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

[eldargal]

Blargh.

[Wildeybeast]

Blatter acknowledges FIFA is institutionally sexist.

[url]http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/05/sepp-blatter-football-macho-womens-world-cup[/url]

He doesn't actually have any proposals to change this attitude, but at least acknowledging it is a step in the right direction.

[eldargal]

Not feminism but touches on certain elements of privilege and racism:

[Mr Mystery]

Love the 'my plane' wording. And indeed, combined with the pose in his chosen photo, seems like someone with possession issues. And not in the highly amusing 'spinny head, vomititing everywhere' type possession.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

i want more films, tv series ect with female leads like Balsa from Moribito :

[eldargal]

So the real, historical Illuminati were a secret organisation of feminists, explains why they are the basis for so much rubbish fiction today...

[Gotthammer]

Interesting how the responses change a lot based on age.

[eldargal]

[URL="http://www.dailydot.com/geek/fans-notice-lack-of-gamora-merchandise/"]Guardians of the Galaxy fans complain about lack of Gamora merchandise[/URL]. 44% of the audience were women and there are like three items featuring her. Happened with Black Widow too. Cap'n 'merica 2 came out and they released a new ****ing action figure version of Red Skull from teh first film but getting ahold of Black Widow was next to impossible, with a 2-300% mark up on eBay in some cases.

[Mr Mystery]

[URL="http://www.dailydot.com/geek/fans-notice-lack-of-gamora-merchandise/"]Guardians of the Galaxy fans complain about lack of Gamora merchandise[/URL]. 44% of the audience were women and there are like three items featuring her. Happened with Black Widow too. Cap'n 'merica 2 came out and they released a new ****ing action figure version of Red Skull from teh first film but getting ahold of Black Widow was next to impossible, with a 2-300% mark up on eBay in some cases.

That is odd.

Also......

Thor is the son of Odin.

Odin is a King, so Thor is a Prince.

Thor is now a woman.

Disney owns Thor.....

THOR IS A DISNEY PRINCESS!

[Kirsten]

the excellent Robert Webb discussing feminism

[url]http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/08/robert-webb-roll-roll-see-man-talking-about-feminism-what-could-possibly-go-wrong[/url]