I really don't know why people are so surprised about this. Jezebel is a blog that wants to be kind of a trashy gossip blog, but also with a feminist slant. Because you see, writing about Bell Hooks or racial issues isn't what brings home the bacon for a website, it's the fashion and gossip and the male/female eye…
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Yup. Equal opportunity objectification is detrimental to feminist goals. Which is why when "feminist" blogs and their readers do it, it's doubly unfortunate. (Yes yes, it's nowhere near the amount of objectification thrown at women, but that's not the point here.)
Even worse are the rationalizations that come with it. But power imbalance! And Patriarchy! And my personal favorite, because people did it in the past so it's ok for me to do it now!
Like rain on your wedding day. *nods sagely*
Don't ya think?
And I have been to church many times, but I'm still not Jesus, yet.
Again, we haven't achieved equality, so there is no point in pretending like it exists. I have a problem with how your words repeatedly minimize the struggles of LGBT people, acting like it's no big deal when it is. And you don't seem to care to understand. You have said a lot more than just wishing the world…
I did not equate your disparate treatment with bias. I did not mention bias.
Yes, you just don't get it. You also don't seem to want to. Which is a privilege you get to enjoy. I wish, however, you were interested in understanding. You seem more interested in talking about yourself, how good a person you are,…
Is this really still an issue?
But that's not entirely true is it?
What happened when your best friend first mentioned his husband? "I had no idea you were gay."
And how many times has someone mentioned their significant other and you've replied, "I had no idea you were straight."
Unless you spend a lot of your life saying "I had no idea you were…
Oh...I bet you're one of those people who says they don't see race either, right?
Exactly. Straight people don't realize that happens all the time because it's an innocuous question to them. I always get asked at work if I'm married and they almost always ask what my husband does after I tell them yes, I'm married. Every time, I say, "my wife, actually" and then tell her what she does. …
I think you're misunderstanding what "coming out means." It MEANS talking about being married to a woman, it MEANS talking about your date. You've come out as straight several times likely, even without people knowing your wife's name. They know you have a wife. If they knew you had a husband, that means you would…
And after the Boston bombings:
Oh, FOX News, were you fooled before by an obviously fake story?
For another fun Lotus tweet that Samson apparently wasn't fired for, check out this one:
What's wrong afraid you might catch the gay? Dick.
Why wouldn't they?