Feminism Catch-All (with FAQ)

Thanks, Mermaidpirate! Geez, I want that twitter to be active.

(also...is the 11 in "pants11"...the pants?!) :O

Back in the day, playing UT2004, I named my character Squarebob Spongepants, after seeing that being gibbed by the rocket launcher or whatever, you were reduced to a spongy looking pair of pants. In my high school MSN Messenger days, this turned into my nick being Pants with some hideous pictogram after it like this /_||_|. Vanilla Pants was already taken on Origin, so Pants11 was born. I like it because it has both a positive and a negative meaning - you really pantsed that up, v.s. who's wearing the pants in this relationship?

Also, somewhat on topic, in my head, it's gender neutral. It seems like people generally (incorrectly) assume that I'm a male when I use it, though. I started using Mermaidpirate on twitch.tv, and I thought this might expose me to all the 'omg a girl' crap, but it seems like a lot of people still assume I'm a dude. I guess that's the strength of people's default image of a gaming/internet person as male.

I strongly suggest following @CCriadoPerez on twitter. She's been organising a fightback against abusive trolling of women, reporting threats of rape and other violence to the police (which has led to one arrest), hitting all the news shows and meeting directly with Twitter to discuss ways in which they can address the problem in a more timely fashion instead of plugging their ears and singing "la la not listening".

All this under the hashtag #shoutthef*ckback

Just when you thought Anthony Weiner's campaign couldn't get any worse... a campaign aide slut-shames a former intern.

sometimesdee wrote:

Just when you thought Anthony Weiner's campaign couldn't get any worse...

The one and only thing Anthony Weiner's campaign has done well is to fight that delusion.

BTW, I saw footage of his "oops, I did it again" press conference for the first time tonight. If I were his wife, I'd have punched him in his photo opportunity after about ten minutes and walked off. Besides the obvious offense his actions show to her, the ritual of having your wife stand mutely by as you say you're really, truly sorry for making a mockery of your marriage (again) is sick and degrading. No one deserving of respect, having already erred so badly, would ask that of their spouse. One wonders how many men would be willing and/or called upon to be "the supportive husband" in the same way.

But the Weiner campaign did give us Carlos Danger, and this Sexting Name Generator: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2013/07/carlos_danger_name_generator_use_our_widget_to_get_a_name_like_anthony_weiner.html

Mine is "Manolo Catastrophe."

So apparently the Communications Director apologized:

"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," Morgan said. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize."

I'm genuinely amazed. First of all... This person is a Communications Director? I'm not going to quote the language she used, it's in the article Dee linked, and it's downright appalling. I don't care what her issue is with the other party, if she's in the wrong or right, at this point, it's irrelevant. There are just some means that will never be justified by the end.

Amanda Palmer had a wardrobe malfunction at a recent concert. The Daily Mail decided to focus on that, and not even mention her performance.

She wrote a song in response, calling them to task for focusing on her boobs instead of her music. NSFW for language and nudity.

Best line ever:

Amanda Palmer wrote:

When Iggy, or Jagger, or Bowie, go shirtless
The news barely causes a ripple,
Blah blah blah feminist, blah blah blah gender sh*t,
Blah blah blah OH MY GOD NIPPLE

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SpacePPoliceman wrote:

But the Weiner campaign did give us Carlos Danger, and this Sexting Name Generator: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2013/07/carlos_danger_name_generator_use_our_widget_to_get_a_name_like_anthony_weiner.html

Mine is "Manolo Catastrophe."

"Alejandro Clandestine"

Awesome.

MrDeVil909 wrote:
SpacePPoliceman wrote:

But the Weiner campaign did give us Carlos Danger, and this Sexting Name Generator: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2013/07/carlos_danger_name_generator_use_our_widget_to_get_a_name_like_anthony_weiner.html

Mine is "Manolo Catastrophe."

"Alejandro Clandestine"

Awesome.

"Carlos Hazard"

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"Federico Menace"

Makes me sound like someone on "To Catch a Predator".

My wife's is the best I've seen so far:
"Paco Badass"

Mine is the meager "Pepe Threat"

Mine is Alejandro Adventure. It's a good thing I have unlimited texts, because that name has it going on.

That second sentence is best read in the voice of Detective Holder.

Maximiliano Trouble

I like it.

Víctor Scourge. Sounds like a supervillain.

Ariel Scourge. I have my new alias.

Edwin wrote:

Ariel Scourge. I have my new alias.

I was wondering who that is!

"Ignacio Distress"? I just sound like I've got histrionic anxiety. "Forgot to print the movie tickets? Well, just don't tell Ignacio Distress—you know what he's like."

Here's a lovely bit of work about institutionalized sexism so successful, women are trying to indoctrinate other women into it -

http://www.thejanedough.com/women-at...

Three women are suing Merrill Lynch for gender discrimination after they were instructed to “seduce the boys club” in order to get ahead, the New York Post reports. The women allege they were given a book called Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics From a Woman at the Top and ordered to attend a lecture led by the book’s author, Nina DiSesa, the first female chairwoman at ad giant McCann Erickson.

Having worked on Wall Street, I can see that being an effective tactic there. It's amazing the writer of that book is giving talks though, and that women are apparently being made to attend those talks.

complexmath wrote:

Having worked on Wall Street, I can see that being an effective tactic there. It's amazing the writer of that book is giving talks though, and that women are apparently being made to attend those talks.

I'm sure it can be really effective. Some of the stuff cited seemed relatively harmless, like making your office area a place for people to congregate. But some of the other stuff is just sad.

Definitely sad. And it's not at all an environment that I'd want to work in if I were a woman. Though I have family in academic publishing as well and it might be even worse, though at least there it seems like things will chance once all the creepy old guys running things retire. The boy's club mentality in Wall Street is a bit more firmly entrenched since the whole thing revolves around money and privilege.

So the threats against female jounalists in the UK have escalated from rape to bomb threats:

http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...

Walken Dead wrote:

The one and only thing Anthony Weiner's campaign has done well is to fight that delusion.

BTW, I saw footage of his "oops, I did it again" press conference for the first time tonight. If I were his wife, I'd have punched him in his photo opportunity after about ten minutes and walked off. Besides the obvious offense his actions show to her, the ritual of having your wife stand mutely by as you say you're really, truly sorry for making a mockery of your marriage (again) is sick and degrading. No one deserving of respect, having already erred so badly, would ask that of their spouse. One wonders how many men would be willing and/or called upon to be "the supportive husband" in the same way.

My theory? They have a "monogamish" relationship, and she is both cognizant of and comfortable with his dalliances with other women, and likely has her own non-Weiner irons in the fire. Furthermore, that she isn't "playing" the role of the supporting wife, she actually *is* the supportive wife, but they are keeping schtum about the nature of their relationship because it wouldn't play well with the voters. That the only deception that's happened here is the Weiner's deceiving the public as to how much of a mockery has been made of their marriage.

Of course, I might just be projecting...

Jonman wrote:

her own non-Weiner irons in the fire

I... good God. That's like a six level metaphor. It has more depth and layers than Mexican bean dips.

Bloo Driver wrote:
Jonman wrote:

her own non-Weiner irons in the fire

I... good God. That's like a six level metaphor. It has more depth and layers than Mexican bean dips.

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"It's full of dicks"

I'm going to leave a bit of data here for the "is it really that bad there?" question people get sometimes -

Lady In Black: 'Burka Avenger' Fights For Pakistan's Girls

A caped crusader is on the loose in the mountains of Pakistan, but she's not your traditional superhero. The Burka Avenger wears a flowing black veil — only her brown eyes are visible — as she fights corrupt politicians and religious zealots. Her weapons of choice: pens and books.

Burka Avenger, which made its debut on Pakistani TV this week, aims to empower young women in a country where attacks on girls' schools and repression of women remain enduring problems. It's the brainchild of Pakistani entrepreneur and pop star Haroon Rashid, who tells NPR's Audie Cornish that he was inspired by current events in Pakistan. "I thought of an idea of sort of, like, a protagonist protecting a girls' school. And that's how the idea for the Burka Avenger developed."

When I started reading your post I thought it was about a real life superhero fighting crime in the mountains of Pakistan. As I read further I was both pleasantly surprised and mildly disappointed. Checking the link... awesome. I work with a lot of Indian men and women, and the quality of women's education in the region comes up constantly. I'll have to pass this on.