if you were a true example of feminism I would not be a feminist smdh strive to be a petter person

I have a problem with how the two examples you give to support the need for feminism point to issues generally understood as concerning sexism outside of the west. It is not that U.S. feminists should ignore international issues, but that our use of the burqua (as per your example) as a trope for sexist oppression is…

Firstly, the benefits you seem to think prisoners recieve for their labor is vastly exaggerated.... the unjust and offensively menial ways their work is compensated is not in any way shape or form a fair or equitable wage. Second, given that impoverished populations are incarcerated at a disproportionately huge rate-…

agreed! this is the first time I am actually seeing people discuss these issues in a way that affirms the humanity of prisoners and the horrors of prison privitization and corporatization. not perfect but pretty awesome!

The New Jim Crowe is also essential reading.

I know you are earnestly trying to engage but before being able to think through the complex relationship between pruson and profit you should just do some basic research. A wuick google search of the terms “prison privitization,” “the prison industrial complex” “prison labor,” etc will provide you with very…

...according to the Left Business Observer, “the federal prison industry produces 100 percent of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98 percent of the entire market for equipment assembly services;…

Not to mention it incentivizes the state to incarcerate people based on profit potential ie: the state now benefits from crime as entire populations are devestated and destroyed by a legal system that no longer aspires for justice, but profit.

when prisons become profit-producing the state becomes incentivized to incarcerate populations for financial gain: causing the creation of unjust policing practices, legal standards, and sentencing mandates. This is what we see today: a bloated and unthinkably corrupt prison system that functions as a capitalist…

this is so good. i so admire his ability to keep it together... Brilliant.

just truly LOLed thank you

could everyone STOP using the word rapey... especially when describing something that isn’t sexually violent? This dude is a sexist pig but his winking is not on the same level as rape. Rapey in general sounds fucking immature and childish and when we use it to describe every sexist behavior we seriously misrepresent…

STOP using the word rapey to describe every fucking sexist behavior, especially shit like this. It undermines the devestation that is rape and other sexually violent behaviors. I can’t believe I have to say this.

Can we stop saying that everything sexist is “rapey?” - it seriously diminshes the severity of actual rape and behaviors that encourage/mimic it. Fuck. I can’t believe I have to say that.

Everyone should support “happy birthday marsha!” a movie by trans POC about stonewall!

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smdh before people say they aren’t feminists they should learn what feminism actually i s.

yessss! so good! yessss!

I’m sure this show will be silly and obnoxious but I don’t find the idea of men examining masculinity and “gender” to be laughable or “sexist” as so many people seem to be arguing here. As a radical feminist I love the idea of creating space for men to comfortably talk about how they experience gender and negotiate…

I am sorry about you’re history of trauma and hope the future offers healing. That being said, prison is a trauma in and of itself and it, in no way, should be thought of as a beacon of equality and fair treatment.