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Feminism, “Manning Up,” and the Zero-Sum Game
As a woman and a feminist I have a very specific perspective on the term ‘man up.’ It’s a highly gendered phrase, for one thing. The phrase implies that manhood is something that is achieved beyond...
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Interview with a Masculist Part 1 – What is Masculism?
Gender Equality So here I am, a completely unknown feminist (HeatherN) interviewing a completely unknown masculist (PeterH) about gender issues in western culture, masculism, feminism and the MRA. The...
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Tom and Christine: A Story About A Trans-Woman and a Cis-Woman’s Marriage...
Note: Although the original article refers to Tom with male pronouns, I have used female pronouns. However, I still refer to Tom as Christine’s husband, mostly because while they were married Tom took...
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Men and Gender Identity
“The media ignores stories about heroic men.1” “It’s no longer okay for men to be men.” “Men are portrayed as bumbling idiots, hyper-masculine ideals, or violent threats.” “The medical industry ignores...
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Ask the Feminist at Good Men Project
Note: I’ve begun writing a series over at Good Men Project in which people ask me questions about feminism and I try to answer them. Here’s my first set of answers, which was originally published here....
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Why I Don’t Want To Be Your Favourite Feminist
I am nothing if not opinionated, which those of you who are at all familiar with me can attest. I have opinions and I voice them…loudly…and often. It’s not really surprising that I have opinions, I...
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How Gender Fucks Women
A while ago I was engaged in a Facebook debate (the best kind, lol) in which I was explaining the different ways in which gender norms pressure cis-men and cis-women. Cis-men’s relationship to the...
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HeatherN’s Definitive Sexytimes Guide: Guaranteed to Guide You
There are about 20 bajillion articles out there that’ll give you advice on how to best approach the opposite sex when seeking sex* (that’s a rough estimate based on whole minutes of research). There...
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Hugo Schwyzer Left the Internet
So, as the title suggests, Hugo Schwyzer has left the internet. He’s been off of Twitter for a while now and after an interview with NYMag, it looks like he’s basically going to leave the internet for...
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Astell Project and Transphobia
So I hop onto Twitter this afternoon and basically the first thing that happened was I jumped into an ongoing debate between The Astell Project and trans feminists. I managed to get two tweets in...
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bell hooks’ Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In
bell hooks has got to be one of my favourite feminist thinkers. Actually, she might be my favourite, full stop. She’s freaking brilliant and constructs amazingly powerful sentences and paragraphs. Her...
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Cool Story, Bro: A Voice for Men Edition
Am I picking on A Voice for Men a bit in my more ranty blog posts right now? Maybe. I tend to have a confrontational attitude toward people who piss me off. The night after I posted the blog post about...
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MRAs Reveal Shocking Discovery: Women Are Capable of Being Competative
I think I’m finally getting the hang of MRA logic, actually. When men are aggressive and competitive it’s either the fault of women, or the fault of testosterone. Natural biology combined with evil...
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AVfM Takes On Feminist Disney Princesses
I was so devastated to read that A Voice for Men’s Monday Roundup was cancelled yesterday. Why? Because, among other things, apparently Paul, Dean and the rest were going to talk about what they call,...
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Still With Anita Sarkeesian? – AVfM’s Honey Badger’s Monthly Rant Against Her
Like all professional women trying to prove they’re “one of the boys,” the Honey Badgers* had to choose a woman to single out as the “wrong kind of woman.” Just the right sort of woman to point to and...
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Paul Elam and Charles Clymer Debate: Is Feminism Toxic for Men? – Part 1
Right, so I am writing this at midnight and I haven’t actually watched the video of Paul Elam (of hate site A Voice for Men) and Charles Clymer (of Equality for Women) debating whether feminism is...
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A Voice for Men Failing at Postcolonialism
So about a week ago, A Voice for Men tried their hand at a postcolonial critique of feminism and fell flat on their faces (as seen here). For starters, the whole post never even mentions...
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Sunshine Mary and Fat Acceptance
Prior to two days ago, all I knew about Sunshine Mary was that she’d written something about how she thinks feminism has made women sex objects, and that Amanda Marcotte had responded to it. Then...
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5 Things Gay Men Need To STOP Doing (Especially Gay Cis Men)
1. STOP making jokes about how ‘disgusting’ vaginas are On a practical note, I’d like to point out that if you are a gay man, chances are you’re at least somewhat interested in or curious about anal...
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Personhood and Gender: Individuality and Dividuality
Back in May, 2013 I started a short-lived series at Good Men Project in which I was answering questions about feminism. The first question I answered was, “What is feminism?” The answer I provided was...
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