The Feministing Five: 2012 round up

[ismnotwasm]

It’s a new year. Out with the old, in with the new. I’ve been running this column since 2011 and I’ve interviewed feminists all around the world, young and old, famous and unknown. Before we dive into another year of awe-inspiring feminist profiles, let’s recap some of the gems from 2012, just in case you missed any. The people I’ve interviewed inspire me immeasurably and the wisdom they’ve shared remind me just how vibrant the feminist movement still is. We’ve faced some serious setbacks, to be sure, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still out here fighting for justice.

http://feministing.com/2013/01/05/the-feministing-five-2012-round-up/

[seabeyond]

1. thanks...

“I feel like there’s a lot of training around women’s rights for women, but for men, as boys, even me personally, we’re trained to try and dominate women. There’s the double standard of you sleep with hella women, you’re a player. You sleep with hella dudes, you’re a ho. The way I was trained was just like: “Man, we gon’ get a bottle, get these bitches drunk,” that’s what it was all about. You get clowned on for being a virgin and stuff like that. There needs to be more education for men to see what gender discrimination does, what it’s effects are, and why it’s wrong. Men who are conscious of that have the responsibility to pass that on to other men around them.”

JB: “I especially like going on stage as an androgynous woman and saying, ‘Straight guys, I’m not for you in this way and I don’t give a shit what you think.’ I feel like they need to get taken down a notch and society accommodates them in every way possible with regard to advertising and using sexuality in advertising. I just like to remind them: I don’t care what you think.”

i love it when a man has something to say