I am increasingly skeptical of the idea of “women”. It seems the main function of this concept is oppression.

I’m going to read some materialist and non trans-exclusionary radical feminist literature. What I have heard of the work of Monique Wittig speaks to me, so I’ll start with her “The Straight Mind and Other Essays”.

I’ll probably post some more thoughts.

Okay, since this came up let me reiterate what the point of the #ManOrBear debate was.

When a lot of women said that they preferred the bear, men should _not_ interpret this as an "attack" on them personally, or men in general.

Instead, it simply reflects the fact that women have to evaluate their personal safety in entirely different ways than men. Random male strangers are, statistically speaking, far more dangerous to women than random female strangers are to men. Yes, most men are perfectly safe, but there are enough exceptions that women cannot pretend that they are not out there.

In other words, women have different life experiences than men when it comes to personal safety. (Well, duh!)

And the _sensible_ thing for us men would be to accept that having life experiences that differ from our own does not make them invalid.

Instead of, you know, treating statements about these experiences as "sexism against men" or a personal attack ("I am owed the benefit of the doubt, and how dare they suggest otherwise!").

If you get upset about this, then you should direct your ire against the men who cause these safety issues in the first place, instead of the women who have to deal with them.

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#feminism #sexism
https://mastodon.social/@warandpeas/114347592227174929

"(biological) women and girls [have a] shared biology leading to shared disadvantage and discrimination faced by them as a distinct group" - the UK Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision from all 10 men and all 2 women https://apnews.com/article/uk-supreme-cout-gender-woman-explainer-d2f2204a498ad3ca1292f2f6f3b8e950

British TERFs, your Supreme Court, which is 83% male, just said that sexist discrimination is caused by biology. The highest authority in your country thinks that the reason women are paid less than men, elected less than men, promoted less than men, abused more than men, appointed to the Supreme Court less than men, and so on... is that they're biologically inferior.

Yes, trans women will be kicked out of women's spaces, but that's because your 5/6ths male Supreme Court sees women as damsels in distress, and thinks they always will be. Trans exclusion is just today's, luckily convenient, side effect of that. Plus they're giving trans men, who may have penises and high testosterone levels, the right to be in your spaces. So is it even that helpful?

Why are you celebrating? #feminism #trans #transgender #ukpoli #TransRights #transrightsarehumanrights

There's a topless dad wandering around this playground full of kids and I'm SOOOO tempted to yell "put a shirt on, you pervert! Think of the children!"

I mean, if female nipples, which actually serve a reproductive biological purpose, are "harmful to children," then so too must male nipples, right? Right??

The UK defining a woman as "someone who can make more (White) babies for the Economy"

04/16/2025
Deprograming
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16588
#feminism,#haircut,#patriarchy,#sprinkles

Marianna Simnett’s crowns examine the power, ferocity, and sublimity of allegorical female figures.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/marianna-simnett-crowns/

New #Introduction
These make the world better:
#Equality #Liberty and #Justice for All
#Compassion #慈 #Frugality #儉 #Forbearance #不敢為天下先
#LandValueTax #SingleTax #Georgism #Geolibertarianism
#Constitutional Orthocratic #Government #FOSS
#Universal Income #Healthcare #Education #Accessibility #Housing
#Libraries #Multiculturalism #Urbanism #Environmentalism #Feminism #Travel
#Music #bass #bassguitar #pedalboard
#Filofax #FountainPen
#TTRPG #bicycle #comics #manga #anime
#TransWomenBelongHere

Save the Date!
Join us on April 29th for the 2nd AI Queens* of Bonn Lecture!
Dr. Eva Seidlmayer will speak on:
“Four Shades of Life Sciences: Machine Learning-Driven Disinformation Detection.”
When? 7:15 PM (doors), 7:30 PM (lecture), 9:30 PM (end)
Where? IWE, University of Bonn
Open to everyone interested in AI & diversity! Attendance is free
– register via https://www.iwe.uni-bonn.de/ai-queens

We can’t wait to see you there!
#Feminism #WomenofAI #AIQueens #QueerAI #FeministAI

First elected female president in the world

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Turns 95 today April 15 2025.

Hero to so many

#DEMOCRACY #feminism #Iceland #resist #diversity #freedom

https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-04-15-vigdis-finnbogadottir-is-95-today-441633

"Their wives protected them from interruptions; their housekeepers and maids brought them breakfast and coffee at odd hours; their nannies kept their children out of their hair. Martha Freud not only laid out Sigmund’s clothes every morning, she even put the toothpaste on his toothbrush. Marcel Proust’s housekeeper, Celeste, not only brought him his daily coffee, croissants, newspapers and mail on a silver tray, but was always on hand whenever he wanted to chat, sometimes for hours. Some women are mentioned only for what they put up with, like Karl Marx’s wife – unnamed in the book – who lived in squalor with the surviving three of their six children while he spent his days writing at the British Museum.

Gustav Mahler married a promising young composer named Alma, then forbade her from composing, saying there could be only one in the family. Instead, she was expected to keep the house utterly silent for him. After his midday swim, he’d whistle for Alma to join him on long, silent walks while he composed in his head. She’d sit for hours on a branch or in the grass, not daring to disturb him. “There’s such a struggle going on in me!” Alma wrote in her diary. “And a miserable longing for someone who thinks OF ME, who helps me to find MYSELF! I’ve sunk to the level of a housekeeper!”" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/21/woman-greatest-enemy-lack-of-time-themselves

For more on this subject, I recommend the book "who cooked Adam Smith's dinner".

It’s done: Thank you very much for all the great submissions!
We are thrilled by your ideas, your creativity and your commitment!

We received a total of 69 submissions with 63 speakers, which we will be sifting through over the next two weeks. We will send out all acceptances and rejections as soon as we are ready!

Es ist geschafft: Wir danken euch sehr für all die tollen Einreichungen!
Wir sind begeistert von euren Ideen, eurer Kreativität und eurem Engagement!

Insgesamt haben wir 69 Beiträge mit 63 Speaker*innen erhalten, die wir in den nächsten 2 Wochen sichten werden. Wir werden alle Zu- und Absagen verschicken, sobald wir fertig sind!

The Blue Origin flight symbolized the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/blue-origin-flight-american-feminism #Trumpadministration #BlueOrigin #Technology #JeffBezos #Feminism #Amazon #USnews #Women #Nasa