June 2013
17 posts
(ﾉ◐ヮ◑)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ fuck you: ponyboyzahhak replied to your post: I have a question. So because Im a... →
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ponyboyzahhak replied to your post: I have a question. So because Im a guy do you hate me or do you just think its ok for others to hate me. I’m not trying to be mean or anything I just wanted clarification so please don’t be mean to me.
I don’t mean to be rude, but i think this is a…
OMG — There’s nice guys out there?? DEAR DUDES——— make sure you find all feminists and LET THEM KNOW THERES NICE GUYS. I DONT THINK ANYONE EVER TOLD US FEMINISTS ABOUT NICES GUYS. HOLY CRAP.
Sorry it didn't work out.
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Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes women acquire free drinks at bars?” is like walking into graduate school during Philosophy finals and saying, “Have you considered that the color blue that I see may not be the color blue that you see?”
Imagine you are the guy who just walked into that Philosophy class and laid that shit down. Imagine the class full of students who have worked very hard and committed themselves and sacrificed to be here, students who have spent several years of their lives learning about this subject. Imagine now their feelings when you go to the head of the classroom with a smirk on your face and demand the professor give you an A for effort. Imagine now that they think you are a douchebag asshole, because they do, and because you are. You are a douchebag asshole because you are obviously so self-centered, arrogant, and completely ignorant of the world around you, that you thought you could walk into a high-level course with no background and no work and say something profoundly simplistic and totally unrelated and also everybody should congratulate you for having done this thing, so brave, so provocative.
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You are not asking us a real question. You are simply illustrating, for all to see, your own ignorance. You are saying, “I have not considered the implications of the question I have just asked. I have not taken the time nor effort nor commitment to sit down and ask myself this question. Instead, I have come into your philosophy classroom/office/feminist blog and shat out my question with a smirk, because I believe that my two seconds of thought are worth more than your long-term analysis, because I believe I am worth more.”
in response to the "nigga" meme: Master Post on Why John Lennon is Shit →
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So here’s a master post of John Lennon’s shittiness. I added much more info about cultural appropriation in his music. I also submitted this to Your Fave is Problematic. :3
Sexism/abuse
- publicly admitted to hitting the women he dated
- abusive toward both his wives, including Yoko Ono and his son
- was controlling in his relationship with Yoko Ono, making her follow him everywhere (including the bathroom)—and made her list all the men she had slept with, which he shamed her for, and did various other controlling/abusive things
- wrote this misogynistic song that threatens violence against women
Homophobia and antisemitism
- was antisemitic and homophobic, and made antisemetic/homophobic comments toward Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ gay and Jewish manager
- even beat someone nearly to death for even insinuating that he had an affair with Brian Epstein: he never apologized for the incident, despite using the excuse for being drunk at the time, stating, “he called me a bloody queer, and I bashed in his ribs for it.’ Later, when he was older, and supposedly “reformed” he claimed he just “wanted to show he was a man” at that age…
Racism
- wrote the racist song: “Woman is the ‘N-word’ of the world” (except he used the actual word not n-word) tw in link for racial slur; discussion here explaining why the song is racist (again tw for slur) post explains the song, not only uses a slur but also erases Black women, and equates sexism non-black women face with anti-blackness) (one lyric: “women is the slave to the slaves”)
- appropriating/stealing music from Black artists: stole riffs, melodies and even lyrics from Black artists, to name but a few examples: I Feel Fine from Bobby Parker;
We Gotta Work It Out from Stevie Wonder [edit: oops that was a cover by Stevie Wonder of the Beatles!]; Day Tripper from Bo Diddly; and was sued for stealing Come Together from Chuck Berry; and did many covers where Black vocal styles are appropriated: Twist and Shout from Isley Brothers, Money from Barrett Strong/Berry Gordy, Some Other Guy from Ritchie Barrett—examples go on and on- appropriation of Indian music and culture, including the appropriation of traditional Indian instruments, spiritual/religious beliefs, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and white supremacy; examples of appropriation in music here, here, here; and this video is an example of not only appropriation of the sitar but Indian spirituality (“om” in the song Across the Universe) and in fetishizing/exoticizing spiritual practices in India
Ableism
- often made offensive comments about disabled people (note that the jerk who wrote the article in the link makes ridiculous excuses for him)
- mimicked people with developmental disabilities
- stated that disabled people touching him was “horrifying” and continually referred to disabled people as “cr*pples”; talked about disabled fans in extremely ableist, demeaning ways
- made a song called “Cr*ppled Inside” with an ableist slur to appropriate the pain of disabled people to describe his “internal pain” as a white abled man
Harassment/bullying/acts of violence
- Committed various humiliating/violent acts toward strangers and friends: threw knives at people in the audience at concerts, being a violent drunk and getting in fights with friends, etc.; also dubbed Germans at a concert “Nazis” and “Hitlerites”
- he may have been responsible for the death of former bandmate Stuart Sutcliffe, on top of more heinous behavior, including urinating on nuns
holy shit i had no idea
hey white people
your idols are fucking awful
gross
May 2013
16 posts
For anyone who cares to know what I've been up to
I’m sitting in a hotel lobby in Volcanoes National Park stealing wifi & power. Been camping around the coast of the big island since I got here. Hawaii is so beautiful. Pictures simply don’t do it justice. Every place is a completely different landscape. Rainy jungles, deserts, mountains, beaches, cliffs, little country towns. Hawaii is so completely and utterly wild. As I’m writing this I’m staring out the window looking at a smoking volcano. They don’t fuck around out here. I’m blown away by how genuine and kind everyone here is. Everyone has gone out of their way to be welcoming, give us directions, make sure we’re fed, etc. Whatever. It rules. Sustainable living is really big here, compared to my experience in the east coast anyway. I like it. We spent the last 3 days in a cabin in the middle of the desert in the National Park 5 miles away from civilization in any direction. All of the water was collected rain water. We brought fresh food from the Hilo farmer’s market and granola that I made the other day. No power or running water but we didn’t need it. Some random hikers were in the area and let us use their water purifier. Things manifest here. I’ll be staying at a stable location starting this Friday so I’ll be able to skype and keep in touch better soon. Until then, we have 3 more nights without a home or a roof so there are things to figure out, plans to be made. I miss everyone terribly. XOXO
Sitting on the floor of my empty bedroom. Leaving the house tonight that has been my home for the last two years.
Hawaii for 6 weeks —> Oakland indefinitely.
Travels always.
