It was pretty much solely used by females and then only in musicals. Framing the face, “poor mans close-up”, while keeping it at a medium shot. A frame within a frame. Does that make sense? Usually reserved for songs of innocent love or to show the naivete of a character. Judy Garland made it iconic in the film A Star…

K. I’m a biracial lesbian of color, and let me say a few things.

FtM people are not a hive-mind. We constantly fight anti-feminist men on this matter about women. Don’t perpetuate it on others. I am sure with your experiences, you have met some crappy people, but I’m not just going to sit here and use some sort of…

He was both a crowd pleaser and respected. His work was not considered elitist, but it wasn’t considered the kind of schlock that Cameron turns out either. Ben Jonson’s famous preface to the folio says, “He was not of an age, but for all time” and suggests he should be buried in Westminster Abbey next to Chaucer and…

A mediocre artist that nobody will remember or care about in 100 years compares to one of the most enduring artists of all time?

Queer lez here and all I have to say is slow yr roll. Oh, and that you are transphobic. I’ve never been so disappointed by a kinja comment. Wow

4chan down?

Are you a lesbian? If not, I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t speak for us on these matters. A segment of the transgender population, be they MtF or FtM, are hostile to lesbians in the extreme. You know why butch lesbians have a beef with FtM people? For one, they are criticized for not transitioning because not…

Repeated Microaggressions?

Seems like a lot of people here think the value of a person, of a woman, is fleeting. And that the value is lost with time. Seems like a lot of people trying to put this woman in “her place”. Maybe they’d allow her to speak if she made everyone in the audience a sandwich. People suck.

In fairness, contemporary feminists weren’t identified as being younger. Contemporary feminists could be older too, but with more progressive ideas.

This. I completely disagree with her views on this however I think the petition to stop her from speaking is equally ridiculous and kudos to the university for not having any of it and standing their ground. Sure, some second-wavers may have outdated views but what I truly despise is this tendency in millennial…

You’re right, and it’s not an “outdated” view at all. There were TONS of TERF feminists on my college campus, and tons of gals I know would make the long drive to Mitch-Fest, despite knowing the organizer’s weird ideas about “womynism.”

I’m in full agreement with you. To a 16 year old me, reading first the Female Eunuch, and then quickly following it up with the Whole Woman, her words were a game-changer. As an adult now, I’m happy to acknowledge that many of her thought processes and essays are problematic, but at the same time it’s disingenuous to…

The very idea that women have no right to speak after a certain age. Women aren’t just criticized for their ideas, but how they look, how they’ve let themselves “go”, their age.

I’m a man, so my say in women’s/tran’s rights is null, but is everyone really ok with the “Woman of the Year” being a man? Also, this may seem shallow minded, but if s/he were to stop taking/were unable to afford the drugs/hormones to maintain being a woman, would s/he remain being a woman or go back to being a man…

I think I’m greyed here at Jezzie, but yours is such a great point.

I mean...perhaps we benefited but many of the feminists of the second wave were hugely dismissive or ignorant of racism, of the unique oppression faced by women of color, by women living in the global south, by lesbians, by trans women (obviously). As a young queer woman of color, I feel some gratitude towards their…

She is a feminist right now. She’s contemporary. Plenty of old feminists embrace trans women. Old people can stand and speak and face the consequences of their speech.

It’s time for her to sit down and let contemporary feminists speak.

Just for the sake of clarity, it was myself and Rachael Melhuish (who set up the petition) who have been heading up this campaign to get her uninvited from speaking at a public event hosted by Cardiff University.