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In reply to the discussion: Witchwind: "No woman is heterosexual" [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)14. Well, you mentioned Solenas; SCUM was an excellent literary device.
An attempt to evoke the alienation from their emotions and bodies that women were at times forced into. Though this seems to be aimed more at other women, whereas Solenas (at least by my reading) was aiming at men.
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You bring up an interesting point, because while Fred Phelps self-identifies as a "Christian",
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#293
I would assume the OP is not your 'thing' either... Why make a deal out of that then?
Ohio Joe
Jan 2014
#39
Except the blog post in the OP isn't really representative of anything but the author's neuroses.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#85
A few days ago I made a post stating that, while it may be true to say some feminists "go too far,"
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#98
You know, somehow I had remembered it as Andy Kauffman. Which would actually make more sense
Recursion
Jan 2014
#47
Solanas, that's the spelling, shot Andy Worhol and critic Mario Amaya at close range
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#152
I fully admit that I don't understand giving her credit for being such a tongue-in-cheek satirist
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#325
"Haha. That's funny because she can't possibly be serious." "Wait, wut?... she *was* serious?"
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2014
#330
I guess the argument, such as it is, is that she was a totally lucid, witty brilliant satirist
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#331
when you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2014
#25
How does how another woman acts hurt her so badly? She sounds like she is too emotionally
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#40
She makes a lot of sense. The patriarchy has been pushing this "heterosexual" nonsense too long,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#43
"...at some point they end up betraying me, hurting me ... turn against me"
WorseBeforeBetter
Jan 2014
#45
Like the extreme MRA types, everything, but *everything*, revolves around her.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#86
Sure. It's like the extreme "all kinds of" types. Look at the Alex Jones people.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#95
There is some of the eschatological "be not of this world" aspect to the most extreme separatist
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#96
Indeed; it's this sort of apocalyptic, original sin, all-or-nothing thinking.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#106
Sorry, Neoma, not my intent at all. I'm not an expert on diagnosis, but it clearly involves heavy
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#210
I can control my Kinect with my voice, that makes me feel like Captain Picard.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#241
I upgraded to DSL, I already spent 20 bucks on something called an HDMI cable
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#227
Unbelievable! It's not 'natural'? So go to tribal cultures and pregnancy used to occur
DebJ
Jan 2014
#296
As they are extremely transphobic, I don't think we should extend much courtesy to them...
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#201
OK, I'll explain. You either accept folks who have transitioned into a gender, or you don't.
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#215
A) she's crazier than a shithouse rat B) thankfully, i highly doubt her worldview is a common one
dionysus
Jan 2014
#220
It dehumanizes trans women much the same way they claim the patriarchy dehumanizes them.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#89
Yikes. Uh. I hope that just means the OP is familiar with differen types of feminist theory
cinnabonbon
Jan 2014
#318
DU has seen people express exactly that sentiment, with exactly that rhetoric.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#329
This is an example of someone taking a language of truth and running it off a cliff.
Gravitycollapse
Jan 2014
#59
"...an important thought experiment but, really, nothing more." Good way to put it.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#91
Sometimes it's the "crazy" people who most clearly perceive the truth. Or a piece of it.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#101
Slavoj Zizek and Avitol Ronell are perfect examples of genius and madness...
Gravitycollapse
Jan 2014
#105
Considering what witchwind and her cohorts write to be dismissed as crazy
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2014
#238
well, take heart, i doubt they're going to contribute any further to the gene pool.
dionysus
Jan 2014
#336
There was one case of an "abolitionist" feminist who sexually abused the sex workers she was
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#93
You have a right to say whatever you please. The poster seemed to think her opinion was
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#77
I was waiting for someone to post about this er-- stuff I've been aware of it for some time
ismnotwasm
Jan 2014
#70
A copy of the Solanas Manifesto on my wife's bedside would prevent my restful sleep.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2014
#203
I showed this post to my wife. Her face has been stuck like this for about an hour now.
Glassunion
Jan 2014
#92
She is the female counterpart to MRA. Maybe they can get together and keep each other busy.
Squinch
Jan 2014
#251
that'd be a reality show i'd watch. force her and some MRA goon to be roomates.
dionysus
Jan 2014
#259
Never got past the "boys are yucky" stage of social and mental development
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jan 2014
#109
This reads like a UNA bomber style manifesto. This woman needs mental help. n/t
leeroysphitz
Jan 2014
#116
Every discriminated-against group has a small contingent that becomes whack-job in their militancy
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#119
Now imagine this person was a duer, running around threads calling anyone who didn't buy into
quinnox
Jan 2014
#122
Its an excellent analogy. Very true, the same group uses Chris Christie's tactics of bullying
Katashi_itto
Jan 2014
#125
spot on. it not the same league, it's not the same ballpark, it's not even the same sport.
dionysus
Jan 2014
#230
TY:) I knew I recognized the name, but couldn't remember exactly in what context. nt
polly7
Jan 2014
#185
I'd rather imagine a DU where being called on gender bias would be considered a good feature. n/t
Gormy Cuss
Jan 2014
#192
Or.. Imagine we had MRA extremists who are DU'ers trying to prove men are oppressed by women
Ohio Joe
Jan 2014
#193
Next up, you should post a blog by someone who drives a new Cadillac, eats lobster everyday and smok
LanternWaste
Jan 2014
#146
I'm rather certain that six of one is half a dozen of the other in this case.
LanternWaste
Jan 2014
#160
complex ptsd, borderline personality disorder, generalizing personal abuse history to all
zazen
Jan 2014
#157
The Valerie Solanas - Sheila Jeffreys cult seems to be closing in on the "Final Solution"
Zorra
Jan 2014
#196
I'm interested in her plan for perpetuating the human race under this philosophy
whatchamacallit
Jan 2014
#204
witchwind answered this is one of the comments section of one of her blog posts --
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2014
#237
Evolutionary biology has posited the very interesting theory that males
nadinbrzezinski
Jan 2014
#231
Well, it doesn't take much for one person to declare themselves a "movement"
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#288
Well, after I read that a MRA professor claimed the reason less guys go to uni than women
KitSileya
Jan 2014
#316
"At one point in the retreat, a huge V appeared in the sky directly over us–chem trails, perhaps..."
dionysus
Jan 2014
#261
Good lord, "male separatists" well gives lots of time for hobbies and cold showers I suppose.
Katashi_itto
Jan 2014
#311
I tend to not hang out with folks who are routinely outraged about anything.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2014
#278
I've got a threat with 320 posts and counting in it says you're wrong.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#321