Really? That’s your evidence for a once-great movement brought low by evil forces? A handful of moderate bloggers and two dudes who acted inappropriately facing some king of consequence for their behavior? Anti-feminists are such delicate creatures...

I’m not quite sure how seriously to take this comment, but “Indian Wedding” traditions vary widely according to according to religion, language, ethnicity, region, etc. Throughout the subcontinent, they are hugely culturally significant events, replete with deeply layered and complex symbolism that stretches back…

I think it’s more like if they asked her “do you support gay rights?” And then she answered “I’m a rules utilitarian”. Like, that doesn’t answer the fucking question. And in this case it’s clear that she was reluctant to identify as feminist because she feels like it’s a dirty word or something.

I wish they’d stop asking women this and start asking more men this... and get them to explain why/why not

Well considering the fact that she’s doing press for a film about women winning the right to vote and brought up issues of gender equality all on her own, it seems a pretty fair question in this case.

Calling yourself a humanist who “believes in an easy balance (between the genders)“ in direct response to the question “Are you a feminist” implies that humanism is some sort of alternate belief system about gender equality. It’s not. Point being, she chose a non-scary word instead of using the scary F word.

but

The problem is that the definition you just posted there isn’t what she meant. Humanism has zero to do with equal gender rights. Feminism promotes the nice easy balance she spoke of. She meant feminism, but she was afraid to say it.

There’s nothing wrong with being a humanist, but saying you are in response to a question of whether you’re a feminist implies that humanism is an alternative belief system about equality of the sexes, when it has nothing to do with gender.

It disappears sexism (real sexism; not “misandry”) as an axis of oppression.

I kinda said something like this the other day here, and it was pointed out that I was indeed a feminist. Some pointed it out more kindly than others, but I've been learning a lot here. I think Meryl should visit this site! I think she too could benefit from it.

From the headline I was imagining something like this:

This surprises me not at all.

Yeah, that’s not romantic, dude. Much more “I have a crawl space filled with graduate students who turned me down.”

“She didn’t hit me across the face with a shovel so I thought she was into it!”

Playing hard to get to get him hard. IT NEVER HAPPENS

Goddamn this guy is the worst.

I’m really lucky I had a PhD advisor who was really concerned and thoughtful about why there aren’t enough women in the sciences. I would have felt comfortable telling him about something like this, and he would have a) found me someone else to help me with my research b) made an effort to get the guy fired c)…

Yeah, not surprised that nobody helped her and wants to deny it ever happened. This whole “graduate students are not employees and therefore have no rights” practice in at least US universities is BULLSHIT by the way. The University pays most graduate students and we often serve in a teaching or research role. For a…