somehow convinced her to marry him. They got engaged after only seven months of dating, which proves how desperate poor/lucky George Clooney is. I bet he's going to turn into a right Groomzilla now and insist on having a baby immediately.

I jest, of course. Clearly that is not the way George Clooney's unmarried life and recent engagement were reported in the media, because George Clooney is a man. Therefore, he is a sexy, debonair bachelor, a living breathing combination of Cary Grant, Brylcreem and handsomeness. He loves and leaves his women, that sexy cad, and the women are heartbroken. But he just waltzes on through life, evading the haggish hands of women hoping to nail him down, possibly literally. Ouch!

[Mr Mystery]

Good article that.

[Psychosplodge]

Of the latter one assumes

I guess lady crowd surfing does come with the 'wrong hand wrong place' genuine risk - It's kind of hard to make sure appropriateness is maintained given the activity. But the thought that some just go for broke? That's pretty vile.

Of course there's a genuine risk of inappropriate contact, its a sudden weight unexpectedly landing on you from behind(it's amazing how many peoples shoes fall off if they land on me ). But if its the story I read the other day its appalling that people go out with the intention of doing that

[daboarder]

Of the latter one assumes

I guess lady crowd surfing does come with the 'wrong hand wrong place' genuine risk - It's kind of hard to make sure appropriateness is maintained given the activity. But the thought that some just go for broke? That's pretty vile.

Even worse, in this instance her "fans" were bragging about it on social media BEFORE the show.....thats ****ed up.

and she is australian not south african
[url]http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2014/04/rapper-iggy-azalea-refuses-to-crowd-surf-as-fans-keep-trying-to-sexually-assault-her[/url]

[Kirsten]

recently on my facebook news feed a thing called 'The Humour' has appeared. no idea where from, I haven't liked it or anything similar that I am aware of. however the 'humerous' pics that it links to are pretty much all objectifying shots of women. either 'these women look hot' or 'these women look awful' I am really not sure what the point is, or why they are supposed to be funny. then today came the truly ridiculous posts from them, one with a load of pics complaining that short shorts were horrific and shouldn't be allowed, and one claiming short shorts were the best thing ever. the difference? the looks of the women wearing them of course. be still my sides.

these are possibly not suitable for work.

shorts 'fails' particularly check number 3, then check the 'successes' below
[url]http://humorgags.me/the-worst-shorts-you-ve-ever-seen[/url]

shorts 'success'
[url]http://humorgags.me/the-beauty-of-underbutt-shorts-1[/url]

[eldargal]

The Vagenda Magazine asked their Twitter followers to tweet them edited headlines

This is like looking at headlines through those special glasses from They Live! except instead of exposing the alien subliminal messages, it exposes the patriarchy.

[URL="http://feministbatwoman.tumblr.com/post/84498713027/ami-angelwings-yourmotherseyes-the-vagenda"]Source[/URL]

[URL="https://medium.com/p/77a37fd43530"]Great article about how nerdy boys are taught entitlement towards women[/URL]:

So why do I overreact more egregiously to criticism from women, when all of my childhood bullies were boys? The answer, I think, has less to do with the boys who bullied me, and more to do with the well-intentioned adults who tried to “help” me through that bullying: When I was a nerdy kid, adults regularly assured me that the abuse I suffered was acceptable because one day I would be entitled to constant positive sexual attention from women.

If you were a computer-loving male child who took a lot of **** from your peers, I suspect you heard something similar from the adults in your life. Maybe it was “Sure, things are bad now, but when you’re a little bit older, women will LOVE guys like you!” Or maybe it was “That kid who makes fun of you now will be working at a gas station when you run a big fancy computer company and marry a supermodel!” If you were once young, nerdy and male, it is not unlikely that your future sense of self-worth was funded with a non-consensual IOU from the world’s women.

It’s taken me a long time, but at this point I genuinely believe that much of this “GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH” rhetoric is little more than patriarchy’s bespectacled wingman. It excuses the pain that systems of power exert on children by promising little boys future dominion over little girls. It is deeply and massively ****ed.

Read the rest.

[Mr Mystery]

[url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/sentencing-remarks-hhj-leonard-r-v-clifford.pdf]Transcript of Max Clifford's sentencing[/url]

It's pretty ****ing vile reading.

However, I feel it's a document people should read, because it neatly illustrates how serious sexual assault can be. He's very lucky he's sentenced under a previous law, as he should be serving life under current sentencing.