OP: “educate me!
MN feminists: “you’re free educate yourself - resources thataway”
OP: “but I already said I couldn’t be arsed. You’re all so mean and nasty”
MN feminists:
If you feel someone has been aggressive (ie abusive) to you, please report, MNHQ will look into it. Don’t make the mistake of labelling female assertiveness as aggression - that’s sexism right there.
Otherwise, please stop wasting people’s time. Everyone has busy lives, many FWR posters want to spend their “feministing” time taking actions that will affect change, discussing topical issues, exploring points of feminist theory, and generally educating ourselves and others on how we can make the world a better place, particularly for women and girls. Not battling trolls and time wasters. The way to join in is not to turn up demanding a crash course in feminism, but to read, listen, read some more, engage on specific threads, discuss, ask specific questions, discuss some more, and keep reading. Take responsibility for yourself. Generally (speaking for the feminist Borg here) we love helping to educate people in the nuances of feminist issues, but ain’t no one got time for rudeness, lazy demands and name calling. Get over yourself, quite frankly, and either join in or go away.