I mean, to be fair, Judith Butler's prose IS unapproachable and overly dense. But so is Derrida's. So is Deleuze and Guattari. So is so much of what is beloved in theory circles, particularly by men. (I have yet to meet a single female student who has anywhere near the enthusiasm for Derrida as like...half the dudes I…

Virgins really need to shut up about sex. YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA.

she's an Olympic track star turned bobsledder.

Yeah my world comparative literature teacher spoke 8 languages (most of them from India plus English, Spanish, and French), it was absurdly intimidating. But as I said I know basically nothing about CompLit as my classes focused on fiction (and usually older 'fictions' like the Greek and Indian Epics) rather things…

Interestingly, I think a lot of these "everything is binary" system of thinking is common in American thought. I may be overstating it, but I've noticed that a lot of Americans subscribe to an "all or nothing" type of thought that (assuming this person is genuine) a lot of impassioned people with "causes" believe. I…

Absolutely. And I think being an actual male feminist means recognizing that your role is different, just like being a white person pushing for racial equality means assuming a very different (and sometimes more passive seeming, but no less important) role in that fight. My partner is definitely a feminist, and I see…

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Thing is, on some level the arguments aren't entirely untrue: men can't be feminists in the same way as women. Just like white people can't be for race equality in the same way as non-whites. That doesn't mean that we can't strive for the same things, however. It also hinges on the notion that there's some kind of…

do YOU have a job?

ellen jo or whatever?

a. The kinds of generalizations you make (all males are incapable of x) is as bad as when men make the same generalizations about women.

b. Who comes to a forum and tells someone their relationship is heading south?

c. Fighting patriarchy is not women's battle alone anymore than fighting homophobia is homosexual…

Oh, you're back. What was your last username?

Ugh. Been there, feel your frustration. I was in a class once where there was only one male student, who was also a self-declared feminist, and we were talking a lot about Affective Labor (for those unfamiliar, affective labor is a type of labor, generally of the service sort, which tends to people's emotional needs…

I'm not sexist, it's just that there were only three really SIGNIFICANT modernists, and all of them just happen to be men. Oh, also, two of them are fascists.

I want to give you all the stars in the world. All the stars. And a tenured job.

Oh man. This makes me laugh. This is what it's like to be in a grad program for the humanities. All the "well, actually, I'm not sexist, at all, I'm the least sexist person of all. Let me tell you about all of the male authors who are superior to every female author you mention though while perusing my woman-less…

No, the fetus died.

I too suffer from blonde eyelash syndrome. I also have very fair, skin which ensures that the morning bags under my eyes are purple if I don't put on concealer. Add in ponytail and throw a knit cap over the whole thing so you can't see my hair, and people look generally concerned about whether I can make it to my…

When I don't wear mascara people ask me if I'm dying of stage 4 cancer, so Uma, I feel yew heavy.