History of Feminism

redqueen

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102. And this is one of the reasons tumblr is amazing. On DU there is little participation from WOC.

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 11:39 AM

Feb 2014

On tumblr there are MANY women of color, radical feminists, womanists... being exposed to their ideas and concerns is VITAL to progress for feminists.

Plus, it makes it really fucking obvious just how many feminists and womanists see right through the charade of the so-called "sex positive" movement as it exists in this century.

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Um, did you see this in GD? [View all] CTyankee Feb 2014 OP

Unfortunately, Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #1

Nice description Warpy Feb 2014 #28

"Culturally relevant"? To knuckle-dragging throwbacks, I guess. redqueen Feb 2014 #47

The question of standards, Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #116

Seriously. nt cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #2

and i was gonna jump in to ask.... OMG, is this where the really cool women hang out seabeyond Feb 2014 #3

back to my loud music and enjoy a day with windows open.... breeze flowing.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #4

Oh goodness! Tumbulu Feb 2014 #5

Clearly it belongs in the "Sports" group. MadrasT Feb 2014 #6

The purpose of that and the blow job thread BainsBane Feb 2014 #7

you are so smart. right on. and this needs desperately to be an OP. seabeyond Feb 2014 #9

Yep. They are just marking territory. DURHAM D Feb 2014 #14

people were getting along too much. be respectful. appreciating. that is all. backlash to seabeyond Feb 2014 #15

This: CrispyQ Feb 2014 #16

You've been doing a fine damn job of taking words out of my mouth of late! Scootaloo Feb 2014 #29

Blow job thread? cui bono Feb 2014 #54

Adding one more voice to say "beautifully stated." Squinch Feb 2014 #57

You make an important point here YoungDemCA Feb 2014 #113

+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 YoungDemCA Feb 2014 #112

It's bait. n/t seaglass Feb 2014 #8

It is. And posted by the same cast of characters sufrommich Feb 2014 #10

Well at least they're admitting they aren't feminists, so there's that. n/t seaglass Feb 2014 #11

haha. as if we didn't already know. sheesh. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #37

My thoughts, exactly. UtahLib Feb 2014 #12

Wow, at 100+ posts, by now it's like a pissing contest to mark GD as "anti-feminist" territory. MadrasT Feb 2014 #13

Isn't it lovely BainsBane Feb 2014 #17

Baines. You are on fire tonight. Have you ever Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #18

LOL. Not a good fit BainsBane Feb 2014 #20

I understand, totally. The public's loss. Ever considered Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #21

Yes, actually I have thought of that BainsBane Feb 2014 #22

I think you would be excellent at it. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #23

Well, then at least make this an OP, would ya??? Squinch Feb 2014 #58

Indeed. MadrasT Feb 2014 #59

Bain,you are a treasure. sufrommich Feb 2014 #60

Exactly and well said. ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #137

CTyankee with all due respect Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #19

You know, you have a point there...rereading it, I can see it... CTyankee Feb 2014 #30

thank you CTyankee. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #32

that became clear to me after my initial response...I went out and started thinking about it CTyankee Feb 2014 #33

This has been going on since the inception of DU3. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #34

why was DU3 such a signal event? CTyankee Feb 2014 #36

Self Moderating ... was the catalyst ... the culmination of society's degradation along with Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #38

and I am Marie of Romania...like dorothy parker once wrote... CTyankee Feb 2014 #40

yep. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #42

About intentions... redqueen Feb 2014 #49

you know what they say ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #72

I'm gonna guess... redqueen Feb 2014 #75

yep. Rock On. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #77

Yep, the MRA talking points are flying fast and freely in that thread. redqueen Feb 2014 #48

I don't doubt it, redqueen - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #61

Just found out that one of the women who claimed she didn't know she was spewing MRA talking points redqueen Feb 2014 #73

haha ... nuance and subtlety ... some are better at it than others ... one more time: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #76

well, that would be interesting seeing how she caught the naked girls to put up the op for all the seabeyond Feb 2014 #80

well, you know sometimes Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #84

i am a pacifist and have never hung out with hunters, so i am totally clueless what you are talking seabeyond Feb 2014 #87

Doesn't matter. Intellectual honesty isn't something certain types care anything about. redqueen Feb 2014 #82

That was one of the most epic misrepresentations in the history of misrepresentation. MadrasT Feb 2014 #86

It's just faux-nooz style dishonesty. And when it's used to demonize the feminists here who dare redqueen Feb 2014 #93

--- Bro-approved feminism is the only welcome kind. --- Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #88

Ha but if you're still one of the few feminists desperately clinging to that 'sex positive' bullshit redqueen Feb 2014 #95

thing is, redqueen Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #96

of course sex positive was meant as an insult to other women.... that is the whole purpose and how seabeyond Feb 2014 #98

Just about everyone has. Sex is fun for the vast majority of people. But that movement stopped being redqueen Feb 2014 #99

as a movement, they have been left behind and need to catch up Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #101

biggest couple decade fail, except the recognition and acknowledgement of diversity. seabeyond Feb 2014 #100

And this is one of the reasons tumblr is amazing. On DU there is little participation from WOC. redqueen Feb 2014 #102

interesting. i am gonna have to get on tumblr. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #103

We really do need a womanist presence here on DU. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #119

hey, a thread where someone died, the boys giggln and playing with milf. i got a post hid for sayin seabeyond Feb 2014 #91

some of my hides ... just blew my mind ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #94

yup. a fuckin game with men having a huge advantage on the courts. any other game and they would seabeyond Feb 2014 #97

On a more positive note... redqueen Feb 2014 #74

Loving It !!! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #78

yes it is. and htat would be about the point the poster of the OP cries out... it has been posted seabeyond Feb 2014 #81

Yeah, that's super double plus good logic redqueen Feb 2014 #85

the women on the cover and who do similar things do it for the money JI7 Feb 2014 #24

that is the problem, the lack of respect all the way around. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #26

You know -- Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #25

no, not really Kali Feb 2014 #27

thank you, Kali ... I trashed the thread early this morning, first thing. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #31

it is clear to me now that the motivation for posting this is marking territory and CTyankee Feb 2014 #35

Please, take note that the thread was started by a woman. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #39

IF it is a woman...remember, I am Marie of Romania... CTyankee Feb 2014 #41

Point taken - but, this one has posted pictures and, iirc has been to DU meet ups. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #43

heh, history has shown that those women opposing women's suffrage have been largely FORGOTTEN... CTyankee Feb 2014 #44

hehe ... and on that note ... I simply must say ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #45

me, too...have a nice rest... CTyankee Feb 2014 #46

Really? Not a single one of those names surprises me. At all. redqueen Feb 2014 #50

I see two I know to be skin-waste bigots. Scootaloo Feb 2014 #51

It wouldn't matter BainsBane Feb 2014 #52

The GD hosts let it stand BainsBane Feb 2014 #53

i think it was a little bit to get some hidden posts and a little bit of people getting along too seabeyond Feb 2014 #67

up to Eighteen now ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #69

I suspect many of those 18 recs are basically a virtual middle finger flipping off this group. MadrasT Feb 2014 #70

love it when they throw a tantrum ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #71

the whole Op, rec and many of the posts is all about flipping us off, yes. lol. duh.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #83

adding two more ;;; Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #104

nobody really cares that much. we already know who they are... shhhhh seabeyond Feb 2014 #105

well, sea Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #107

add one more Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #136

Reading those names makes the intention crystal-clear YoungDemCA Feb 2014 #114

Not even in the lounge please. cui bono Feb 2014 #55

so TIRED of our new and improved LockerRoom Lounge Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #111

Lordy... 600+ posts now MadrasT Feb 2014 #56

This. If women making choices regardless of sufrommich Feb 2014 #62

virtual locker room, complete with congratulatory backslapping and high fiving...simpering cheerlea seabeyond Feb 2014 #65

again, hypocrisy, i have a huge problem. each of these posters are all over the coulters, palns, seabeyond Feb 2014 #66

Yes, that "I choose my choice" dubmassery is fucking laughable. redqueen Feb 2014 #79

A women can make many choices that goes against feminism cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #106

I was tempted to spam the thread with Hawkeye Initiative cover mock-ups. KitSileya Feb 2014 #63

Nor mine when I signed up in fall, 2004! CTyankee Feb 2014 #64

i often wonder, what would happen if your husband was so invested in his porn life? the man you love seabeyond Feb 2014 #68

Very well stated. Succinct and accurate. redqueen Feb 2014 #89

exactly. clear and obvious. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #92

This would be the New and Improved Model = DU3 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #90

It also reminds me of the post where men where asked cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #108

interesting angle there, cinnabonbon Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #117

My problem is that I read posts like that as if cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #120

i had the host of the mens group specifically tell me that Op was to get back at a small vocal group seabeyond Feb 2014 #121

At least they admit it. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #122

that whole thread, half was them denying it is a fuckin game for them. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #123

Wow, how embarrassing. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #124

But seriously cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #125

To "get back at" a group on DU? MadrasT Feb 2014 #126

What we keep doing is calling out objectification. redqueen Feb 2014 #128

how abotu that. makes us bullies. someone says... "she'll do". like a thing he owns. seabeyond Feb 2014 #133

Well when you criticize objectification, and male entitlement to female bodies, redqueen Feb 2014 #134

I love this post: redqueen Feb 2014 #109

yup. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #110

Horrible YoungDemCA Feb 2014 #115

Freedom of speech apparently cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #118

If THAT! elleng Feb 2014 #127

I'm glad to hear it. I've been cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #129

We don't! elleng Feb 2014 #130

Yay! I will! cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #131

Good! elleng Feb 2014 #132

You'd have to have a pea size Texasgal Feb 2014 #135