Feminism chat thread II

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

Since it looks like the first chat thread is about to fill up, here's the next one all ready and waiting.

Think of it as the gated commune with babysitting on demand and gorgeous poolboys serving the drinks :o

yes, it is a silencing tactic Proles. OTOH it is actually quite hilarious how in the trans debate both sides are calling each other essentialists.

do you think she definitely isn't a postmodernist then?
does she say she isn't?
why does she get lumped in with them if she isn't one?

(sorry to subject you to Irigaray inquisition)

We should have a conversation one time about post-structuralism and feminism, as at the moment I don't get the conflict. But I don't have the headspace at the moment...

Can't be explicit here, but last week I had to deal with a sexual assault on a young women I needed to be there for. She was confused and blamed herself of course. Nothing all that heavy on the whole scale of things. But I channeled everyone here. And then I told some idiot who thought she should just put up and look away what for.

hahahaha dittany.

will have a look later :)

Good article in the Guardian today by Hadley Freeman - Rape is not a compliment

That IS a great article. As ever, don't bother with the comments though.

I like Hadley Freeman, really shit that she is being harrassed :(

I wonder if she'd like a "patriarchy YABVU" badge?

Excellent article.

I hope she's managed to shake off the stalker.... ugh.

That is a great article, thanks for linking to it

I saw a post in Lone Parent's section just now and have posted on it. I think that quite a few people post there about DV/EA etc and they don't always necessarily get good support unless it appears in active convos etc.

So just a bit of a heads up. The thread I've just posted on had a good dose of advice from Peter but there was a horrible post from a ?bloke? called (without the spaces - I have inserted to avoid searching: l a t e m a t e s).

I got a job! Hoorah! Have to not tell RL people about this for various reasons (for now) but need to get it out.

Yippeeeeee! Congratulations!!!!

I love it when people have career success. One of my old uni friends just posted on FB that she's getting a promotion and it's amazing how it brightens up the day.

what is it? (roughly I mean)

yeah! Good for you Elephants!

Great stuff, Elephants!