Anti-Feminist required reading
First, there’s this list of facts about the state of women in the world today, Thanksgiving, Life and Death, and Anti-feminism. I feel the need to direct any readers I might have to this because I don’t say much about the indisputable need for everyone, especially men, to understand that being pro-feminist is just plain normal and being anti-feminist is morally corrupt and soulless.
Blue Milk informs me that today is White Ribbon Day. I grimace at the dutiful and sanctimonious wearing of ribbons and suchlike demonstrations of solidarity that are better expressed through actions than gestures, but I applaud the idea that we should all support any consciousness-raising efforts. The idea that much of the world supports violence towards women, rather than deploring it, makes these two posts must reading for those who might not understand why I go to the effort of trying to blog about feminism at all.
December 4th, 2007 at 7:08 am
I see the current trend of ribbons now a days seem to completely diminish their ability to raise awareness and you are right. Now that ribbon wearing is mainstream it is just sanctimonious bs.
And Fred, I don’t know if this is why you aren’t receiving a wealth of comments, your blog is still quite new, but I had some difficultly creating an account. It took WordPress almost 24 hours to send me an email saying I had an account and that could be discouraging to some. Keep blogging though!
December 5th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Yeah, I know. I’ve been busy with work and family lately, so I must humbly apologize for making you wait so long. But if I turn off the moderation, I get even more spam. I don’t quite understand how all the spam gets through anyway.
Maybe I should switch to Blogger or something.