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ismnotwasm's JournalRalph Nader’s Dishonest, Sexist Rant Against Hillary Clinton
In a recent interview with Larry King for Ora.TV, Nader launched a rather scurrilous accusation of secret Republicanism at Hillary Clinton that recalled his similar efforts against Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the 90s, only this time he added a sexist kicker to it. King asked Nader about recent accusations that Nader has lobbed at Clinton, namely that she evinces a shocking militarism that is a result of trying to overcompensate for her gender by being more aggressive and macho, and that shes reversing the tradition of women of peace.
But isnt she moving more toward the left? King asked.
Nader, in a performance that most of us who lived through the 2000 election remember, scoffed at this idea, painting Clinton as a warmonger who would put any Republican to shame. Shes never seen a war she doesnt like. When she was on the Senate Armed Services Committee, she never saw a weapon she doesnt like, Nader ranted.
Then he went full-blown sexist, decrying the tradition of these macho women who, when they finally get responsible positionslike Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Riceits like they have to out-macho the men instead of saying, We come from a peace advocacy tradition.' He then went on to spell out how women, in his eyes, have a unique responsibility to be peaceable, because of the historical origins of Mothers Day.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/ralph-nader-hillary-clinton-democrats
Dylann Roof, apparently a regular commenter at The Daily Stormer, learned his hatred online
One of the places he conducted this research was, evidently, the Daily Stormer. A researcher at the Southern Poverty Law Center has discovered that a number of passages in Roofs manifesto are virtually identical to comments left on The Daily Stormer by someone calling himself AryanBlood1488. It seems likely that this was Roof himself.
Just as Elliot Rodger seems to have picked up some of his misogynistic beliefs from PUAhate, a site whose best-known moderator at the time was a regular contributor to A Voice for Men, Roof seems to have picked up some of his racial awareness at The Daily Stormer, a site appealing to many of the same people literally the same people who regularly read and comment on popular manosphere sites like the proudly racist Chateau Heartiste and Roosh Valizadehs Return of Kings, which recently ran a long Naziesque screed, by Roosh himself, on the evils of degenerate and cosmopolitan Jews.
No, The Daily Stormer doesnt see eye-to-eye on everything with pickup-oriented manospherans like Heartiste and Roosh; Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin thinks pickup artistry is pure snake oil and doesnt consider Roosh to be sufficiently white. But hes also praised Rooshs anti-Jew article as excellent. As Anglin sees it, Roosh
no doubt sees which way the winds are blowing, and is attempting to keep his media base in tact in the face of rising Nazism.
And it goes without saying that Anglin is as violently misogynistic as any of those I write about on this site; recent headlines on his site include Jew Announces a Bitch to be Featured on $10 Bill and God Should be a Bitch Says Church of Englands Slut Priestesses.
http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/06/23/dylann-roof-apparently-a-regular-commenter-at-the-daily-stormer-learned-his-hatred-online/
Why "Bitch Planet" Is Inspiring Women to Get Badass Feminist Tattoos
On Bitch Planet, the answer to What are you in for? could include theft, assault, cheating on your husband, refusing to conform to rigid beauty standards or engaging in gender terrorism (I dont know what that is, but it sounds awesome).
Soon after the first issue hit stands, the NC logo became a rallying cry for women who are too brash, feminist, opinionated, angry, fat, dark-skinned, queer, gender-non-conformingor in a word, non-compliant.
We live in a world where we are constantly labelled, and being able to label myself as non-compliant gives me free reign to live without worrying what people think of me and stop from being held to societys current standards and their labels. Getting the tattoo, for me, was me getting a permanent reminder of that, says Liesl Dittmann, 22, a genderfluid telecaptioning assistant and comic shop worker in Utah.
http://www.themarysue.com/bitch-planet-tattoos/
Hillary Clinton: Top hedge fund managers make more than all kindergarten teachers combined
I found this interesting since I keep hearing about Hillary and her "corporate masters". In fact if I hear that more more time-- and I will -- I expect a strong bout of nausea. Anyway politifact came up with this little assessment of her comparison statement. This is a woman who cares very much for people, and the comparison is an apt one.
Clinton said, "The top-25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."
Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that Americas 158,000 kindergarten teachers together make $8.5 billion a year.
There are a few possible problems with the data for hedge fund managers earnings, but theres no denying its significantly higher than a kindergarten teachers compensation. A rough estimate for the top-25 hedge fund managers shows they collectively earned $11.62 billion in 2014, and that was a bad year. In 2013, they earned approximately $21.15 billion. So using the smaller number, kindergarten teachers come up shy of hedge fund managers by about $3 billion, a huge margin.
We rate Clintons claim True.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/15/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-top-hedge-fund-managers-make-more-/
James Boulware: Another male rage bomb goes off in Dallas
But Boulware, it seems fairly clear, was already plenty broken long before the system got to him. And no matter how sad or angry he was about losing custody of his son, nothing justifies a violent attack on innocent strangers with assault rifles and explosives. Most people, even if they were pushed far past their breaking point, wouldnt respond with attempted mass murder. We are not all rage bombs waiting to go off.
And thats when this post comes back around to the Mens Rights movement. No, despite his anger at the police and courts for taking away his kid, and his penchant for calling people BITCHES in comments sections he doesnt seem to have been a Mens Rights activist.
But his was the kind of rage that Mens Rights activists like to warn us all about; his violence was the sort of violence that MRAs all too often excuse.
Ive written many times before about the way the Mens Rights movement has lionized Tom Ball, a New Hampshire man who committed suicide several years ago by lighting himself on fire outside a court building in hopes, as he explained in a long and inflammatory manifesto of inspiring other men to start fire-bombing courthouses and police stations to avenge the wrongs allegedly inflicted on men by the family courts.
http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/06/13/james-boulware-another-male-rage-bomb-goes-off-in-dallas/
DECOLONIZE ALL THE THINGS (Great Blog, great Blog post)
DECOLONIZE ALL THE THINGS
The reflections of a Black Feminist Biocultural Anthropologist & Sociologist in a Constant State of Rage
Gender is the range of physical, mental, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between and across, masculinity and femininity. In Western societies, the accepted cultural perspective on gender views women and men as naturally and unequivocally defined categories of being with distinctive psychological & behavioral propensities that can be predicted from their reproductive function. (The idea that women do feminine things, men do masculine things & it is just natural) (Doing Gender, West & Zimmerman, 1987:126)
What is SEX/BIOLOGICAL SEX?
Sex is a determination made through the application of socially agreed upon biological criteria for classifying persons as females or males. The criteria for classification can be genitalia at birth or chromosomal typing before birth, and they do not necessarily agree with one another (Doing Gender, West & Zimmerman, 1987:127).
What is SEX CATEGORY?
Placement in a sex category is achieved through application of the sex criteria, but in everyday life, categorization is established and sustained by the socially required identificatory displays that proclaim ones membership in one or the other category. Sex & sex category can vary independently; that is, it is possible to claim membership in a sex category even when the sex criteria are lacking
What is patriarchy?
Patriarchy (rule by fathers) is a social system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to social organization and the central roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property, and where fathers hold authority over women and children. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination. Many patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage. Patriarchy can manifest itself socially, politically, and economically.
http://decolonizeallthethings.com/teaching-tools/patriarchy-gender-lesson-plan/
How it Feels When the Media Declares Your Teen Daughter a Whiny 'SLUT'
The New York Daily News headlined its writeup of the suit Former star of SLUT: The Play wants to sue city for $2 million over wrongful arrest. The ever-slack-jawed Daily Mail gave Winnifred the Daily Mail headline treatment, proclaiming, Private school educated Brooklyn actress, 18, and her defense attorney mom sue NYPD for $2 MILLION over mistreatment during underage drinking bust. The New York Post really went for it, covering the pending litigation with a headline that reads, OMG, the cops busted me for drinking and Im totally having my mommy sue. Most aggregations of the story Ive seen today feature photos of Winnifred in a bikini skimmed from her Facebook page. The Daily News has a photo of Winnifred with a portion of her nipple exposed (theyve done the classy thing and pixellated it, which is a good thing because Winnifred was underage in the photos).
To include images that Winnifred published to social media is annoying, but within their rights as the best newspapers upon which to wipe ones ass in the absence of Charmin. But for Winnifred and Jeni, who have now found themselves caricatured and maligned as a spoiled teen harlot and her enabling opportunist mother, respectively, witnessing the obtuse disinterest in facts in favor of a sexist narrative is frustrating at best and enraging at worst.
Winifred is used to being in the public eye; in 2006, she was among the women and girls featured in the documentary Sexy Baby, and for that she was honored at Jezebels 5th anniversary celebration as one of the Jezebel 25. Since then, she starred in the critically acclaimed SLUT! The Play, a production about a girl who is raped at a party and has her reputation maligned as a result. Winnifred is also a mouthy, staunch feminist: qualities that her mother is proud she exhibits.
http://jezebel.com/how-it-feels-when-the-media-declares-your-teen-daughter-1710982452
25 Examples Of Male Privilege From A Trans Guy’s Perspective
This is so excellent!
Ive always been dry, sarcastic, and satirical with my humour. In Ye Olden Times, I was considered unfunny at best and a bitch at worst. Now that Im a short white guy, people automatically peg me for a comedian and laugh at the bulk of my mouth zings. But nothing has changed. Ive even recycled some of my old material that people didnt find funny before just to make sure.
2. Yet Im still taken (more) seriously.
Im still amazed at the amount of people that now immediately shut their mouths the second I open mine. Believe me, my ideas havent improved at all. Ive even tried to derail serious conversations with ludicrous stuff just to see what would happen and Id still be regarded highly.
3. I rarely get interrupted.
I used to be interrupted so often while presenting as a woman that I in turn started to talk over people as a form of conversational survival. Unfortunately, because it became so ingrained in me, I still find myself doing it from time to time even though its rarely necessary anymore.
4. I get paid more.
The proof is in my paychecks. Actual, numerical proof.
5. Its easier for me to be poor.
Aside from usually getting paid more, its been easier to find work when the person doing the hiring is a white guy. Its like helping out a buddy or something.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesstjamesvi/male-privilege-from-a-trans-guyas-perspective-1mcmp#.weqABVZzM
Girls Underestimate Their STEM Aptitude, Boys Overestimate
The documentary Code: Debugging the Gender Gap reports that less than 20 percent of computer-science jobs in the United States are held by women. While the film holds up hostile work environments and even sexual harassment as reasons why women are reluctant to enter the field, the study found that 12th-grade girls are also inclined to underestimate their abilities in science and math. Boys, meanwhile, overestimate them.
"Our results indicate the potential for more women to move into [physics, engineering, mathematics, and computer science] if they perceive their mathematics ability as strong, and open to growth," said Lara Perez-Felkner, co-author of the study.
The true value of stereotypes can often be difficult to ascertain, because so many stereotypes are self-fulfilling. Girls, raised on the idea that they're better suited for the humanities and that boys are more inclined toward hard sciences, often take the path that societal norms suggest to them. With something like math and science skills, it can be hard to separate how much of the gender gap is caused by socialized behaviors, and how much of it (if any) is caused by natural, biological difference. Math takes practice, and those who feel less encouraged to practice probably won't do so, even if their innate propensity for math wizardry is high. At the same time, boys with a knack for writing, music, or the visual arts may be stuck toiling away in STEM classes without realizing where their true potential lies.
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/girls-underestimate-their-stem-aptitude
Libertarianism is for white men: The ugly truth about the right’s favorite movement
In a 2014 Pew poll, it was found that about one in ten Americans describe themselves as libertarian, and men were more than twice as likely to be libertarians. In a 2013 Pew poll that Heer states in his article, it was found about two-thirds (68 percent) of Americans who identify as libertarians are men, and 94 percent are non-hispanic whites. Compare this to steadfast conservatives, who were found to be 59 percent male and 87 percent white, or business conservatives, found to be 62 percent male and 85 percent white, according to another survey done by Pew. Clearly, the entire conservative movement is dominated by white males, but libertarians are the most male-dominated.
Obviously this is a major problem for anyone who is hoping for libertarianism to take off in American politics. So why are libertarians mostly white guys? Heer points out a few different possibilities that some libertarian writers have offered. One of them being that libertarianism has attracted many male-dominated subcultures, like computer programming (think Silicon Valley), gaming, mens-rights activists, and organized humanism/Atheism, and another, argued by Katherine Mangu-Ward, that libertarianism has long been a fringe movement, and fringe movements tend to be dominated by men.
Okay, so libertarianism attracts nerdy white males, but surely these are not the only ones making up the dedicated crowd? While looking at the larger conservative movement, it becomes a bit more clear that the hostility towards government and collective movements in general tends to attract white males who want to preserve their dominance in a society where they are quickly becoming minorities.
http://www.salon.com/2015/06/10/why_libertarianism_is_so_popular_on_the_right_its_the_last_bastion_of_white_male_dominance/
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