I don't see the only choices as capitalism and communism. I also don't think getting rid of capitalism requires getting rid of representative democracy. I certainly don't have all the answers but when society encourages amassing power and money, it also encourages sexism, racism, classism etc. because the people…

Agreed. Expecting women to sacrifice time and energy we very much need for ourselves to fix men's problems for them is toxic masculinity. I'm happy to be supportive and be an ally to men who recognize patriarchy as harmful to them and are working to change it, but they're going to have *gasp!* actually do the work…

Warren Farrell thinks women oppress men by looking sexy. That's literally what he thinks. A healthy non misogynist men's movement will never be successful if they're looking to him as their leading intellectual.

I agree that patriarchy is very harmful for men too and it's something that needs to be changed. What I don't like is when people say or imply that feminists are the ones responsible for fixing it. A real men's movement (not MRAs obviously) that focused on this without throwing women under the bus or failing to…

The older I get, the more I believe that capitalism and patriarchy as so intertwined that we can't get rid of one without getting rid of the other.

I can't find a portrait of my noble ancestor but some dork cosplays him so I guess that's something.

I have some aristocratic ancestry that I occasionally enjoy bragging about. But as cool as it is having three family castles in Germany (that one is in ruins, sadly), Italy and Slovakia, I'm also distantly related to George W Bush. That part is a whole lot less cool. Also, the money seems to have disappeared from…

I don't think it's weird. Pets are family members and much loved after all. My aunt named her cats George and Lily after her grandparents.

There's so much freedom with pet names to get creative. Why people resort to boring old human names, I dunno. My calico cat was named Dora by the humane society. Fuck that. I changed it to Dracarys.

THOSE EARS!!!

If you're not willing to murder, there's not much point to playing the game though.

I don't actually care whether or not people play GTA. I don't have problems with depictions of violence even. I'm a big fan of horror movies and Game of Thrones (but I still notice and acknowledge their problematic elements and decide they aren't enough to stop me from enjoying them). I just personally draw the…

If you've never made the argument that feminists shouldn't criticize video games because game developers have the right to make and sell whatever they want, then I'm not talking about you. If you have made that argument, then you're a hypocrite.

Reactionaries love exalting the free market and believe businesses should do whatever they want without regulation. Until a business decides not to sell a video game they like. Then it's all freeze peach tantrums.

Feminists don't actually advocate for violence against men. Every feminist I know (including myself) opposes the death penalty, is sickened by how often police gun down unarmed black men and boys, is anti-war, and believes that toxic masculinity harms men and boys in part by placing the expectation on them that…

No. That's MRA propaganda. The CDC itself issued a statement saying that the research was misinterpreted and does not show that rape happens equally to men and women. They were comparing lifetime statistics for men to yearly statistics for women. Also, prison rape stats don't just cover male prisoners but female…

That's every bit as disturbing as sexualized violence against female sex workers. You're not really making a good case for the game being okay. You're making a case for the game being terrible on many levels.

Oh look. Another angry dudebro who doesn't understand the difference between violence and sexualized violence. I'm shocked to see this. Shocked I tell you.

Oh, I misread. Sorry!

I don't think getting upset over Twitter instituting an anti-harassment is reasonable. There are no good arguments for it. I will absolutely dismiss anyone who thinks Twitter should give them a platform to harass people.